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AndyG
AndyG Posts: 6,035
edited September 2021 in General Charlton
Hi
Looking for some advice I'm bringing my family down for a long weekend to watch the portsmouth game and also take my 3 kids around london as they have never really spent much time looking around. 
My misses thought she had rented an apartment that was advertised as Greenwich but turns out it is on an estate in from what I can make out is Thamesmead the post code is SE28 0NR. As 2 of my lads are 21 & 18 what's the area like for them to go out ? 
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    edited September 2021
    Cancel, cancel, cancel. 
    There's nothing there being polite.
    You wouldn't advise your enemy to book a weekend on the Thamesmead Estate.
    Fraud capital of europe. 
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,716
    AndyG said:
    Hi
    Looking for some advice I'm bringing my family down for a long weekend to watch the portsmouth game and also take my 3 kids around london as they have never really spent much time looking around. 
    My misses thought she had rented an apartment that was advertised as Greenwich but turns out it is on an estate in from what I can make out is Thamesmead the post code is SE28 0NR. As 2 of my lads are 21 & 18 what's the area like for them to go out ? 
    I’ve just had a quick look on TripAdvisor… it says … avoid!
  • Billyboy
    Billyboy Posts: 538
    Keep away
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Def swerve that one if I were you. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    edited September 2021
    Wouldn't you be better off with 2 rooms in a Travelodge?
    There's one in Greenwich & 2 in Bromley, which are both good for staying & for an evening or two. https://www.travelodge.co.uk/uk/south-east-london/index.html
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,799
    Clockwork Orange
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,035
    Cheers folks I thought so unless that area has changed alot since I was there lol

    Cancelled it
  • Dansk_Red
    Dansk_Red Posts: 5,744
    Try the travel lodge at city airport, good transport links.  
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,035
    Just managed to book travel lodge in dock lands they didnt have enough rooms earlier 

    Thanks all
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    Dansk_Red said:
    Try the travel lodge at city airport, good transport links.  
    You wouldn't be going out there either. 

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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,471
    Ibis in Greenwich.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,471
    AndyG said:
    Just managed to book travel lodge in dock lands they didnt have enough rooms earlier 

    Thanks all
    There is a flat empty over there.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited September 2021
    I always try to book the Travelodge Greenwich High Road.  Next to the station, 5 minutes walk to the centre of Greenwich.  Always ask for the top floor and never had any problems.

    Paying £150 for three nights for the Portsmouth game Friday night to Mon morning.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,287
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    I always try to book the Travelodge Greenwich High Road.  Next to the station, 5 minutes walk to the centre of Greenwich.  Always ask for the top floor and never had any problems.

    Paying £150 for three nights for the Portsmouth game Friday night to Mon morning.
    Yes, I suggested that. 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited September 2021
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Ibis in Greenwich.
    Not a fan.  Small rooms.  Was woken one night there by a pissed couple bursting into the room at 2 in the morning that had been given a key by reception.  The mngmnt paid me my room booking back.  
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Covered End said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    I always try to book the Travelodge Greenwich High Road.  Next to the station, 5 minutes walk to the centre of Greenwich.  Always ask for the top floor and never had any problems.

    Paying £150 for three nights for the Portsmouth game Friday night to Mon morning.
    Yes, I suggested that. 
    Yes, I always try to book there.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,836
    Covered End said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    I always try to book the Travelodge Greenwich High Road.  Next to the station, 5 minutes walk to the centre of Greenwich.  Always ask for the top floor and never had any problems.

    Paying £150 for three nights for the Portsmouth game Friday night to Mon morning.
    Yes, I suggested that. 
    Yes that's where Bradford Barnet stays whens his down.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Covered End said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    I always try to book the Travelodge Greenwich High Road.  Next to the station, 5 minutes walk to the centre of Greenwich.  Always ask for the top floor and never had any problems.

    Paying £150 for three nights for the Portsmouth game Friday night to Mon morning.
    Yes, I suggested that. 
    ooh bloody hell it's gone up to £265 for 3 nights...
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,836
    Covered End said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    I always try to book the Travelodge Greenwich High Road.  Next to the station, 5 minutes walk to the centre of Greenwich.  Always ask for the top floor and never had any problems.

    Paying £150 for three nights for the Portsmouth game Friday night to Mon morning.
    Yes, I suggested that. 
    Bradford Barnets doing Morecambe aswell.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,508
    Surely there'll be a decent Airbnb in the area 

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  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Leuth said:
    Surely there'll be a decent Airbnb in the area 
    You'd think but not much and bloody pricey.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,508
    Tbf London Airbnb prices tend to be weirdly inflated, which feels weird when it's the one place you're not looking to stay... 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited September 2021
    Leuth said:
    Tbf London Airbnb prices tend to be weirdly inflated, which feels weird when it's the one place you're not looking to stay... 
    Used to be able to find nice little one bed flats in terraces in Ladywell, East Dulwich, Lewisham Greenwich borders for £80-£100 per night but they've pretty much disappeared. It's all boutique studios in funky Bellingham where you are paying for loud wallpaper and garden chairs in the corner of a bedroom that apparently constitutes a dining area. "Handy" for Catford with its wide range of international cuisine.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,123
    If only Roland had built a hotel at the ground.
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,882
    AndyG said:
    Hi
    Looking for some advice I'm bringing my family down for a long weekend to watch the portsmouth game and also take my 3 kids around london as they have never really spent much time looking around. 
    My misses thought she had rented an apartment that was advertised as Greenwich but turns out it is on an estate in from what I can make out is Thamesmead the post code is SE28 0NR. As 2 of my lads are 21 & 18 what's the area like for them to go out ? 

  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,508
    Catford does have the best Italian restaurant in London tbf
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,357
    AndyG said:
    Just managed to book travel lodge in dock lands they didnt have enough rooms earlier 

    Thanks all
    Recommend the Brewdog pub in Canary Wharf for your boys, easy to get there on the DLR from where you’re staying. 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,508
    Why would you not just get the DLR to a real place, like Greenwich, Lewisham or Woolwich? 
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,279
    The Travelodge in Woolwich is good. Powis Street. There is a bar and they serve food.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,471
    Leuth said:
    Surely there'll be a decent Airbnb in the area 
    Bradford Barnet can advise on that.

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