Bloomsbury and Legal London
The hub of intellectual London, Bloomsbury is anchored by the British Museum and the University of London. As a result, the streets and cafés around Bloomsbury's Russell Square are often crawling...
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The City
The City, as opposed to the city, is the capital's fast-beating financial heart. Easy to walk around, the "Square Mile" also has currency as a religious and political center. St. Paul's Cathedral has looked...
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East End
Made famous by Dickens and infamous by Jack the Ripper, the East End is one of London's most hauntingly evocative neighborhoods. It may have fewer conventional tourist attractions but is rich in folk history...
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Greenwich
The smart borough of Greenwich is situated on the Greenwich Meridian Line at 0° longitude, the official starting point for every new day, month, and year. The island nation of England—and the...
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Kensington, Chelsea and Knightsbridge
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (or "K&C" as the locals call it) has always been home to world-famous movers and shakers.... There are superb shopping districts, a royal palace, and one...
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Notting Hill and Bayswater
North of the royal parks, Bayswater is a hub of tourist restaurants and midprice hotels; far more enticing is its famous neighbor to the west, Notting Hill. A trendsetting square mile full of chic bars...
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Regent's Park and Hampstead
London becomes noticeably calmer and greener as you head north from Oxford Street. From the civilized shopping streets of Marylebone, through the well-tended parks of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill up...
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Soho and Covent Garden
Once a red-light district, today's Soho delivers more "grown-up" than "adult" entertainment, offering some of London's best nightclubs, live music venues, restaurants, and theaters. By day, this hotbed...
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South Bank
Culture, history, sights: the South Bank has it all. Stretching from the Imperial War Museum in the southwest as far as the Design Museum in the east, high-caliber art, music, film, and theater venues...
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St. James's and Mayfair
Smart and stylish Mayfair reflects the shiny affluence of London. This is where the city's financial set, British aristocrats, and the international rich live, as well as dine, play, and shop. Meanwhile...
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The Thames Upstream
The upper stretch of the Thames unites a string of lustrous riverside pearls—Chiswick, Kew, Richmond, Putney—taking in friendly streets, horticultural delights, regal magnificence, and Henry...
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Westminster and Royal London
... This is postcard London at its best. Crammed with historic churches, grand state buildings, and major art collections, the area unites politics, high culture, and religion. (Oh, and the Queen lives here...
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