London Things to Do

With some 2.7 million visitors in 2015, the Tower of London is the most visited paid for attraction in the UK. It goes without saying therefore that a bit of planning before going there will help the...

It is a "must see" in London the changing of the guards, in the royal palace. Many hundred people compress against the grids, to see a show that, in the palace's yard, has not much to see. Part of...

London eye is definitely an amazing place to visit as i think it is the most beautiful place in the world but it doesn't mean that other places are not attractive or not good for tourists. Here i have...

I'm not a fan of museums but once I stayed in the area, so why not? It's not as big as the Louvre in Paris but it's interesting. They had a very good Egyptian collection (probably permanent - best to...

I must confess that I haven’t got a clue how many bridges London has, and I’m sure there must be someone out there who can tell me, but I don’t need anyone to tell me which bridge is the most...

The two best known churches in London have to be Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral, so if you only have time to visit one, which one should you choose? Architecturally, they are very...

London has 31 Boroughs, 1 City ( The City of London), and Westminster, which is both a Borough and a City. Westminster is where many of London’s attractions are concentrated, and consequently one of...

Most of us like taking pictures of our travel destinations, and those of you who come to London and want to take pictures of The Houses of Parliament could do worse than coming over to the opposite...

Britain's smallest police station is located by the south east corner of Trafalgar square. I'm sure a lot of people and tourists alike had walked past it without realising that it used to be a police...

One of the most visited parks in London it must be Hyde Park with so many attractions and over three hundred and fifty acres of landscape to explore. It was first opened to the public in 1637 by...

Piccadilly Circus in West-End is the very heart of the center of London. I love sitting there and watching the myriad of people walking by. When staying in London I used to stay at Regent Palace Hotel...

There are many fine statues in London, the place is literally awash with them and I certainly do not propose to list them all on my pages here as there are plenty of excellent websites devoted to that...

The area itself is absolutely charming, a little bit touristy, but it is unavoidable. That is why maybe it is not a good idea to buy something in the shops, but walking around and watching...

The Tate Modern was opened in 2000 in the former Bankside Power Station. It is the world famous museum for modern and contemporary art. There might be various opinions about the exhibition, but it is...

Big Ben is the nickname of the thirteen-ton Great Bell of Westminster and was named after the first commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall. The tower officially known as Elizabeth Tower, renamed to...

This small what it looks like as a Gate House that have not being used for years is at the entrance to Kensington Gardens from Exhibition Road and opposite the Coalbrookdale Gates. As this what the...

I was a little disappointed about the numbers of Statues. There were many celebrities missing. But I loved the tour in an automatic vehicle at the end which showed us the cultural history of London....

I’d be the first to admit that visiting art galleries isn’t normally a top priority of mine when travelling, but that doesn’t mean to say that I haven’t any interest at all. Looking at works of art is...

Every year the whole of September in London they have a festival to celebrate the river Thames. The festival has started ten years ago and is supported by the Mayor of London, London First, The Port...

Last visit December 2014 Natural history museums are usually not top on my list of things to see, it took me 18 visits to London to visit the natural history museum and only because it was raining...

The obvious place to start a descriptive tour of London has to be where the city as we know it was born. If you’ve read my tip on London’s Boroughs you will already realise that the City of London is...

In the summer after work I do get to go to a few places around the City just to relax have a coffee and read the newspaper before I go home. Is my me time and one of the places that I do go is the...

If you’ve started to follow my review of The Queen’s Walk on the south bank of the Thames, then continuing along the path towards Tower Bridge from the London Eye will bring you to the Hungerford...

Model Grimaldi was English and became very popular at the end of the 17th century as an entertainer in London. He was a comedian,actor and dancer who was born in 1878 and died iñ 1837. He expanded the...

If you are visiting Tower Bridge and you have got time there's more things to do and see on the other side of it at Shad Thames. There's the restaurants and coffee bars in the old warehouse's , the...