Finding ExCel

DSEi is taking place at ExCel, a large exhibition centre in Custom House, an area in East London's Docklands. It is easily accessible by the Jubilee Tube Line and the Docklands Light Railway as well as by bus, bike and if necessary car. ExCel have a section on their website showing their visitors how to get there, click here to see.

Arms dealers will be arriving by car and by Docklands Light Railway. 'Custom House for EXCEL' DLR and Silverlink station is connected by a short walkway to the west entrance. Prince Regent DLR is very near the east entrance.

Click here to see a map of the Excel area.
Click here for a tube map of the Excel area.
Click here for a tube & rail map of London.

Tube & Rail
The Jubilee line at Canning Town is a 15 minute walk or 3-minute DLR journey from EXCEL. The DLR is also connected to the Central, Northern, Circle, District and Waterloo & City lines at Bank and the Circle and District lines at Tower Hill/Tower Gateway.

EXCEL is in Zone 3. London Underground tickets & travelcards are valid on the DLR.

The Silverlink train service operates between Richmond and North Woolwich via Kew, Acton, Willesden, Hampstead, Hackney, Stratford and Custom House for EXCEL. Silverlink Metro +44(0)20 7222 1234

Eurostar & National Rail Enquiries + 44 (0)8457 48 49 50

Waterloo International Station is the terminus for Channel Tunnel trains. From Waterloo, take the Jubilee line to Canning Town and change to the DLR.

Road
Road access is from Tower Bridge or from Central London via the Limehouse Link. From outside London, access is via the M25, A13, M11, A406 (North Circular), the Blackwall Tunnel and Rotherhithe Tunnel.

EXCEL is bounded by the Royal Victoria Dock to the south, and the DLR and Silverlink rail lines to the north. There are road entrances to the West and East, and footbridges over the train lines and the dock. For the arms dealers, there are 4,600 parking spaces.

AA Route Planner. (Type 'Excel' as your destination).
Local Road Map.
Aerial Photograph. 830kb file taken before ExCel was built.

Busses
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Ilford to Canning Town stopping at: Browning House, East Ham, Upton Park, Prince Regent Lane (for Prince Regent station), Custom House for EXCEL, Royal Victoria, Keir Hardie Estate, Canning Town.

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Stratford to Canning Town, stopping at: Plaistow, New Barn Street, Freemasons Road, Custom House for EXCEL, Keir Hardie Estate, Canning Town.

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Stratford to Beckton, stopping at: Plaistow, Prince Regent Lane (for Prince Regent station), Tollgate Road, East Beckton, Beckton (Savacentre)

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Stagecoach. Stratford to North Woolwich, stopping at: Plaistow, Victoria & Albert Docks (for Prince Regent station), London City Airport, Silvertown, North Woolwich.

General London Transport Information
Public transport in London works on zones - the centre is zone one, the most expensive zone. Other zones are concentric, out to zone six.

A one day pass for all public transport, zones one to four, costs £4.50, or £7 to start before 0930.

We recommend that you get an A-Z style map of London, if you don't have one, and familiarize yourself with the area around EXCEL.

The Transport For London Journey Planner can be used to plan journeys on public transport around London. You can call them on +44 (0)20 7222 1234.


The information on this page was listed from the 'Destroy DSEi' website.