How to get to The Vortex

Travel information and parking at the Vortex Jazz Club

The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ

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Overground

Dalston Kingsland (Silverlink) - one minute walk from the venue. Connect from Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line)

Liverpool Street – take the 149 bus which goes past Gillett Square.

East London Line

Connects Dalston Junction to New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon. full timetable operational by 23 May.

Tube

Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line) – bus from tube station along Balls Pond Road in direction of Dalston, Hackney.

Liverpool St (Central Line) / Old Street (Northern Line) – bus from tube station in direction of Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill.

Buses

The Vortex is on the following bus routes:

From Liverpool Station 149 (N149)
Other routes 67, 243 (N243), 30, 76, 38 (N38), 56, 277

Download a pdf of the Dalston bus map

Parking

Parking is now available on the north side of Gillett Street.

Access is from Boleyn Road. Please note there is no vehicle access from Kingsland High Street.

Monday to Saturday: £1 per hour
Free after 6.30pm
Max stay 2 hours
Sunday and Bank Holidays free
Disabled free
Motorcycles and bicycles free

Illegal minicab warning

This information has been provided by Transport for London.

Taking an unbooked minicab home is dangerous. Any minicab journey that isn’t booked by phone or in a minicab office is illegal, unsafe and puts you at risk of sexual violence and robbery. You must not approach minicab drivers and any minicab driver that approaches you is acting illegally.

What are the safer alternatives?

Only taxis (black cabs) can be stopped by customers and can pick up off the street. Otherwise you can also use pre-booked minicabs.

Cabwise

Transport for London’s text service

Text CAB to 60835* and GPS will be used to text your two nearest minicab numbers and one taxi (black cab) number.

Night buses

There are now more night buses than ever with 117 routes all with CCTV. The last Tubes leave central London around 00.30 Monday to Saturday nights**.

What else can I do?

Avoid using alleyways or short cuts. Stick to well-lit streets.

In an emergency always call 999.

You can plan your night out and get the latest information on late night travel by visiting tfl.gov.uk/traveltools before you go out.

Plan your journey in advance with Journey Planner, use Findaride to get the details of licensed minicabs in the area that visiting or get maps, timetables and free mobile travel alerts.

For more information and safety advice visit visit tfl.gov.uk or call the 24hr London Travel Information line on 0843 222 1234***.

* Text charged at 35p per enquiry plus standard text message rate. Roaming rates apply to overseas networks. Customers on 3 and overseas networks need to enter different information. See tfl.gov.uk/cabwise for further details.
** Excludes the Waterloo & City and Circle lines.
*** You pay no more than 5p per minute if calling from a BT landline. There may be a connection charge. Charges from mobiles or other landline providers may vary.

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