Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

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Challenge yourself! A thrilling form of all-round, focussed exercise. Beginner courses available. Sociable and 4 minutes from the flat!
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Mile End Climbing Wall
Haverfield Road
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Challenge yourself! A thrilling form of all-round, focussed exercise. Beginner courses available. Sociable and 4 minutes from the flat!
Service washes and dry cleaning just down the road.
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Launderette
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Service washes and dry cleaning just down the road.
Free guided meditation classes every day at 1pm.
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London Buddhist Centre
51 Roman Rd
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Free guided meditation classes every day at 1pm.
Especially busy on Sundays. This one ticks many boxes: bars, cafes, restaurants, sight-seeing, arts and entertainment. The heart of South Asian cuisine and London's great hipster revival!
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Brick Lane
Brick Lane
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Especially busy on Sundays. This one ticks many boxes: bars, cafes, restaurants, sight-seeing, arts and entertainment. The heart of South Asian cuisine and London's great hipster revival!
Bars, coffee, restaurants, alternative shopping and sometimes free entertainment, amongst Shoreditch's hipsters
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BOXPARK Shoreditch
2-10 Bethnal Green Rd
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Bars, coffee, restaurants, alternative shopping and sometimes free entertainment, amongst Shoreditch's hipsters
This is inside the Olympic Park and close to Westfield shopping centre. You can actually swim in the Olympic pool if you bring your kit!
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Londra Su Sporları Merkezi
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This is inside the Olympic Park and close to Westfield shopping centre. You can actually swim in the Olympic pool if you bring your kit!
In Soho, hub of London's gay scene. Great spot for people-watching... drag queens, muscle Marys, all sorts of colourful characters
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Old Compton Street
Old Compton Street
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In Soho, hub of London's gay scene. Great spot for people-watching... drag queens, muscle Marys, all sorts of colourful characters
Jack the Ripper (who was he?) terrorised the East End of London in the 19th century. These walking tours are amazing. Book online. The tour guides (often actors) are knowledgable & excellent!
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Jack the Ripper Walk
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Jack the Ripper (who was he?) terrorised the East End of London in the 19th century. These walking tours are amazing. Book online. The tour guides (often actors) are knowledgable & excellent!
An old style sports centre with an old style swimming pool, open to the public. Expect to pay about £5 for a swim. Also live boxing events!
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York Hall Leisure Centre
21 Old Ford Road
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An old style sports centre with an old style swimming pool, open to the public. Expect to pay about £5 for a swim. Also live boxing events!
Pamper yourself.. you deserve it! Thermal Spa, Hammam, Massage, Body Treatments, Facials, Eyelash and Eyebrow tinting, Waxing, Threading, Tanning, you name it. Men & Women. www.spa-london.org
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Spa Experience
5 Old Ford Rd
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Pamper yourself.. you deserve it! Thermal Spa, Hammam, Massage, Body Treatments, Facials, Eyelash and Eyebrow tinting, Waxing, Threading, Tanning, you name it. Men & Women. www.spa-london.org
One of London's biggest hospitals, with Accident and Emergency unit should you need it.
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The Royal London Hospital
Whitechapel Road
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One of London's biggest hospitals, with Accident and Emergency unit should you need it.
Check it out! My alma mater is expanding and developing all the time.
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Queen Mary University of London
327 Mile End Rd
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Check it out! My alma mater is expanding and developing all the time.
Good private hospital, but private fees are payable.
BMI The London Independent Hospital
1 Beaumont Square
Good private hospital, but private fees are payable.
Restored to its former glory, this is one of London's major train stations and the closest. On edge of the busy Square Mile - financial district.
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Liverpool Street Station
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Restored to its former glory, this is one of London's major train stations and the closest. On edge of the busy Square Mile - financial district.

Essentials

Convenient grocery shopping nearby. High quality selection of fruit, veg, meat, cheese, wine and most things you need. A little pricier than elsewhere, but also good special offers.
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SimplyFresh Bethnal Green
201-203 Roman Rd
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Convenient grocery shopping nearby. High quality selection of fruit, veg, meat, cheese, wine and most things you need. A little pricier than elsewhere, but also good special offers.

Shopping

Near the Olympic Park, Europe's largest shopping centre. Here is everything you could possibly want to buy, but prepare for crowds. It's always busy!
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Westfield Stratford City
157 Montfichet Rd
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Near the Olympic Park, Europe's largest shopping centre. Here is everything you could possibly want to buy, but prepare for crowds. It's always busy!
Usually 12 mins from Bethnal Green on Central Line. Now closed for Cross Rail. But Number 8 bus takes you here, to Centre Point & start of Oxford Street. Shop, shop, shop till you drop!
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Tottenham Court Road station
Oxford Street
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Usually 12 mins from Bethnal Green on Central Line. Now closed for Cross Rail. But Number 8 bus takes you here, to Centre Point & start of Oxford Street. Shop, shop, shop till you drop!
Restaurants, clubs, bars, shops, craft market, huge Apple IStore and live free entertainment by talented street performers.
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Covent Garden
41 James St
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Restaurants, clubs, bars, shops, craft market, huge Apple IStore and live free entertainment by talented street performers.
Shop for food, arts and crafts in this modernised venue.
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Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial St
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Shop for food, arts and crafts in this modernised venue.
Classic East End market, good for cheap clothes, shoes and other accessories.
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Petticoat Lane Market
119-121 Middlesex St
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Classic East End market, good for cheap clothes, shoes and other accessories.

Sightseeing

On a Sunday morning, this is one of my favourite places ever! Fresh-scented flowers and core-blimey cockneys selling their wares. East-end market culture at its best. Love it!
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
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On a Sunday morning, this is one of my favourite places ever! Fresh-scented flowers and core-blimey cockneys selling their wares. East-end market culture at its best. Love it!
This park is a joy to walk, ride, play sport, or picnic in (or bask in the sun when the weather is kind). Voted Britain's most loved public park.
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Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
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This park is a joy to walk, ride, play sport, or picnic in (or bask in the sun when the weather is kind). Voted Britain's most loved public park.
Relive the magical atmosphere of 2012! Well worth a nostalgic visit if shopping at Westfield Stratford City. Also home to the Orbit, which you can ascend for a fee for an awesome view.
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Kraliçe Elizabeth Olimpiyat Parkı
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Relive the magical atmosphere of 2012! Well worth a nostalgic visit if shopping at Westfield Stratford City. Also home to the Orbit, which you can ascend for a fee for an awesome view.
You can't miss this one! In good weather, here I begin a very long walk along the south bank to the London Eye and Palace of Westminster. Or why not take a leisurely sightseeing cruise?
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Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge Road
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You can't miss this one! In good weather, here I begin a very long walk along the south bank to the London Eye and Palace of Westminster. Or why not take a leisurely sightseeing cruise?
A personal favourite - everything from the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles. Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the old British Library under one roof ... Free entry except for special exhibitions.
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British Museum
Great Russell Street
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A personal favourite - everything from the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles. Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the old British Library under one roof ... Free entry except for special exhibitions.
This one is on the Number 8 bus route through the City. Christopher Wren's masterpiece built after the Great Fire of London
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St. Paul Katedrali
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This one is on the Number 8 bus route through the City. Christopher Wren's masterpiece built after the Great Fire of London
Just take a look at it from the Number 8 bus on your way through the City. This is the heart of the old City of London and financial district.
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Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
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Just take a look at it from the Number 8 bus on your way through the City. This is the heart of the old City of London and financial district.
If you feel very fit, you can climb all the way to the top for an amazing view of London (at a fraction of the price to go up the Shard!) But there are no lifts!
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The Monument
Fish Street Hill
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If you feel very fit, you can climb all the way to the top for an amazing view of London (at a fraction of the price to go up the Shard!) But there are no lifts!
Soho, previously London's seedy red-light district, is legendary for restaurants, bars, music, arts and entertainment. Expect West End prices though.
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Soho
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Soho, previously London's seedy red-light district, is legendary for restaurants, bars, music, arts and entertainment. Expect West End prices though.
This is not really classic London (more like New York!) - a thriving financial district with shopping centre. The riverside walk is nice. Very easy to get to on the 277 bus.
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Canary Wharf
1 Bank St
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This is not really classic London (more like New York!) - a thriving financial district with shopping centre. The riverside walk is nice. Very easy to get to on the 277 bus.
Now London's tallest skyscraper, the Shard has dramatically changed our skyline. Apparently the view from the top is breathtaking. Book online but beware: it's expensive!
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The Shard
32 London Bridge St
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Now London's tallest skyscraper, the Shard has dramatically changed our skyline. Apparently the view from the top is breathtaking. Book online but beware: it's expensive!
Great day trip via Docklands Light Railway. The capital of star-gazing & navigation. Stand on 0 degrees, Greenwich Mean Time. See the Cutty Sark tea clipper, Greenwich craft market & Maritime Museum.
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Kraliyet Gözlemevi Greenwich
Blackheath Avenue
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Great day trip via Docklands Light Railway. The capital of star-gazing & navigation. Stand on 0 degrees, Greenwich Mean Time. See the Cutty Sark tea clipper, Greenwich craft market & Maritime Museum.
A great morning/afternoon outing. Small but lovely museum with interior space as its main theme. Period rooms from 1600 onwards show how people used to live. You can imagine it well... fascinating!
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Museum of the Home
136 Kingsland Road
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A great morning/afternoon outing. Small but lovely museum with interior space as its main theme. Period rooms from 1600 onwards show how people used to live. You can imagine it well... fascinating!
Houses every book ever published in the English speaking world! Also great exhibitions - free. See the original Magna Carta, Beatles lyrics. Shakespeare's & Jane Austen's handwriting.
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Britanya Kütüphanesi
96 Euston Rd
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Houses every book ever published in the English speaking world! Also great exhibitions - free. See the original Magna Carta, Beatles lyrics. Shakespeare's & Jane Austen's handwriting.
Jack the Ripper (who was he?) terrorised the East End in the 19th century. Great walking tour. Book online. Knowledgable talented tour guides/actors. http://www.thejacktherippertour.com/
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The Jack the Ripper Tour
88 Whitechapel High St
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Jack the Ripper (who was he?) terrorised the East End in the 19th century. Great walking tour. Book online. Knowledgable talented tour guides/actors. http://www.thejacktherippertour.com/
Imperial War Museum. My Dad's favourite. It's interesting, moving, and it doesn't glorify war - not at all!
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Imperial War Museums
Lambeth Road
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Imperial War Museum. My Dad's favourite. It's interesting, moving, and it doesn't glorify war - not at all!
Take a fascinating walk through English history. Beefeaters are at their posts in full regalia. Here you can see the crown jewels!
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Londra Kulesi
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Take a fascinating walk through English history. Beefeaters are at their posts in full regalia. Here you can see the crown jewels!
My nephew toured this old warship, learnt a lot, and absolutely loved it!
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HMS Belfast
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My nephew toured this old warship, learnt a lot, and absolutely loved it!
There's no grander way to move between St Paul's Cathedral and the Tate Modern Art Gallery. It used to be called the wobbly bridge because it swayed - but they fixed that and now it's heavenly.
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Millennium Köprüsü
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There's no grander way to move between St Paul's Cathedral and the Tate Modern Art Gallery. It used to be called the wobbly bridge because it swayed - but they fixed that and now it's heavenly.
A superb way to cross the Thames and photograph St Paul's and Tower Bridge on the east side, Palace of Westminster on the west side.
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Hungerford Köprüsü ve Altın Jübile Köprüleri
Blackfriars Road
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A superb way to cross the Thames and photograph St Paul's and Tower Bridge on the east side, Palace of Westminster on the west side.
Crowds mill at this hub. There's always something entertaining. Bordered by National Gallery, St Martins in the Fields & prominent embassies. Quick walk from Embankment & Charing Cross stations.
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Trafalgar Square (Stop B) station
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Crowds mill at this hub. There's always something entertaining. Bordered by National Gallery, St Martins in the Fields & prominent embassies. Quick walk from Embankment & Charing Cross stations.
Maybe not the most exciting museum but here you can see a bit of the old Roman wall and learn about ancient Londinium!
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Londra Müzesi
Museum of London
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Maybe not the most exciting museum but here you can see a bit of the old Roman wall and learn about ancient Londinium!
Start your exploration of Greenwich from here, see the bending River Thames and Cutty Sark tea clipper, then the Observatory and Maritime Museum. Maybe even get a boat to the Tower or to Westminster?
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Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich station
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Start your exploration of Greenwich from here, see the bending River Thames and Cutty Sark tea clipper, then the Observatory and Maritime Museum. Maybe even get a boat to the Tower or to Westminster?
A thrilling cable ride over the Thames, with stunning views
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Emirates Havacılık Deneyimi
Edmund Halley Way
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A thrilling cable ride over the Thames, with stunning views

Entertainment & Activities

Kids seem to love this place!
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V&A Çocuk Müzesi
Cambridge Heath Road
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Kids seem to love this place!
See what schools were like during Victorian times! Great fun for all!
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Ragged School Museum
46-50 Copperfield Rd
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See what schools were like during Victorian times! Great fun for all!
A pleasant 20 minute walk along Regent's Canal, Broadway Market is a great place to visit - plenty of cafes, bars, bookshops, fresh produce and Hackney hipsters.
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Broadway Market
Broadway Market
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A pleasant 20 minute walk along Regent's Canal, Broadway Market is a great place to visit - plenty of cafes, bars, bookshops, fresh produce and Hackney hipsters.

Drinks & Nightlife

I love the atmosphere in this parkside pub. Organic, independently brewed beer and cider. Reasonable food (but smallish portions and a little pricey).
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The Crown
144-146 Hatfield Rd
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I love the atmosphere in this parkside pub. Organic, independently brewed beer and cider. Reasonable food (but smallish portions and a little pricey).
The 'alternative' Hackney bar and club scene is appealing. I especially like the canal-side bars.
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Hackney Wick
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The 'alternative' Hackney bar and club scene is appealing. I especially like the canal-side bars.
Old East End building, now buzzing at weekends. Fun and friendly, also serving food.
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The Star of Bethnal Green
359 Bethnal Green Road
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Old East End building, now buzzing at weekends. Fun and friendly, also serving food.
Nice pub, easy walking distance, popular with students.
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The Victoria
110 Grove Rd
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Nice pub, easy walking distance, popular with students.
A sociable place within easy walking distance. Lively atmosphere especially at weekends.
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The Plough at Swan Wharf
60 Dace Rd
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A sociable place within easy walking distance. Lively atmosphere especially at weekends.
Quaint pub, nice atmosphere. Two for one lunch menu and half price pizza on Sundays and Mondays! www.thefloristarms.co.uk
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The Florist Arms
255 Globe Rd
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Quaint pub, nice atmosphere. Two for one lunch menu and half price pizza on Sundays and Mondays! www.thefloristarms.co.uk
This is a great gathering point (to drink outside) on a warm day.
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The Palm Tree Pub
127 Grove Rd
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This is a great gathering point (to drink outside) on a warm day.
Nice waterfront aspect with bars and restaurants serving Canary Wharf financial bankers, etc. More of an after-work than a late night scene.
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West India Quay station
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Nice waterfront aspect with bars and restaurants serving Canary Wharf financial bankers, etc. More of an after-work than a late night scene.
Popular bar/club on the Hackney scene
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Number 90 - Bar & Restaurant
94 Wallis Rd
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Popular bar/club on the Hackney scene
Famous nightclub
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Fabric London
77A Charterhouse St
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Famous nightclub
Dozens of bars, clubs and restaurants.
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Truman Bira Fabrikası
91 Brick Ln
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Dozens of bars, clubs and restaurants.
One of the world's most famous gay nightclubs, now hosting gigs and opening its doors to just about everybody.
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Heaven
Villiers Street
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One of the world's most famous gay nightclubs, now hosting gigs and opening its doors to just about everybody.
Taste different types of beer. Fun!
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Mother Kelly's
251 Paradise Row
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Taste different types of beer. Fun!
Perfect place to stop for a drink when exploring Victoria Park and Victoria Park Village
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Royal Inn on the Park
111 Lauriston Road
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Perfect place to stop for a drink when exploring Victoria Park and Victoria Park Village

Arts & Culture

Excellent theatre, and a great spot to be in London - always!
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Ulusal Tiyatro
Upper Ground
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Excellent theatre, and a great spot to be in London - always!
Modern art at its finest. And free entry. Oh wonderful!
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Tate Modern
Bankside
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Modern art at its finest. And free entry. Oh wonderful!
Such a wonderful collection of art from times past. Free entry and guided tours available.
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Ulusal Galeri
Trafalgar Square
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Such a wonderful collection of art from times past. Free entry and guided tours available.
Lee Hurst's Comedy club. Laugh your head off at great stand-up comedy, not too expensive, most nights of the week.
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Backyard Bar
231 Cambridge Heath Rd
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Lee Hurst's Comedy club. Laugh your head off at great stand-up comedy, not too expensive, most nights of the week.
Fabulous! Run by the Society of London Theatres at the Clocktower. Get half price tickets for magnificent shows, best seats available on day of performance. Also book online: http://www.tkts.co.uk/
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TKTS
Leicester Square
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Fabulous! Run by the Society of London Theatres at the Clocktower. Get half price tickets for magnificent shows, best seats available on day of performance. Also book online: http://www.tkts.co.uk/
Cutting-edge art! Whitechapel has been home to a community of artists and alternatives for decades. Free entry -usually. Sometimes special exhibitions.
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Whitechapel Galerisi
77-82 Whitechapel High St
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Cutting-edge art! Whitechapel has been home to a community of artists and alternatives for decades. Free entry -usually. Sometimes special exhibitions.
East London's Independent Cinema and Arts Venue. A cool place to hang out in Shoreditch. Adjoining cafe/restaurant. Popular new films & International film festivals. www.richmix.org.uk
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Rich Mix
35-47 Bethnal Green Rd
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East London's Independent Cinema and Arts Venue. A cool place to hang out in Shoreditch. Adjoining cafe/restaurant. Popular new films & International film festivals. www.richmix.org.uk
One of the coolest independent cinemas. Regular festivals plus contemporary films. £4 on Mondays and Wednesdays!! Coffee to die for and chilled out bar/restaurant upstairs. www.genesiscinema.co.uk
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Genesis Sineması
93-95 Mile End Rd
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One of the coolest independent cinemas. Regular festivals plus contemporary films. £4 on Mondays and Wednesdays!! Coffee to die for and chilled out bar/restaurant upstairs. www.genesiscinema.co.uk
Not as much character as Rich Mix or Genesis but more spacious, comfortable and modern. Showing the latest films. Includes cocktail bar.
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Cineworld West India Quay
5 Hertsmere Rd
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Not as much character as Rich Mix or Genesis but more spacious, comfortable and modern. Showing the latest films. Includes cocktail bar.
Showroom venue and art gallery, Cre8 is a versatile, multi-functional space: exhibitions, movie screenings, film and photo shoots, private functions.
Cre8 Life Style Centre
80 Eastway
Showroom venue and art gallery, Cre8 is a versatile, multi-functional space: exhibitions, movie screenings, film and photo shoots, private functions.
Part social enterprise comprising artist studios, and part performing arts venue.
Shapes
117 Wallis Rd
Part social enterprise comprising artist studios, and part performing arts venue.
The wonderfully recreated Globe, immensely popular for Shakespeare's plays - past and present.
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Shakespeare'in Globe Tiyatrosu
21 New Globe Walk
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The wonderfully recreated Globe, immensely popular for Shakespeare's plays - past and present.
Home to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Superb theatre!
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Barbican Merkezi
Silk Street
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Home to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Superb theatre!
A festive place to be in the winter, great to skate! Also a nice spot to relax amongst the corporates in the summer. Ping pong tables available.
Broadgate Ice Rink
Sun Street Passage
A festive place to be in the winter, great to skate! Also a nice spot to relax amongst the corporates in the summer. Ping pong tables available.
Jazz and blues heaven! But you have to book. It gets busy.
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Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
47 Frith St
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Jazz and blues heaven! But you have to book. It gets busy.
The Millennium Dome was a multi-million pound white elephant, but now it's been revived as a great entertainment centre, hosting live concerts.
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The O2
Peninsula Square
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The Millennium Dome was a multi-million pound white elephant, but now it's been revived as a great entertainment centre, hosting live concerts.