London in a Week - Travel Guide

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Contents
Introduction ……………………………………. 3
Helpful Tips …………………………………….. 4
Maps
Map of London ……………………………………. 5
Tube Map ……………………………………......... 6
Daily Trips
Day One ……………………………………….... 8
Day Two ………………………………………... 10
Day Three ………………………………………. 12
Day Four ………………………………………... 14
Day Five ……………………………………….. 16
Day Six ………………………………………… 18
Day Seven ……………………………….............. 20

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Introduction
London is home to some of the greatest museums on the world. This book is designed to
help you explore the city’s famous landmarks and dine like a true Londoner. I hope that
with the aid of this guide, you can enjoy the journey.
This guide is set up with five suggested attractions for days one through six and a single
attraction on day seven. Each day also has a recommended restaurant based on the
location of suggested attractions for the day.
Each attraction has the following corresponding information: name, address, website,
nearest tube station and admission fee. Attraction will in include and fun fact and
restaurants will have a rating based on a five star scale.

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Helpful Tips
Whether this is your first time in London or you are returning, here are a few simple tips
that could make your stay easier:
o Get a visitor Oyster Card
o Concessions are discounts for seniors and students
o Reserve tickets to desired attraction in advance to avoid long lines
o Have spare change to use public restrooms
o Ask for the waiter/waitress for the bill when ready
o Look right, then left when crossing a street
o Walk on the left, stand on the right for escalators
o Be prepared for quick weather change
o Hire a Santander bike for 30 minute intervals
o Tipping is not mandatory, check bill to see if a service charge is included
o Emergency number is 999
o Travel at off peak times for cheaper fares
o Have a tube map handy
o Look at the yellow line on the tube, the doors open where paint is faded
o Move down the platform to avoid crowding
o Enjoy a free walking tour of the city
o Bags are not free, help save the environment, reuse plastic bags
o Go big at breakfast

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Day One
Piccadilly Circus
Address: Piccadilly Circus, London W1D 7ET
Tube Station: Piccadilly Circus
Admission: Free
* Coca-Cola has been longest serving advertiser,
since 1954
Westminster Abbey
Address: 20 Deans Yard, London SW1P 3PA
Hours: Mon - Fri 9:30 am - 5 pm
Sat 9:30 am – 1 pm
Website: westminster-abbey.org
Tube Station: Westminster
Admission: £20 (Concessions £17)
* England’s oldest door is by the Chapter House,
dated about 1050 AD
* England’s oldest door, by the Chapter House, is
dated about 1050 AD
Palace of Westminster
Address: London SW1A OAA
Hours: Mon - Fri 9 am – 5 pm
Website: parliament.uk
Tube Station: Westminster
Admission: £18.50 (Concessions £16)
* Big Ben is the name of the bell inside the
Elizabeth Tower

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London Eye
Address: London SE1 7PB
Hours: Sun – Mon 10 am – 8:30 pm
Website: londoneye.com
Tube Station: Waterloo
Admission: £25.50
* The 32 capsules represent the 32 boroughs of
London
The Diner
Address: 18 Santon St, London W1F 7BU
Hours: Sun – Wed 9:30 am – 11:30 pm
Thur – Sat 9:30 am – 12 am
Website: goodlifediner.com
Tube Station: Piccadilly Circus
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Tower of London
Address: London EC3N 4AB
Hours: Sun – Mon 10 am – 5:30 pm
Tue – Sat 9 am – 5:30 pm
Website: hrp.org.uk
Tube Station: Tower Hill
Admission: £25 (Concessions £19.50)
* The oldest coronation piece is a spoon, part of
the Crown Jewels

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Day Two
Sherlock Holmes Museum
Address: 221B Baker St, London NW1 6XE
Hours: Sun – Sat 9:30 am – 6 pm
Website: sherlock-holmes.co.uk
Tube Station: Baker Street
Admission: £15
* There have been over 260 movies, 2 musicals,
and a ballet about Sherlock Holmes
Madame Tussauds
Address: Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LR
Hours: Mon – Fri 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Sat – Sun 9 am – 6 pm
Website: madmetussauds.com
Admission: £24.50
* It takes six months, 2400 lbs of wax and
$45,000 to make each wax portrait
British Library
Address: 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Hours: Sun 11 am – 5 pm
Mon – Thur 9:30 am – 8 pm
Fri – Sat 9:30 am – 5 pm
Website: bl.uk
Tube Station: King’s Cross St. Pancras
Admission: Free
* The oldest book is called the Diamond Sutra

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Platform 9 ¾ at King’s
Cross
Address: 1 King’s Cross Station
Euston Rd, London N19AP
Hours: Sun 9 am – 9 pm
Mon –Sat 8 am – 10 pm
Website: kingscross.co.uk
Tube Station: King’s Cross St. Pancras
Admission: Free
* Fred and George Weasley were born on April
Fool’s Day
British Museum
Address: Great Russell St, London WC1 3DG
Hours: Sat – Thur 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Fri 10 pm – 8:30 pm
Website: britishmuseum.org
Tube Station: Russell Square
Admission: Free
* Their collection contains 8 million objects but
only about 80,00 are on display at a time
Bill’s
Address: 119 Baker St, London W9U 6RY
Hours: Mon – Sat 8 am – 11 pm
Sun 9 pm – 10:30 pm
Website: bills-website.co.uk
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Day Three
Science Museum
Address: Exhibition Rd, London SW7 2DD
Hours: Sun – Sat 10 am – 6 pm
Website: sciencemuseum.org.uk
Tube Station: South Kensington
Admission: Free
* It was once called the South Kensington
Museum and combined with V&A Museum
Victoria and Albert
Museum
Address: Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RC
Hours: Sat – Thur 10 am – 5:45 pm
Website: vam.ac.uk
Admission: Free
* Queen Victoria wanted to name it the ‘Albert
Museum” in honor of Prince Albert
The Tower House
Address: 28 Melbury Rd, London W14 8AB
Hours: Private House
Tube Station: Goodge Street
Admission: Free
* It is described as “the most complete example
of medieval secular interior produced by the
Gothic Revival, and the last.”

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Royal Albert Hall
Address: Kensington Gore, London SW7 2A
Hours: Mon – Fri 7:30 am – 11 pm
Sat – Sun 9 am – 11 pm
Website: royalalberthall.com
Admission: £12.75 (Concessions £10.75)
* The original name was to be “The Central Hall
of Arts and Sciences”
Kensington Palace
Address: Kensington Gardens
London W8 4PX
Hours: Sat – Thur 10 am – 5:45 pm
Website: rpg.ac.uk
Tube Station: Queen’s Way
* It has been a royal home for over 300 years
Soprano’s
Address: 183 Kensington High St
London W8 6ST
Hours: Sun – Sat 10 am – 12 am
Website: sopranosrestaurant.co.uk
Tube Station: High Street Kensington
Rating: 4 out of 5

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Day Four
Brick Lane
Address: Brick Ln London E1
Tube Station: Aldgate East
* It’s famous for its curry houses
Old Spitalfields Market
Address: Horner Square Spitalfields
London E1 6EW
Hours: Sun – Thur 10 am – 5 pm
Website: oldspitalfieldsmarket.com
Tube Station: Aldgate East
Admission: Free
* There are more than 2000 bodies still buried
beneath the market place
Museum of London
Address: 150 London Wall
London EC2Y 5HN
Website: museumoflondon.org.uk
Tube Station: St. Paul’s
Admission: Free
* It is located on the edge of the oldest part of
London

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The Saint
Address: 1 Rose St. Paternoster Square
London EC4M 7DQ
Hours: Mon – Fri 11 am – 11 am
Website: thesaint.london
Rating: 4 out of 5
Somerset House
Address: Strand, London WC2R 1LR
Website: somersethouse.org.uk
Tube Station: Temple
Admission: Free
* Completed in 1551, it cost over £10,000 to
build
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Address: St. Paul’s Churchyard
London EC4M 8AD
Hours: Mon – Sat 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Website: stpauls.co.uk
* The original cathedral was burned down during
the Great Fire in 1666

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Day Five
The Shard
Address: 32 London Bridge St
London SE1 9SG
Website: theshard.com
Tube Station: London Bridge
* Six women climbed to the top of the building’s
exterior in 2013
The Globe Theatre
Address: 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside
London SE1 9DT
Website: shakespearesglobe.com
* It isn’t a circle, it’s a icosagon (20 sided
polygon)
Design Museum
Address: 224 Kensington High St
London W8 6AG
Hours: Sun – Sat 10 am – 5:45 pm
Website: designmuseum.org
Tube Station: High Street Kensington
* Currently closed, set to open November 2016

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Nando’s
Address: 108 Stamford St, London SE1 9NH
Hours: Mon – Sat 11:30 am – 10 am
Sun 12 pm – 10 pm
Website: nandos.co.uk
Tube Station: Waterloo
Rating: 4 out of 5
Tate Modern
Address: Bankside, London SE1 9TG
Hours: Sun – Thur 10 am – 6 pm
Fri – Sat 10 pm – 10 pm
Website: tatemodern.org.uk
Tube Station: Blackfrairs
Admission: Free
* London’s most famous museum of modern art
Tower Bridge
Address: Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 2UP
Website: towerbridge.org.uk
Tube Station: Tower Hill
Admission: Free
* It took eight years to complete (1886 – 1894)

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Day Six
National Maritime Museum
Address: Park Row Greenwich
London SE10 9NF
Website: rmg.co.uk
Tube Station: North Greenwich
Admission: Free
* It is the largest museum of its kind in the
world
The Fan Museum
Address: 12 Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ER
Hours: Tue – Sat 11 am – pm
Website: thefanmuseum.org.uk
* It is the only museum in the UK devoted to the
history and art of fan making
The O2
Address: Peninsula Square
London SE10 0DX
Hours: Mon – Fri 2:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Website: theo2.co.uk
Admission: £28
* It was used in the 2012 Olympics

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Ye Olde Rose and Crown
Address: 1 Croom Hill Greenwich SE10 8EK
Hours: Mon – Fri 11 am – 12 am
Sat - Sun 12 pm – 10:30 pm
Website: taylor-walker.co.uk
Rating: 4 out of 5
The Queen’s House
Address: Romney Rd Greenwich
London SE10 9NF
Website: rmg.co.uk
Admission: Free
* The house is thought to be haunted near the
Tulip Stairs
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Address: Blackheath Ave, London SE10 8XJ
Hours: Sun – Sat 10 am – pm
Website: rmg.co.uk
Admission: £22.50 (Concessions £14)
* Visit the Prime Meridian for free by locating
the black gate outside the courtyard

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Day Seven
Kew Gardens
Address: Kew, Richmond TW9 3AB
Hours: Sun – Sat 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Website: kew.org
Tube Station: Richmond
Admission: £1.50 (Concessions 15.50)
* Holds the largest living plant collection in the
world, 30,000 species
The Orangery at Kew
Gardens
Address: Kew, Richmond TW9 3AB
Hours: Mon – Fri 9 am – 5 pm
Tube Station: Richmond
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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