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London Transport Zones

London is divided into 1–9 zones*, but most of it fits into zones 1–6. Central London is zone 1, zone 2 is the ring around zone 1, zone 3 is the ring around 2 and so on.

*zones 7,8 and 9 cover a small area just outside North West London including Watford, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Amersham or Chalfont & Latimer.

It’s important to be aware of London’s transport zones and to find out what zone a station is in. Ticket prices for One Day, Weekly or Monthly Travelcards or the money deducted from a Pay as you go Oyster card or contactless card can vary considerably according to how many zones you travel through.

The zones do not apply to bus travel . You can travel by bus all over London (zones 1–6) with any Travelcard.

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London zone map

You can see the zones on a tube map, coloured in either white or grey.

• View a standard PDF version of the tube map
• If you stay in a part of London that is not on the tube network, see the National Rail services map (pdf) to find the zone for your closest train station.

What London transport zones do I need?

Find the closest underground or train station to your accommodation. Then find the zone of the station you want to travel to. If you’re visiting London for sightseeing or to shop this will probably be zone 1.

When you know the zones you need to pay for, what you do depends on the type of ticket/pass you buy:

Weekly or monthly Travelcards

You buy a Travelcard that covers all the zones between where you stay and where you want to visit/your regular final destination. For example:

• if you stay in Shepherd’s Bush (zone 2) and plan to visit central London (zone 1), you need a zone 1-2 Travelcard.
• If you stay in Wimbledon (zone 3) and travel to/from central London, you need a zone 1-3 Travelcard.

Pay as you go Oyster card

If you use a Pay as you go Oyster card , top-up your card with enough money to either pay for a single journey for the zones you travel through or add enough money to cover the cost of the ‘daily cap’ if you want unlimited travel for the day.

Contactless

With a contactless card, you do not have to worry about the zones as the system will calculate the fare for you the next day. Remember to always touch in and out on the tube or local trains (with the same card!) to ensure you are charged the correct amount.

How to pay for transport outside your normal transport zone

There may be occasions when you need to travel outside the zones on your weekly or monthly Travelcard.

The procedure is slightly different if you have a Travelcard loaded on an Oyster card, or a paper Travelcard:

Travelcards on an Oyster card

If you already have a weekly Travelcard for certain zones and want to visit a place outside that zone, top-up your Oyster card with some Pay as you go money to cover the cost of travelling between the last zone on your Travelcard and the zone you want to visit.

For example, if you have a zone 1-2 weekly Travelcard and you want to visit Richmond in zone 4, you need to add extra money to your Oyster to cover the fare for zones 3 and 4.

See Oyster single fares to find a fare. You can add extra money to your Oyster card at a tube station ticket machine.

Paper Travelcards

If you have a paper version of the Travelcard, you need to buy an extension ticket from the underground station ticket machine.

Stations in two zones

Some stations are on the border of two zones. These stations have a white box around their name on the tube map. Tickets to these stations are slightly different.

For example:

• Earl’s Court tube station is in zone 1/2. If you stay in Earl’s Court and take the tube to any other station in zone 1 (central London), you pay the zone 1 single fare with a pay as you go Oyster or contactless card.
• If you travel from Earl’s Court to Heathrow (zone 6), the single fare is charged from zone 2 to zone 6, not from zone 1-6.
• ABBA Arena is in zone 2/3. From zone 1, you pay the zone 1-2 fare. If you are staying in outer London and are travelling to the stadium without travelling through central London (zone 1), you pay the the fare to zone 3.

How to save money on travel to central London from zones 2-6

A major benefit of the Travelcard is that it’s valid on the buses for the whole of London, regardless of the zones you buy.

If you stay in zones 2-6 and want to travel to zone 1 (central London) a good money-saving tip is to buy a weekly or monthly Travelcard excluding zone 1 , but including zone 2. You can then take the tube/train to the zone 2 station close to zone 1 and then use the bus to travel to and around zone 1.

This only works with a weekly or monthly Travelcard, but you will save a money.

• If you stay in zone 5, a zone 1-5 weekly Travelcard is  £73.00 .
• A zone 2-5 weekly Travelcard is £42.50 , saving you £30.50 a week
• A zone 1-5 monthly Travelcard is  £280.40
• A zone 2-5 monthly Travelcard is  £163.20 a saving of £111.70 a month

Popular places to visit outside central London (Zone 1)

Tourist attractions.

Chiswick House – zone 2 (Turnham Green) Cutty Sark – zone 2 Dulwich Picture Gallery – zone 2 Ham House – zone 4 Hampton Court Palace – zone 6 Kenwood House – zone 2 (Archway) Kew Gardens – zone 3 National Maritime Museum – zone 2 Osterley House – zone 4 RAF Museum Hendon – zone 4 William Morris Gallery – zone 3

Westfield London (Shepherd’s Bush/White City) – zone 2 Westfield Stratford – zone 2/3 Camden Market – zone 2

Sport and music venues

The O2 – zone 2/3 Twickenham Rugby Stadium – zone 5 Wembley Stadium – zone 4 Emirates Stadium – zone 2 ABBA Arena – zone 2/3 (See stations in two zones above)

Greenwich – zone 2 Richmond – zone 4 Wimbledon – zone 3

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Last updated: 23 February 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

We have collected some frequently asked questions – and their answers – about travel from Sevenoaks.

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Frequently Asked Questions — 23 Comments

Recently I collected my daughter from Sevenoaks late evening. The train was delayed and I was surprised to find that there were no repeat no seats for people waiting. I note that there are plenty of seats during the daytime but these all belong to the cafes. I have a bad knee and feel that some money should be made available for such a small convenience

Many thanks for drawing our attention to this. We are pursuing with Southeastern which seats are free to use without purchasing a beverage and which seats should be left out for the evening.

Given the current timetable for the 2015/16 disruptions, I have noticed that there will be no trains to Charing Cross on a Sunday. Does this mean that I will have to pay additional money to travel from another station over to Charing Cross because I only have the ‘Sevenoaks to London Terminals’ season ticket, or are the train companies going to be reimbursing people for this? I understand improvement works need to take place, but the train times already always run behind time, let alone with highly reduced services for 3 years along with higher train fares!

Sarah: this is an important question. The short answer is that agreement has not yet been reached between Southeastern and Transport for London to allow tube travel. I have cross-posted your comment to our feature on London Bridge timetables and put a longer answer at http://srta.org.uk/wp/posts/660#comment-181

I’m a Sevenoaks commuter and have been trying to get an answer from Southeastern regarding split zonal travelcards. I took to twitter and they were responsive to start with but eventually we reached a dead end. I’m confident this is allowed but I have yet to have confirmation from Southeastern that we can buy a zone ticket from Sevenoaks to zone 5 and then an oyster from zone 1-4 which will allow you to save money by paying upfront.

Below is the transcript from Twitter and I wonder if you know wheter this is allowed or not.

Many Thanks

David Pires ‏@davidmpires Dec 9 @Se_Railway can I buy a zone 1-4 oyster card and a 5-6 travelcard and travel on a train not stopping in between zone 6-1?

Southeastern ‏@Se_Railway Dec 9 @davidmpires As long as you have valid tickets to cover the entire journey, that would be perfectly fine.

David Pires ‏@davidmpires Dec 9 @Se_Railway thanks essentially I want to get those travel cards and get on at Sevenoaks and exit at Charing Cross only stopping at Waterloo.

Southeastern ‏@Se_Railway Dec 9 @davidmpires Sevenoaks is outside of the London Zone network so your ticket would have to cover travel between Sevenoaks and Zone 6.

David Pires ‏@davidmpires Dec 9 @Se_Railway or between Sevenoaks and zone 5 then an oystercard between zone 1-4?

Southeastern‏@Se_Railway @davidmpires Your Oyster cannot be tapped in on the train so you would have to leave it when you reach the extent of your Sevenoaks ticket.

alastair Harding ‏@alastairharding Dec 9 @Se_Railway @davidmpires surely if both tickets are zonal this is ok? Sevenoaks to zone 5 and z1-4 travel card would be acceptable.

Alastair Harding ‏@alastairharding Dec 9 @Se_Railway @davidmpires this is covered in the national rail conditions of carriage part C 19(a) – no need for the train to stop or tap…

Alastair Harding ‏@alastairharding Dec 9 @Se_Railway @davidmpires I’m sure Southeastern will confirm this?

David Pires ‏@davidmpires Dec 9 @alastairharding @Se_Railway I’m sure they will. It makes perfect sense to me. But with these things it’s good to check.

Southeastern ‏@Se_Railway Dec 9 @davidmpires In order to register your journey you would need to tap in at an Oyster point.

David Pires ‏@davidmpires Dec 9 @Se_Railway thank you, but surely that’s not the case with a travelcard, as long as you tap within the permitted zone there’s no problem.

I’ve recently had a number of delay repay claims paid out since performance slipped earlier this year. However the most recent vouchers have an expiry date in less than 3 months time. Has anyone else noticed this? It says on the SE website that they are valid for 12 months. Is this a new stealth approach from Southeastern?

Interesting observation. In the latest Delay Repay voucher received here there are two expiry dates:

• a long date for use of the voucher to buy more rail travel
• a much shorter date – only a month – to exchange the voucher for cash

We cannot see why the cash alternative is so time limited – it looks like sour grapes from the rail companies now that they have been forced to provide a cash alternative.

We also wonder why the rail companies do not simply pay the cash alternative direct to a bank account, instead of issuing a voucher and requiring customers to go and queue at the ticket office to collect the cash (we have also see reports that the process to get the cash at the ticket office is slow and bureaucratic.

Could you email us a photo of your voucher please – to secretary [at] srta [dot] org [dot] uk

Hello – is parking a bike free at Sevenoaks station?

@emily Yes it is free for the open racks in the station forecourt

Does one need a ticket (paper ticket) to travel to Sevenoaks or can you tap in and out with your Oyster Card?

@dessie Oyster is not yet available for Sevenoaks or Dunton Green. You will need a paper ticket.

I’m concerned that running services all night from London would result in unacceptable noise pollution for the many people who live in close proximity of the train tracks, likewise the greater frequency and higher speeds of trains being proposed on this site during the course of the day are of concern to me. Where can I see exactly what it is we are working towards St Sevenoaks station? Is it much different to the current frequency, speed and timetable? What measures are being taken to ensure the noise doesn’t get worse than it is already? Faster more often and through the night sounds loud and bad.

What will happen if somebody by mistake traveled to Sevenoaks, touching in with oyster in London and touching out at Sevenoaks?

Maximum fare on Oyster since no touch-out. Oyster won’t open the barriers at Sevenoaks, so Penalty fare from Southeastern at Sevenoaks – possibly from Orpington if the train stopped there.

Am really upset that my 15 year old got fined 20 pounds at Sevenoaks – the first time he had travelled there for using a oyster. He says he wanted to pay the excess fare when he realised his mistake but the ticket inspector said he had to fine him. Luckily he had a bank card but the shortage of staff at london stations makes it difficult to confirm if a ticket is needed before travelling

@Sian The ticket inspector was under no obligation to fine him. He could have simply charged the fare from Orpington, or just told your son to be more careful and let him through the barrier.

Many people do assume that Sevenoaks (which is part of the “London Rail Area”) is within the TfL Oyster/Contactless fare system. That system has already been extended to Dartford and to Swanley, and TfL have told us that it could be extended to Sevenoaks without difficulty. Regrettably extending Oyster is not in the new franchise specification either.

There is a new practice developing at London Bridge requiring passengers to fold up bikes at the barrier and not at the bottom of the lift of the escalator. The rules clearly state that bikes should be folded on the platform not the concourse. Why are they doing this? It means carrying it and bashing it against people rather than just wheeling it through like a pushchair or suitcase. Just seems to be a vendetta against commuters with Bromptons.

@Julie: probably just SER saving staff by not having them at the base of the escalators? Please come to our AGM on the evening of Thursday 18 October and you can ask SER yourself!

is there now an oyster facility at seven oaks station?

@bikky Alas Oyster has not been extended to Sevenoaks (or to Dunton Green, Bat & Ball, Otford, Shoreham or Eynsford). We have campaigned for this, but it has not been included in the specification for the new Franchise.

If you have an Oyster travelcard then you can buy an extension rail ticket that covers the journey from the edge of Zone 6 (Knockholt) to Sevenoaks.

I’m considering moving to the Sevenoaks area, and would like to know whether there tend to be seats available or whether it’s standing room only when commuting between Sevenoaks and London Bridge on the express services. I’d probably be aiming for the 08:03, 08:08 or 08:12 from Sevenoaks and the 17:20, 17:28 or 17:33 return from London Bridge.

@Duncan Peak time from Sevenoaks tends to be 0700-0800 so you can usually get seats at Sevenoaks on the 0803 (Tunbridge Wells starter) and the 0812. The 0808 is a Cannon Street train and tends to be fuller. There tend to be more seats at the rear of the train in the morning, so best to use the ‘country’ end of the platform.

In 2016 Southeastern published regular “How Busy Is Your Train” charts, but they ceased doing so after a few months. The August 2016 charts showed that the 0808 had standing room only from Sevenoaks and the 0812 had limited seating. This seems about right, although in 2016 there was less capacity because of the London Bridge rebuilding. There’s also now noticeably more working from home, especially in the second half of the week.

You should be able to get a seat on the return trains in the evening; the evening peak tends to be more spread out. You’ll probably do better with trains starting from Charing Cross than from Cannon Street though.

@Duncan The August 2016 How Busy Is Your Train information for Sevenoaks mainline services is at https://srta.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sevenoaks-fast-composite.pdf

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• 1 Understand
• 2.2 By train
• 3.2 By taxi
• 7.1 Chipstead
• 8.2 Villages east of Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks is a town in Kent , in the South East of England . Sevenoaks is a fairly traditional market town, although these days, given its proximity to London , it is known largely as a commuter town. It is the perfect place to explore the Darenth Valley, especially if you like gentle country walks with plenty of rustic pubs along the way.

Understand [ edit ]

Contrary to popular belief the town isn't named after the seven oak trees that stood alongside the cricket pitch (six of which were destroyed in the great storm of 1987); the town's name is instead derived from the Saxon word seouenaca , the name given to a small chapel in Knole Park around 800 AD.

The district of Sevenoaks consists of 29 villages and small towns including of Chiddingstone , Edenbridge and Hever .

Otford is a quintessential village, nestled in the Kent countryside. It was mentioned in the Domesday book and was the site of an old Saxon battle.

Get in [ edit ]

By car [ edit ].

Sevenoaks is very near Junction 5 of the M25 where the M26 meets the M25. The M26 (or A25) leads to Maidstone , and the A21 heads south to Tonbridge , Tunbridge Wells and Hastings .

By train [ edit ]

Fare and timetable information is available from South East Trains [dead link] or by telephoning +44 8457 484950 (premium number).

Get around [ edit ]

Sevenoaks is not a large town, and the centre can easily be travelled on foot. As with most other towns in England, the town is well serviced by buses and taxis.

By bus [ edit ]

Arriva is the bus company that operates in Sevenoaks. Timetables and fares are available on their website . Buy your ticket from the driver when you board the bus.

By taxi [ edit ]

The main taxi rank is at the train station, although you can order a taxi by telephone to pick you up from anywhere.

For pre-booked journeys, try:

• Streamline , ☏ +44 1732 459990 . iPhone App and Textbooker available.  
• Space Travel .  
• Kent Chauffeurs .  

See [ edit ]

• 51.271366 0.194749 2 Sevenoaks Museum and Art Gallery , Buckhurst Lane , ☏ +44 1732 453118-452384 .  
• 51.207615 0.143373 8 Bough Beech reservoir . for walking, sailing and fishing. Includes a wildlife reserve  

• Church of St. Mary's , Chiddingstone . This parish church is a beautiful Grade II* listed sandstone church and is, perhaps, the fourth built on the site. In the churchyard is a mausoleum dating from 1736 built by Henry Streatfeild; leading down into the family vault beneath which has a through flow of air provided by vents in two false altar tombs. The church was almost destroyed by a lightning fire in 1624.  

Do [ edit ]

• Hike : Otford is a waypoint on the North Downs Way, the Pilgrims Way and the Darenth Valley footpath. All of which are highly recommended, especially in summer. Paths get muddy in winter and after heavy rain.
• LoveFit . A three-day event of fitness and partying on St Clere Estate, Heaverham. The next is 12th–14th July 2024. ( updated Dec 2023 )

Buy [ edit ]

There are a few antique shops in Otford.

Eat [ edit ]

51.28685 0.19534 1 St John's Fish Bar , 93 St Johns Hill, TN13 3PE , ☏ +44 1732 451 308 . M-Sa 11:30AA–2:30PM, 4:30–9:30PM; closed Su . ( updated Jul 2021 )

Chipstead [ edit ]

Otford [ edit ].

• The Forge , Otford ( main high street ). A very good restaurant.  
• The Bull , Otford . It specialises in seafood, and long waiting times. Don't be put off by this as you will always be told how long it will take for your food to arrive before you order. It is usually worth the wait.  
• Ellenor's , Otford . Not open on Sundays . A local charitable cafe, serve amazing homemade ice-cream with new flavours every week.  

Drink [ edit ]

51.27209 0.19251 3 Oak Tavern & Tap House , 135 High St, TN13 1XA , ☏ +44 1732 742 615 . noon-11PM . ( updated Jul 2021 )

Villages east of Sevenoaks [ edit ]

Sleep [ edit ].

51.27771 0.1828 1 Premier Inn Sevenoaks , ☏ +44 1732 496392 . Set a little outside the Town Centre, this casual budget hotel is 2-minute walk from Sevenoaks train station. ( updated Oct 2019 )

• Hever Castle has rooms, B&B double from £180. Open Mar-Dec, no dogs.

Connect [ edit ]

As of March 2022, Sevenoaks has 4G from EE and Three, and 5G from O2 and Vodafone.

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