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Arranging a weekend for me & the Mrs in London without the kids, got War Horse sorted but any recommendations for less obvious/off-the-beaten-track places to visit? I'd happily spend all weekend in the science museum but I'd end up single again..


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 10:49 pm
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Take thirty minutes to walk around Whitehall on Sunday morning, look at Downing Street, House of Commons and walk up to the road to see nelson on his column!


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:07 pm
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The maltby St beer/food walk, either start at the kernel brewery and work your way back or start at London Bridge. And don't miss the historic St John Bakery donuts. It's where food/beer people go to avoid the tourists at borough market.
This is assuming you like beer/food/wine/cheese/beer/donuts


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:15 pm
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural Historu Museum was a super way to spend an hour last week.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:20 pm
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What Mr Smith said but give yourself the illusion of a cultural outng by ending up at Tate Modern. (Obligatory OXO Tower joke)

Also - will the sky garden at the hideous walkie-talkie building be open by then?


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:25 pm
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Thanks for the ideas, really appreciated, who doesn't like beer/food/wine etc!


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:44 pm
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Some places you might want to wander to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postma n's_Park#The_Memorial_to_Heroic_Self_Sacrifice

http://www.crossbones.org.uk

And go up The Monument as well - only £3!


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:52 pm
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Go to London Bridge and walk through Hays Galleria, past hms Belfast, east along the Thames to Tower Bridge and through the cobbled streets of Shad Thames.


 
Posted : 05/01/2015 11:58 pm
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if its a nice day [url= http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Sights_and_Attractions/Phoenix_Garden/56d8/ ]this place[/url] is a little gem in the middle of all the bustle
or a riverboat ride or a [url= http://www.walk4life.info/walk/thames-northbank-london-bridge ]walk along the embankment[/url] to tower bridge and St Katherines Docks


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 12:13 am
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South bank walk / boris bike ride starting at the Isambard K Brunel museum just north of Canada Water tube. Walk / cycle west, passing HMS Belfast (well worth a poke about) City Hall, the Shard (bonkers engineering), Borough Market (great foodie stuff), The Golden Hinde, the Globe theatre, the London Eye and over Westminster Bridge for a lap of Parliament Square.

Take some Boris Bikes out - they are a real hoot and very cheap as well (£2 per 24 hours if you limit yourself to 30 minute rides).


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 1:15 am
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If the weather's clear, it's really worth going up The Shard. Costs about the same as the London Eye, but the Eye only gives you 30 minutes, and only a few at the top; when I went up The Shard last year, it said on the ticket I had thirty minutes, but nobody was checking, and people were coming and going all the time, I was up there for more than an hour. Good food in Borough Market, there's a good pub there as well, the Market Porter in Stoney Street.

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Posted : 06/01/2015 2:01 am
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Highgate Cemetery. Really!


 
Posted : 06/01/2015 2:10 am