London Links

Explore London with our picks of the best:

- Galleries, museums and houses
- Art and Science
- Shops and markets
- Places to eat and drink
- Green London
...and much more!

For help getting around London and more information, be sure to check out Transport for London, Visit London, London Town and City Mapper !

EXPLORE LONDON'S HISTORY

Geffrye Museum

www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

London Architecture Walks
www.londonarchitecturewalks.com

Royal Academy of Arts

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk

British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org

Charles Dickens Musum

https://dickensmuseum.com

Foundling Musum

https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk

Houses of Parliament and Westminster Hall

https://www.parliament.uk

Jewel Tower

www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/jewel-tower/

Horniman Museum

https://www.horniman.ac.uk

Clink Museum

https://www.clink.co.uk

National Maritime Museum

https://www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum

 

SHOPPING

Hidden Art
www.hiddenart.co.uk

Labour and Wait

www.labourandwait.co.uk

Oxford Street

https://www.oxfordstreet.co.uk

 Bond Street

https://www.bondstreet.co.uk

Regent Street

https://www.regentstreetonline.com

Notting Hill

https://www.theshopkeepers.com/best-shops-notting-hill/

King's Road

https://www.kingsroadlondon.com/shop-kings-road-london/

 Carnaby Street

https://www.carnaby.co.uk

 Selfridges

https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/

Harrods

https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/

Hamleys Toy Store

https://www.hamleys.com

 

MARKETS 

Columbia Road Flower Market

http://columbiaroad.info

London Farmer's Markets

https://www.lfm.org.uk

Piccadilly Market

heartoflondonbid.london/events/piccadilly-market

Carnaby Street

https://www.carnaby.co.uk

Berwick Street Market

https://www.thisissoho.co.uk/the-market/

Leather Lane Market

https://www.camden.gov.uk/markets-in-camden#bitb

Smithfield Market

https://www.smithfieldmarket.com

Portobello Market

http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/the-market/

Borough Market

https://boroughmarket.org.uk

Deptford Market

https://lewisham.gov.uk/deptford-markets

Greenwich Market

https://www.greenwichmarket.london

Broadway Market
www.broadwaymarket.co.uk

Borough Market

https://boroughmarket.org.uk

EATING / DRINKING

Rosie’s Deli Café

https://www.rosieslondon.co.uk

Manze Pie & Mash Shops
www.manze.co.uk

Bermondsey Beer Mile

https://www.bermondsey-beer-mile.co.uk

Gremio de Brixton

https://gremiodebrixton.com

The Shard

https://www.the-shard.com/restaurants/

Bustronome

https://www.bustronome.com

The Mayflower Pub

https://www.mayflowerpub.co.uk

Prospect of Whitby Pub

https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/prospect-of-whitby/

The Pineapple

https://www.thepineapplepubnw5.com

The Black Friar Pub

https://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/theblackfriarblackfriarslondon 

Beigel Bake Brick Lane

https://bricklanebeigel.co.uk

The Blind Beggar

https://www.theblindbeggar.com

Crate Brewery and Pizzeria

https://cratebrewery.com

ART

Dulwich Picture Gallery

www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

Museum of the Home

www.museumofthehome.org.uk

Brunei Gallery

https://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/

Cartoon Museum

https://www.cartoonmuseum.org

Tate Britain

http://tate.org.uk/britain/

Tate Modern

https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern 

Whitechapel Gallery

https://www.whitechapelgallery.org

 

BLOGGERS 

Londonist- Things to see and do in London

https://londonist.com

Our Instagram @metropublications

https://www.instagram.com/metropublications/

Spitalfields Life by the gentle author

https://spitalfieldslife.com 

Katie "Look-Up London" @look_uplondon

https://www.instagram.com/look_uplondon/

Curious London @curiouslondon_

https://www.instagram.com/curiouslondon_/

A Lady in London

https://www.instagram.com/aladyinlondon/

Secret London: 500 Best Things to Do

https://secretldn.com/best-things-to-do-london/

 

GREEN LONDON

London Gardens Trust

https://londongardenstrust.org/whatson/open-gardens/

City of London Gardens

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/city-gardens

Royal College of Physicians' Garden of Medicinal Plants

www.rcplondon.ac.uk/garden-medicinal-plants

Barbican Conservatory

www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/tag/conservatory

Hatton Gardens

https://www.hatton-garden.london

Postman's Park

https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/city-gardens/find-a-garden/postmans-park

"15 Stunning Green Spaces in London"

https://secretldn.com/stunning-green-spaces-london/

Sky Garden

https://skygarden.london

Museum of Garden History
www.museumgardenhistory.org 

HOUSES

Fenton House

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/fenton-house-and-garden

Dennis Sever’s house
www.dennissevershouse.co.uk

Keats House

https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/attractions-museums-entertainment/keats-house

Burgh House

http://burghhouse.museumssites.com

Benjamin Franklin House

https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org

Freud Museum, the home of Sigmund Freud

https://www.freud.org.uk

Dr. Johnson's House

https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE

Hampstead Observatory

https://www.hampsteadscience.ac.uk/astro/observatory.html

Science Museum

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home

Wellcome Collection

https://wellcomecollection.org

Royal Observatory

https://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory

Hunterian Museum

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/hunterian-museum/

St. Bartholomew's Hospital Museum

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/bartsmuseum

Museum of the Mind

https://museumofthemind.org.uk

 

OTHER

Electric Cinema

https://www.electriccinema.co.uk

Globe Theatre

https://www.shakespearesglobe.com

Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret Museum

https://oldoperatingtheatre.com

Wilton's Music Hall

https://www.wiltons.org.uk

The Troubadour

https://www.troubadourlondon.com

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk

 Sky Garden

https://skygarden.london

 

 

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