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Pumphouse Educational Museum & Rotherhithe Heritage Museum
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| Lavender Pond and Nature Park Lavender Road, off Rotherhithe Street |
This museum houses a private collection of artefacts from the Thames foreshore in Rotherhithe. The story of Rotherhithe is told through its unique collection, which ranges from dockers tools, Elizab...
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Harrow Museum and Heritage Centre
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| Headstone Manor, Pinner View |
This museum is housed in a 16th century tithe barn and moated manor house, parts of which are 14th century. Displays include 1930s rooms, a Victorian room, Whitefriars glass, a Stanmore Railway and ag...
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Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
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| 101 Queen Victoria Street |
Exhibits concentrate on the history of the early Salvation Army and include a free audio tour lasting 45 minutes, fun worksheets for children, and videos of historic moments in army history. The centr...
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Family Fun
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The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezula heads to the Royal Festival Hall for a five-day residency in which it will "seep like a liquid through every space" - according to Marshall Marcus, the...
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Hot Dates
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The Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra will perform a special Valentine's Concert of Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the delightful St John's Smith Square on the Friday evening before Valentine's Day - a...
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London Shopping
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London is the shopping capital of the world. From the boutiques of Bond Street to the teeming Oxford Street fashion stores and vibrant street markets, there is something to suit even the most discerni...
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Restaurant @ the Petersham Hotel
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| Petersham Hotel, Nightingale Lane Richmond |
With some of the most impressive, tranquil views of any restaurant in London thanks to its elevated aspect on Richmond Hill, Restaurant @ the Petersham Hotel treats its diners to wide-ranging panorama...
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Petersham Nurseries Cafe and Teahouse
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| Off Petersham Road, Petersham |
When a top chef claims to be opening a simple, low-key restaurant, it is usually press-speak for some folie de grandeur two doors down from the Ivy with an £85 tasting menu. Skye Gyngells cafe at Pete...
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Gillespie Park
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| 191 Drayton Park |
Not what youd expect to find in the heart of urban Islington, Gillespie Park supports a remarkable diversity of habitats and species and houses a small Ecology Centre. The original park consists of cr...
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Harrods
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| 87-135 Brompton Road |
Englands most famous department store. Owned by eponymous Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed Al-Fayed, Britains most iconic shop features on many tourists' “must-see” lists - and with good reason. “Omnia...
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Harrods Hair and Beauty
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| 87-135 Brompton Road |
This is the largest hair and beauty salon in Europe - it employs over 40 beauty therapists alone. Unsurprisingly they combine to offer a blinding array of treatments using plant-based products from El...
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Galicia
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| 323 Portobello Road |
This friendly little place is always packed thanks to the reputation of the kitchen. The regulars are mostly Spaniards (a good sign) and local market dealers, making a lively crowd. The food is tasty,...
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Harrods 102
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| 102 Brompton Road |
An everyday nightmare situation: its late, the shops are shut, and you really need an ostrich steak, a bottle of Cristal and a hundred grammes of Sevruga Caviar. Well, now Harrods Food Hall has opened...
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Glasshouse
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| 14 Station Parade, Kew |
Just a few yards from Kew Gardens Tube station, The Glasshouse is something of an institution in this leafy West London suburb. Owned by Nigel Platts-Martin and Bruce Poole, the team behind Chez Bruce...
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Laduree at Harrods
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| 87-135 Brompton Road |
This famous French patisserie dates back to 1862, when Louis Ernest Ladurée, a miller from southwest France, created a bakery at 16 rue Royale in Paris. Their English off-shoot is suitably situated in...
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10 Gales
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| Arch 10, Gales Gardens |
One of Bethnal Greens best kept secrets, 10 Gales is a contemporary art space, live show venue, vintage fashion boutique, coffee shop and hairdressers all under one roof. Tucked away under the railway...
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