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Before you go

Tips for London

Transport, opening hours, food and what to avoid.

  1. Getting there

    From Heathrow: Elizabeth line

    The Elizabeth line reaches Paddington in about 30 minutes and carries on into the centre without changing. It costs far less than the Heathrow Express. The Piccadilly line is even cheaper but takes almost an hour.

  2. Getting around

    One card, always the same

    Tap in and out with the same card or phone every time. That's how the daily cap works; switch cards and you pay more.

  3. Getting around

    Stand on the right

    On Tube escalators you stand on the right and walk on the left. It's the rule people notice most when you break it.

  4. Getting around

    The Thames by boat

    Uber Boat by Thames Clippers boats run along the river from Westminster to Greenwich and take contactless cards. It's public transport, not a tour, with first-class views.

  5. Watch out

    Look right

    Traffic comes from the other side. At many crossings it's painted on the road: “look right”.

  6. Eating

    Service on the bill

    Many restaurants add a 12.5% service charge. If it's already included, there's no need to tip more.

  7. Opening hours

    Shorter Sundays

    Large shops open for only six hours on Sunday, usually 12 to 6 pm. Museums and markets keep their normal hours.

Checked on November 4, 2026

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  1. Essential

    Museums & culture· Tower Hill

    Tower of London

    The fortress William the Conqueror built beside the Thames, later a palace, prison and royal mint. It holds the Crown Jewels and is still guarded by the Yeoman Warders.

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    The Tower of London seen from the Thames, with its walls and the White Tower
  3. Essential

    Museums & culture· Westminster

    Westminster Abbey

    The Gothic church where English monarchs have been crowned since 1066. Kings, queens, Newton and Darwin are buried here, and Poets' Corner honours the writers.

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    The Gothic west front of Westminster Abbey with its twin towers
  4. Essential

    Museums & culture· Bloomsbury

    The British Museum

    Two million years of human history around the glass-roofed Great Court: the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and Egyptian mummies, with free entry.

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    The colonnaded front of the British Museum
  5. Essential

    Viewpoint· Tower Hill

    Tower Bridge

    The Victorian twin-towered bascule bridge that still lifts to let ships through. Its high walkways have glass-floor sections looking straight down to the Thames.

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    Tower Bridge over the Thames, with its two stone towers and blue walkways
  6. Essential

    Museums & culture· City

    St Paul's Cathedral

    Christopher Wren's masterpiece, rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666. Its dome rules the City skyline, and you can climb all the way to the outer gallery.

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    Aerial view of St Paul's Cathedral and its dome among the buildings of the City
  7. Essential

    Special place· St James's

    Buckingham Palace

    The monarch's official London home at the end of The Mall. The Changing of the Guard takes place at its gates, with red tunics and bearskin hats.

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    The main facade of Buckingham Palace behind its railings
  8. Essential

    Museums & culture· Trafalgar Square

    The National Gallery

    The national art collection overlooks Trafalgar Square, with seven centuries of European painting from Van Eyck and Leonardo to Velázquez, Turner and Van Gogh's Sunflowers. Entry is free.

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    The porticoed front of the National Gallery above Trafalgar Square

  9. Museums & culture· South Bank

    Tate Modern

    Modern and contemporary art inside a former power station on the Thames, with the vast Turbine Hall and a viewing level that looks across to St Paul's.

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    A full moon over the towers of the City, seen from Tate Modern

  10. Museums & culture· South Kensington

    Natural History Museum

    A Victorian terracotta cathedral filled with fossils, minerals and dinosaurs. A blue whale skeleton hangs over the great central hall.

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    The great hall of the Natural History Museum, with its arches and a skeleton hanging from the ceiling

  11. Museums & culture· South Kensington

    Victoria and Albert Museum

    The world's great museum of decorative arts and design, with fashion, jewellery, ceramics and sculpture from every era, a garden courtyard and the first museum café rooms ever built.

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    The pond and facade of the John Madejski Garden at the Victoria and Albert Museum

  12. Viewpoint· City

    Sky Garden

    An indoor garden under a glass dome at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street, with an open-air terrace over the Thames, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.

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    The garden under the glass roof of the Sky Garden, at the top of the Walkie-Talkie tower

  13. Viewpoint· South Bank

    London Eye

    The giant observation wheel on the South Bank, opposite Parliament. One slow turn in its glass capsules shows the Thames, Westminster and the City from above.

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    The London Eye and County Hall seen from across the Thames

  14. Viewpoint· Primrose Hill

    Primrose Hill

    A grassy hill north of Regent's Park with one of London's protected views: from the top the whole skyline, St Paul's included, spreads out in front of you.

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    The grassy slope of Primrose Hill with the city beyond

  15. Nature & beaches· Mayfair

    Hyde Park

    Central London's great royal park, with the Serpentine lake, rowing boats, Speakers' Corner and open lawns that run straight into Kensington Gardens.

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    Horse riders and cyclists on a tree-lined path in Hyde Park

  16. Nature & beaches· St James's

    St James's Park

    The oldest royal park, between Westminster and Buckingham Palace, with a lake full of waterfowl and resident pelicans. Its bridge looks to the palace one way and Whitehall the other.

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    St James's Park lake seen from the Blue Bridge, with Duck Island in the middle

  17. Nature & beaches· Marylebone

    Regent's Park

    A royal park ringed by white stucco Regency terraces, with the rose beds of Queen Mary's Gardens, a boating lake and the canal along its northern edge.

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    Paths and trees in Regent's Park

  18. Special place· Trafalgar Square

    Trafalgar Square

    London's central square, with Nelson's Column, four bronze lions and its fountains. The Fourth Plinth shows a contemporary sculpture that changes every couple of years.

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    Trafalgar Square with Nelson's Column, the fountains and the National Gallery behind

  19. Special place· City

    Leadenhall Market

    A Victorian covered market of iron and glass, painted maroon, cream and green and tucked among the City's towers. It now houses pubs, shops and restaurants.

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    The iron-and-glass covered arcades of Leadenhall Market

  20. Shopping· Covent Garden

    Covent Garden

    The old fruit and flower market, with its 1830 market hall, is now a piazza of shops, craft stalls and street performers beside the Royal Opera House.

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    The old market hall at Covent Garden

  21. Shopping· Southwark

    Borough Market

    One of London's oldest food markets, under the railway arches by London Bridge, packed with cheesemongers, bakers and street-food stalls.

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    Food stalls under the roof of Borough Market

  22. Shopping· Camden

    Camden Market

    A maze of vintage clothing, records and street food beside the canal locks, spread through old warehouses and the former railway horse stables.

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    Stalls and shoppers at Camden Market

  23. Shopping· Notting Hill

    Portobello Road

    Notting Hill's antiques-market street, lined with pastel-coloured houses. On Saturdays it fills with stalls of silver, furniture, clothing and food.

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    Portobello Road with its colourful houses and street-level shops

  24. Restaurant· Covent Garden

    Rules

    Opened in 1798, it claims to be London's oldest restaurant. Red-velvet rooms hung with paintings serve British game and pies.

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    The front of Rules on Maiden Lane

  25. Restaurant· Fleet Street

    Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

    A pub rebuilt in 1667 after the Great Fire, down an alley off Fleet Street. Its dark wood-panelled rooms and fireplaces were once Dickens's and Samuel Johnson's haunts.

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    The entrance to Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street, below the clock of the old Daily Telegraph building

  26. Restaurant· Southwark

    The George Inn

    London's last galleried coaching inn, a short walk from Borough Market. It belongs to the National Trust and is still a working pub with a courtyard.

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    The courtyard of The George Inn with its wooden galleries

  27. Restaurant· Kensington

    Churchill Arms

    A Kensington pub with a facade smothered in flowers and an interior crammed with Churchill memorabilia. The back room serves Thai food.

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    The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church Street

  28. Café· Piccadilly

    The Wolseley

    A grand Viennese-style café in a 1920s former car showroom on Piccadilly, all columns and black marble, with breakfast served from early morning.

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    The Wolseley building on the corner of Piccadilly and Arlington Street

  29. Café· Soho

    Bar Italia

    Soho's espresso bar since 1949, with its neon sign, Formica counter and Italian football on the TV. It stays open late into the night.

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    The front of Bar Italia on Frith Street in Soho

  30. Café· Soho

    Maison Bertaux

    London's oldest patisserie, opened by a Frenchman on Greek Street in 1871. Blue awnings, tightly packed tables and fruit tarts and éclairs in the window.

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    The front of Maison Bertaux on Greek Street in Soho

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The Houses of Parliament lit up at night across the Thames, with the Big Ben clock tower on the right8 places

London essentials

The Tower of London and Tower Bridge, Parliament and Westminster Abbey, St Paul's, Buckingham Palace, the British Museum and the National Gallery.

The colonnaded front of the British Museum5 places

London museums

London's great free museums: the British Museum, the National Gallery, Tate Modern and, in South Kensington, the Natural History Museum and the V&A.

The Tower of London seen from the Thames, with its walls and the White Tower9 places

London landmarks

From the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey to St Paul's, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and the Victorian markets of Leadenhall and Covent Garden.

The grassy slope of Primrose Hill with the city beyond8 places

London views and parks

Views from the Sky Garden, the London Eye, Primrose Hill and Tower Bridge, the royal parks of Hyde Park, St James's and Regent's Park, and a stroll down Portobello Road.

The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church Street9 places

Where to eat in London

Historic pubs like Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, The George Inn and the Churchill Arms, Rules restaurant, Borough and Camden markets, and the cafés of Soho and Piccadilly.

London is best taken in pieces: Westminster and its palaces, the City with St Paul's and the Tower, the South Bank of the Thames, and market neighbourhoods like Covent Garden, Camden and Notting Hill. We've gathered the landmarks, the great free museums, the parks and viewpoints, and the classic pubs and cafés. Pick a collection, save it to Google Maps and have it ready on your phone.

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