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Looking to Party? Have a few drinks? Relax with your friends?
Central Hostel has a warm and friendly environment where you can sit and relax with friends or meet other travelers like yourself. So after a hard days site seeing you might find you don't have the energy to party then you can sit back and enjoy a movie from our extensive DVD library.
Parties and celebrations are a part of Centrals atmosphere, and you will often find us rocking to the latest beats bought to you from some of europe's best DJ's. But If its the town you want to hit, then be sure to have a chat with our friendly staff who will be able to tell you about the best bars and clubs in London...
Central Hostels location, Bayswater lies on the northern border of Kensington Gardens, opposite from Hyde Park and has thousands of visitors everyday as it is a link to all the main attractions of London. This zone 1 location puts you in the heart of London. Just a 5 minute walk from our front door and you are in the middle of Bayswater's famous High Street, Queensway. Here you will find hundreds of shops including clothing and shoes, sports and leisure stores, designer clothes stores as well as hair and beauty, there is a shopping mall with movie cinemas and literally every second store is a restaurant or café.
If that's not enough for you, then when you finally make it to the end of Queensway you will be at Hyde Park, where you can spend hours exploring the Famous Landmarks, Statues, Lakes and Gardens or enjoy a bite to eat and relax on the lush green lawns that make this a world famous park. |
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Portobello Market is one of the great sights of London - it's diverse and lively atmosphere is a joy for anyone who enjoys hunting for flea market bargains. Also look out for cafes, bars, restaurants, fresh produce and much, much, more.
Portobello Road has over 30 individual antique markets which open at different times to allow in the crowd of buyers who move from one market to another. The Good Fairy Antique Market is the busiest market of them all and it is the first to open, raising its shutters every Saturday at 4 p.m.
Many of the buyers are specialists who appreciate the fresh stock brought into the market each week.
Later in the day crowds of tourists shuffle past the rows of pastel painted terraced cottages at the Notting Hill end of the road weaving slowly past the market stalls. |
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The Notting Hill Carnival was established in 1966, Carnival takes place every August bank holiday. Sunday of the Carnival is children's Day; the Monday is The Mass Parade.
THE STORY BEHIND CARNIVAL
It was also known that slaves wore forbidden to be in the streets after dark unless they were accompanying their masters. When the Laws were repealed and freedom from slavery was announced in 1833, the slaves took to the streets in song and dance, indulging in their culture and using their artistic skills to mimic their masters and pour scorn on the system that had had them enslaved for so long. Consequently, slaves would dress like their masters, powder their faces to look pale like their masters or make masks to resemble their masters, distorting images and features if they regarded their masters as particularly evil or ridiculous.
These celebrations of freedom provided the only opportunity for black people to express their feelings about their slave masters and they quickly developed the art of costume making, creating fantastic ensembles which satirised their situation as Africans, transported to the Caribbean top become slaves. In Trinidad the tradition continued, going from strength to strength, as people from all over the island began to take part and associate themselves with Carnival, The skills of costume making, steel drumming and calypso became what is today, a huge festival of arts and culture, of which Trinidadian's everywhere are justifiably proud, drawing on all aspects of their cultural heritage from Africa and Europe |
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Hyde Park is one of London's finest landscapes and covers 140 hectares (350 acres). Hyde Park provides facilities for many different leisure activities and sports as well as being the focal point for public events of all sizes.
Opening hours:
The park is open from 5am until midnight all year round.
Getting there:
By Foot:
Hyde Park is about a 45 Minute walk from Hostel 639
Tube:
Lancaster Gate & Marble Arch - Central Line
Hyde Park Corner & Knightsbridge - Piccadilly line
Buses from:
North London: 6, 7, 10, 16, 52, 73, 82, 390, 414
South London: 2, 36, 137, 436
West London: 9, 10, 14, 19, 22, 52, 74, 148, 414
East London: 8, 15, 30, 38, 274 |
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London Club Guide
Welcome to our new improved London club listings. The new listings are now updated every week and include the latest and greatest clubs shaking England's capital. |
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Exclusive London is a professional and trendy guide to inform, plan and book young, funky affluent Londoners into the most attractive hotspots on the London entertainment and social scene. This is your London guide for restaurants , cinema , guest lists , tickets , events, hotels , fashion , nightclubs , bars , private and corporate venue finding. |
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