Just got a job offer in IB starting in September in Canary Wharf, any recommendations on whereabout to live (I want to avoid Canary Wharf area)

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Places that I've lived and loved, all within a 20 min commute to the Wharf are Bow (Caspian Wharf) and Silvertown (Royal Victoria, Brittania Village, Royal Wharf). Then you have N. Woolwich near the O2, lots of nice apartments and quite buzzing. In the other direction you have St Katherine's Dock/ Wapping which has nice restaurants and bars near the river.

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Greenwich is also a nice area to look at - its green and has a lot sightseeings to appreciate, many activities to entertain. It’s not too close to Canary Wharf that makes you feel that you spend most of your work/life in one area, but it’s also not too far with less than 20mins DLR commute (if you live close to the Cutty Sark station)

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Congrats! The jubilee line stops are quite good as you can jump on a train direct into the office easily. If you want to live in east London Stratford isn’t bad it has a big Westfield mall and quite close but if you want to live in west London which is generally more expensive and has more affluent areas then places like Fulham (just near to Chelsea on the district line) are good but take longer to commute in. Although they are easy to get into central London from. Canary Wharf and most stops around that area on the jubilee line have some lovely affordable flats but are not really near anything in terms of the centre of town/city where most of the things to do are and are quite dead on the weekends. What do you enjoy doing?

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I disagree with the stops near Canary Wharf having nothing to do on weekends. Just 2 stops away is London Bridge, then Southwark and Waterloo where you have south bankside, Bermondsey st, borough market…there’s loads to do south of the river but I know some people don’t like going in that direction.

Update please! Where did you decide to move to in the end? 😊

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