Neighborhoods In London

Discover the best neighborhoods in London with curated recommendations from our editors.

Bayswater

East of Notting Hill Gate Tube station, Notting Hill turns into Bayswater, characterized by wide streets lined with imposing white stucco terraced houses. Traditionally given...

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Belgravia

Steps away from the roaring traffic of Hyde Park Corner, lying just to the east of Kensington and Chelsea, is quiet, fashionable Belgravia, one of...

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Bloomsbury

Fundamental to the region's spirit of open expression and scholarly debate is the legacy of the Bloomsbury Group, an elite corps of artists and writers...

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  • 17 Things To Do

Chelsea

Chelsea was settled before the Domesday Book was compiled and already fashionable when two of Henry VIII's wives lived there in the 16th century. On...

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Chiswick

On the banks of the Thames just west of central London, far enough out to escape the crush and crowds you’re just getting used to...

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Clerkenwell

Once home to medieval religious orders such as the Knights of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell later became an epicenter of the...

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Covent Garden

To the east of Charing Cross Road lies Covent Garden, the famous marketplace–turned–shopping mall. Although boutiques and haute fashion shops line the surrounding streets, many...

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East London

Made famous by Dickens and infamous by Jack the Ripper, East London is one of London’s most enduringly evocative neighborhoods, rich in popular history, architectural...

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Fitzrovia

To the north of Soho, on the other side of Oxford Street, is Fitzrovia, famed for its dining and drinking. It is known affectionately by...

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Greenwich

About 8 miles downstream (meaning seaward, to the east) from central London, Greenwich is a small borough that looms large across the world. Once the...

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Hampstead

Back in 1818, even impoverished Romantic poet John Keats could afford to live in Hampstead. His former residence, now known as Keats House, is a...

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Holborn

Southeast of Bloomsbury and west of The City, Holborn may appear to be little more than a buffer zone between the two—but although it may...

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  • 9 Things To Do

Islington

Islington is one of the most fashionable of London’s villagelike neighborhoods. Upper Street, with its high-street stores, independent boutiques, and myriad restaurants and bars, is...

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  • 10 Things To Do

Kensington

Kensington comprises the area along the southern edge of Hyde Park from Exhibition Road (where the big museum complex is) and the area to the...

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Kew

A mile or so beyond Chiswick is Kew, a leafy suburb with little to see other than its two big attractions: the lovely Kew Palace...

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King's Cross

Once upon a time, King's Cross was a byword for sleaze and street crime, but after a multibillion-pound redevelopment—actually, make that transformation—it's become a lively...

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Knightsbridge

There's no getting away from it. With two world-famous department stores, Harrods and Harvey Nichols, a few hundred yards apart; numerous boutiques selling the biggest...

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Marylebone

A favorite of newspaper style sections everywhere, Marylebone High Street forms the heart of Marylebone Village (pronounced "Marr-le-bone"), a vibrant, upscale neighborhood that encompasses the...

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Mayfair

Ultraritzy Mayfair, lined with beautiful 18th-century mansions (along with Edwardian apartment buildings made of deep-red brick), is the address of choice for many of London's...

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Notting Hill

Notting Hill as we know it emerged in the 1840s when the wealthy Ladbroke family developed a small suburb to the west of London. Before...

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Regent's Park

Commissioned by his patron the Prince Regent (later George IV) to create a master plan for this part of London, formerly a royal hunting ground...

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  • 16 Things To Do

Richmond

Named after the (long-vanished) palace Henry VII started here in 1500, Richmond is still a welcoming suburb with a small-town feel, marred only by choking...

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  • 9 Things To Do

Soho

Soho, which, along with Covent Garden, is loosely known as "the West End," has long been known as the entertainment and arts quarter of London’s...

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South of the Thames

This area is a magnet for tourists and residents alike, with attractions that include the IWM London, the Southbank Centre (Europe’s largest arts center), and...

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  • 39 Things To Do

St. James's

As a fitting coda to all of Westminster's pomp and circumstance, St. James's—packed with old-money galleries, restaurants, and gentlemen's clubs that embody the history and...

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  • 27 Things To Do

The City

The capital's fast-beating financial heart, The City is associated with power and pomp, embodied in the three institutions at its epicenter: the Bank of England...

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Westminster

Home to London's most photogenic pigeons, Trafalgar Square is the official center of the district known as Westminster, nominally a separate city but in fact...

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  • 23 Things To Do

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