Things to See and Do in London

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Recommended Attractions in London

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  • Jul 29, 2009: I'm headed out on a bike tour of London this morning with Fat Tire Bike Tours. Should be lots of fun! We will stop at a pub ...
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  • Apr 26, 2007: ... shops and cafés. We continued walking past the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, past Big Ben and Westminster ...
  • Nov 18, 2006: ... cakes place in Covent Garden. On our way we passed the National Gallery guarded by two immense lions and an even bigger army ...
  • Jun 29, 2006: ... attractions that I'd missed on previous visits, including the National Gallery and the British Museum. I did some shopping. ...
  • Jan 14, 2006: ... Park Place to Trafalgar Square where everyone else saw the National Gallery. The Russian Winter Festival was going on and ...
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  • Aug 18, 2007: ... - Tower Bridge \ London Bridge - Buckingham Palace - Borough Markets - Imperial War Museum - Picadily Circus - ...
  • Feb 9, 2009: ... spared the 39048124 pictures I took at the British Museum and the Imperial War Museum which probably only excite me. So here ...
  • Jun 6, 2008: ... hats, and bowties :) from there we wen tto the imperial war museum... awesome. i saw tons of tanks, planes, guns, bombs.... ...
  • Apr 15, 2006: ... , as well as the very interesting and extensive Imperial War Museum. It took me aback just how much continual conflict has ...
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  • Mar 14, 2005: ... and Sherlock Holmes. And now here we were walking through the Tower of London, built in the year 1000. The site of many ...
  • Jun 12, 2006: ... end the day by catching a London Bus to the Tower of London, and then squeezing onto the London Underground at rush hour to ...
  • Oct 5, 2006: ... way into London by train and tube. We went to the Tower of London and then came home for 5pm. The children took many, many, ...
  • Dec 5, 2005: ... this weekend for a visit so we went ice skating at the tower of London, busted it to the cinema and at last saw the new harry ...
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  • Jul 13, 2005: ... , I went on a field trip to the reproduction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre where they have recreated the feeling of an old ...
  • Mar 28, 2006: ... that guy was crazy. I went and did a tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, it was pretty good, a little disappointing though ...
  • Apr 27, 2008: ... there. We checked out the Borough Market and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. That night we went to a Broadway musical, ...
  • Mar 15, 2006: ... wandering around, went to Tate Modern Art Exhibition, saw Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and will maybe go to Big Ben and all ...
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  • Jul 16, 2006: ... Eventually I made my desired destination - the Cabinet War Rooms. Although they are under ministerial buildings on ...
  • Jun 6, 2008: ... and tall! from there we went in the churchill's cabinet war rooms and the churchill museum. the cabinet rooms were AWESOME ...
  • Jul 31, 2005: ... After spending all morning and early afternoon at the Cabinet War Rooms, I walked along St. James's Park to the Mall and ...
  • Apr 11, 2001: ... large coffee to get my hands warm. Then off to the Cabinet War Rooms, the nerve centre of Britains war effort in WW2. In ...
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  • Dec 5, 2005: ... I finally made it to Westminster Abbey this weekend and Im glad I did. Figured I couldntleave London without having a look! ...
  • May 17, 2007: ... was to play the tourist. Changing of the guards, Westminster Abbey, assorted city sights. If the crowds at Buckingham Palace ...
  • Oct 2, 2007: ... the Buckingham Palace, visiting St. Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and Tate Modern Museum. You can view some ...
  • Jul 16, 2006: ... and adjacent to many notable sights like Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, I'd never really known they were there. Sounded ...
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  • Jun 5, 2006: ... was like magical and full of excitement! I looked at The Houses of Parliament, London Bridge and the Big Ben from the wheel ...
  • Jun 12, 2006: ... From here we walk around the usual sights: the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, 10 Downing Street, Horse Guards Parade and ...
  • May 17, 2007: ... off from the public) to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. I did the tour (10pound entry, 5pound ...
  • Aug 19, 2007: ... little walking tour around the area passed the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Downing Street, Horse Guards before ...
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  • Aug 1, 2005: ... say they looked perfect. There's a section which is similar to london dungeons with maddam tusauds we went on a tour on the ...
  • Mar 16, 2006: ... him. Great indian feed in tooting for a pitance (relative to london prices anyway). Martin was over from melbourne for a ...
  • Sep 23, 2003: ... "the situation". But before I know it the wicked witch of London walks in and the court is in session. Right at this stage ...
  • Jun 14, 2008: ... of a woman who helped compile the first decent map of London - listing from A-Z all the street names. According to the story, ...
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  • Apr 1, 2006: ... aching legs and rumbling tummies we made our way to the Borough Market for some lunch and a wander around the fresh produce ...
  • Feb 24, 2008: ... to the assault on your senses caused by entry to Borough Market. After visiting the stands of French cheese; British cheese; ...
  • Oct 29, 2006: ... Costumed revelers processed from the Globe Theatre to the Borough Market, including a Corn Queen, a Green Man, and other ...
  • Nov 6, 2006: ... Bridge and around the South Bank (the Globe Theatre, The Borough Market). This may not sound like much, but when you put it ...
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  • May 7, 2007: ... off to visit a small museum by our hotel called the Wallace Collection. It was a private collection in a mansion close to ...
  • Feb 19, 2008: ... down my dog, I walked five minutes to the Wallace Collection, a private museum in a mansion setting in Manchester Square. ...
  • Jul 15, 2006: ... drunk old Brit who gave us a couple of "must sees": the Wallace Collection and Lincoln's Inn. We saw them both and were not ...
  • Sep 25, 2007: ... and I highly recommend a visit to anyone going to London. The Wallace Collection at Herford House just behind Oxford Street ...
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  • Jan 11, 2008: ... weather. Cross Waterloo Bridge, through the city to the British Museum. We visited an exhibition on the Egyptians, and ...
  • Jun 12, 2006: ... learn that there are only around 6. I have always liked the British Museum. Open to the public since 1759 after the death ...
  • May 16, 2006: ... including the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, Tate Modern Gallery, and Tower Bridge. But we ...
  • Mar 15, 2005: ... Tuesday, our last day in London, was a museum day. We started off at the British Museum, otherwise known as the Imperial ...
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  • Jan 11, 2008: ... we could see across the river to Parliament, St Pauls, Buckingham Palace. It was a great way to see familiar landmarks. Red ...
  • Mar 14, 2005: ... We saw Parliament and Big Ben, Westminister Abbey and Buckingham Palace with its constantly marching royal guards. We walked ...
  • Jun 12, 2006: ... , Big Ben, 10 Downing Street, Horse Guards Parade and Buckingham Palace. I feel a strong sense of historical pride as many of ...
  • Jun 17, 2006: ... duty and barricades erected along the road that leads from Buckingham Palace down to the Horse Guards Parade at Whitehall. ...
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  • Mar 14, 2005: ... jewels of the more recent kings and queens. All the while, Tower Bridge was looming over the castle's cold stone walls with ...
  • May 16, 2006: ... at Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, Tate Modern Gallery, and Tower Bridge. But we had to splurge some more, so we ...
  • Oct 5, 2005: ... visiting from Russia. I walked along the Thames to Tower Bridge where I saw a photo display that's worthwhile going to see ...
  • Jul 29, 2005: ... had to write. First up we caught the train to Tower Bridge to hop off and visit the London Tower. This was huge to say the ...
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  • Jun 16, 2009: ... ; walking; and eating (mostly cupcakes).  One exception was Sir John Soane's Museum, recommended to me by Joe G. The day I ...
  • Aug 2, 2005: ... and Regent's Park to say goodbye. Then I went to Sir John Soane's Museum, the Royal College of Surgeons (lots of medical ...
  • Jun 7, 2009: ... , grabbed a quick lunch, and then went to visit Sir John Soane's Museum. I could not take any pictures at the museum, so ...
  • Sep 11, 2007: ... just across the street from a lesser known museum called the Sir John Soane's Museum. With out going into huge detail, it is ...
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  • Mar 14, 2005: ... taking in many of the sites. We saw Parliament and Big Ben, Westminister Abbey and Buckingham Palace with its constantly ...
  • Jun 5, 2006: ... full of excitement! I looked at The Houses of Parliament, London Bridge and the Big Ben from the wheel and I felt like I was ...
  • Jun 12, 2006: ... we walk around the usual sights: the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, 10 Downing Street, Horse Guards Parade and Buckingham ...
  • May 17, 2007: ... , past Downing Street (now gated off from the public) to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. I did ...
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  • Mar 14, 2005: ... , seeing us being escorted in. The views of London at night provided by the Eye were fantastic. Our host, after realizing we ...
  • Feb 14, 2005: ... ready to leap onto the bus, the driver looks you in the eye,closes the door and drives off leaving you to inhale the fumes. ...
  • Jul 30, 2006: ... London's skyline is not as interesting as Paris and of course the Eye is not as high as the Tower. The Houses of Parliament ...
  • Jan 31, 2008: ... With the incredible views we headed to destination number 1, the London Eye. When we arrived at the base to purchase tickets ...
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  • Jun 26, 2006: ... Armed with a new SLR, I finally went to the Victoria and Albert Museum as there was an exhibition about Ernesto Guevara, or ...
  • May 20, 2007: ... was enlightening. Being almost next door, the Victoria and Albert Museum warranted a couple of hours before a roundabout bus ...
  • Dec 21, 2006: ... , good Asian food in Cambridge...), then went to the Victoria and Albert Museum, where we wandered through decades of world- ...
  • Jun 3, 2009: ... and out the Palace Gate to catch the bus To the Victoria and Albert Museum. Our guide book had said it was open late on ...
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  • Dec 8, 2005: ... London! 2) An Evening of Music--The author doesn't list the Royal Opera House, but surely that must count! DH and I saw Il ...
  • Jan 1, 2007: ... in London with the highlight being the Bolshoi Opera at the Royal Opera House. Saw a great production called Boris Godunov, ...
  • May 10, 2005: ... , and more. Darrell even managed to talk a guard at the Royal Opera House into letting us up one floor to see the Floral ...
  • Jul 6, 2005: ... stories to tell! After Buckingham Palace, we headed towards the Royal Opera House and on our way we saw the Red Arrows (the ...