48hrs in London
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48hrs in London
I'm going to be in London with my boyfriend for about 48hrs this weekend and I'd love to get some suggestions about where to go in such a small period of time.
Both of us have been to London before and have visited the typical tourist spots (Big Ben, Trafalger Square, Tower, Buckingham Palace, etc) and even though it would be fun to see some of those places again, we'd love to just wander around, enjoy the city and explore less touristy areas - preferably without spending a ton of money.
What neighborhoods/areas would you recommend exploring? Any favorite market places? Any particular areas with good cafe/bistro-type of restaurants?
Thanks!
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You could take tea in the Orangerie at Kensington Palace. And perhaps see the costume exhibition in the palace itself - mainly the Queen's and
Princess Diana's clothes on display.
Kensington Palace is also the birth place of Queen Victoria and the room is open to visitors.
Or how about a walk around Kensington Gardens then pop over to Harrods for some serious shopping.
Princess Diana's clothes on display.
Kensington Palace is also the birth place of Queen Victoria and the room is open to visitors.
Or how about a walk around Kensington Gardens then pop over to Harrods for some serious shopping.
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I keep these note on disc, and think you might like to see it. Welcome back.
Ben Haines, London
[email protected]
SECOND AND THIRD VISITS
Places to see, places of national importance, but perhaps not international
Churches
We lost many medieval churches in the Great Fire of London in 1666. If I think that among what remains, Westminster Abbey of course leads. Otherwise I suggest these
The Temple. Temple tube. 12th century.
St Barthomolew the Great. Farringdon tube. 12th century
St Johns Chapel, 12th century, and St Peter ad Vincula, 15th century, both in the Tower, admission only on a Warders tour. Tower Hill tube
St Helen Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 13th century
Southwark Cathedral. London Bridge tube. 14th century
St Bartholomew the Less. Farringdon tube. 15th century
St Ethelburga Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 15th century
All Hallows by the Tower. Tower Hill tube. 17th century
Houses
If you ask Google for web sites for English Heritage and the National Trust for London places you find these great and interesting houses
Ham House, near Richmond, 17th century, and Orleans House, 18th century,
just over the river by foot passenger ferry
Carlyle's House in Chelsea, home of the great Victorian writer and thinker.
Fenton House to the north in Hampstead, 17th-century
2 Willow Road, Hampstead, home of the Modernist architect Ern Goldfinger, 20th century
Chiswick, Kenwood, and Rangers Houses, 18th century
Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington, 19th century
Eltham Palace, The 15th and 20th century
In Bexleyheath: the Red House reached by train from London Bridge,
from the 1850s, and important in the history of domestic architecture.
I add Charles Darwins House, south of Bromley and Eltham Palace, south of Eltham, each reached fast from London Bridge station.
Out in Kent, but easy to reach by train from from London Bridge is Downe House, home of Charles Darwin, an interesting and friendly place
Still owned by the Duke of Northumberland is Syon House, a magnificent 17th century house
Otherwise, if I think of south London from west to east to west I think also of
Lambeth North: Imperial War Museum
Dulwich Gallery and Dulwich Park
Nationally known places on the South bank: National Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Young Vic Theatre, concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Florence Nightingale Museum in St Thomas Hospital,
Southwark: HMS Belfast, the Design Museum, Borough Market of fresh farm food, especially Thursdays and Saturdays, Shakespeares Globe, Southwark Theatre (fringe), Rose theatre partially dug out,
Deptford: St Pauls Baroque church
Greenwich: the Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, the chapel of the Royal Naval Academy, the second hand books market on Fridays, St Alphege Church
London has many small and specialised museums. In the arrival lounge of your airport you can buy at a newsagent the A-Z London Atlas and Guide, about four pounds, pocket sized, spiral bound, with good and full cover of times and prices for museums, churches, and other sights, both famous and little visited. In the same shop you can buy Time Out magazine, to tell you of temporary exhibitions
You can draw all of these into one list, west to east, thus:
Ham House, near Richmond, 17th century, and Orleans House, 18th century, just over the river by foot passenger ferry
Syon House, a magnificent 17th century house, still owned by the Duke of Northumberland
Carlyle's House in Chelsea, home of the great Victorian writer and thinker.
Fenton House to the north in Hampstead, 17th century
2 Willow Road, Hampstead, home of the Modernist architect Ern Goldfinger, 20th century
Chiswick, Kenwood, and Rangers Houses, 18th century
Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington, 19th century
Lambeth North: Imperial War Museum
The Temple. Temple tube. 12th century.
St Barthomolew the Great. Farringdon tube. 12th century.
St Bartholomew the Less. Farringdon tube. 15th century
St Helen Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 13th century
St Ethelburga Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 15th century
All Hallows by the Tower. Tower Hill tube. 17th century
Southwark Cathedral. London Bridge tube. 14th century
St Johns Chapel, 12th century, and St Peter ad Vincula, 15th century,
both in the Tower, admission only on a Warders tour. Tower Hill tube
Dulwich Gallery and Dulwich Park
South bank: National Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Young Vic Theatre, concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Florence Nightingale Museum in St Thomas Hospital,
Southwark: HMS Belfast, the Design Museum, Borough Market of fresh farm food, especially Thursdays and Saturdays, Shakespeares Globe, Southwark Theatre (fringe), Rose theatre partially dug out
Eltham Palace, The 15th and 20th century
Deptford: St Pauls Baroque church
Greenwich: the Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, the chapel of the Royal Naval Academy, the second hand books market on Fridays, St Alphege Church
In Bexleyheath: the Red House reached by train from London Bridge, from the 1850s,
and important in the history
of domestic architecture.
I add Charles Darwins House, south of Bromley and Eltham Palace, south of Eltham,
each reached fast from London Bridge station.
Out in Kent, but easy to reach by train from from London Bridge is Downe House,
home of Charles Darwin, an interesting and friendly place
If you have a specific interest in mind please tell me, and I shall see what I can suggest to respond. My address is [email protected]
In a Fodors correspondence in July 2006 people gave further ideas for use during second and third visits.
A backstage theatre tour. There is a list at
http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/home/tour/tours
A pub-crawl with a theme. You could search out places: that are the oldest in London; where famous people drank; Victorian, Art Nouveau, haunted, etc. Here's one idea:
http://www.teleport-city.com/spirits...-part-one.html
A place where eccentrics might congregate. You might pick from a google search (+meeting +club +london). A result was
http://www.soroptimist-gbi.org/clubs/london_mayfair
Dim sum crawling.
Eat each evening at a restaurant from a different Indian state, in each case using the Time Out Guide to London Eating and Drinking.
Research a topic then walk the research. A former poster suggested coalhole covers at http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34458611. In fact that Fodors thread probably gives you enough other suggestions to fill up a reasonable amount of London time
http://www.londonlostandfound.com/ On this site are free events, film reviews, a gig guide, bar listings, exhibitions, film festivals, and plenty of unusual ideas.
The waterbus trip along the Regent's Canal from Little Venice to Camden Lock. It is London in the slow lane and is picturesque as it chugs along through Regent's Park, the Zoo and environs and ends up in bustling Camden markets. It is a good rest for the feet.
The Camden markets are great on Sundays and fun to watch people watch there too. Each main weekly market has its own character: Time Out magazine lists them, as does the AZ map and guide. There are also local weekly markets, often strong on ethnic food, clothes and music.
Ben Haines, London
[email protected]
SECOND AND THIRD VISITS
Places to see, places of national importance, but perhaps not international
Churches
We lost many medieval churches in the Great Fire of London in 1666. If I think that among what remains, Westminster Abbey of course leads. Otherwise I suggest these
The Temple. Temple tube. 12th century.
St Barthomolew the Great. Farringdon tube. 12th century
St Johns Chapel, 12th century, and St Peter ad Vincula, 15th century, both in the Tower, admission only on a Warders tour. Tower Hill tube
St Helen Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 13th century
Southwark Cathedral. London Bridge tube. 14th century
St Bartholomew the Less. Farringdon tube. 15th century
St Ethelburga Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 15th century
All Hallows by the Tower. Tower Hill tube. 17th century
Houses
If you ask Google for web sites for English Heritage and the National Trust for London places you find these great and interesting houses
Ham House, near Richmond, 17th century, and Orleans House, 18th century,
just over the river by foot passenger ferry
Carlyle's House in Chelsea, home of the great Victorian writer and thinker.
Fenton House to the north in Hampstead, 17th-century
2 Willow Road, Hampstead, home of the Modernist architect Ern Goldfinger, 20th century
Chiswick, Kenwood, and Rangers Houses, 18th century
Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington, 19th century
Eltham Palace, The 15th and 20th century
In Bexleyheath: the Red House reached by train from London Bridge,
from the 1850s, and important in the history of domestic architecture.
I add Charles Darwins House, south of Bromley and Eltham Palace, south of Eltham, each reached fast from London Bridge station.
Out in Kent, but easy to reach by train from from London Bridge is Downe House, home of Charles Darwin, an interesting and friendly place
Still owned by the Duke of Northumberland is Syon House, a magnificent 17th century house
Otherwise, if I think of south London from west to east to west I think also of
Lambeth North: Imperial War Museum
Dulwich Gallery and Dulwich Park
Nationally known places on the South bank: National Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Young Vic Theatre, concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Florence Nightingale Museum in St Thomas Hospital,
Southwark: HMS Belfast, the Design Museum, Borough Market of fresh farm food, especially Thursdays and Saturdays, Shakespeares Globe, Southwark Theatre (fringe), Rose theatre partially dug out,
Deptford: St Pauls Baroque church
Greenwich: the Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, the chapel of the Royal Naval Academy, the second hand books market on Fridays, St Alphege Church
London has many small and specialised museums. In the arrival lounge of your airport you can buy at a newsagent the A-Z London Atlas and Guide, about four pounds, pocket sized, spiral bound, with good and full cover of times and prices for museums, churches, and other sights, both famous and little visited. In the same shop you can buy Time Out magazine, to tell you of temporary exhibitions
You can draw all of these into one list, west to east, thus:
Ham House, near Richmond, 17th century, and Orleans House, 18th century, just over the river by foot passenger ferry
Syon House, a magnificent 17th century house, still owned by the Duke of Northumberland
Carlyle's House in Chelsea, home of the great Victorian writer and thinker.
Fenton House to the north in Hampstead, 17th century
2 Willow Road, Hampstead, home of the Modernist architect Ern Goldfinger, 20th century
Chiswick, Kenwood, and Rangers Houses, 18th century
Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington, 19th century
Lambeth North: Imperial War Museum
The Temple. Temple tube. 12th century.
St Barthomolew the Great. Farringdon tube. 12th century.
St Bartholomew the Less. Farringdon tube. 15th century
St Helen Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 13th century
St Ethelburga Bishopsgate. Liverpool Street tube. 15th century
All Hallows by the Tower. Tower Hill tube. 17th century
Southwark Cathedral. London Bridge tube. 14th century
St Johns Chapel, 12th century, and St Peter ad Vincula, 15th century,
both in the Tower, admission only on a Warders tour. Tower Hill tube
Dulwich Gallery and Dulwich Park
South bank: National Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Young Vic Theatre, concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Florence Nightingale Museum in St Thomas Hospital,
Southwark: HMS Belfast, the Design Museum, Borough Market of fresh farm food, especially Thursdays and Saturdays, Shakespeares Globe, Southwark Theatre (fringe), Rose theatre partially dug out
Eltham Palace, The 15th and 20th century
Deptford: St Pauls Baroque church
Greenwich: the Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, the chapel of the Royal Naval Academy, the second hand books market on Fridays, St Alphege Church
In Bexleyheath: the Red House reached by train from London Bridge, from the 1850s,
and important in the history
of domestic architecture.
I add Charles Darwins House, south of Bromley and Eltham Palace, south of Eltham,
each reached fast from London Bridge station.
Out in Kent, but easy to reach by train from from London Bridge is Downe House,
home of Charles Darwin, an interesting and friendly place
If you have a specific interest in mind please tell me, and I shall see what I can suggest to respond. My address is [email protected]
In a Fodors correspondence in July 2006 people gave further ideas for use during second and third visits.
A backstage theatre tour. There is a list at
http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/home/tour/tours
A pub-crawl with a theme. You could search out places: that are the oldest in London; where famous people drank; Victorian, Art Nouveau, haunted, etc. Here's one idea:
http://www.teleport-city.com/spirits...-part-one.html
A place where eccentrics might congregate. You might pick from a google search (+meeting +club +london). A result was
http://www.soroptimist-gbi.org/clubs/london_mayfair
Dim sum crawling.
Eat each evening at a restaurant from a different Indian state, in each case using the Time Out Guide to London Eating and Drinking.
Research a topic then walk the research. A former poster suggested coalhole covers at http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34458611. In fact that Fodors thread probably gives you enough other suggestions to fill up a reasonable amount of London time
http://www.londonlostandfound.com/ On this site are free events, film reviews, a gig guide, bar listings, exhibitions, film festivals, and plenty of unusual ideas.
The waterbus trip along the Regent's Canal from Little Venice to Camden Lock. It is London in the slow lane and is picturesque as it chugs along through Regent's Park, the Zoo and environs and ends up in bustling Camden markets. It is a good rest for the feet.
The Camden markets are great on Sundays and fun to watch people watch there too. Each main weekly market has its own character: Time Out magazine lists them, as does the AZ map and guide. There are also local weekly markets, often strong on ethnic food, clothes and music.
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If you're there on a Friday afternoon or Saturday (until 4:00pm), I'd visit the Borough Market on the South Bank. This is a retail food market and is really fun. You could then walk along the Thames bank to Tate Modern. We did this on a Saturday morning; breakfast at the Borough Market, walk, Tate Modern, picnic lunch of food bought at the market. We then caught a boat ride on the Thames.
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