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Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum 020 7886 6528www.medicalmuseums.org/ ‘the discovery of penicillin’
Apsley House 020 7499 5676www.english-heritage.org.uk ‘Wellingtons’ memorabilia and once known as no1 London’
Bank of England Museum 020 76015545 ‘gold bars, bank notes and coin on display’ [see Royal Mint Museum entry]
Barbican Arts and Conference Centre 020 7638 8891 www.barbican.org.uk/ ‘ castle of culture’
BFI London IMAX Cinema 020 7902 1234 www.bfi.org.uk/ ‘from ocean floor to outer space without leaving your seat’
Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum 020 7403 5650www.teaandcoffeemuseum.co.uk/ ‘history of the cuppa’
Britain at War 020 7403 3171 www.britainatwar.co.uk/ ‘experience the war in safety’
British Library 020 7412 7000 | 020 7412 7332 (information line) www.bl.uk/ ‘the world’s greatest archive of printed material’
British Museum 020 7323 8000 www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ ‘treasures from civilisations of the world’
Buckingham Palace 020 7839 1377 | 020 7799 2331 (recorded information) www.royal.gov.uk‘servants entance on the left hand side for the The Royal Collection’
Burgh House 020 7431 0144
Business Design Centre 020 7359 3535 www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk/ ‘trade events and trade showrooms for the design-conscious’
Cabinet War Rooms 020 7930 6961 www.iwm.org.uk/ ‘where Churchill went to War’
Camden Arts Centre 020 7435 5224 ‘white out gallery spaces’
Camden Lock Market 020 7284 2084 www.camdenlockmarket.com/ ‘funkie fashion’
Chelsea Physic Garden 020 7352 5646 www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/ ‘plants for pains’
Children's Zoo (Battersea Park) 020 8871 7540 ‘small animals for small children’
Clink Prison Museum 020 7403 6515 www.clink.co.uk/ ‘be good or else!’
Commonwealth Institute 020 7603 4535 www.commonwealth.org.uk/ ‘promoting and celebrating the modern Commonwealth’
Crafts Council Gallery 020 7278 7700 www.craftscouncil.org.uk/ ‘the best of British crafts’
Cutty Sark (ship) 020 8858 3445 www.cuttysark.org.uk/ ’figure out 10 miles of rigging on the world’s fastest tea clipper’
Design Museum 020 7403 6933 www.designmuseum.org ‘history and the hype of modern product design’
Dickens’ House 020 7405 2127 www.dickensmuseum.com‘where he worked on Pickwick papers and Oliver Twist’
Earl’s Court (Arena and Conference Centre) 020 7385 1200 www.eco.co.uk/ ‘home of all trade shows’
Fan Museum 020 8305 1441 www.fan-museum.org/
Fashion & Textile Museum www.ftmlondon.org
Fenton House 020 7435 3471 ‘gracious living and picturesque garden’
Florence Nightingale Museum 020 7620 0374 www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/ ‘the story of the nursing’
Freud Museum 020 7435 2002 www.freud.org.uk/ ‘see the famous couch’
(Shakespeare’s) Globe Theatre and Exhibition 020 7902 1500 www.shakespeares-globe.org/ ‘take a cushion or umbrella!’
Golden Hinde 020 7403 0123 www.goldenhinde.co.uk/ ‘a convincing reproduction of the original’
Guards’ Museum 020 7414 3271 www.theguardsmuseum..com‘the story of the Foot Guards through the ages’
Guildhall 020 7606 3030 (guided tours) www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/ ‘art gallery, library and venue for ceremonial events’
H.M.S. Belfast 020 7940 6328 http://hmsbelfast.iwm.org.uk/ ‘big guns all over’
Ham House 020 8940 1950 ‘handsome riverside mansion, gardens and lovely walks to and from’
Harrods 020 7730 1234 www.harrods.com ‘fantastic food hall’
Hayward Gallery 020 7928 3144 | 020 7261 0127 (information line) www.hayward-gallery.org.uk/ ‘international art exhibitions'
Houses of Parliament 020 7219 4272 www.parliament.uk/
Imperial War Museum 020 7416 5000 www.iwm.org.uk/ ‘history of 20C conflict’
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts 020 7930 3647 www.ica.org.uk/ ‘cutting edge exhibitions’
Jewish Museum (Finchley) 020 8349 1143 www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/
Keats’ House 020 7435 2062 http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_archives_museums_galleries/JAS/keats_house/ ‘look out for the plum tree’
Kensington Palace 020 7937 9561 www.royal.gov.uk/ ‘a royal home for William and Mary, Victoria, Diana and others’
Kenwood House 020 8348 1286 www.english-heritage.org.uk/ ‘a Neoclassical villa on the Heath’
Kew Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens) 020 8332 5000 www.kew.org.uk/ ‘fascinating plants in fascinating building’
London Aquarium 020 7967 8007 www.londonaquarium.co.uk/ ‘jellies to sharks’
London Canal Museum 020 7713 0836 www.canalmuseum.org.uk ‘life and times on the narrow boat’
London Central Mosque 020 7724 3363
London Eye (British Airways) 0870 500 0600 | 0800 328 4869 (information line) www.ba-londoneye.com/ ’London’s best circular tour!’
London Dungeon 020 7403 7221 www.thedungeons.com/ ‘a perfectly horrible day out!’
London Transport Museum 020 7379 6344 www.ltmuseum.co.uk/ ‘climb aboard buses, tubes and trams’
Lord's Cricket Ground 020 7289 1611 http://www.lords.org/ ‘home of cricket’
Madame Tussaud's 0870 4000 3000 http://www.madame-tussauds.co.uk/ ‘come face-to-face with the famous and infamous!’
Marble Hill House 020 8892 5115 www.english-heritage.org.uk ‘a Sunday treat’
Monument 020 7626 2717 ‘landmark to the Great Fire’
Museum of Garden History 020 7401 8865 www.compulink.co.uk/~museumgh ‘for the garden specialist’
Museum of London 020 7600 3699 www.museum-london.org.uk/ ‘the story of London’
National Army Museum 020 7730 0717 www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/ ‘the British Army from Agincourt today’
NFT - National Film Theatre 020 7928 3535 | 020 7633 0274 (recorded information) www.bfi.org.uk ‘films for film buffs’
National Gallery 020 7747 2885 www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ ‘national collection of paintings’
National Maritime Museum 020 8858 4422 www.nmm.ac.uk/ ‘Britain’s seafaring past, present and future’
(Royal) National Theatre 020 7452 3400 www.nt-online.org/ ‘mix with theatregoers, go backstage and enjoy splendid views of the river’
Natural History Museum 020 7942 5000 www.nhm.ac.uk/ ‘earthquakes to dinosaurs’
(The) Old Operating Theatre 020 7955 4791 www.thegarret.org.uk ‘thank goodness for anaesthetics!’
Old Royal Observatory 020 8858 4422 | 020 8858 6565 (recorded information) www.nmm.ac.uk ‘east meets west at zero Meridian’
Olympia 020 7385 1200 www.eco.co.uk ‘the other home for trade and horse shows’
Orleans House 020 8892 0221 www.guidetorichmond.co.uk ‘riverside gallery with outstanding fine art collection’
Oxo Tower 020 7803 3888 (restaurant)http://www.oxotower.co.uk/ ‘smart restaurants, smart shops, smart goods’
Pollock's Toy Museum 0870 400 3000 www.pollockstoymuseum.com ‘Sooty and Sweep, Punch and Judy and friends’
(National) Portrait Gallery 020 7306 0055 www.npg.org.uk/ ‘portraits of the famous in print, paint and photos’
(The) Queen's Gallery 020 7766 7300 www.royal.gov.uk ‘objects of art fit for a Queen’
Royal Academy of Arts 020 7300 8000 www.royalacademy.org.uk ‘world exhibitions’
Royal Albert Hall 020 7589 8212 www.royalalberthall.com/ ‘home of the Proms’
Royal Festival Hall 020 7960 4242 www.sbc.org.uk/ ‘marvellous concert hall, exhibition venue and meetings place - open all day’
Royal Horticultural Halls 020 7828 4125 ‘horticultural and specialist trade shows’
Royal Hospital Chelsea 020 7730 0161www.guildmusic.com/other/royalhos.htm
Royal Mint Museum www.royalmint.com/
(The) Royal Mews 020 7766 7300 www.royal.gov.uk/ ‘working stable with horses, coaches and royal sleighs’
Royal Opera House 020 7304 4000 www.royaloperahouse.org.uk/ ‘one of the largest performing arts centres in the nations history’
Saatchi Gallery www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk‘extraordinary exhibitions’
Science Museum 0870 870 4868 www.sciencemuseum.org.uk ‘ideal for boys of all ages’
Selfridges 020 7629 1234 www.selfridges.co.uk ‘get past the cosmetics and you’ll discover the rest’
Serpentine Gallery 020 7402 6075 www.serpentinegallery.org ‘contemporary art exhibitions in a converted tea pavilion’
Sir John Soane's Museum 020 7405 2107 ‘ fine collections of antiquities, arts, books and sculptures’
Somerset House 020 7845 4600 www.somerset-house.org.uk/ ‘home of Courtauld and Gilbert Collections with fantastic courtyard’
Southwark Cathedral 020 7367 6700 www.dswark.org/cathedral/ ‘oldest Gothic church in London’
Spencer House 020 7499 8620 www.spencerhouse.co.uk ‘magnificent ancestral home of Diana, Princes of Wales’
Spitalfields Market http://www.visitspitalfields.com/spitalfields.html ‘popular for lunch and a walk’
St Paul's Cathedral 020 7246 8348 www.stpauls.co.uk
Stardome 0870 999 0293 www.madame-tussauds.co.uk ‘heavens above!’
Syon House 020 8560 0881 www.syonpark.co.uk ‘something for everyone in 200 acres in parkland’
Tate Britain 020 7887 8888 www.tate.org.uk/britain ‘the best of British art from 1500 to today’
Tate Modern 020 7887 8888 www.tate.org.uk/ ‘a power house of modern art’
Theatre Museum 020 7943 4700 http://theatremuseum.vam.ac.uk/ ‘the story of the British stage’
Tower Bridge (Experience) 020 7403 3761 www.towerbridge.org.uk/ ‘find out why it was built and how it works’
Tower of London 020 7709 0765 http://www.toweroflondontour.com/‘ fortress, palace, prison and home of the priceless crown jewels’
Victoria & Albert Museum 020 7938 8500 www.vam.ac.uk/ ‘the greatest collection of decorative arts from around the world’
Vinopolis, City of Wine 020 7645 3700 www.vinopolis.co.uk/ ‘the world of wine in splendidly restored railway arches’
Wallace Collection 020 7935 0687 www.the-wallace-collection.org.uk/ ‘West End18C town house with outstanding art collection’
Westminster Abbey (Chapter House) 020 7222 5897 | 020 7222 7110 (guided tours) www.westminster-abbey.org/
Westminster Cathedral 020 7798 9055 | 020 7798 9097 (services) www.westminstercathedral.org.uk/ ‘oriental appearance with marble and mosaic interior’
Whitechapel Art Gallery 020 7522 7888 | 020 7522 7878 (information line)www.whitechapel.org
(London) Wetland Centre 020 8409 4400 www.wwt.org.uk/visit/wetlandcentre/ ‘London's wild-life wilderness in the urban jungle'’
(London) Zoo 020 7722 3333 www.londonzoo.co.uk/ ’meet 12,000 animals in central London’
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