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I'm married to a foreigner, so we get lots of visitors coming over and asking what to do and where to go. I like to specialise in telling them what NOT to do. What bits of London do you find especially crap?


My best places to avoid are Borough Market on a Saturday and Piccadilly Circus on any day of the week.

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if you're making recommendations to tourists, they would probably love all the places that residents don't bother with. M&M World being an example. It's incredibly popular. But pointless in any other respect than making money. And SO expensive.


A good tip for any tourist are the Red Hats who work around the main central tubes. They are a wealth of information and it's their job to help anyone with anything.


They wear black bowler hats and can give you ANY imfo!

Angelina Wrote:

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> A good tip for any tourist are the Red Hats who work around the main central tubes. They are a

> wealth of information and it's their job to help anyone with anything.

>

> They wear black bowler hats and can give you ANY imfo!


Why are they called Red Hats if they wear black bowler hats?

Oxford St is deeply uninspiring. Madame T is prohibitively expensive but still you get queues!


There are so many places to see, I like in particular to recommend Postman's Park behind St Pauls, and the wellcome Collection. Also nearby is St Pancras Crypt Gallery.


Tate Tanks are always worth a look.

Outer London Boroughs, certainly to the East, South East and Croydon

Vauxhall Cross, nine Elms, in particular around the American Embassy

Shopping centrea (mew and old) and the other new retail/residential developments eg Elephant or Stratford

The North Circular

Brent, including Wembley

The A4

On the crap side (= places you don't go unless you've got visitors):


Harrods

Covent Garden

Selfridges

Leicester Square, including the big cinemas

Everything on the South Bank that's not inside a building

West End theatres

Borough Market any time

Buckingham Palace


Favourite places I would definitely include:


NFT

Theatres - National, Royal Court, Donmar, Almeida, Wilton's

Clipper from Greenwich to London Bridge at sunset

Platforms at Blackfriars for the view up and down river

Charterhouse museum and general wander about Clerkenwell and the City

Lewis chessmen at the BM

Leighton House

Cast hall at V&A

Walk around the inns of court

Old Cheshire Cheese

Foundling museum

Reading room at the Wellcome Trust

Royal Hospital Chelsea

St James's Palace

Sue Wrote:

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> EDOldie Wrote:

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> > Am I the only on to think that the 'Pavilion'

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> > Dulwich Picture Gallery is deeply uninspiring?

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> I like it!

I agree-the 'pavillion' is a real let down.

we got tickets for a friday late and were terribly underwhelmed.

wouldn't bother to go again

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