Wednesday, January 18, 2012

101 In London

101 THINGS TO DO IN LONDON


Cultural Highlights 

1.  British Museum 
3.  Bruce Castle Museum 
4.  Charles Dickens Museum 
5.  Dennis Severs' House 
8.  Do the Museum Road Challenge 
9.   Enjoy World-Class opera 
10.  Grant Museum of Zoology 

12.  Horniman Museum 
15.  London Transport Museum 
17.  Old Operating Theatre Museum 
 20  Tour London's public Sculpture 
 21  Tower of London 
 22  Spend a night at the museum 

Attractions




24.   Make a royal entrance at Buckingham Palace
25.   Lose yourself in boho Camden 
26.   Define yourself at Dr Johnson's House 
27.   Explore Greenwich 
28.   Get your kids into art at the National Gallery 
29.   Float along Regent's Canal 
30.   Take an off-beat tour of the capital 
31.   Spy on the government at the house of Parliament 
32.   Brave rapids at Lee Valley WhiteWater Centre 
33.   Bask in the splender of Leighton House Museum 
34.   Immerse yourself in the London Aquarium 
35.   Go for a Spin on the London Eye 
36.   Find a perch at the London Wetland Centre 
37.   Poke your beak into London Zoo 
38.   Scale Sir Christopher Wren's Monument 
39.   Peer backstage at the National Theatre 
40.   Navigate the Thames 
41.   Take and open-top bus tour 
42.   Ride in the 'driver's seat' on the DLR 
43.   Enter space at the Royal Observatory 
44.   Salute the changing of the guard 
45.   See the city from Parliament Hill 
46.   Get thee to Shakespeare's Globe 
47.   Spend a day on the South Bank 
48.   Dash round a famous sports ground 
49.   See the river from Tower Bridge 
50.   Call in on Britain's first red telephone box 
51.   Throw Clay at the Wheelhouse Pottery 
52.   Chime in with Whitechapel Bell Foundary 

 
 Restaurants 


59.  Join the throng at Gorden's Wine Bar 
63.  Sample cockney cuisine in Petticoat Lane Market 
64.  Scoff a midnight bagel on Brick lane 
65.  Take afternoon tea in style 
66.  Wine and dine in a high-design setting 
67.  Venture west for an authentic Indian 


 Shopping


68.  Bag a bargin: Car-boot sales and sample sales 
71.  Find Fresh-off-the-boat fish at Billingsgate market 
73.  Pamper yourself at a London Spa 
74.  Seek out unique vintage couture 
78.  Wander along Portobello market


Nights Out 

79.  Watch a West End Musical 
81.  See a superstar DJ at the Ministry of Sound 
82.  Discover the best cabaret 
62.  Go to 'The Gong Show' at the Comedy Store' 
85.  Have a right Old East End knees-up 
86.  Jive at the Rivoli Ballroom 
87.  Join in the fun at Royal Vauxhall Tavern 
88.  Listen to choral evensong in cathedral 

Things to do Outdoors 



92.   Go for a constitutional in Chelsea Physic Garden 
93.   Meet the animals at one of London's City Farms 
94.   Off-road it on Hampstead Heath 
97.   Commune with Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery 
98.   Explore Hyde Park 
99.   Stroll around Kensington Gardens 
100. Vegetate at Kew Gardens
101.  Track Down royal deer in Richmond Park  
 

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