London and special things`
Ann Prosmans
boyfriend has to follow a seminar so I have 4 days to do things on my own.
The known places won't be a problem to find or to see but I'm also
interested in streets,shops,markets,special things/places,... that only
Londoners know about. Any ideas ?
Thanks very much in advance .......
Ann.
J J MIO
Internet
www. scala.com londontown.com
thisislondon.com London’s current events
//wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/d.johnson/london/htm or
d.johnson/index.html
Orig Lndn Sightseeing Tours 6 starting points (Vic Sta. Picadilly, etc)
9:30-5pm £13
Orig Lndn Walks 44-171 624 3978 several walks from listed tube
stations £5
http://london.walks.com
Backstage Tours Varying hours £4 Theatre Royal Drury Lane
U=London Br
Globe Theatre Daily 10-5 tours every 30 minutes £5 U=London Bridge
Madame Tussards Daily 10-5:30 £9 U=Baker St.l
HMS Belfast South bank of Thames near London Br. £4.40 U=London Br.
Kew Gardens Daily 9:30-4 £4.40 U=Kew Gardens
Holland Park Behind KensingtonHigh St U=High St Kensington
Hampton Court Tu-Sun 9:30-6 Train from Waterloo, Boat from Westminister Pier
Thames Barrier
Canal Museum 12 New Wharf Rd Tu-Sa 10-4:30 Train from King’s Cross
St Paul’s M-Sat 8:30-4 See whispering gallery, crypt U=St Paul’s
Tower of London M-Sat 9-5 £8.30 U=Tower Hill
Westminister Abb. M-Sat 9-3 special tours U=Westminister
Windsor Castle Daily 10-4 £10
GALLERIES & MUSEUMS
Nat’l Portrait Gal. M-Sat 10-6; Sun N-6 U=Leicester Sq
Nat’l Gallery 2000 paintings M-Sat 10-6; Sun N-7 U=Charing Cross
Tate Gallery M-Sun 10-6 £5 U=Pimlico
Vic & Albert Mo-Sa 10-5, Sun 2:30-5:30 U=Kensington High
Coutaud Gallery Somerset House, Strand U=Covent Garden, Temple
Impressionist and Post-Impressionists M-S 10-6
Apsley House Home to 1st Duke of Wellington Tu-Sun 11-5 £4
U=Hyde Park Corner
Bank of England M-F 10-5 U=Bank
British Museum M-Sat 10-5 Sun 2:30-6 U=Tottenham Court Road
Fan Museum Tu-Sat 11-4:30; Sun N-$:30 £3 BR=Greenwich
Geffrrye Mus. English domestic interion from 1600 to present
Tu-Sat 10-5; Sun 2-5 U=Liverpool St then bus 22
Guards Mus. Open 10-4 (closed Fri) Birdcage Walk U=St James Park
Imperial War Mus. Daily 10-6 £5 U=Lambeth North
Kew Br. Steam Mus Next to Kew Bridge Daily 11-5 £2-4 U=Gunnersbury, Kew
Gardens
London Canal Mus Special talks Tu-Sun 10-4:30 12 New Wharf Rd £3
U=Kings Cross
Toy & Model Mus Daily 9:30-5:30 £5 Daily 9-5:30 21 Craven Hill
U=Paddington
Transport Mus Daily 10-6 £5 çovent Gardens U=Covent Gardens
MOMI Mus Of Moving Images Children and adults Daily 10-6 £6+
South Bank Centre U=Waterloo
Mus of London Tu-Sat 10-5:30; Sun N-5:30 £4 150 London Wall
U= Barbican, Moorgate
Nat’l Army Mus Soldiers from Tudor to now Daily 10-5
Royal Hosp Rd Chelsea U=Sloan Square
Nat’l Maritime Mus Daily 10-5 £5.50 Old Royal Observatory & Queens House
Greenwich
Natural History Mus Plant & animal Tours hourly Daily 10-5:30 £6 U=South
Kensington
Science Mus Daily 10-6 £3 Exhibition Rd U= South Kensington
S. Holmes Mus Daily 9:30-6 21 Baker St £5 U-Baker St
Theatre Mus Tu-Sun 11-7 £5.50 Russell Square U=Covent Garden
Vic & Albert Mus Tu-Sun 10-5:30; Mon N-5:30 £5 U=South Kensington
Britain at War Daily 10-4:30 £6 64 Tooley St U=London Bridge
MARKETS
New Caledonia Friday 6-2 The flea market for the die-hards 3/4 mile SW of
Tower Undergrnd
Camden Passage Sat 8-5, Wed 7-4, Thur 7-4 U=Islington, Camden Passage
Camden Antiq Mkt Th-Sun U=Camden
Portebello M, Tu, Wed, Fri 8-6; Thur 8-1; Sat 7-6
Petticoat Lane Sun 9-2 Middlesex St U=Liverpool St, Aldergate,
Aldergate
Brixton Mkt Fri 9-4 U=Brixton
Gray’s Antique Mkt & Mews 58 Davies St U=Bond St
Jack
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in Europe.
Donna J. Carty
"To be perfect is to change often." John Cardinal Neuman
Martin Rich
<ann...@softcell.be> wrote:
>We are going to go to London in the last week of october. During the week my
>boyfriend has to follow a seminar so I have 4 days to do things on my own.
>The known places won't be a problem to find or to see but I'm also
>interested in streets,shops,markets,special things/places,... that only
>Londoners know about. Any ideas ?
This is a fairly regular query, so a dejanews search will reveal a
lot. But a few thoughts: go outside the centre of London, and go away
from the obvious tourist destinations in the suburbs. Richmond and
Highgate are examples of pleasant villages within the suburbs of
London and both are easily accessible by underground. In Richmond, if
you're there on a fine day, walk into the park and look for the spot
where you can see St Paul's Cathedral through the trees.
At Greenwich you will know about the Cutty Sark and the maritime
sights, but there's an interesting market there as well. Much closer
in, Chapel Market in Islington (that's the name of the road) and
Church Road, which runs off Lisson Grove near Edgware Road tube are
fun. Columbia Road in the East End is best known as a flower market
but there's lots else, especially on a Sunday - and while you're in
the East End explore Brick Lane and Shoreditch as well.
Close to Islington, or perhaps better around Maida Vale and Little
Venice, try a walk along the Regents Canal. Or explore some of the
green areas in London; there are many parks spread around the place
Hope this is of some use
Martin
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Martin Rich M.G....@city.ac.uk
City University Business School, London, UK
(0171) 477 8627 (Home email mar...@jackdaw.u-net.com)
Fax (0171) 477 8628 http://www.city.ac.uk/martin
John Xiros Cooper
London, go over to Crouch End and have a pizza at Pizza Bella on the
high street and then drop in at the King's Head for the comedy show
downstairs. Give the panhandler in front of Budgen's 10p for me.
Thanks. JXC
On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:34:53 +0200, "Ann Prosmans"
<ann...@softcell.be> wrote:
>We are going to go to London in the last week of october. . . . I'm also
Famille Brunet
Thank you!!
Seb
:)
Ann Prosmans wrote:
> We are going to go to London in the last week of october. During the week my
> boyfriend has to follow a seminar so I have 4 days to do things on my own.
> The known places won't be a problem to find or to see but I'm also
> interested in streets,shops,markets,special things/places,... that only
> Londoners know about. Any ideas ?
>
Ben Haines
again. Meanwhile:
Shops: Antiques at Upper Street, Islington. Tube Angel
Market: Books at Greenwich on Saturdays. Train from Charing Cross or
London Bridge.
Restaurants, cafes and pubs, especially for Monday to Saturday
lunches: Lambs Conduit Street. Tube Russell Square
Pub: The Founders` Arms, southern end of Blackfriars Bridge, for lunch
or supper with a view of the city. The beer is Youngs, one of
London's best (avoid Courage).
Semi private restaurant, cheap, and open to the public. The Dining
Room with waiter service in the basement of the School of Oriental and
African Studies. Monday to Friday lunch only. Wines: French waiter.
Museum: Sir John Soame's Museum on Lincolns Inn: tube Holborn
Place: Borough Market, opposite London Bridge Station. Southwark
Cathedral (fourteenth century, older and more beautiful than St
Paul's), the cheese shop, and weekday lunches at the Market Porter,
upstairs (better than downstairs). There are various good beers, but
Bishop's brew theirs just across the road: on a good day you can smell
the brewery, and any day the cheese.
French Teashop. Patisserie in the Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA), On Portland Place. Tube Oxford Circus
Garden. Gordon Square, Bloomsbury. Tube Russell Square. Take a
book.
Feeding ducks. The lake at St James's Park. The ducks are the
Queen's, but she doesn't mind.
Sailing toy boats. The round pond in Kensington Gardens. Tube
Queensway.
Window shopping for obscure maps. Stanfords Map Shop, west end of
Long Acre. Tube Leicester Square.
Lunchtime music. Check a listings magazine for St Anne and St Agnes
American Lutheran Church, corner of Gresham Street and Aldersgate
Street. Tube St Paul's. The church is 17th century, and so is much
of the music.
Curry supper in a wholly Bengali quarter. Brick Lane, north of
Aldgate East tube.
Carribean food and music. Brixton, especially the Friday and Saturday
markets.
Art Gallery: Dulwich. Train from Victoria or London Bridge.
Victoriana. Phone the Committees Office of the House of Loirds, find
a committee of interest to you, go on the right morning to the public
door of Parliament, jump the queue, tell the policeman or woman where
you want to go, walk the corridors to the Committee Rooms, listen for
an hour, leave.
In fact, some non-Londoners know of all these. But they're still
good. I look forward to advice upon your tastes and interests.
Meanwhile, welcome to London.
Ben Haines