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Great Queen Street
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| 32 Great Queen Street |
Fans of St John in Farringdon (described by us as one of the best restaurants in the capital), The Eagle nearby (the original and arguably one of Londons best gastropubs) and The Anchor & Hope in Wate...
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Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge
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| Rangers Road, Chingford |
Tudor grandstand and the only remaining timber-framed Standing in Britain. Well and truly off the beaten track, this timber-framed hunting lodge is hidden away in Epping Forest, perched on the edge...
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Queen Charlotte's Cottage
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| Kew Gardens Richmond, Surrey |
King George IIIs country retreat. Built in 1772 and nestled among bluebell woods, Queen Charlotte's Cottage was used regularly by the royal family as a cooling summer house hideaway. Kew Gardens – wi...
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The Queen Of Hoxton
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| 1-5 Curtain Road |
Bar, club and art collective, the Queen of Hoxton prides itself on being a youth club for the adults of the east side. Opened in March 2009, the East End venue hosts a tight programme of music accompa...
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King & Queen of Bethnal Green
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| 41 Temple Street |
When one reader, Barbara Buchanan, came across this gorgeous vintage and fashion boutique she wanted to pass on the shopping tip. I have used your recommendations when visiting and shopping in London,...
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Snowsfields Wellness
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Its a relief to step into Snowsfields Wellness, with its shelves of carefully selected healthy and organic products. Unlike plenty of other places, each of the products stocked appears to have a real...
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Queen's Gallery
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| Buckingham Palace Road |
Once Buckingham Palaces resident chapel, the Queens Gallery was opened in 1962 and holds regularly changing exhibitions. It allows the general public glimpses of rarely seen works of art from the Roya...
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The Old Queen's Head
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| 44 Essex Road |
A gorgeous antique interior, a delicious menu and some top DJs at weekends. The Old Queens Head opened with a fantastic recipe for success in 2006 and its been full ever since. With only a nominal cov...
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Highgate Wood and Queen's Wood
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| Muswell Hill Road |
Ancient woodland in north London. Much of London was once entirely covered by the ancient Forest of Middlesex. The oak, holly, and hornbeam trees of Highgate Woods and Queen's Wood (a road is all tha...
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Strada - Great Queen Street
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| 6 Great Queen Street |
Strada has started something of a pizza revolution and knocked Pizza Express off its perch (as well as, more regrettably, being the final nail in the coffin for many independent formica-tabled neighbo...
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National Maritime Museum: Queen's House
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| Park Row |
As far as royal residences go Queens House is a modest palace - an appealing, but simple, bright white, classical, Palladian villa flanked by colonnades. Its understated appearance, however, belies it...
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Queen's Head & Artichoke
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| 30-32 Albany Street, Regents Park |
Located in a 16th-century coaching inn, this sweet little gastropub offers diners the choice of just nibbling on a little tapas, or going for a full meal. There are indoor and outdoor dining areas, wh...
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The Queensbury
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| 110a Walm Lane |
The Queensbury is a hipster gastropub, in an area well-served with cheap, trendy restaurants, but theyve done an excellent job with the leather-sofas-and-cheap-art formula. Theyve made an unattractive...
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Queens
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| 111b Commercial Street, Spitalfields |
Kitsch, colourful, cute and cuddly this glitzy gift grotto in Spitalfields is irresistible. Wander around its magical wonderland and make friends with flirting fairies, kissing fish, perky-eyed reinde...
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January 2010
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Images of C.S. Lewis's White Witch spring to mind at the mention of The Snow Queen and these two fantastical characters are not a million miles apart. In fact, they could be sisters and probably in...
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Christmas Shows and Pantos in London
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Sadler's Wells' sister theatre, The Peacock is the perfect venue for this perennially popular children's show, which features brilliant staging and one of the best-known Christmas themes in th...
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A London Christmas 2007: Shows & Pantos
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Who can forget Aled Jones's dulcet tones singing 'Walking in the Air' in the animation of Raymond Briggs's beautifully-illustrated book 'The Snowman'. Aled has since moved on from his choirboy days...
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Queen Mother Sports Centre
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| 223 Vauxhall Bridge Road |
Health and fitness club with gym, swimming pool, basketball courts, badminton courts, football pitches, netball courts and squash courts....
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Button Queen
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| 19 Marylebone Lane |
The Button Queen has a unique selection of antique buttons each one an artwork in itself. They also have an extensive range of more modern buttons so whatever you are looking for, whether making a ga...
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Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall
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| Belvedere Road |
Queen Elizabeth Hall is the second largest concert hall at Southbank Centre, presenting a diverse programme that covers the whole range of music and performing arts. The Royal Festival Halls smaller s...
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