Guidebook for London

Jamie
Guidebook for London

Sightseeing

Foodies' paradise! Great for sampling fare from around the world. Do your shopping or just grab a quick bite to eat from a stall. Don't miss Monmouth for great coffee and Brindisa for chorizo rolls!
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Borough Market
Borough High Street
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Foodies' paradise! Great for sampling fare from around the world. Do your shopping or just grab a quick bite to eat from a stall. Don't miss Monmouth for great coffee and Brindisa for chorizo rolls!
The latest trendiest food market in London, take a stroll along the old railway arches and sample whatever is fashionable in the current food scene
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Maltby Street
Maltby Street
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The latest trendiest food market in London, take a stroll along the old railway arches and sample whatever is fashionable in the current food scene
One of London's finest historical attractions, the iconic tower is only a short walk away
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Itafula yeLondon
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One of London's finest historical attractions, the iconic tower is only a short walk away
The best view in London - 800 ft in the sky, 360 degree panorama of London.
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Ukubuka kusuka The Shard
32 London Bridge St
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The best view in London - 800 ft in the sky, 360 degree panorama of London.
Home to the Mayor of London, this landmarkbuilding was designed by famous London architects Foster + Partners. Go in for a coffee or enjoy a free performance at the Scoop, its little open air theatre
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City Hall
Kamal Chunchie Way
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Home to the Mayor of London, this landmarkbuilding was designed by famous London architects Foster + Partners. Go in for a coffee or enjoy a free performance at the Scoop, its little open air theatre
One of the most unusual museums in the capital, the oldest surviving operating theatre in London is actually found in the roof space of a Baroque church.
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Iziko lezokuhlaliswa zase-Old Operating Theatre ne-Herb Garret
9a St Thomas St
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One of the most unusual museums in the capital, the oldest surviving operating theatre in London is actually found in the roof space of a Baroque church.
Set in the heart of Trinity Church Square the old Holy Trinity Church is now a recording and rehearsal area for the London Symphony Orchestra, so pluck your ears for beautiful music as you stroll by.
Henry Wood Hall
Trinity Church Square
Set in the heart of Trinity Church Square the old Holy Trinity Church is now a recording and rehearsal area for the London Symphony Orchestra, so pluck your ears for beautiful music as you stroll by.
Recreations of WWI trenches and the Blitz, many tanks and planes and revolving military exhibitions.
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Imiphumela Yezemidlalo YaseEmpini
Lambeth Road
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Recreations of WWI trenches and the Blitz, many tanks and planes and revolving military exhibitions.
9-deck WWII warship-turned-museum with naval guns, permanently moored on the Thames.
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HMS Belfast
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9-deck WWII warship-turned-museum with naval guns, permanently moored on the Thames.

Food Scene

One of the best coffee shops in the whole of London, especially famous for their excellent selection of filter coffees. Try their chocolate truffles or excellent pastries from the Little Bike Pedlar
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Monmouth Coffee The Borough - London
2 Park St
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One of the best coffee shops in the whole of London, especially famous for their excellent selection of filter coffees. Try their chocolate truffles or excellent pastries from the Little Bike Pedlar
Our favourite local restaurant - there's no better place to relax with a hearty plate of food and a beautiful cocktail on the side
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Village East
171-173 Bermondsey St
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Our favourite local restaurant - there's no better place to relax with a hearty plate of food and a beautiful cocktail on the side
It's all about Londoners' favourite weekend pastime: brunch! It takes us a while to choose from the long and tantalising menu but we enjoy every minute of it
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Joe's Kitchen
5-7 Marshalsea Rd
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It's all about Londoners' favourite weekend pastime: brunch! It takes us a while to choose from the long and tantalising menu but we enjoy every minute of it
This is our not so secret hideout for a perfect pub meal and a Sunday night movie
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The Garrison Public House
99 Bermondsey St
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This is our not so secret hideout for a perfect pub meal and a Sunday night movie
Our local branch of this quality but affordable Italian chain has an ace up its sleeve - the most amazing views of Tower Bridge!
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Strada
4 South Grove
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Our local branch of this quality but affordable Italian chain has an ace up its sleeve - the most amazing views of Tower Bridge!
Great for a traditional English breakfast
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Terry's cafe London
158 Great Suffolk St
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Great for a traditional English breakfast
Italian comfort food classics in a rustic dining room with mirrors, open kitchen and downstairs bar.
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Antico Restaurant
214 Bermondsey Street
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Italian comfort food classics in a rustic dining room with mirrors, open kitchen and downstairs bar.
Cosy, diner-style tapas bar with stools for Spanish small plates and sherry cocktails. Fantastic food. Well worth the wait. Best arrive early.
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Barrafina
26-27 Dean St
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Cosy, diner-style tapas bar with stools for Spanish small plates and sherry cocktails. Fantastic food. Well worth the wait. Best arrive early.

Arts & Culture

London's dedicated museum to cutting edge design - it is small but perfectly formed
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I-Museum ye-Design
224-238 Kensington High St
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London's dedicated museum to cutting edge design - it is small but perfectly formed
Britain's national gallery of international modern art.
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Tate Modern
Bankside
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Britain's national gallery of international modern art.
One of London's best-kept secrets and with something of the speakeasy feel about it, the Roxy boasts a top-notch sound system and HD projection. Grab a drink on the leather sofas and enjoy the movie!
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Roxy Bar and Screen
128-132 Borough High Street
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One of London's best-kept secrets and with something of the speakeasy feel about it, the Roxy boasts a top-notch sound system and HD projection. Grab a drink on the leather sofas and enjoy the movie!
A local independent cinema on Bermondsey Square, it's right on the piazza just a short walk from here
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Kino Bermondsey
10 Bermondsey Square
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A local independent cinema on Bermondsey Square, it's right on the piazza just a short walk from here
What more can we say? The home of dance music and probably the world's best nightclub! We love it!
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Ministry of Sound
103 Gaunt St
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What more can we say? The home of dance music and probably the world's best nightclub! We love it!
Classic and modern masterpieces in traditional playhouse.
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The Old Vic
103 The Cut
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Classic and modern masterpieces in traditional playhouse.
Younger sister of the Old Vic, known for nurturing young and emerging theatre talent.
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Young Vic
66 The Cut
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Younger sister of the Old Vic, known for nurturing young and emerging theatre talent.
Oak-and-thatch replica of original Elizabethan theatre, showing Shakespeare plays in the open air.
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I-Globe Theatre kaShakespeare
21 New Globe Walk
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Oak-and-thatch replica of original Elizabethan theatre, showing Shakespeare plays in the open air.
Largest cinema screen in London
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ODEON BFI IMAX
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Largest cinema screen in London
South Bank film complex for screenings, lectures and exhibitions, with cafe-bar and river views.
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BFI Southbank
0 Belvedere Rd
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South Bank film complex for screenings, lectures and exhibitions, with cafe-bar and river views.
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House.
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Itheater yaseNational
Upper Ground
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The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House.
Southbank Centre landmark hosting concerts and performing arts in a variety of spaces.
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I-Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road
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Southbank Centre landmark hosting concerts and performing arts in a variety of spaces.

Shopping

A fantastic shop filled with gorgeous glass objects, it is still a working studio and you can observe master glassblowers teaching or making artefacts at the back of the shop.
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London Glassblowing
62-66 Bermondsey St
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A fantastic shop filled with gorgeous glass objects, it is still a working studio and you can observe master glassblowers teaching or making artefacts at the back of the shop.
Paul Smith is an iconic, quirky and quintessentially British fashion brand. Don't leave London without some multicoloured stripes that are the Paul Smith trademark!
Paul Smith
13 Park St
Paul Smith is an iconic, quirky and quintessentially British fashion brand. Don't leave London without some multicoloured stripes that are the Paul Smith trademark!
Want to try the best of British cheese? Then Neal's Yard is your destination. The staff in there are wonderful and as they patiently offer tasting after tasting until you find your perfect cheese!
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Neal's Yard Dairy
8 Park St
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Want to try the best of British cheese? Then Neal's Yard is your destination. The staff in there are wonderful and as they patiently offer tasting after tasting until you find your perfect cheese!
Airy venue for Italian gelato and frozen yoghurt made in house using carefully sourced ingredients. Incredible gelato.
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Gelateria 3Bis Borough Market
4 Park St
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Airy venue for Italian gelato and frozen yoghurt made in house using carefully sourced ingredients. Incredible gelato.

Everything Else

The Fashion and Textile Museum is a cutting edge centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in London.
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Fashion and Textile Museum
83 Bermondsey St
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The Fashion and Textile Museum is a cutting edge centre for contemporary fashion, textiles and jewellery in London.
We love to go for our evening stroll along this historic riverside cobbled street, which once housed London's biggest warehouse complex, storing tea, coffee and spices for the Victorians
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We love to go for our evening stroll along this historic riverside cobbled street, which once housed London's biggest warehouse complex, storing tea, coffee and spices for the Victorians
One of very few green spaces right by the river, this is the perfect place to relax, taking in views of majestic Tower Bridge and letting the kids run wild, straight for the ice cream van
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Potters Fields Park
Potters Fields Park
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One of very few green spaces right by the river, this is the perfect place to relax, taking in views of majestic Tower Bridge and letting the kids run wild, straight for the ice cream van
Groundbreaking gallery in a renovated 1970s building, with a program of artists' and feature films.
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White Cube Bermondsey
Bermondsey Street
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Groundbreaking gallery in a renovated 1970s building, with a program of artists' and feature films.

Drinks & Nightlife

Think you're in London but actually in this little tapas place you might think you're in Spain - yum yum yum!
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José
104 Bermondsey St
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Think you're in London but actually in this little tapas place you might think you're in Spain - yum yum yum!
Intimate, art deco-style hideaway spotlighting original craft cocktails and live jazz music.
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The Bermondsey Arts Club
102a Tower Bridge Rd
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Intimate, art deco-style hideaway spotlighting original craft cocktails and live jazz music.