London General Tips by Aragina

Favorite Thing: When visiting London you absolutely must: The Parks in London, they are a gentle reprieve from the activity of London life,and you will find them heaving with people during the Summer. I love them whatever the time of year, The pic is off Kensington Place gardens, very close to Kensington Palace in Novemeber. There are several Royal Parks in London, I have only mentioned 4 but there are other parks outside of central London.
Hyde Park: The famous Speakers' Corner is located on the northeast side, where people are free to speak their mind as long as they don't debase the Queen.

Tube: Hyde Park Corner; Marble Arch;

Kensington Gardens: The Park offers tree lined avenues with distant views of Kensington Palace; the Round Pond; extensive informal flower beds; the Peter Pan statue beside the Longwater and the Elfin Oak. The Park also contains The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground and a seven-mile Memorial Walk, which continues through Hyde Park, Green Park and St James's Park, both of which were opened in 2000.

Tube: Lancaster Gate, Queensway

St James Park: The acres known as Green Park were added to St. James's Park in the late 17th Century by Charles II.

Tube: Green Park; St. James's Park; Piccadilly Circus.

Regents Park:The terraces, named after the titles of some of George III's 15 children, and other buildings circle the park clockwise starting at the Park Crescent. Regent's Park is also the site of The London Zoo. The Open Air Theatre, presents two Shakespeare plays, a Broadway musical and a play for children between May and September.

Tube: Regent's Park.


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Fondest Memory: The walk is through St James park through one of the loveliest parts of the park, it is reputed that she loved walking though here.
One start of the walk is just off off Buckingham Palace just past the Victora Statue.

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Fondest Memory: The Thames Path goes from the Flood barrier all the way to Windsor Castle, it is a great way of seeing bits of London you wouldnt otherwise do.

www.nationaltrails.gov.uk

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Fondest Memory: The Ticket Booth sells tickets for a selection of West End theatre shows on the day of performance only. Tickets, are sold at half price plus a service charge of £2.50 a ticket - cash, credit cards and debit cards are accepted BUT no cheques or travellers cheques.

Do you know it was pouring with rain when I took this and there were people still trying to get tickets :-)

Located in Leicester Square, the Ticket Booth is open Monday to Saturday from 10.00am to 7.00pm and Sunday 12noon to 3.30pm

Tickets are sold strictly from the 'top-of-the-pile' - there is no choice of where you sit. Generally the seats are in the [orchestra] stalls and, as these are tickets that haven't been been sold by the Box Office, are likely to be either in the very front rows, on the side of the theatre or right at the back of the stalls area.

As a guide, ticket prices for musicals are around £17.50 to £21.25 and for plays around £12.50 to £20.00 (including a £2.50 service charge per ticket)

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Favorite Thing: GO shopping, London has everything for everyone, you can go to Oxford street (clothes and assorted)
Regent Street (Clothes and assorted)
Tottenham Court Road. (Elecrical, Camaras ect)
Knightbridge (Harrods) (Top designer Lables)

There are many others but these should max out your credit cards :-)

Fondest Memory: I cant leave London without hitting Oxford Street and Regent Street as a lot of my favorite stores are there.

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