TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • London 1
  • Chapter One: Introduction 1
  • A Brief History of London 2
  • Chapter Two: Hotels and Accommodations 11
  • 1. West End 12
  • 2. Bloomsbury 14
  • 3. County Hall and Waterloo 15
  • 4. Victoria 17
  • 5. City of London 18
  • 6. King’s Cross 20
  • 7. Kensington 23
  • 8. Bayswater 25
  • 9. Paddington 26
  • 10. Canary Wharf 28
  • Chapter Three: Shop and Dine in London 31
  • 1. Regent Street 32
  • 2. Knightsbridge 34
  • 3. Covent Garden 36
  • 4. Oxford Street 37
  • 5. Carnaby Street 39
  • 6. King’s Road 40
  • 7. Broadway Market 42
  • 8. Camden Town 44
  • 9. Bond Street 46
  • 10. Westfield Shopping Centre 48
  • Chapter Four: A Feast For The Eyes 51
  • 1. The British Museum 52
  • 2. Tate Modern 55
  • 3. Tate Britain 58
  • 4. National Gallery 60
  • 5. National Portrait Gallery 62
  • 6. Natural History Museum 64
  • 7. Victoria and Albert Museum 67
  • 8. Science Museum 69
  • 9. National Maritime Museum 71
  • 10. Museum of London 73
  • Chapter Five: Seeing the Past in London’s Present 75
  • 1. Big Ben 76
  • 2. Palace of Westminster 79
  • 3. Westminster Abbey 83
  • 4. Tower of London 86
  • 5. Tower Bridge 88
  • 6. Churchill War Rooms 92
  • 7. St.Paul’s Cathedral 95
  • 8. Hampton Court Palace 98
  • 9. Guildhall Art Gallery and the Underground London Roman Amphiteatre 101
  • 10. Cutty Sark 103
  • Chapter Six: Out And About In London 107
  • 2. Hyde Park 111
  • 3. St. James Park 114
  • 4. Kensington Gardens 116
  • 5. Trafalgar Square 118
  • 6. Kew Gardens, or the Royal Botanic Gardens 120
  • 7. Highgate Cemetery 122
  • 8. Sea Life London Aquarium 124
  • 9. Millennium Bridge 126
  • 10. Piccadilly Circus 128
  • Chapter Seven: Interacting With London 131
  • 1. Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guards 131
  • 2. The Royal Mews 133
  • 3. London Dungeon 134
  • 4. Open Air Cinemas 136
  • 5. Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre 138
  • 6. Madame Tussauds 139
  • 7. London City Farms 142
  • 8. 221B Baker Street 144
  • 9. London Pubs 146
  • 10. The View From the Shard 148
  • Chapter Eight: The London Night Scene 151
  • 1. The Ceremony of the Keys 151
  • 2. West End Theatre Productions 154
  • 3. Shakespeare’s Globe 156
  • 4. Hyde Park’s Bat Walking Tour 158
  • 5. Hampstead Observatory – see the night sky 159
  • 6. London Comedy Bars 161
  • 7. London Live Music 163
  • 8. London Pub Crawl 165
  • 9. London Nightclubs 166
  • 10. London By Night Tours 168
  • Chapter Nine: Off London’s Beaten Path 171
  • 1. St. Pancras Old Church 172
  • 2. Hardy Tree 175
  • 3. Hyde Park Pet Cemetery 177
  • 4. The Sherlock Holmes Pub 179
  • 5. London Beer Gardens 181
  • 6. The Jewel Tower 183
  • 7. Jack the Ripper Tour 185
  • 8. Thames Barrier 187
  • 9. Dennis Sever’s House 189
  • 10. Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge 191
  • Chapter Ten: Conclusion 193
  • London Quick Travel Guide 197
  • 1. London Quick Facts 197
  • 2. Transportation 198
  • Points of Entry Into London: 198
  • Getting Around Within London 199
  • Index 201
  • Photo References 209
  • References 221
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