I'm gonna be staying in London for 6 days next week (for work). What's some neat stuff to do and see? What are some cheap places with good food?
I'll be around Camden
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I'm gonna be staying in London for 6 days next week (for work). What's some neat stuff to do and see? What are some cheap places with good food?
I'll be around Camden
Camden is dead. Used to be cool. Now its just a commercialised shell of its former self. Even cottaging on Hampstead Heath is over.
Use this master list of london museums to pick where to visit
I'll be going to London for the second time next year. Last year I went but only for a day so I was only able to knock out the major tourists sites like the British Museum, Buckingham Palace, etc.
I've made a list of places I want to go so I'll share some with you:
>London dungeon
>Temple of Mithras
>The Clink Prison Museum
>The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian
>Monument to the Great Fire of London
>London Charterhouse
>The Wallace Collection
>Old Operating Theatre Museum
London also has a great spooky history so if you're into ghosts and murderers and such I can post some more places like that.
wow, this is fantastic. Thanks Anon.
>London dungeon
as a Londoner, I strongly advise against this
it's an overpriced haunted house masquerading as something unique
The London Dungeon is fine so long as you know what to expect. It's a 2 hour, tour where you're strictly moved from one room to the next for each part. It's an ok way to spend a morning, just make sure you spend money getting the queue jump tickets (you'll be queuing for as long as you're on the tour otherwise).
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london has many opportunities for anon depending on what his interests (depraved or otherwise) are
If you're going to be working during the day then you won't have too much time to yourself, get your bong hosts to take you out on the piss and have a look at the loot in the British Museum
viktor wynd museum was really cool
london i always feel like there are predators looking around watching everyone for weakness
Get a sunday roast somewhere. The best one I had was at the Landor in Clapham North. Definitely check out the canal and Primrose hill. Best meal I had was at the pitted olive in St Pancras. Get a sausage roll from greggs.
Speaking of London, I plan to make a trip to the UK but only as a Beatles pilgrimage. I only really care to go to museums and stuff about the band, so I assume it's just mostly Liverpool and London that I'll be going to. Is there a guide of places to go?
>Is there a guide of places to go?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/the-beatles-music-trail-england
or try to decipher this website
https://www.beatletour.com/beatles-tour-itinerary
any interesting places near London to visit? are Bath/Stonehenge worth it? should I consider cities like Cambridge/Canterbury/Brighton? Thanks
Brighton is a beach town for gays
Cambridge is nice but more out of the way with not much else out this way so if you are just here on a holiday for a couple of weeks go to Oxford instead as it's nearer to the other popular places (Bath, Stonehenge/Salisbury, Cotswolds) and imo a nicer town anyway
>are Bath/Stonehenge worth it
Are you driving? Then sure. I have seen that the (not hating because I do these all the time abroad) npc day trips from London are offered to them so also probably worth it if you have a limited time in the UK and don't want to spend it all just in London. I wouldn't bother if you expect to go to them on trains/ public transport yourself
>Canterbury
Never been, probably a nice town. It's associated with the Anglican church and the last I heard they were working out their pronouns and if god was non binary or not. Probably some nice buildings to look at at least
depends what you think is interesting, but there are loads of interesting places near london.
the difficulty with travelling in uk is to find a large cluster of interesting stuff with minimal unpleasant stuff- with the way the economy shifts everywhere that isn't a large city - most main shopping streets in towns and even small cities are turning to shit -independent shops cant survive, only dollar stores, charity shops, chain pharmacies, immigrant barbers, the one storefront that closed down and is now a heroin junkie campsite, chain restaurants, low tier trash immigrant food shops(i like plenty of ethnic food, but the random turkish frozen food kebab/pizza/chicken/fish shops somehow thrive), low tier trash local greasy spoon all day beans on toast, generic pub dinner menu. however if you are a true newbie to uk, seeing a shite small city highstreet is part of the cultural experience. the city might have an interesting landmark or two, a nice city park, a nice suburb where london commuters live. i think there are several great places to eat outside the big cities but they are all in the country villages.
bath was pretty cool how widespread the nice architecture is, if you get outside the tourist crowd you can still be in a comfy neighborhood
if you have a car - you are in vicinity of the Cotswold's famous for many little villages, castle combe is a good example. lawiener is nearby too not sure if its officially Cotswold's
not been to stonehenge.
salisbury nearby looks like it has a few sites worth seeing.
cambridge the tourist area is very cool for a tourist area but crowded. in my expereicne exploring random things outisde the tourist area i didnt find as comfy areas like i did for oxford - tho i liked cambridges tourist area more. i liked both. tech and famous uniersities - lots of asians
cantebury is strange - it was like mix of half historical touristy town with half culturally decaying small uk city. i think i was tired of visiting places when i went there.
try dropping some random google street view pins in areas near the landmarks you'd go, it never tells the full story, but to me it backs up my impression.
not been to brighton- i think it has enough economic appeal to not have the small city cultural regression
been to the seven sisters cliffs they were cool but it was a winter time gale so we couldnt really hike along them
thanks for the info guys
don't miss on visiting a castle/palaces/stately homes/historical houses etc if you've not been to that kind of place (perhaps a royal palace in europe is more opulent)
worth seeing one or two, but unless they were of specific interest i wouldnt do more. some people like the the history/design/associated famous figures/popculture usage/ it was in the neighborhood..
some examples there are always more
places in/near london
Buckingham palace - main royal palace
Hampton Court Palace - royal, known for Henry VIII. historical tennis
Kensington Palace - royal 17th and 18th century
Tower of London - crown israeliteels display. Classic Norman castle structure.
Eltham Palace - art deco over a medieval palace, large gardens
Mansion House - mayors residence
Lambeth Palace - archbishop
Kenwood House
Kew Palace
Spencer House
Dr Johnson's House - museum of an old dictionary writer's house
Fenton House
Leighton House Museum
Osterley - country estate inside of london
Red House - William Morris designer. Also The William Morris Gallery is another historical house/gardens
Sir John Soane Museum - very congested collection
Apsley House
Sutton House - Tudor Home in Hackney
Chiswick House
Dennis Severs’ House
Ranger’s House
Syon House
Keats' House - muesum of poet
Eastbury Manor House
Ham House
some places near the suggested daytrips and similar distance, some need car
Windsor castle - royal residence
Blenheim palace - largest non-royal estate, churchill's aristocratic family
Highclere Castle - if you have women on your trip, was in Downton Abbey
Highgrove House - King Charles and Camilla's house, maybe only the gardens open to public
Dover Castle - very large. the town is dumpy tho typical as described, but there is another historical fort, and a coastline white cliffs of dover.
Leeds Caslte (not near leeds city)
Rochester Castle
Hever Castle
Bateman's (national trust). the mansion that rudyard kipling owned
Bodiam Castle
Cliveden House- estate turned hotel
don’t listen to this guy you can absolutely visit Bath from London by public transport
Bath is a very easy 1.5 hour train ride from London Paddington
sure and if you want to add in a couple more stops in the general south west area you will quickly find it was both cheaper and faster to rent a car
Diss in Norfolk, it's great. There are many exciting attractions within easy reach.
My grandfather lived in Diss. It's a nice town
A nice little town to visit is Henley on Thames - 45 minutes from Paddington by train
Windsor is also a short train ride from Paddington
Go to one of their several airports and go to a better country.
>What's some neat stuff to do and see?
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google Soho walk-ups.
Is it a quick bus ride from stansted to camden?
No. You'll want to take the Stansted Express to London Liverpool Street (40 mins at the fastest IIRC), then go either one stop Moorgate then take the Northern Line to Camden or take the 214 bus.
jesus I thought there was a bus ride from the airport
alright thanks
Yeah, half of London's airports aren't really in London at all. At least with STN it is a nice and well connected airport with slightly posh villages around it and a direct train to Liverpool Street, so it's arguably better than Gatwick in many cases. Could be worse. You could be flying in to Southend or worse still, Luton.
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