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Arrival, Pick Up & Departure Drop Off Telephone Calls Mobile Phones Email and Internet Electricity Water TV and Radio Free time Places to visit in London
We can meet you at London Heathrow Airport or at St Pancras International Railway Station at no extra cost. We will also drop you off in good time for your departure at no extra cost. If you are coming in to Gatwick, Stanstead or Luton Airports, there will be a small charge to meet you and drop you off.
Paying for the Course
Payment must be made by credit card using Google Checkout; or Bank Draft or Swift. 50% of the course fee will secure your place in advance and the balance to be paid when you arrive.
We expect you to call your family to let them know of your safe arrival. We hope that you will not need to call them again after that unless it is an emergency. We will not charge you for calls you make from our home with our prior agreement.
We will lend you a cell phone for your stay with us on a British network because part of your practical lessons includes speaking English over the phone. You will not be charged for the calls.
You can have access to the internet and email from one of the computers in our house. You can also use the network printer. There is no extra charge for this.
We have our own adaptors for you to use, so you do not have to worry about compatibility.
London's water supply is hard water and can irritate sensitive skin. We have a water softener so our tap water provides softened water.
We have multi-channel television - digital with a LCD screen in the living room so you can have your say in deciding what to watch. There is a digital radio in your bedroom.
When there are no lessons, you are free to relax and watch TV, go for a walk, read books or listen to music - we have a large collection of books and CDs. You may also want to go in to London. Your course is planned so that we are in London on Thursday afternoons, to coincide with the shops staying open until 8 or 9 p.m. On your day off, you may want to visit places of interest such as Stratford-upon-Avon, York, Oxford or Cambridge. You may want to go to a coastal town such as Brighton.
British Museum
Sherlock Holmes museum
Charles Dickens museum
London transport museum
London Dungeon
Tower of London
London Eye (best to book in advance)
Buckingham Palace (August and September for tours)
Carnaby Street