Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Arts & Culture

The UK's National Stadium - a great venue but with very expensive food. Best to get there either via public transport or helicopter. Good for football, pop concerts and similar events.
337 locals recommend
Wembley Stadium
337 locals recommend
The UK's National Stadium - a great venue but with very expensive food. Best to get there either via public transport or helicopter. Good for football, pop concerts and similar events.
A great free London art gallery and just a walk along from Blackfriars station. Pick up their Bafta award-winning Multimedia Guide and get a unique insight to the art on display.
Tate Modern Members Room
Bankside
A great free London art gallery and just a walk along from Blackfriars station. Pick up their Bafta award-winning Multimedia Guide and get a unique insight to the art on display.
The Southbank - try it on a weekend and get the buzz of London for free, with its open stalls, book sales plus the National Film Theatre, concerts and galleries. Get there from Blackfriars or Waterloo
130 locals recommend
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road
130 locals recommend
The Southbank - try it on a weekend and get the buzz of London for free, with its open stalls, book sales plus the National Film Theatre, concerts and galleries. Get there from Blackfriars or Waterloo
The free concerts in the cafes make this a cool meeting place. Just a short walk along from Blackfriars Station or Waterloo Station. Plus really great theatre - at reasonable prices.
King's College London
Strand
The free concerts in the cafes make this a cool meeting place. Just a short walk along from Blackfriars Station or Waterloo Station. Plus really great theatre - at reasonable prices.
The home of cricket + the 2012 Olympics archery to take place in front of the Pavilion, with the archers in front of the Allen Stand and the targets in front of the Grand Stand. Just 30 mins from home
8 locals recommend
Marylebone Cricket Club
28A St John's Wood Rd
8 locals recommend
The home of cricket + the 2012 Olympics archery to take place in front of the Pavilion, with the archers in front of the Allen Stand and the targets in front of the Grand Stand. Just 30 mins from home

Sightseeing

The iconic view of London -just by St Pauls and a short walk from Blackfriars Station. You've seen it on Spooks and in just able every contemporary drama
129 locals recommend
Millennium Bridge
129 locals recommend
The iconic view of London -just by St Pauls and a short walk from Blackfriars Station. You've seen it on Spooks and in just able every contemporary drama
Great day out for fans of air history - built on the site of Hendon Aerodrome and an early aircraft factory. Best by public transport from Hendon Central to Colindale. Food not world class standard.
105 locals recommend
Royal Air Force Museum London
Grahame Park Way
105 locals recommend
Great day out for fans of air history - built on the site of Hendon Aerodrome and an early aircraft factory. Best by public transport from Hendon Central to Colindale. Food not world class standard.
The Courtauld Institute of Art plus good cafes and an ice skating rink around Christmas. Just a bus ride down from City Thameslink station (23 mins from Hendon).
154 locals recommend
Kenwood House
154 locals recommend
The Courtauld Institute of Art plus good cafes and an ice skating rink around Christmas. Just a bus ride down from City Thameslink station (23 mins from Hendon).
To walk on the Heath is bliss - good local coffee shops plus Keats House in Keats Grove. Just 15 mins door to door from home in Hendon changing at West Hampstead for the Overground rail service
1215 locals recommend
Hampstead Heath
1215 locals recommend
To walk on the Heath is bliss - good local coffee shops plus Keats House in Keats Grove. Just 15 mins door to door from home in Hendon changing at West Hampstead for the Overground rail service

Everything Else

A Gothic playground for the rich and famous - always worth a visit for rubbernecking Londoners. Just down the road from City Thameslink Station - 23 minute journey from Hendon
20 locals recommend
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
20 locals recommend
A Gothic playground for the rich and famous - always worth a visit for rubbernecking Londoners. Just down the road from City Thameslink Station - 23 minute journey from Hendon
Where journeys begin and end - just 75 minutes door to door from our home in Hendon to Gatwick Airport
18 locals recommend
Olympic Stadium
18 locals recommend
Where journeys begin and end - just 75 minutes door to door from our home in Hendon to Gatwick Airport