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Next stop London
Westminster, the South Bank, museums, the East End, Greenwich and the west Thames as a walkable graph.
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Westminster
Palace to the clock, no river crossing.
- 1. Buckingham Palace
→ St James's Park · Walk
- 2. Westminster Abbey
→ Houses of Parliament · Walk
- 3. Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben)
→ Westminster Bridge · Walk
- 4. Trafalgar Square
→ National Gallery · Walk
- 5. National Gallery
→ National Portrait Gallery · Walk
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South Ken
Two museums and the park.
- 1. Natural History Museum
→ Science Museum · Walk
- 2. Victoria and Albert Museum
→ Brompton Oratory · Walk
- 3. Hyde Park
→ Serpentine Galleries · Walk
- 4. Kensington Palace
→ Kensington Gardens · Walk
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West End
Theatres and Soho, one night.
- 1. Covent Garden
→ Seven Dials · Walk
- 2. Soho
→ Ronnie Scott's · Walk
- 3. Regent Street
→ Liberty · Walk
- 4. Ronnie Scott's
→ Soho · Walk
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Bloomsbury
The British Museum and King's Cross do not share a morning.
- 1. British Museum
→ Sir John Soane's Museum · Walk
- 2. British Library
→ King's Cross · Walk
- 3. King's Cross
→ Granary Square · Walk
- 4. Sir John Soane's Museum
→ British Museum · Walk
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The City
St Paul's and Sky Garden; check weekend hours.
- 1. St Paul's Cathedral
→ Millennium Bridge · Walk
- 2. Sky Garden
→ The Monument · Walk
- 3. Leadenhall Market
→ Sky Garden · Walk
- 4. Barbican Centre
→ St Bartholomew the Great · Walk
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The Tower
Tower, bridge, marina.
- 1. Tower of London
→ Tower Bridge · Walk
- 2. Tower Bridge
→ St Katharine Docks · Walk
- 3. St Katharine Docks
→ Tower Bridge · Walk
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South Bank
The river terrace and one high point.
- 1. London Eye
→ Westminster Bridge · Walk
- 2. Tate Modern
→ Millennium Bridge · Walk
- 3. Borough Market
→ Southwark Cathedral · Walk
- 4. The Shard
→ Borough Market · Walk
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East End markets
Go on the right day.
- 1. Brick Lane
→ Beigel Bake · Walk
- 2. Old Spitalfields Market
→ Christ Church Spitalfields · Walk
- 3. Columbia Road Flower Market
→ Museum of the Home · Walk
- 4. Shoreditch
→ Brick Lane · Walk
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Greenwich
Ship and meridian, their own half-day.
- 1. Cutty Sark
→ Old Royal Naval College · Walk
- 2. Royal Observatory
→ Greenwich Park · Walk
- 3. Greenwich Park
→ Royal Observatory · Walk
- 4. Greenwich Market
→ Cutty Sark · Walk
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North London
Camden or Hampstead, not both.
- 1. Camden Market
→ Camden Lock · Walk
- 2. Regent's Park
→ London Zoo · Walk
- 3. Primrose Hill
→ Camden Market · Tube Chalk Farm
- 4. Hampstead Heath
→ Parliament Hill · Walk
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Kew
A half-day in the gardens.
- 1. Kew Gardens
→ Kew Palace · Walk
- 2. Kew Palace
→ Kew Gardens · Walk
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Richmond
River and deer.
- 1. Richmond Riverside
→ The White Cross · Walk
- 2. Richmond Hill
→ Richmond Park · Tube Richmond
- 3. Richmond Park
→ Richmond Hill · Tube Richmond
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Windsor
A castle day by train.
- 1. Windsor Castle
→ The Two Brewers · Walk
- 2. The Two Brewers
→ Windsor Castle · Walk
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Notting Hill
Saturday market.
- 1. Portobello Road Market
→ Notting Hill · Tube Ladbroke Grove
- 2. Notting Hill
→ Kensington Church Street · Walk
- 3. The Churchill Arms
→ Kensington Church Street · Walk
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Chelsea
The east stretch of King's Road, not the South Ken three.
- 1. King's Road
→ Saatchi Gallery · Walk
- 2. Saatchi Gallery
→ King's Road · Walk
- 3. Chelsea Physic Garden
→ Saatchi Gallery · Walk
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Paddington canal
The shed and Little Venice, not through to Camden.
- 1. Paddington Station
→ Little Venice · Walk
- 2. Little Venice
→ Paddington Station · Walk
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Farringdon
Smithfield and the church. Do not lock in a wholesale-market visit.
- 1. Smithfield
→ St Bartholomew the Great · Walk
- 2. St Bartholomew the Great
→ Smithfield · Walk
- 3. Fabric
→ Smithfield · Walk
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Knightsbridge
The food hall and the park, not King's Road.
- 1. Harrods
→ Hyde Park · Tube Knightsbridge
- 2. Hyde Park
→ Serpentine Galleries · Walk
- 3. Brompton Oratory
→ Victoria and Albert Museum · Walk
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Bankside
Market, Tate, Globe — not up the Shard.
- 1. Borough Market
→ Southwark Cathedral · Walk
- 2. Tate Modern
→ Millennium Bridge · Walk
- 3. Shakespeare's Globe
→ Tate Modern · Walk