The Old Curiosity Shop is London’s oldest store. It was built in 1567 and passed the Great Fire of 1666.
This store seems to have been the inspiration for Charles Dickens’ book of the same name.
You’d expect them to have made some kind of souvenir shop out of it now, but nothing could be further from the truth. There’s now a shoe store in there with very separate, hip shoes.
Very nice to have seen once. It’s a little hard to find.
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The Sky Garden on 20 Fenchurch Street is a unique public space with three floors and an uninterrupted 360 degree view of the city of London. Visitors can wander through the beautifully landscaped gardens, observation decks and an outdoor terrace of what is the highest public garden in London. The Sky Garden is designed to
View the sights along the Thames in a very relaxed way, from the Thames on a hop-on hop-off boat from City Cruises. An expert guide gives live commentary about what you see and don’t see. The boats sail to and from three destinations: Westminster, London Eye and Greenwich Pier. Westminster Pier and London Eye Pier
In the Sherlock Holmes Museum you can experience how Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived on 221b Baker Street from 1881-1904, according to the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The house was last used as a guest house in 1936 and the famous study on the 1st floor, from which you overlook Baker Street,
London Walks offers an extensive program of walks through London under the guidance of highly experienced and famous guides. Walks start the entire day, see the London Walks website for the program, but the “notorious” are the evening walks. Join the Jack The Ripper Haunt with Donald Rumbelow, the authority in the field of Jack
Kensington Gardens was originally just a piece of land which was a part of Hyde Park, which was bought by William III 1689. The king, who suffered from asthma, found the location calm and the air favorable. That is why he commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to build the red brick building Kensington Palace . Queen
