Escorts in Shoreditch, EC2A, E1 and E2: who is close, and how soon
Here is the thing no east London page usually admits: none of the twenty eight women on this board lives in Shoreditch. They live in Soho, Mayfair, Pimlico, Belgravia, South Kensington and the western postcodes, and every Shoreditch booking begins with a journey across the middle of the city. That journey is real, it takes time, and building an evening around it works far better than pretending it does not exist.
So this page is about distance and the clock as much as about the district. Three postcodes are covered, EC2A around Old Street and the Curtain Road end, E1 down towards Spitalfields and Brick Lane, and E2 north east past Arnold Circus. Below: what the run east costs in time, why starts here are later, which hotels sit in which postcode, and how the office handles the timing. Figures stay on the rates page.
On the ground
Shoreditch in practice
Landmarks on the arrival slip
By postcode, never by nameEC2A 3HU, E1 6JQ, EC2A 4BH, EC2A 3ET, EC2A 1DX.
Nearest stations
Walking timeShoreditch High Street, 2 minutes. Old Street, 8 minutes. Liverpool Street, 9 minutes.
Getting there
EC2A, E1, E2Travel is included across Zones 1 and 2, and counted from the moment the hour is set rather than from when she leaves.
On the board
Nearest prints to Shoreditch
Who works here
On the board in Shoreditch
The six prints above are a first shortlist for Shoreditch tonight. Any of the twenty eight on the who is free page can be asked for by name instead.
Note 02
The journey, in hours rather than adjectives
Counted from the office confirming, a companion coming from the West End to Curtain Road is usually with you in an hour or a little over, and a Friday stretches that further. From Belgravia or Knightsbridge add a little more again. The office asks for several hours of notice on this zone rather than the one hour it would happily take in Mayfair, and it quotes an arrival window rather than a time, because a window it can hold is worth more than a minute it cannot.
If you would rather she came by train, she will, and it is often faster. Liverpool Street is nine minutes from the middle of the district on foot and carries the Central, Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and Elizabeth lines plus National Rail. Either way the travel is inside the fee, and either way the office tells you the truth about it.
Note 03
Why nothing here starts at seven
Shoreditch runs an hour or two behind the rest of the board. Dining rooms on Redchurch Street and around Boundary fill from half past eight, bars go from about ten, and the streets are still busy at midnight on a weekday, which is not true of anywhere else on this page. Turning up at seven means an empty room and a district that has not started.
A late start also fits the travel neatly. She leaves west London at half past seven, arrives at half past eight, and the evening begins exactly when the neighbourhood does. The one adjustment worth making is length: book three hours at £700 rather than two, because in this zone the first half hour of a short booking tends to get spent settling in rather than being anywhere.
Note 04
Stations and the walk between them
Shoreditch High Street, on the London Overground, is two minutes from the Redchurch Street end and is the station the district actually uses. Old Street on the Northern line is eight minutes west and sits at the EC2A end near the roundabout. Liverpool Street is nine minutes south and is the big one, with four Underground lines, the Elizabeth line and the mainline platforms.
The distances between those three are small enough to walk, but the streets in between are not a grid and Google will confidently send you the long way round Great Eastern Street. If you are meeting somewhere rather than at your hotel, send the office the actual address rather than the name of the bar.
Note 05
Hotels, by postcode
The busiest is on Great Eastern Street at EC2A 3HU, with EC2A 3ET a short walk away and a low lit one on Willow Street at EC2A 4BH. E1 6JQ is the one in E1, towards Spitalfields. Another stands on Finsbury Square at EC2A 1DX, closer to the City than to the bars.
They are listed as map references. This office has no relationship with any of them, sends nothing ahead and asks nothing of a front desk. The lobbies in this district tend to be busy and social rather than hushed, which is worth knowing: if you would prefer she came straight up, say so and she will.
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Who books east
People staying in the creative end hotels for a conference or a launch, who have been in a room full of colleagues all day. Guests who want an evening that does not look like a Mayfair evening, with noise, a wood fire and food on a board rather than a tasting menu. A steady number of people who simply prefer the east and have decided the journey is worth it.
Almost nobody books an hour here, and the office will gently say so if you try. Between the travel and the late start, this is a zone for three hours or a dinner date rather than a quick drink.
Note 07
Who covers it
Lucy is the name the office reaches for first in the east. She lives in Pimlico, so Shoreditch is a district she chose rather than inherited, and she knows it better than most people who live in it. Starts from eight, later if you want, and no interest at all in a hushed room.
Milena covers the eastern half of the city as a matter of routine and is used to the cross town run. Tiffany and Molly will both come east from Soho for a late booking, and Roxi travels for a night that has something on. The board on the who is free page says who is actually available before you ask.
Note 08
What connects to Shoreditch
From Liverpool Street the Elizabeth line reaches Canary Wharf in a handful of minutes, which makes those two zones closer than the map suggests. Westwards the Central line puts you at Tottenham Court Road in about ten minutes, and from there Soho is a three minute walk and Covent Garden not much more. The whole of the West End is inside twenty minutes door to door on a good night. Liverpool Street, Aldgate and the City of London each have a page of their own.
From The Roundup
Two notes worth reading for Shoreditch
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