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Explore London

Population

Population growth Ethnicity Wealth distribution

The climate London geography

The political map North–South, East–West

Heaven and hell

Food and Drink

British cuisine Places to eat

High-end restaurants Pubs Ethnic restaurants Greasy spoons, pie and mash, and fish and chips Chains

Drinks

Beer Wine Cider Whisky Last orders

Shopping

Shopping areas

Designer districts Around Piccadilly Chains and department stores Soho and Covent Garden Markets

Entertainment

Theatre

Drama old and new

Music Film Nightlife

History: Key Dates

Early period After the conquest After the Fire The age of Empire 20th century 21st century

The Big Sights

Trafalgar Square

Nelson’s Column Bordering the square St Martin-in-the-Fields

Whitehall

Horse Guards Banqueting House Downing Street

Parliament Square

Westminster Abbey St Margaret’s Churchill War Rooms

St James’s Park The Mall

Carlton House Terrace ICA St James’s Palace

Buckingham Palace

The State Rooms Queen’s Gallery

National Galleries

The National Gallery

The move to Trafalgar Square The Sainsbury Wing Tour of the collection Renaissance galleries North Wing East Wing

National Portrait Gallery

Background The collection

Covent Garden and Soho

Covent Garden

Royal Opera House Covent Garden Market The Covered Market London Transport Museum St Paul’s Church

Charing Cross Road Soho

Soho Square and Greek Street Frith Street Around Old Compton Street Chinatown Leicester Square

Piccadilly and Mayfair

Piccadilly Circus

Eros Piccadilly St James Piccadilly Shopping Royal Academy of Arts

Mayfair

Commercial Art Galleries Bond Street Brook Street Oxford Street

Marylebone

St Christopher’s Place Wallace Collection The high street Marylebone Road Baker Street

Regent’s Park

Nash’s terraces Queen Mary’s Gardens The Lake London Zoo

Bloomsbury

British Museum

Egyptian Mummies: Rooms 62–3 Rosetta Stone: Room 4 Elgin Marbles: Room 18 Benin Bronzes: Room 25 Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial: Room 41 Other highlights

Historic streets Dickens Museum Foundling Museum University of London

Holborn and The Inns of Court

Fleet Street

Offices of national newspapers Dr Johnson’s House Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West

The Inns of Court

Chancery Lane Lincoln’s Inn Fields Sir John Soane’s Museum

Somerset House

The City

Tower of London Along the river The Monument Bank of England The Guildhall St Paul’s Cathedral Postman’s Park Museum of London Barts Hospital Smithfield Market

The South Bank

County Hall London Eye Southbank Centre

Music Venues Hayward Gallery BFI Southbank

National Theatre OXO Tower Tate Modern Shakespeare’s Globe Bank End and Clink Street

The Clink The Golden Hinde

Southwark Cathedral Borough Market Towards Tower Bridge

Tate to Tate

Tate Modern

The building The collection

Tate Boat Tate Britain

The collection

Hyde Park

Apsley House Hyde Park

The Serpentine

Kensington Gardens

Serpentine Gallery Albert Memorial Kensington Palace The palace gardens

South Kensington and Knightsbridge

V&A

The foyer Lower ground and ground floors Upper floors Henry Cole Wing

Natural History Museum

Life Galleries Earth Galleries

Science Museum

Ground floor Third floor Past and future

Knightsbridge

Department stores

Chelsea

Sloane Square Duke of York Square Royal Hospital Chelsea Physic Garden Carlyle’s House Cheyne Walk

Cremorne Gardens

Back to Sloane Square

Hampstead

Fenton House Burgh House Willow Road and Keats House Hampstead Heath

Notting Hill

Portobello Road

Street market Beyond the Westway Towards Golborne Road

The East End

Whitechapel Spitalfields

London’s old markets Eating and drinking Christ Church Spitalfields Brick Lane – ‘The Curry Mile’

Hoxton and Shoreditch

Rivington Place Hoxton Square Geffrye Museum

Routemaster Bus Trip

Eastcheap and Old Bailey Fleet Street and Strand

Greenwich

Along the river

The Cutty Sark Greenwich Foot Tunnel River path

Maritime Museum

The Queen’s House

Naval College Covered Market Greenwich Park

Observatory and Planetarium

Kew

Palm House and Lake Princess of Wales Conservatory Kew Palace

Accommodation

Hotel areas Budget Chains Covent Garden and Soho Mayfair and Piccadilly Westminster and Victoria Kensington and Chelsea Bloomsbury and Holborn The City and East London South Bank and Bankside

Restaurants

Covent Garden and Soho Mayfair and Piccadilly Westminster and Victoria Kensington and Chelsea Bloomsbury and Holborn The City and East London The South Bank West London

Nightlife

Theatre Music Dance Film Bars and Clubs

A-Z

Airports and arrival

Airports Arrival by train

Blue plaques

Children Clothing Crime Customs regulations Cycling

Disabled access Driving

Electricity Embassies Emergencies Entry requirements

Gay and lesbian

Health and medical care

Internet

Left luggage Lost property

Media Money

Opening hours

Postal services Public holidays Public transport

Underground (tube) Docklands Light Railway Rail Bus Boat Tickets and fares

Smoking Student travellers

Tax Taxis Telephones

Useful numbers

Time Tour operators Tourist offices

Websites Weights and Measures

Books and Film

Books

Good companions History Memoirs Art and Architecture

Film

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