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Getting To & Around New London
Whether you're visitng New London for the first time, or planning to stay, there are many options for getting here and getting around town. Take a plane, train, or bus here, or arrive by ferry or ship. Enjoy New London on foot, or take to the road. It's up to you!
Do the New London Stroll!
Walking is a lively, thriving pastime in downtown New London. All over, from the waterfront to the downtown restaurants and shops, to the ferries and the numerous antique shops and art studios and galleries, you'll see people walking at all hours of the day and evening.
Whether you are "on the hunt" for a fresh "black and white" cookie from one of downtown New London's bakeries or a special lunch at one of downtown New London's ethnic restaurants, you won't go wrong doing it on foot!
Pick up a cup of coffee and a bagel, head on down to the Waterfront Park and watch the ferries and working boats as they travel from New London's port down the Thames River on their ocean-bound journeys.
Walks and Tours
New London Visitor Information Center at the Trolley Waiting Station. Entrance to parking lots on Eugene O'Neill Drive at Golden Street. Housed in the restored 1893 Trolley Waiting Station building. Open seasonally. Staffed by volunteers. Brochures, maps and promotional materials.
To reach the Trolley Waiting Station:
A Walk from the Transportation Center (ferry terminal, bus station, or railroad station): From Union Station walk up State Street one block to Bank Street. Go left on Bank one block. Go right on Golden Street one block to the Visitors Information Station.
Historic Sites of New London Walking Tour: You'll find directions to Historic Sites beginning from the Visitors Information Station in parking lot at Eugene O'Neill Drive & Golden Street, one block south of State Street, downtown New London.
Delightful Parks in New London, Connecticut: "One could be excused for thinking a city of barely six square miles would not have much to offer in the way of parks and lovely vistas. One would be wrong." Learn why . . .
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