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London Beyond The Usual Landmarks
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items 12 lesser known places around England's capital city, photographed on my iPhone.
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The Warrington Hotel simply has to be seen to be believed. It is stunning. A Grade 2 listed building, it was built in 1857. The hotel has a colourful past, once under the ownership of the Church of England, it was also rumoured to have once been an u...
The Warrington Hotel, Maida Vale
I consider Leighton House another unmissable attraction. If you have an interest in art or Victorian London history in general, then do not plan a trip to London without visiting. The reasonable entry fee will help towards keeping the house alive for...
Leighton House Museum
The site of the Prospect of Whitby Pub dates back to 1520, making it the oldest riverside tavern in all of London. Originally named the Pelican and later the Devils Tavern, on account of its dubious reputation, it is an excellent pub and eatery offer...
The Prospect of Whitby Riverside Tavern
Tucked away in London’s East End, Wilton’s Music Hall is a Grade 2 listed building and holds the title of the oldest surviving grand music hall in the world. Built in the 1690s as five separate terraced houses, the main building became an ale house c...
Wilton's Music Hall
For such a vast metropolis, London has plentiful green spaces such as Regents Park, Hyde Park and St James Park. It also has many picturesque squares, Berkeley Square, Hannover Square and Soho Square among them - each one a peaceful haven a mere ston... Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road.
Soho Square
To anyone who doubts that London can match the iconic cityscapes of New York or compete with the romantic backdrops of Paris, I would urge them to take a stroll along the Embankment and reconsider. Here the ambience changes throughout the day. In the... Nearest tube: Embankment.
Embankment Thames Promenade
The Bricklayers Arms isn’t the oldest pub in London, nor is it the most glamorous or largest. Nor does it appear in this list as an unmissable recommendation, though I wouldn’t put you off a visit. What is special to my wife and I is that it has beco... We first discovered The Bricklayers Arms when staying at the nearby St Giles Hotel, situated at the Dominican Theatre end of Tottenham Court Road. As we left the hotel one evening and made our way in the direction of Chinatown, we began looking for ... Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road.
The Bricklayers Arms Fitzrovia
‘Chinatown in the Rain’, as I like to call this picture. The site of the original Chinatown was situated in Limehouse near the docks in London’s the East End. Chinese sailors from the Guangdong province began settling there in the late nineteenth cen... Nearest tube: Leicester Square or Piccadilly Circus.
Chinatown
A narrowboat trip between Camden’s Town’s bustling West Yard and Little Venice offers a perfect change of pace. En route, the forty five minute boat journey (live tour commentary provided) winds through some of London’s most charming and diverse scen... Nearest tube: Warwick Avenue.
Little Venice
The Victoria and Albert Museum houses over 5,000 years of human creativity across 2.3 million objects. Though entry fees are charged for touring exhibitions, general admission is free to their extensive and varied permanent collections. The core art ... Nearest tube: South Kensington.
The Victoria and Albert Museum
What better place to view all of central London’s landmark buildings, than from the sixty three meter high summit point on Primrose Hill? Situated close to Regents Park in North London, the view of the city from Primrose Hill is one of only six offic... Nearest tube: Chalk Farm.
Primrose Hill
Upon arrival in England, the airport coach journey into London never fails to fill me with excitement in anticipation of the days that lie ahead. We are currently planning our next trip and looking at this picture brings back such feelings of excitem... To our beloved London, we are counting the days. Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus.
Haymarket