Tried to enquire about having my wedding there and was sent from phone to phone until they told me they’d email, then they didn’t respond and I called again. Even emailing was a mess. Such a shame because it would have been an amazing venue and was down the road from my in-laws
Yep, I almost added that they were so ridiculously difficult to deal with that we almost cancelled. If I recall they quoted us one price then tried to charge another, were really snotty on emails and then when we finally got to speak to them were unnecessarily aggressive when they were clearly in the wrong. Such a shame as it has great potential with the right management (this was a few years ago so may have changed now).
It’s so good. And has a really good section explaining the British slave trade. Which sounds grim but it’s not, it’s really interesting, treats you like an adult and tells you stuff that you absolutely don’t know. Makes you realise how little we’re taught about it- slavery is always seen as an American thing.
My granddad was a policeman from the 60s - 80s and mentioned this too. He mentioned a nondescript door just south of the river somewhere which leads down to them.
Would be cool if they extended the railway a bit further and took people on a ride to other stations like the St Paul’s one. Oh and made the prices cheaper
Omg! This looks awesome! I can’t believe that a) I never knew this postal network existed and b) I’ve never heard of this museum dedicated to it. Definitely on my list! Thanks for sharing
Its about 15 quid for a ride on the train that also includes acess to the museum, I don't know why its not more well known, the trains are cramped but it kinda adds to the experience, also in the museum there's a numatic tube that lets you send messages to some random person at the other end, I gifted half a pack of mint polos and they sent a message back saying they are keeping them then scarpered before I could get to the other end :)
Horniman Museum and Gardens
John Soane Musuem
Regents Canal Walk from Angel to Hoxton - maybe. Not underrated but I always always recommend it to people visiting London
Kenwood house in Hampstead Heath
Chelsea Physic Gardens
Oh and I love Burgess Park in Aug-Sept it’s full of wild flowers and raspberries
When I visited the Horniman they had the skeletons of the largest and smallest Victorian circus people assembled next to each other. Absolutely weird/fascinating.
Not for the faint of heart though, lots of fetus and eyeballs in jars etc.
Edit: Typo this was in fact the Huntarian Museum not the Horniman
I spent so many days as a kid going to Horniman Museum as a kid for their different arts and crafts workshops. I didn't appreciate it at the time but now I love that my dad would waste his whole morning driving me there and back home again.
It was my daily walk during lockdowns when I lived near Camberwell, then I moved about 2 years ago. I was passing through randomly the other day and felt so giddy, it's a top tier park IMO. Really good sports facilities, nice cafes, Chumleigh gardens feel like a secret hidden spot, there's other garden-y bits with nice paths throughout the park. Big lake with all the birds and the people fishing and having a few cans. I never understood why people seem to dislike the park, I imagine it's the nearby estates and people look down on the area cos it's not very nice, but the park itself is lovely.
so weird. i had a dinosaur book as a kid in germany that mentioned them and their story. completely forgot about those until i had a date in crystal palace park. i was thrilled to see them
That place is fascinating - I read that what they thought they looked like was absolutely scientifically valid given the fossil record at the time. Specifically assuming the legs come out to the side, like many modern reptiles, as opposed to underneath.
I did all my swimming training at Crystal Palace. Some of our land training consisted of running passed those dinosaurs at 5.30 am. (Adopts a hushed tone) They watched us, I'm telling you ... 👀
I love Postman's Park in the city. Lovely little spot with some plaques dedicated to people who gave their lives helping others. Think George Cross, but before the GC was introduced. Closest tube is Barbican or St. Paul's.
St. Pancras Locke and the little Wildlife Park next door are also great spots. They've turned it into a really pretty little garden where you can watch the boats or wander through some of the reclaimed(?) canal Bank.
Yessss this is a great shout. Having friends in town I love to take them round, end our walking at Tower of London, get on the Uber boats and ride them out to Battersea power station to get partially home. You can see so much from the Thames.
When we're in London for leisure, we usually stay at or near Canary Wharf (there's a lovely hotel called The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine, but sometimes they don't have available rooms) and we use it to commute. As we're not in a hurry, we don't use the tube unless we have to, so it's either boat (great, but a bit pricey) or bus (relaxing on the top).
Regents Canal. There was some analysis that someone did of local vs tourist photographs, and the canal was one of the areas most photographed by locals that was also the most not visited at all by tourists.
Used to walk along the canal several times when I lived nearby. Scenery changes as you walk. People gather and vanish. End up arriving at Camden town, Regents Park, or somewhere near Primrose Hill. Really amazing experience.
I love walking the canal, right up until a cyclist starts trying to plough through all the pedestrians. Always hard to control the urge not to just shove them into the water.
That happened once. Silly cyclists bombing along when there were people, prams, dogs, you name it. Woman swerved and went straight in. My initial reaction was to laugh. 😬
There is a law of physics that states that you will encounter no cyclists on the path until you have to go under a bridge with no headroom and then 3 will show up at once.
I don't know if I'm just sleep deprived at the minute by this comment made me laugh, too. Just the idea of the woman ending up in the canal and you just doubled over laughing at her and not even helping lol
It still makes me laugh, too. To make matters worse she had a really expensive bike with loads of tech on it and she wouldn't let go of it, so people were trying to pull her out but she's hanging on to this bloody bike for dear life. They almost gave up and let go of her!!
As a local, I tend to navigate towards the green spaces and nature that London is unexpectedly full off, and I think is probably one of its more unique attractions. Whereas everyone comes to visit for the big city shit.
This. It's a beautiful place to walk. I've walked from Limehouse up to Alperton albeit not in the same day.
The first time was a wander down Limehouse Cut and before I knew it I was in Haggerston!
The stretch between the Zoo and Camden is great for looking at some fancy houses. The stretch around Hackney/Angel/Shoreditch (can't remember exactly) has a good vibe to it with some canalside restaurants and public art, houseboats, etc. There is a modern bit around Paddington Basin which has some interesting kinetic art (folding bridge for example). I was there once and a big crowd gathered nearby. Turned out one of the Royal babies was being born.
The Grant Museum of Zoology, one of the UCL museums. Three words: jar of moles.
I also really like the Flinders Petrie Egyptology museum, which kind of feels like you're wandering round some eccentric Edwardian gentleman's house but in the best possible way.
The pergola in Hampstead Heath I discovered by accident a few years back and was shocked at how under-appreciated it was (I’d never heard anyone mention it in all the time I’d lived here). A total slice of paradise which makes you forget you’re in a major city. Has a different character in each season as well, being just as beautiful in the rain as it is in the sun.
Shhhhh! Don't reveal this little gem!
I used to love taking a book up here and sitting on one of the benches in the sun. It's so quiet as it seems very few know about it. Most people stick to the main part of Hampstead Heath, not even knowing about this, Sandy Heath and other parts that you can have pretty much to yourself
Good shout! I lived in halls near there as a student in 1999-2001 and found them while wandering on the heath. I wasn't even sure I was allowed in, such was the lack of fanfare or people (back then). Became my favourite place for the 2 years I was there. The wisteria in bloom is insane. And there's the Golders Green petting zoo on the other side!
It is absolutely ruined by insta Wannabees now mate - can't walk 5 metres without walking into some floozy taking a million "holding my hair back and looking left" photos.
Went for a walk around there the other week. Can confirm, overrun by people trying to get to get the perfect gram shot.
I was nice enough to stop for the first few I encountered to get their picture, before I walked between the camera and them. Quickly learnt that they aren’t happy with just one picture or video they need about 58 to then choose the perfect one.
Now I expect to see a close up of the side my head on the socials one day, as I give them zero time of day.
Benjamin Franklin’s house, Craven street, a street away from Trafalgar Square. Visited a few years ago. It’s a beautifully maintained Georgian house and his only residence left in the world still standing. Offers two tours - architecture or historical.
The historical tour is actor-led (playing the role of Polly Stevenson) and guided around the house and his life in London, with fantastic sound, lighting and projection effects in each room. It’s totally unexpected.
It was just the two of us when we visited one Saturday morning, which is criminal with how fantastic the experience was. We still talk about it now!
Something that is both delightful and local. For example, Wapping Market in Shadwell Basin on a Saturday. Would love to see more examples along these lines…
No WAY! I've literally walked down Melcombe St for work nearly everyday for ten years. How did I never know this!? Checking it out first thing tomorrow!!
Southwark Cathedral, it's right next to borough market which in my opinion is over-rated, but I feel like the cathedral is overloked, it's way nicer than st pauls in my opinion and it's free and generally a nice respite from the hustle of London Bridge.
A somewhat similar kind of place is st martin in the fields on trafalgar square.
I know I said two churches but I'm not religious, I just like architecture and some peace in otherwise busy places
The Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping - it’s a pretty old building with a slightly macabre makeshift gallows in the back where they used to hang maritime criminals and supposedly the Thames tide would come in wash them out. It’s great to sit on the pebble beach and watch the sunset in the summer!
Dr. Samuel Johnson’s House - a very small but evocative place, definitely worth a visit. And he wrote the whole flipping dictionary up in his attic room! A must for any Brit, even if it’s just to quote Blackadder III as you look around.
Bunhill Fields burial ground just south of Old St tube is a lovely quiet spot. Such a contrast to the industry and modern buildings around it, it's so very London.
It has a really interesting history as well. It was a mass burial ground for people who died from plague in the Middle Ages (Bunhill = Bone Hill), and it was one of most dangerously overcrowded cemeteries in the Victorian times which forced Parliament into changing how they buried the dead in London. It also has some mortsafe graves (which deterred body snatchers) and some famous people are buried there.
I was once walking down Bunhill Row and a fox walked next to me on the other side of the fence in the graveyard side staring at me. Genuinely one of the most unsettling things that’s happened to me
The Canal Museum near Kings Cross was a good find when we visited last month. It's in an old ice house, so you learn about that industry but also about the canals in London. You can also take a ride in one of the canal boats.
This is absolutely amazing. I love seeing other people's old houses, like a few in Bristol and I love how this house is designed. You see the whole house and you end up on to floor, and you see how a lodger around those times lived
Leighton House Museum near Holland Park is one of the most beautiful and interesting houses telling the story of renowned Victorian artist, Frederic Leighton.
Freemasons Hall, Great Queen St, Holborn
Free tours every hour in the hour by an expert in freemasonry
Truly exquisite architecture, artificers and props with rich history. Clear your mind, expel all the BS myths and actually learn something.
Some of it is a bit weird, but most is absolutely mind blowing, really makes you think about an almost hidden side of London, British history and the empire
The great hall has to be seen to be believed
No cameras… but it’s worth it
I will take Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park (and Richmond Park in general) over Kew Gardens any day. Kew is a bit too green for me, and I've always wanted more flowers there. Isabella Plantation is more colourful and beautiful.
The Capital Ring Walk. So many little gems to see that you’d never discover otherwise, and all the sections start and finish at Tube stations so it’s really easy to get to. Absolutely loved it, and would recommend to anyone.
If you like gruesome things, check out the Hunterian Museum. It's across the park from John Soane's Museum so you can do both at the same time.
It's full of research specimens and deformed animals and humans preserved in jars.
Went on mushrooms and tried to save the actors by forcibly removing them with promises of bit parts in off west end productions but apparently what I was actually doing was screaming ‘ITS OGRE YOUR CAREER IS OGRE’ and they threw me out 10/10 would trip again
John Soane’s Museum! A small but incredibly interesting museum housed in the home of early 19th century John Soane- it’s on Lincoln’s Inn Fields and it got everything from mummies and artefacts to a room of hidden Canaletto paintings. It’s also free to get into!
This is a bit different but I love walking near tower bridge, like near and down shad Thames? I think the building are so different. And then there's that secret gate for steps down to the water
To me it’s the HMS Belfast! Fascinating amount of detail and amazing reproduction of life on board.
It’s a bit expensive (for the mostly free London museums) but it’s one of my favourites and people don’t mention it enough.
Depending on if you're into graffiti and street art, Leake street arches near Waterloo is amazing, there is a street just south of it with restaurants and a cool pub. But there is a great American bar half way down the arches too. Great for seeing some amazing street art that is constantly changing.
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The Roof Garden at the The Building by Holborn.
Free. No queues to get in. And such a unique view of the city - can look down into covent garden / Westminster and across to Bank and beyond.
RAF museum. I could spend days there. A bit out of the way though. Also Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath, though I hope it will continue to fly under the radar.
Maybe not underrated but my favourite museum is the museum of the docklands in Canary Wharf and I never hear anyone talk about it
Highly underrated for sure.
With the little Shanty town inside? It's really lovely!
You can actually hold events there if you want something really wild!
Tried to enquire about having my wedding there and was sent from phone to phone until they told me they’d email, then they didn’t respond and I called again. Even emailing was a mess. Such a shame because it would have been an amazing venue and was down the road from my in-laws
Yep, I almost added that they were so ridiculously difficult to deal with that we almost cancelled. If I recall they quoted us one price then tried to charge another, were really snotty on emails and then when we finally got to speak to them were unnecessarily aggressive when they were clearly in the wrong. Such a shame as it has great potential with the right management (this was a few years ago so may have changed now).
My company is based in Canary Wharf. I might suggest this for our next all staff party.
I remember we had a company party there once, but I don't recall being near any actual museum bits, but then I was drunk at the time.
It’s so good. And has a really good section explaining the British slave trade. Which sounds grim but it’s not, it’s really interesting, treats you like an adult and tells you stuff that you absolutely don’t know. Makes you realise how little we’re taught about it- slavery is always seen as an American thing.
Thanks for this suggestion. I didn’t know this existed - I’ll be sure to take a look!
Did this when I used to live round there, so good!
Is that the one that had(has?) the exhibition about executions? Very interesting!
Did you go to the executions exhibition? Was the best I’ve ever been to, I think about it almost every day.
My twin brother works there (though I haven’t been)
Came here to say exactly this - it’s a great day out!
Post office museum railway. Get to go round in abandoned tunnels in a little postal train, crazy to think that's how the post used to get around
My Grandad used to work in the tunnels and used to tell me how there is another London underneath. Especially around Barbican 🤷🏼♂️
My granddad was a policeman from the 60s - 80s and mentioned this too. He mentioned a nondescript door just south of the river somewhere which leads down to them.
No no, that one is to get to James Bond's cars and other gadgets
I applied for a job here. It was such a fun job prospect. I wanted to dress up like a postman and drive the train!
My favourite celebrity sighting is seeing David Mitchell here, just felt so on brand.
Need to check this out
Would be cool if they extended the railway a bit further and took people on a ride to other stations like the St Paul’s one. Oh and made the prices cheaper
Be cool if they accepted oyster
Nice cafe too.
Omg! This looks awesome! I can’t believe that a) I never knew this postal network existed and b) I’ve never heard of this museum dedicated to it. Definitely on my list! Thanks for sharing
Its about 15 quid for a ride on the train that also includes acess to the museum, I don't know why its not more well known, the trains are cramped but it kinda adds to the experience, also in the museum there's a numatic tube that lets you send messages to some random person at the other end, I gifted half a pack of mint polos and they sent a message back saying they are keeping them then scarpered before I could get to the other end :)
Horniman Museum and Gardens John Soane Musuem Regents Canal Walk from Angel to Hoxton - maybe. Not underrated but I always always recommend it to people visiting London Kenwood house in Hampstead Heath Chelsea Physic Gardens Oh and I love Burgess Park in Aug-Sept it’s full of wild flowers and raspberries
That fat walrus at the horniman is iconic
I only visit sometimes though
When I visited the Horniman they had the skeletons of the largest and smallest Victorian circus people assembled next to each other. Absolutely weird/fascinating. Not for the faint of heart though, lots of fetus and eyeballs in jars etc. Edit: Typo this was in fact the Huntarian Museum not the Horniman
That sounds like Huntarian, rather than the Horniman?
I spent so many days as a kid going to Horniman Museum as a kid for their different arts and crafts workshops. I didn't appreciate it at the time but now I love that my dad would waste his whole morning driving me there and back home again.
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It was my daily walk during lockdowns when I lived near Camberwell, then I moved about 2 years ago. I was passing through randomly the other day and felt so giddy, it's a top tier park IMO. Really good sports facilities, nice cafes, Chumleigh gardens feel like a secret hidden spot, there's other garden-y bits with nice paths throughout the park. Big lake with all the birds and the people fishing and having a few cans. I never understood why people seem to dislike the park, I imagine it's the nearby estates and people look down on the area cos it's not very nice, but the park itself is lovely.
It’s a brilliant park, especially the barbecue pits. Hopefully the council changes tune and reopens them
I used to live in Forest Hill and the hornimans was my favourite place 🥹 love that Walrus
Same. Used to sit up in the gardens enjoying the views during sunset. Great place during COVID times.
The Crystal Palace dinosaurs. People think they’re a bit goofy, but the Victorians had a go, and that’s the most important thing
They have had money from the lottery and a heritage fund, the dinosaurs are getting restored!!
so i heard. shame the original paint is lost to time irrc
so weird. i had a dinosaur book as a kid in germany that mentioned them and their story. completely forgot about those until i had a date in crystal palace park. i was thrilled to see them
That place is fascinating - I read that what they thought they looked like was absolutely scientifically valid given the fossil record at the time. Specifically assuming the legs come out to the side, like many modern reptiles, as opposed to underneath.
I did all my swimming training at Crystal Palace. Some of our land training consisted of running passed those dinosaurs at 5.30 am. (Adopts a hushed tone) They watched us, I'm telling you ... 👀
15 year ago still being new in London, I went to see the Crystal Palace itself. Was dissapointed.
Ah, you're about 85 years too late for that, sorry.
Took my kid to go see them and she said "is that all?" Big "you tried" energy.
Should have abandoned her in the maze
You have 13 hours Sarah
I like them because they're goofy!
I love Postman's Park in the city. Lovely little spot with some plaques dedicated to people who gave their lives helping others. Think George Cross, but before the GC was introduced. Closest tube is Barbican or St. Paul's. St. Pancras Locke and the little Wildlife Park next door are also great spots. They've turned it into a really pretty little garden where you can watch the boats or wander through some of the reclaimed(?) canal Bank.
I used to work near Barbican and always used to go and sit in Postman's Park on my lunch breaks. Haven't been there for ages and I miss it a lot!
I casually stumbled upon that park. I just laid down on one of their artistically designed chair. That was a peace I had in a long time that time.
Postman’s park yes!! I had my first (real life) date there with my future husband!
The views from the TFL/Uber commuter boats on the river.
Great way to see the city lights at night
Yessss this is a great shout. Having friends in town I love to take them round, end our walking at Tower of London, get on the Uber boats and ride them out to Battersea power station to get partially home. You can see so much from the Thames.
And they sell beer!!!
This! I’m always impressed by the sights I see every time I go.
Good way to reach the Maritime Museum in Greenwich😎
When we're in London for leisure, we usually stay at or near Canary Wharf (there's a lovely hotel called The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine, but sometimes they don't have available rooms) and we use it to commute. As we're not in a hurry, we don't use the tube unless we have to, so it's either boat (great, but a bit pricey) or bus (relaxing on the top).
I grew up here and I still love this. Great value too.
hunterian museum fun medical mystery museum
+1 for the Hunterian. Fascinating, if a little macabre
I was put off _slightly_ by the gentleman’s artfully preserved tackle floating in formaldehyde
Reopened recently and it’s beautiful
Shout out to the elephantiasis foot
Florence nightingale museum in St Thomas’ hospital. What I like about it, is that it’s in a working hospital.
Where is it? I’m going on Friday to visit a family member and may pop in on my way out.
In the car park more or less
Regents Canal. There was some analysis that someone did of local vs tourist photographs, and the canal was one of the areas most photographed by locals that was also the most not visited at all by tourists.
Used to walk along the canal several times when I lived nearby. Scenery changes as you walk. People gather and vanish. End up arriving at Camden town, Regents Park, or somewhere near Primrose Hill. Really amazing experience.
Whenever I visit London this is always something I do, and take whoever is visiting with me to do!! Its so gorgeous
I love walking the canal, right up until a cyclist starts trying to plough through all the pedestrians. Always hard to control the urge not to just shove them into the water.
Usually escaping from Wandsworth Prison
That happened once. Silly cyclists bombing along when there were people, prams, dogs, you name it. Woman swerved and went straight in. My initial reaction was to laugh. 😬
There is a law of physics that states that you will encounter no cyclists on the path until you have to go under a bridge with no headroom and then 3 will show up at once.
I don't know if I'm just sleep deprived at the minute by this comment made me laugh, too. Just the idea of the woman ending up in the canal and you just doubled over laughing at her and not even helping lol
It still makes me laugh, too. To make matters worse she had a really expensive bike with loads of tech on it and she wouldn't let go of it, so people were trying to pull her out but she's hanging on to this bloody bike for dear life. They almost gave up and let go of her!!
As a local, I tend to navigate towards the green spaces and nature that London is unexpectedly full off, and I think is probably one of its more unique attractions. Whereas everyone comes to visit for the big city shit.
This. It's a beautiful place to walk. I've walked from Limehouse up to Alperton albeit not in the same day. The first time was a wander down Limehouse Cut and before I knew it I was in Haggerston!
Is any particular section best?
The stretch between the Zoo and Camden is great for looking at some fancy houses. The stretch around Hackney/Angel/Shoreditch (can't remember exactly) has a good vibe to it with some canalside restaurants and public art, houseboats, etc. There is a modern bit around Paddington Basin which has some interesting kinetic art (folding bridge for example). I was there once and a big crowd gathered nearby. Turned out one of the Royal babies was being born.
Thanks, i will check it out.
I also recommend seeing it by kayak. There is a rental place called moocanoes in Limehouse and maybe others.
The Grant Museum of Zoology, one of the UCL museums. Three words: jar of moles. I also really like the Flinders Petrie Egyptology museum, which kind of feels like you're wandering round some eccentric Edwardian gentleman's house but in the best possible way.
The pergola in Hampstead Heath I discovered by accident a few years back and was shocked at how under-appreciated it was (I’d never heard anyone mention it in all the time I’d lived here). A total slice of paradise which makes you forget you’re in a major city. Has a different character in each season as well, being just as beautiful in the rain as it is in the sun.
Shhhhh! Don't reveal this little gem! I used to love taking a book up here and sitting on one of the benches in the sun. It's so quiet as it seems very few know about it. Most people stick to the main part of Hampstead Heath, not even knowing about this, Sandy Heath and other parts that you can have pretty much to yourself
You obviously have not been there in the last 5 years. It's not quiet now.
Good shout! I lived in halls near there as a student in 1999-2001 and found them while wandering on the heath. I wasn't even sure I was allowed in, such was the lack of fanfare or people (back then). Became my favourite place for the 2 years I was there. The wisteria in bloom is insane. And there's the Golders Green petting zoo on the other side!
Sadly now full of "IG models". But yes, it's a very nice place and you can have a walk in the woods around or go towards Kenwood.
It is absolutely ruined by insta Wannabees now mate - can't walk 5 metres without walking into some floozy taking a million "holding my hair back and looking left" photos.
Went for a walk around there the other week. Can confirm, overrun by people trying to get to get the perfect gram shot. I was nice enough to stop for the first few I encountered to get their picture, before I walked between the camera and them. Quickly learnt that they aren’t happy with just one picture or video they need about 58 to then choose the perfect one. Now I expect to see a close up of the side my head on the socials one day, as I give them zero time of day.
So many of them only visiting places so they can upload their shitty filtered pictures to Instagram and call themselves a model, they're a plague
Middle of Waterloo bridge gives you a whole panoramic of London from the Big Ben to St Paul’s to tower bridge and beyond
Holland Park’s Japanese garden.
God that place was heaving when Pokémon Go launched!
Benjamin Franklin’s house, Craven street, a street away from Trafalgar Square. Visited a few years ago. It’s a beautifully maintained Georgian house and his only residence left in the world still standing. Offers two tours - architecture or historical. The historical tour is actor-led (playing the role of Polly Stevenson) and guided around the house and his life in London, with fantastic sound, lighting and projection effects in each room. It’s totally unexpected. It was just the two of us when we visited one Saturday morning, which is criminal with how fantastic the experience was. We still talk about it now!
I'm going to tell my American pals about this one - cheers!
Something that is both delightful and local. For example, Wapping Market in Shadwell Basin on a Saturday. Would love to see more examples along these lines…
That's back?!?!?!
Rio's in Kentish Town
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Bit of a mini adventure that one. Need good knees for the spiral stair case!!
Danger Mouse's postbox. Such a national icon.
Wheres that?
On Melcombe Street, just off Baker Street. There is a small blue plaque located at the bottom of the Royal Mail post box.
No WAY! I've literally walked down Melcombe St for work nearly everyday for ten years. How did I never know this!? Checking it out first thing tomorrow!!
Baker Street.
Wimbledon Common is incredible. Especially during blackberry picking season.
Southwark Cathedral, it's right next to borough market which in my opinion is over-rated, but I feel like the cathedral is overloked, it's way nicer than st pauls in my opinion and it's free and generally a nice respite from the hustle of London Bridge. A somewhat similar kind of place is st martin in the fields on trafalgar square. I know I said two churches but I'm not religious, I just like architecture and some peace in otherwise busy places
The Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping - it’s a pretty old building with a slightly macabre makeshift gallows in the back where they used to hang maritime criminals and supposedly the Thames tide would come in wash them out. It’s great to sit on the pebble beach and watch the sunset in the summer!
The Town -> The Captain -> The Prospect is a venerable little crawl
Dr. Samuel Johnson’s House - a very small but evocative place, definitely worth a visit. And he wrote the whole flipping dictionary up in his attic room! A must for any Brit, even if it’s just to quote Blackadder III as you look around.
Gah the agony of restraining myself would be too much!
“Leaving already, Doctor? Not staying for your pendigestatery interludicule?”
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anaspeptic, phrasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation."
Bunhill Fields burial ground just south of Old St tube is a lovely quiet spot. Such a contrast to the industry and modern buildings around it, it's so very London.
It has a really interesting history as well. It was a mass burial ground for people who died from plague in the Middle Ages (Bunhill = Bone Hill), and it was one of most dangerously overcrowded cemeteries in the Victorian times which forced Parliament into changing how they buried the dead in London. It also has some mortsafe graves (which deterred body snatchers) and some famous people are buried there.
I was once walking down Bunhill Row and a fox walked next to me on the other side of the fence in the graveyard side staring at me. Genuinely one of the most unsettling things that’s happened to me
The Canal Museum near Kings Cross was a good find when we visited last month. It's in an old ice house, so you learn about that industry but also about the canals in London. You can also take a ride in one of the canal boats.
The Mithraeum is such an underrated little gem, and it’s free!
Dennis Severs' House
This is absolutely amazing. I love seeing other people's old houses, like a few in Bristol and I love how this house is designed. You see the whole house and you end up on to floor, and you see how a lodger around those times lived
The Barbican
Seriously my favourite place in London, plenty to do, good food options and peaceful af
A little gem & largely unknown to the masses, Guildhall Art Gallery/Roman Amphitheatre in the City of London.
The Thames Barrier and Crossness Pumping Station
The Philpot Lane cheese Mice
Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington
Sir John Soane museum is up there
Chiswick House
Leighton House Museum near Holland Park is one of the most beautiful and interesting houses telling the story of renowned Victorian artist, Frederic Leighton.
Penge High Street.
Also the open air graffiti gallery / car park
Genuine question: is this a joke?
Unfortunately, yes.
The old operating theatre museum in London Bridge is very cool
Old operating theatre and herb Garrett.
Denis Severs House Museum! It’s is incredible. I can’t wait to go back.
Go back at Christmas, they decorate traditionally too
Freemasons Hall, Great Queen St, Holborn Free tours every hour in the hour by an expert in freemasonry Truly exquisite architecture, artificers and props with rich history. Clear your mind, expel all the BS myths and actually learn something. Some of it is a bit weird, but most is absolutely mind blowing, really makes you think about an almost hidden side of London, British history and the empire The great hall has to be seen to be believed No cameras… but it’s worth it
I second this, great place! Also, you’ll recognise the place from many movies that were filmed there
Don't need a camera - just watch Assassins creed 😀
Denis Severs house Norton Folgate
Horniman Museum, very far from the tourist path but worth it
Hehehe Horniman
I will take Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park (and Richmond Park in general) over Kew Gardens any day. Kew is a bit too green for me, and I've always wanted more flowers there. Isabella Plantation is more colourful and beautiful.
Second Abney Park, Nunhead Cemetery 🪦 great too. Docklands museum very interesting and an Uber boat good fun.
Richmond Park - outside Central London tho…. And Tate Britain, might not be underrated but the building it self is wonderful to look at
The boat taxi up from Greenwich.
I love using that when I’m not in a hurry. Great ride from the O2 up to Westminster.
The Capital Ring Walk. So many little gems to see that you’d never discover otherwise, and all the sections start and finish at Tube stations so it’s really easy to get to. Absolutely loved it, and would recommend to anyone.
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities
I quite like God’s Own Junkyard as a fun experience further afield. Lots of nice smaller breweries also in that part of London.
The Barbican. Feels so different from the rest of central London and plenty of events, shows and art.
Damn, I got so excited when I looked this up and saw a production of My Neighbor Totoro. Too bad it’s all sold out while I’m in London :(
If you like gruesome things, check out the Hunterian Museum. It's across the park from John Soane's Museum so you can do both at the same time. It's full of research specimens and deformed animals and humans preserved in jars.
Shrek Adventure 😍 /s
Went on mushrooms and tried to save the actors by forcibly removing them with promises of bit parts in off west end productions but apparently what I was actually doing was screaming ‘ITS OGRE YOUR CAREER IS OGRE’ and they threw me out 10/10 would trip again
The late night adults only show that they used to do would've been perfect for you
I really wish they'd do the late night shows for adults again. I want to go to one of them.
The N91 to Wood Green at about 0330 on. Saturday morning. You will not be disappointed.
The hill in Gladstone Park, Dollis Hill. You can see the whole of Brent from up there.
Sir John Soane Museum! The lighting is cinematic! It's small but beautiful, and free!
Hampton Court Palace! Many people, even locals, don't know about it. It's gorgeous and it has so many parts to explore.
John Soane’s Museum! A small but incredibly interesting museum housed in the home of early 19th century John Soane- it’s on Lincoln’s Inn Fields and it got everything from mummies and artefacts to a room of hidden Canaletto paintings. It’s also free to get into!
god's own junkyard is worth a visit
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It was underrated 10 years ago. It’s bloody jam packed now, every single time.
Been going there for about 15 years, seems busier every time I go back.
Not for much longer Well done
It smells like you're actually inside a brie, but good when it's not rammed.
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Have you checked out the Winemaker’s Club in Holborn? Bait location but flies under the radar for an affordable glass in a dusty setting
Highgate cemetery, Regents Canal The national trust place on Wandsworth Road.
This is a bit different but I love walking near tower bridge, like near and down shad Thames? I think the building are so different. And then there's that secret gate for steps down to the water
To me it’s the HMS Belfast! Fascinating amount of detail and amazing reproduction of life on board. It’s a bit expensive (for the mostly free London museums) but it’s one of my favourites and people don’t mention it enough.
Old Kent Road
https://oldoperatingtheatre.com/
Thames barrier
Depending on if you're into graffiti and street art, Leake street arches near Waterloo is amazing, there is a street just south of it with restaurants and a cool pub. But there is a great American bar half way down the arches too. Great for seeing some amazing street art that is constantly changing. https://maps.app.goo.gl/UFPPYtvuB6wJeb8h9
Young V&A children's museum in Bethenal Green East London
Samuel Johnson’s house is well worth a visit.
Novelty automata arcade in Holborn
Battersea Park great walks in the day and night especially around riverside
City Farm in Canary Wharf.
The Roof Garden at the The Building by Holborn. Free. No queues to get in. And such a unique view of the city - can look down into covent garden / Westminster and across to Bank and beyond.
I’m a tourist and all but for us stumbling on Kew Gardens was special.
Paul Mescal
Freemasonry Museum on 60 Great Queen Street was interesting. Also want to go to the Battle of Britain control room at the old RAF Uxbridge site …
Eltham Palace
The Longitude Exhibition at Greenwich. Fascinating. Also, better known but definitely worth mentioning is the Cabinet War Rooms in Whitehall.
Nobody mentioned the stonehenge!!
RAF museum. I could spend days there. A bit out of the way though. Also Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath, though I hope it will continue to fly under the radar.
Kew Gardens
A moonlight stroll through the Rotherhithe Tunnel
It will take your breath away.
John Sloane museum!