You could take a bus, but that requires reading a spiderweb map and trusting a driver who has seen things. The 59, 68, and 168 all get close, but they also pass through Tottenham Court Road, which at 5 PM is a sausage party of humans and their suitcases. Stick to the tube. It’s faster and less likely to involve a man singing show tunes about his cat.
The Surprising Fact You Didn’t Ask For
Here’s a nugget of weirdness: the British Museum has its own postcode—WC1B 3DG—but no dedicated tube station because it was founded in 1753, 110 years before the first Underground line existed. Imagine the ghost of Sir Hans Sloane shaking his fist at a train. Also, the station Holborn was originally named “Holborn” but almost became “Kingsway” in a 1930s rebranding that thankfully failed. Because “Get off at Kingsway for the dead pharaohs” sounds like a bad movie.
