Tess Downey | 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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