1 April 2019, Twickenham: Building on this year’s London theme, organisers of the HSBC London Sevens rugby tournament at Twickenham Stadium next month (25-26 May 2019) have announced a collaboration with renowned London attraction, The London Dungeon.
The Coca-Cola London Eye Hotel Chocolat Tasting Experience is an egg-cellent treat for families this Easter
Why not visit the RAF Museum at Colindale in North London? It’s one of the best museums of flight showing a 90 year history of RAF aircraft. It’s on the original site of the actual Aerodrome that was used by the pilots during the Battle of Britain.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
Fleet Street is a major street in the City of London. It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary with the City of Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the London Wall and the River Fleet from which the street was named.
The London Dungeon is one of the capital's 'must-see' signature attractions - delighting audiences for almost 40 years. It's a 90 minute journey through 1000 years of London's murky past.
Hogarth bought the house to act as his family’s country refuge, a weekend and summer home, away from the noise of his other home in what is now Leicester Square.
http://www.hounslow.info/arts-culture/historic-houses-museums/hogarth-house
For serious fashionistas, Bond Street is the place to be seen in and to shop. Bond Street - formed of New and Old Bond Street - boasts one of the biggest and best concentrations of designer shops in the world, including Donna Karan, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Nicole Fahri, Armani, Versace and Ralph Lauren.
It has been said that there is nowhere else on earth quite like London's four Inns of Court.
http://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/inns-of-court-tour.htm
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world. It has been the family home of British kings and queens for almost 1,000 years. It is an official residence of Her Majesty The Queen, whose standard flies from the Round Tower when she is in residence.
One of London's most famous, if not most-loved, buildings, Centre Point stands in the centre of the West End, looking over the busy Oxford Street and Charing Cross Rd junction.
The British Museum is dedicated to human history, art and culture, and is located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
Sadler’s Wells is a world leader in contemporary dance presenting a vibrant year-round programme of dance of every kind - from tango to hip hop, ballet to flamenco, Bollywood to cutting-edge contemporary dance - bringing the best of international and British dance to audiences at three theatres in London.
For 110 years The Ritz London has remained the benchmark for excellence. A name synonymous with luxury, the iconic hotel commands a landmark position in the heart of London.
Pollock's Toy Museum is a museum and small toy shop housed in two atmospheric historic buildings in London's Fitzrovia.
Home to one of Europe's largest collections of global marine life, the SEA LIFE London Aquarium, is the flagship in SEA LIFE's international network of aquariums.
Harrods' 330 departments offer a wide range of products and services. Up to 300,000 customers visit the shop on peak days, comprising the highest proportion of customers from non-English speaking countries of any department store in London. More than five thousand staff from over fifty different countries work at Harrods. https://www.harrods.com/en-gb
Housing official residences of some of the biggest names in British politics, Downing Street is one of the most well-known locations in London.
https://www.gov.uk/government/history/10-downing-street#take-the-tour
THE OLDEST CHOPHOUSE IN LONDON
In 1723 Thomas Simpson opened his first Fish Ordinary Restaurant in Bell Alley, Billingsgate. His clientele was mainly those who worked in the fish market who bought him fish which he would prepare specially.
Set immediately north of the Tower of London, right in the heart of Tower Hill, stands one of the most substantial and impressive surviving sections of the London Wall. Built around AD 200, the Roman wall not only provided defence and security to the citizens of London, but also represented the status of the city itself.
Battersea Pie Station was founded in 2007 with the sole aim of making proper British food and sharing it with as many people as possible. They want to make the best pie and mash there is!
The Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London that runs behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens. It is one of the precursors of the mid 19th century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping centre.
Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”.
The oldest and best bagel shop in London.
The Beigel Bake is a social mecca as well as a thriving 24 hour bakery that produces over 7000 bagels a night.
The E5 Bakehouse is an East London artisan bakery and coffee shop. Passionate about sourdough and the lost traditions of the baking ancestors.
Black Rock Whisky Bar is the newest brainchild of Tom Aske and Tristan Stephenson. The duo are out to reinvent the world of whisky, with a creative cocktail menu and over 250 bottles of the stuff from producers all over the world. However they don't just stop there… continuing in an effort to break down boundaries, Black Rock Whisky Bar in-fact, has no bar at all, they have done away with the traditional bar set-up and instead have installed an 18ft, 185-year-old oak tree trunk slap bang in the centre of Black Rock.
Not only will a ‘roaming’ bartender mix drinks for guests sat around the oak trunk, it will function as a whisky ageing system…two channels, one lined with American charred oak and the other toasted European oak, will age two whisky cocktails as they are poured from the other end of the trunk.
If you're a whisky connoisseur - put this place on the top of your list!
At Sipsmith Distillery, they are very proud of what happens there and love to share it with like minded spirit sippers, with a tour. You can see where the award winning gin is made and a tutored tasting.
In addition to the distinct panorama of East London, Boundary Rooftop now features a heated orangery, filled with a variety of Citrus trees including Lemon, Clementine, and Calamondin, as well as Mimosa trees. When the weather is particularly good, the space is doubled and provides an unrivalled location in the form of our winter garden.
Why not visit the RAF Museum at Colindale in North London? It’s one of the best museums of flight showing a 90 year history of RAF aircraft. It’s on the original site of the actual Aerodrome that was used by the pilots during the Battle of Britain.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
Fleet Street is a major street in the City of London. It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary with the City of Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the London Wall and the River Fleet from which the street was named.
The London Dungeon is one of the capital's 'must-see' signature attractions - delighting audiences for almost 40 years. It's a 90 minute journey through 1000 years of London's murky past.
