Frommer's London 2009 by Darwin Porter

Author:Darwin Porter [Porter, Darwin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Europe, Travel, Great Britain, London (England), General
ISBN: 9780470285596
Publisher: Frommer's
Published: 2008-08-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: Exploring London

Dr. Samuel Johnson said, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.” It would take a lifetime to explore every alley, street, and square in this city. Since you don’t have a lifetime to spend, we’ve chosen the best London has to offer.

For visitors, the question is not what to do, but what to do first. The suggested itineraries in chapter 4 and “The Top Attractions,” below, should help.

A note about admission and open hours: In the listings below, children’s prices generally apply to those 16 and under. To qualify for a senior discount, women must be 60 or older, men, 65 or older. Students must present a student ID to get discounts, where available. In addition to closing on bank holidays, many attractions close around Christmas and New Year’s (and, in some cases, early in May), so always call ahead if you’re visiting in those seasons. All museums are closed Good Friday, December 24 through 26, and New Year’s Day.

1 Sights & Attractions by Neighborhood

BELGRAVIA

Apsley House, The Wellington Museum

BLOOMSBURY

British Library

British Museum

Dickens House

St. Pancras Station

CAMDEN TOWN

Jewish Museum

CHELSEA

Carlyle’s House

Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea Royal Hospital

National Army Museum

THE CITY

All Hallows Barking-by-the-Tower

Guildhall Art Gallery

London Bridge

Museum of London

Old Bailey

St. Bride’s

St. Giles Cripplegate

St. Mary-le-Bow

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Samuel Johnson’s House

Temple Church

Tower Bridge

Tower of London

CLERKENWELL

St. Etheldreda’s

Wesley’s Chapel, House & Museum of Methodism

COVENT GARDEN & THE STRAND

Courtauld Gallery

Gilbert Collection

St. Paul’s Church (the Actors’ Church)

DOCKLANDS

Butler’s Wharf

Canary Wharf

Design Museum

Exhibition Centre

St. Katharine’s Dock

DULWICH

Dulwich Picture Gallery

EAST END

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood

Geffrye Museum

FOREST HILLS

Horniman Museum

GREENWICH

National Maritime Museum

Old Royal Observatory

Queen’s House

Ranger’s House

Royal Naval College

HAMPSTEAD

Burgh House

Fenton House

Freud Museum

Hampstead Heath

Keats House

Kenwood House

HAMPTON COURT

Hampton Court Palace

HIGHGATE

Highgate Cemetery

HOLBORN

Gray’s Inn

Lincoln’s Inn

Sir John Soane’s Museum

ISLINGTON

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Little Angel Theatre

KENSINGTON & SOUTH KENSINGTON

Hyde Park

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Palace

Linley Sambourne House

Natural History Museum

Science Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

KEW

Kew Palace

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

MARYLEBONE

London Zoo

Madame Tussaud’s

Regent’s Park

Sherlock Holmes Museum

Wallace Collection

MAYFAIR

Handel Museum

Royal Academy of Arts

ST. JAMES’S

Buckingham Palace

Clarence House

Green Park

Institute of Contemporary Arts

The Queen’s Gallery

Royal Mews

St. James’s Church

St. James’s Park

Spencer House

SHEPHERD’S BUSH

BBC Television Centre

SOUTH BANK

Battersea Park

City Hall

Dalí Universe

Florence Nightingale Museum

Hayward Gallery

HMS Belfast

Imperial War Museum

London Aquarium

The London Dungeon

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre & Exhibition

Southwark Cathedral

Tate Modern

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Benjamin Franklin House

National Gallery

National Portrait Gallery

St. Martin-in-the-Fields (and the London Brass Rubbing Centre)

WESTMINSTER

Banqueting House

Cabinet War Rooms

Horse Guards

Houses of Parliament & Big Ben

Jewel Tower

Tate Britain

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Cathedral

2 The Top Attractions

British Museum Set in scholarly Bloomsbury, this immense museum grew out of a private collection of manuscripts purchased in 1753 with the proceeds of a lottery. It grew and grew, fed by legacies, discoveries, and purchases, until it became one of the most comprehensive collections of art and artifacts in the world. It’s impossible to take in this museum in a day.

The museum is divided basically into the national collections of antiquities; prints and drawings; coins, medals, and banknotes; and ethnography. Even on a cursory first visit, be sure to see the Asian collections (the finest assembly of Islamic pottery outside the Islamic world), the Chinese porcelain, the Indian sculpture, and the prehistoric and Romano-British collections.

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