How would you describe your relationship with London?

[Chris in London]

I'm visiting London in September from NZ for 2.5 days.... first time in 15 years in the UK ... then back to Mcr... What's worth seeing other than , Buck house.. the wheel .. Tower of London... Taussards.......??? Harrods ... Please remember I am with a 16YO and 11YO and my Kiwi born GF who has only ever been to Fiji and the Gold Coast in Oz.....I only got that time after 3 days in Paris 3 days in Rome and 2 in Dubai...

Depending on your tastes, your wallet and those you are with:

museums - british museum, V & A, natural history museum, imperial war museum, science museum, churchill's war rooms

art galleries - national gallery, Tate, Tate modern, NPG

shopping - Regent Street, Bond Street, Oxford Street

cultural icons - Houses of Parliament, Whitehall & Downing Street, Tower Bridge, Wembley stadium, Covent Garden, Globe Theatre/South bank, Greenwich and the Prime Meridian, Hampton Court royal palace, the City, the Shard, Kings Cross Station platform 9 3/4 (if the kids are into Harry Potter) and St Pancras station for the same reason, the British Library (next door to St Pancras) Baker Street (for any Sherlock Holmes fans) Carnaby Street, Chinatown, Soho, Camden market, Horse guards parade, Abbey Road (if you are a Beatles fan)

parks - Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James Park, Wandsworth common, Wimbledon common, Hampstead Heath (add little venice to this bit)

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Brilliant city. Buzzing but for 20 to 35 year olds mainly.

I work in manc but spend a bit of time in London. Love it but am tired and dirty on that train back.

 

[manctheknife]

Depending on your tastes, your wallet and those you are with:

museums - british museum, V & A, natural history museum, imperial war museum, science museum, churchill's war rooms

art galleries - national gallery, Tate, Tate modern, NPG

shopping - Regent Street, Bond Street, Oxford Street

cultural icons - Houses of Parliament, Whitehall & Downing Street, Tower Bridge, Wembley stadium, Covent Garden, Globe Theatre/South bank, Greenwich and the Prime Meridian, Hampton Court royal palace, the City, the Shard, Kings Cross Station platform 9 3/4 (if the kids are into Harry Potter) and St Pancras station for the same reason, the British Library (next door to St Pancras) Baker Street (for any Sherlock Holmes fans) Carnaby Street, Chinatown, Soho, Camden market, Horse guards parade, Abbey Road (if you are a Beatles fan)

parks - Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James Park, Wandsworth common, Wimbledon common, Hampstead Heath (add little venice to this bit)

May I add 'The Lamb & Flag' Covent Garden ....Dickensian ale house.
Oh, and Hampton Court London?...bloody miles out isn't it?

 

[manctheknife]

Depending on your tastes, your wallet and those you are with:

museums - british museum, V & A, natural history museum, imperial war museum, science museum, churchill's war rooms

art galleries - national gallery, Tate, Tate modern, NPG

shopping - Regent Street, Bond Street, Oxford Street

cultural icons - Houses of Parliament, Whitehall & Downing Street, Tower Bridge, Wembley stadium, Covent Garden, Globe Theatre/South bank, Greenwich and the Prime Meridian, Hampton Court royal palace, the City, the Shard, Kings Cross Station platform 9 3/4 (if the kids are into Harry Potter) and St Pancras station for the same reason, the British Library (next door to St Pancras) Baker Street (for any Sherlock Holmes fans) Carnaby Street, Chinatown, Soho, Camden market, Horse guards parade, Abbey Road (if you are a Beatles fan)

parks - Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James Park, Wandsworth common, Wimbledon common, Hampstead Heath (add little venice to this bit)

Oh and that green area in the middle of Bloomsbury, lovely little space...

 

[Chris in London]

May I add 'The Lamb & Flag' Covent Garden ....Dickensian ale house.
Oh, and Hampton Court London?...bloody miles out isn't it?

Hampton Court? No it's about 40 minutes on the train. It's a full day but it's well worth it if that's your thing.

The Lamb & Flag I always think tries too hard to be a tourist venue. For people looking for an authentic london pub, there are plenty about that do better food and better beer.

 

[Chris in London]

Oh and that green area in the middle of Bloomsbury, lovely little space...

Just behind Great Ormond Street? Lovely place, yes. There's also that concrete monstrosity next to it, the Brunswick, which is ugly but has a nice concentration of chain restaurants for when you want to eat but want neither sophistication nor a new gastronomic experience.

Not far from the british Museum, either

 

[manctheknife]

Hampton Court? No it's about 40 minutes on the train. It's a full day but it's well worth it if that's your thing.

The Lamb & Flag I always think tries too hard to be a tourist venue. For people looking for an authentic london pub, there are plenty about that do better food and better beer.

40 mins on the train from London pretty much puts you in Birmingham!!...but yeah it's well worth a visit.
Pub wise, I used to work in Farringdon and there were a lot of Dickensian style boozers around there and Hatton Gardens...
Don't the Dickensian society hold meets at the L & F?...
Another thing I used to love was the Sherlock holmes head silhouette tiling at Baker St station....and the original timber framing for the platform going east....great station altogether!

 

[FanchesterCity]

Fantastic city and never ceases to amaze me about the countless little side streets that host all manner of shops / food / architecture and for that matter cultures.
Not quite the 24 hour city some people say it is though.
You don't have to walk far to see incredible wealth and incredible poverty.

 

[Chris in London]

40 mins on the train from London pretty much puts you in Birmingham!!...but yeah it's well worth a visit.
Pub wise, I used to work in Farringdon and there were a lot of Dickensian style boozers around there and Hatton Gardens...
Don't the Dickensian society hold meets at the L & F?...
Another thing I used to love was the Sherlock holmes head silhouette tiling at Baker St station....and the original timber framing for the platform going east....great station altogether!

A lot of posters on BM used to gather in a pub on Farringdon Road to watch City games during midweek. Cant remember it's name now. Just near the crossroads with Clerkenwell road.

 

[BlueHammer85]

A lot of posters on BM used to gather in a pub on Farringdon Road to watch City games during midweek. Cant remember it's name now. Just near the crossroads with Clerkenwell road.

The City Pride ?

i work right next to that, great pub

Farringdon also have a Sports Bar that they refurbished few years ago. its really nice, screens everywhere and good burgers and pints