Sites to See - London & Environs

Walking tours - see Original London Walks.

Canada House, Trafalgar Square

Vermeer paintings at National Gallery: A Lady Standing at the Virginal and A Lady Seated at a Virginal (see Essential Vermeer)

Lord's Cricket Ground ( St John's Wood (Jubilee Line), Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo Line) and Baker Street (Bakerloo, Circle, Jubilee, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines). map

The National Gallery Trafalgar Square, London ( Charing Cross, Leicester Square)

The British Museum. (Good afternoon tea!) See also the Museum Tavern opposite the B.M. - very good pub, 49 Great Russell St. ( Holborn or Tottenham Court Road) Open Sat-Thur 10:00-17:30, Fri 10:00-20:30.
London Walks does a tour: every Mon at 10:45 am, every Wed at 2 pm, and every Sat at 2 pm.

Victoria & Albert Museum. Cromwell Rd. Hours: Sat-Thur 10:00-17:45; Fri 10:00-22:00. London Walks does a "V & A Museum Tour": every Fri at 10:45am. ( South Kensington) map

Globe Theatre ( Cannon Street)

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Rd. ( Lambeth North) map
 
Cabinet War Rooms, Clive Steps, St.Charles St. ( St.James Park) map
 
Old Bailey (don't do Insight tour) & St.Paul's Cathedral ( St.Paul's) map
 
Lillywhites - sporting goods, 6 floors! 24-36 Regent St. ( Piccadilly Circus) map
 
Fortnum & Mason, 181-186 Picadilly. food hampers, tinned pheasant? ( Greenpark or Piccadilly Circus) map
 
Harrod's ( Knightsbridge or Hyde Park Corner) map

Plague graveyard. St Olave's, Hart St. Samuel Pepys buried here. ( Tower Hill or Monument) map
 
Cutty Sark. King William Walk ( Island Gardens)

Pankhurst Barbers (inside Alfred Dunhill), 48 Jermyn St. ( Green Park or Piccadilly Circus) map


Day Trips near London

Bletchley Park (by rail from Euston Station to  Bletchley)

Hampton Court Palace. Mon-Sun 10:00-16:30 (by rail from Waterloo to Hampton Court)

Windsor Castle. Royal palace, also near Eton. Advanced purchase of tickets recommended. Hours 10:00-15:00 (Nov-Feb); 10:00-16:00 (Mar-Oct). (by rail from Paddington to Windsor & Eton Riverside)

Kew Gardens. The Royal Botanical Gardens. Hours: closing times vary throughout the year  (from 15:30 to 18:00) but always open at 10:00 - see website for details. Open every day except Dec. 24 & 25. ( Kew Gardens - District Line)

Greenwich Observatory. Hours 10:00-17:00. You can get to Greenwich from many locations in London and by various means: tube, rail or boat. Go to Visit London to see all the options. For example, from London Bridge it is an 8 minute tube ride, 10 minute train ride, or a 25 minute boat ride. ( North Greenwich - Jubilee Line; Greenwich)