!: Central Line Stations With traveler Attractions and Shopping Activities

The Central Line, the red line on London secret maps, runs over central London.

The line starts from Epping in the north-east and terminates at a) Ealing Broadway in the west and b) West Ruislip in the north-west. The Central line covers a distance of 74km (46 miles) and serves 49 tube stations.

Listed below are some of the 49 tube stations that most tourists are likely to use when they visit London.

Stratford hub is the stop where the Olympic community (London Olympics 2012) is located. You need to turn here for the Docklands Light Railway (Dlr) and stop at Pudding Mill Lane (1 stop from Stratford station) where the Olympic Stadium is located.

Liverpool road hub is one of the main railway stations in London. This is the hub where visitors take the train to Stanstead Airport.

Other attractions near Liverpool road hub consist of the Gherkin Building, Toynbee Hall and the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

Bank hub is close to several traveler attractions along with Mansion House (the official abode of the Lord Mayor of the City of London), the Bank of England, The Royal Exchange, Leadenhall shop and the Lloyd's Building.

Lloyds construction is the home of the guarnatee institution, Lloyds of London, the world's leading guarnatee market.

St Paul's hub is a short walk to St Paul's Cathedral, the second largest cathedral in the world after St Peter's Cathedral in Rome.

Other traveler attractions near St Paul's hub consist of the Museum of London, Millennium Pedestrian Bridge, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Tate Modern. From the Tate contemporary you can take a relaxing walk along the river bank and enjoy the amazing sights and sounds of London.

Near Chancery Lane hub are the Inns of Court, the Royal Courts of Justice, the Yeomanry Museum and the London Silver Vaults (the home to the world's largest retail variety of fine old silver).

Stop at Holborn hub for Lincoln's Inn, the British Museum, Sir John Soane's Museum, The Hunterian Museum, the London School of Economics and the Royal College of Surgeons.

During the year Law students are required to dine "in Hall" of Lincoln's Inn a sure number of times before they qualify to be "called to the Bar".

You get off at Tottenham Court Road hub if you are visiting the British Museum, the Dominion Theatre and the Central Ymca. Most of the West End theatres and London Chinatown are settled in the south of Tottenham Court Road station.

Tottenham Court Road shops are illustrious for the sale of electrical goods like televisions and Computers.

Oxford Circus hub is the centre of the busiest shopping district in London. This is where Oxford road (running in east-west direction) meets Regent road (running in north-south direction). Both Oxford road and Regent road are very busy shopping streets and that is why most citizen prefer to stop at Oxford Circus when they come to the West End to shop.

Bond road hub is one stop west of Oxford road station. Shops in Bond road stock elegant and expensive designer clothes and Accessories. Celebrities from all over the world are often seen shopping in Bond Street.

New Bond road and South Moulton Street, both streets illustrious for elegant and expensive jewellery and watches, are only a short distance away from Bond road station.

Selfridges group Store is just a incorporate of minutes walk from the station.

Marble Arch hub is settled at the west end of Oxford Street. Opposite Marble Arch hub is Park Lane, illustrious for its 5 star hotels such as the Dorchester Hotel, InterContinental Hotel and Hilton Park Lane. If you walk halfway down Park Lane, you will see the Animal in War Memorial. This memorial is to commemorate the contributions made by animals that serve alongside forces while the war.

Hyde Park is settled to the west of Marble Arch hub and the Speakers projection is only less than 5 minutes walk away.

Lancaster Gate hub is where you get off if you are visiting the Hyde Park Italian Gardens, the Serpentine, Diana, Princess of Wales Fountain and the Bayswater Road Artists Gallery.

Queensway hub is the stop if you are visiting Kensington Palace. You can also start your "Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Walk" from Kensington Gardens over the station. This is a 7 mile walk over 4 Royal Parks, 3 Royal Palaces and several popular London landmarks. You just effect the Diana Memorial Walk plaques that are embedded along the route.

Fashionable Notting Hill Gate is illustrious for the Notting Hill Gate Carnival. This event is held here annually while the August Bank Holiday and is organised by the Caribbean community. This is a very popular event and each year hundreds of thousands of citizen converge here to join in the celebrations.

Portobello Road shop is also internationally known and is busiest on Saturdays.

Holland Park is a lovely park with its illustrious Orangery, Kyoto organery and open air theatre.

Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, is now a ruin, having been destroyed by bombs while World War Ii.

Next to Shepherd's Bush hub is the Westfield Shopping Centre with more than 300 shops under one roof and is currently the largest urban shopping complex in Europe.

White City station. Here you can visit the Bbc Television Centre and join its tours. Nearby is Loftus Road Stadium, home of Queens Park Rangers Football Club and the London Wasps Rugby Club.

Apart from Stratford hub (zone 3) and Holland Park, Shepherd's Bush and White City stations (zone 2), all the other Central line stations listed above are in zone 1. So if you are not planning to visit these stations, you only need to buy a 1-day Travelcard for zone 1. That will give you unlimited tour for a day in zone 1 by bus as well as by tube.