Directions
The Multimedia and Information Systems group is located in two sites: for Imperial College London, see below; for the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University, see http://kmi.open.ac.uk/about/find.cfm.
The Computing Department of Imperial College London is on the South Kensington campus in the heart of London, just south of Hyde Park. The street address is
Huxley building
180 Queen's Gate
London SW7 2RH
Parking is scarce, and you should not bring a car to College unless you have arranged a parking space in advance.
The nearest tube stations are South Kensington and Gloucester Road. Both are served by the Piccadilly, District and Circle underground lines. From there you can use the following map to walk to the Computing Department.
All major rail termini in London are part of the Underground line network. Heathrow airport is directly on the Piccadilly line which caters for the tube stations near College. Stansted, Gatwick and Luton airports have rail links into London; London City airport has bus services to the Jubilee underground line.
There is a London journey planner http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk that helps you getting around in London. Here are some summaries for travelling by air:
Heathrow Terminal 1, 2, 3: Take the Piccadilly line to Gloucester Road and walk using above map.
Heathrow Terminal 4: Owing to engineering work for a new station at Terminal 5 there is a bus replacement service to Hatton Cross on the Piccadilly line; then as above. ALTERNATIVELY take the Heathrow Express to Paddington; then either take a cab to 180 Queen's Gate OR walk south across Hyde park (30 mins) OR take the circle line to Gloucester Road and walk using above map.
From Luton Airport: Take the train to King's Cross station; change to southbound Piccadilly line, alight at Gloucester Road and walk using above map.
Stanstead Airport: Take the Stanstead express towards London, exit Tottenham Hale, change to Victoria line (southbound), change at Victoria Station to the westbound District or Circle line, alight at Gloucester Road and walk using above map.
From Gatwick Airport: Take any train to Victoria station; then use westbound District or Circle line, alight at Gloucester Road and walk using above map.
From London City Airport: Either take Bus LC1 towards Liverpool Street to Canary Wharf and change to northwestbound Jubilee line or take Bus LC2 to Canning Town and change to northwestbound Jubilee line. Change at Westminster to westbound District or Circle line. Alight at Gloucester Road and walk using above map.