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I’d like to find the most cost effective option for a day out which includes river travel to Greenwich (Cutty Sark).
There will be 4 adults and one child (age 13). One adult may have a veteren’s free travel card (if he remembers to bring it!).
We will be travelling on a weekend, leaving from Zone 3 (Walthamstow Central) and probably heading to Vauxhall to pick up the river boat to Cutty Sark. We may then come back via tube (possibly a cab to North Greenwich) and perhaps some additional tube travel afterwards before heading back to Walthamstow.
Would I be right in thinking that 1-day travel cards would be a good idea? I can’t see us venturing further than Zones 1-3.
Thanks for any advice
Hi Stuart,
Sorry for the delay responding.
The cheapest day travelcard you can buy is for zones 1-6 off-peak and this costs £5.40 more than the adult zone 1-3 daily cap. A single riverboat fare for the Central and East zones costs £1.20 more using Oyster or contactless than you get if you show a travelcard, so it doesn’t look like it’s worthwhile. Prices are going up in two weeks, but the point will likely still stand.
I’m not sure how much a taxi from Cutty Sark to North Grenwich might cost, but given you’ll likely have capped anyway why not use the DLR to Canary Wharf instead.
Has the 13-year old got a zip card?
Hi Mike
The trip was on Saturday – we were showing some visitors around London so wanted to use the river boat.
Turns out the day was £14.50 in all, using contactless. The river boat from Millbank to Greenwich was £8.70 of that!I was hoping there might have been a cheaper way to do this (there were 5 of us – one adult with a veterns card which covered all except the river boat), but seems there may not have been!
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