Round Table 2
Theme: Socially Inclusive Consultation
Date: 15th May 2008
Venue: City Hall, The Queen's Walk, SE1 2AA.
Google Map: View full size map
Street Map: View map
Joining instructions
By underground and rail
City Hall is about ten minutes walk from London Bridge station and fifteen minutes from Tower Hill.
London Bridge (Jubilee and Northern lines and mainline station)
Tower Hill (Circle and District lines)
Tower Gateway (Docklands Light Railway)
By bus / foot
Buses RVI (low floor, wheelchair accessible), 47 and 381 stop at Hay's Galleria and Tooley Street near Weavers Lane. Walk along Tooley Street to More London Place and branch to the left. City Hall is the rounded glass building just to the right, at the end of More London Place.
Buses 42, 78, 381 and RV1 stop on Tower Bridge Road. Take the steps down to the riverside walk and walk west, towards London Bridge. To avoid the steps, turn from Tower Bridge Road into Tooley Street and follow the path through Potters Fields Park to City Hall.
From Tower Hill / Tower Gateway DLR (route with steps):
From Tower Hill station, walk towards Tower Gateway DLR. About 50m from Tower Hill station is a major road junction by Tower Gateway DLR, with tactile pavements and pedestrian crossings. Cross towards the Tower of London. Walk towards Tower Bridge with the Tower of London on your right. Cross Tower Bridge and take the 39 steps down to The Queen's Walk on the south bank of the Thames. City Hall can be found to the west of the bridge.
By river services
River services are available to London Bridge City Pier, Tower Millennium Pier and St Katharine's Pier. Thames Clipper services (all boats wheelchair accessible) stop at London Bridge City Pier. The pier is connected to the riverside walk, The Queen's Walk. Turn left at the end of the pier, and walk towards Tower Bridge with the river on your left. Continue past Hay's Galleria, HMS Belfast and More London to City Hall.
Please see Transport for London: River Services for more details.
By bicycle
Bicycle racks are available at City Hall, on the south side of the building by Potters Fields Park (see street map above).
By taxi or Dial-a-Ride
The best place for the taxi drop is on Tooley Street at Weavers Lane (opposite the Elusive Camel pub).
Disabled visitors can be dropped at the top of Weavers Lane, at the back of City Hall (security personnel will open the barriers for such visitors). Visitors will then need to go around to the doors at the front of the building.
By car
Disabled visitors planning to drive to City Hall can book one of the four parking bays reserved for Blue Badge holders. Parking in streets near City Hall is limited.
To book a Blue Badge parking bay, call the GLA's facilities management on 020 7983 4163.
Guide dogs
City Hall welcomes guide dogs and hearing dogs.
Journey Planner
For the quickest route to City Hall, go to Transport for London's Journey Planner at www.tfl.gov.uk/journeyplanner for further bus route, tube and train information.
Select 'More Options' in the Journey Planner for options relating to mobility restriction eg. for wheelchair accessible routes.
You can also check on Journey Planner for any service disruptions caused by improvement works etc on the day of the event.
Agenda
Theme: Socially Inclusive Consultation
10.00: Introduction - Alice Maynard, future inclusion
10.15: Briefing - Simon Dean, NOMIS Projects Ltd
10.45: Speaker - Dr Bano Murtuja, Vis-à-Vis Research
11.30: Speaker - Fred Boniface, HM Prison, Woodhill
12.15: Discussion
12.45: Lunch
13.30: Speaker - Suzy Riley, British Youth Council
14.15: Speaker - Stephen Golden, Transport for London
15.00: Break
15.15: Summary
15.45: Close