Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is one of the most iconic symbols of London and the United Kingdom in general. This stunning piece of engineering has featured in many films and television programmes, often featuring as the scene for dramatic action. All of this national...
Airport Transfers
On landing at any one of London’s many airports you will notice the marked lack of palaces around you. This is because the airports, as in most of world, are actually some distance from the city. To be specific, some of them are a very large distance...
Big Ben
The image of the clocktower overlooking the Houses of Parliament is one of the most iconic images related to the English capital city of London. Yet the term used to describe this sight – Big Ben – is one of the biggest misnomers in common usage....
Wandsworth
To the south west of London lies the town of Wandsworth, on the bank of the river Thames. Wandsworth is actually named after the River Wandle, which flows into the River Thames on the Tideway at Wandsworth. The town of Wandsworth has an extremely long...
Adventure Island
Adventure Island bills itself as the UK’s number one free admission theme park, a claim which is probably not far from the truth; if only due to the lack of free theme parks in the United Kingdom. Adventure Island makes money by charging per ride, rather...
National Gallery
There are few cities that can realistically describe themselves as global cultural epicenters. To lay claim to a title such as that, a city needs to have demonstrated an appetite and a productivity for the finest arts – at least for a few from music,...
Hammersmith & Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham is a Greater London borough, on the western side of London itself and part of Inner London. Inner London is a term given to a group of London boroughs – one of which is, as mentioned, Hammersmith and Fulham – that form the interior...
London Boutique Hotels
What do we want from a hotel? Is it really just somewhere to lay our head in the evening when we are far from home, or do we expect more? Are we concerned with the level of comfort, or does it matter less that we enjoy the best of everything, more that...
Taxi in London
London as a city causes different images to pop into the minds of different people. Depending on what you have read, what you have seen, who you have spoken to and where you have been, you will probably have a specific image that you associate with London....
London Travel Deals
There are many reasons to visit England’s capital city, London, and plenty of London travel deals to be had. Finding a deal is simply a matter of deciding what you want to do and when you want to do it; the deals will be in place, and all you have...
Claridge’s London
A short stay in London can be topped off by a night (or more) in a top hotel, one which is renowned for its class and opulence. You may find that it costs more than you would ordinarily pay for a hotel room, but once you have spent the night in one of...
London Water Taxis
Getting around London is something that can be done in a great range of ways, some of which are familiar to any city (bus, rail, taxi) and some of which are not possible everywhere in the world. Due to London’s location on a major body of water...
London Ghost Tours
London is a city of a rich history, offering hundreds of years of civilisation for any eager tourist. It has been the central hub of England for nearly a thousand years, a scene of crime and conflict; it is therefore little wonder that it is considered...
Kensington & Chelsea
The term Kensington and Chelsea actually has two uses. The first is as the name of a constituency; a geographical area that elects politicians to the Government of the United Kingdom. The constituency of Kensington and Chelsea is considered to be one...
Museum of London
Any city with a history like that of London will inevitably require its own museum in which to house that history. The Museum of London, as differentiated from the British Museum in London, is a building which contains artefacts of the social history...
Chessington World of Adventure
Chessington World of Adventures is a family-based theme park. Like nearby Thorpe Park, it is owned by the Tussauds Group. Due to the closeness of the two parks, it was decided to split the themes; Chessington World of Adventures has thus been designated...
City of Westminster
Within the United Kingdom, for a settlement to officially call itself a city, it must be granted permission to do so by the crown. There are special rights to calling oneself a city, other than the exclusive right to use the word itself. Within Greater...
London Car Rental
Traveling around London is something that has as many different methods as the human mind can conceive. If you have the wherewithal, it would be possible to travel by hot air balloon, but not many people do this due to the impracticality of the medium....
London Duck Tours
The term London Duck Tours conjures up images of being guided around the city of London by a feathered friend, or maybe even visiting notable parts of London where ducks are said to reside. This is a natural, and somewhat amusing, reaction; in actuality,...
Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds – no apostrophe, for reasons unknown – is a famous exhibition center for waxwork modeling. There are currently galleries in many major cities across the world, however the first opened gallery was in London, England. The name Madame...