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19 Princelet St 205 Gallery 171 books 342, 368-71 Cambridge 309 (Gherkin) Banqueting House 109-10 Borough Camden 151, 366 Barbican 154-5, 160 drinking & nightlife 177-8 drinking & nightlife 248-9 Barclay’s Cycle Hire Scheme food 174-7 food 243-4 A 17, 393 sights 171-3 highlights 15 Abney Park Cemetery 242 Barnes 176 sights 239-40 accommodation 19, 322-39, drinking & nightlife 305 boutique , see Camden Market 240, 253 see also Sleeping food 304 Sleeping subindex canals 24 subindex sights 299 204 259 activities 26-9, 72-3, see bars, see Drinking & Brick Lane Great Mosque London Canal Museum also individual activities Nightlife subindex 204-5 238 & neighbourhoods Bath 317-21, 318 Brighton 312-15, 314 car travel 394 96 Bath Abbey (Bath) 319 Brighton Museum & Art Carlyle’s House 194-5 afternoon tea 117 bathrooms 402 Gallery (Brighton) 313 cell phones 18 air travel 388-90 Battersea Brighton Pier (Brighton) 313 cemeteries 23 191-2 food 284 Brighton Sea Life Centre Abney Park Cemetery 242 (Brighton) 313 Alexandra Park & Palace sights 278-9 Brompton Cemetery 244 278-9 235-6 258-9 All Hallows-by-the-Tower 150 279 7, 17, 83-7, 85 Cemetery 245 All Souls Church 112 262-3 British Music Experience 276 Cenotaph 110 animals 23 BBC Television Centre 258 Central Criminal Court (Old apartments 322, see 102 drinking & nightlife 286-7 Bailey) 155-6 also Sleeping subindex beefeaters 142 food 283-4 Changing of the Guard 191 sights 281 37, 89 aquariums 237, 279, 313 food 197 Brixton Windmill 289 Charlton 277-8 architecture 25, 208, 278, Broadcasting House 112 Charterhouse 203 297, 362-7 sights 193-5 Brompton Cemetery 258 Chelsea area codes 400 Brompton Oratory 193 food 197 art 22, 375-7 drinking & nightlife 177-8 102-3 sights 193-5 art galleries 37, 39-43 food 174-7 BT Tower 102 Chelsea Flower Show 27 sights 171-3 37, 88-9 Chelsea Old Church 195 (Oxford) 309 Bethnal Green Buddhapadipa Temple 302 Chelsea Physic Garden 193-4 Assembly Rooms (Bath) 320 drinking & nightlife budget, see money children, travel with 30-4, Astronomy Centre 271 229-30 Bunhill Fields 203 397 ATMs 400 food 225-7 sights 220-1 241 Chinatown drinking & bicycle travel, see cycling Burlington 104 nightlife 126-8 B 90 bus travel 17, 390-2 B&Bs 322, see also Sleeping food 116-20 business hours 45, 54, subindex shopping 133-4 drinking & nightlife 125-6 225, 397 Museum 151 sights 92, 106 food 114 Bankside shopping 133 C drinking & nightlife 177 drinking & nightlife 305-6 sights 101-3 cabaret, see Drinking & sights 169-71 food 304 101 Nightlife subindex sights 300-1 boat travel 166-7, 259, Cable St 220 314, 394 cafes, see Eating subindex, 300 Sights p000 Bodleian Library (Oxford) Drinking & Nightlife Christ Church College Map Pages p000 308 subindex (Oxford) 308 410 Christ Church cricket 72 food 35, 36, 44-52, 205 Crown Jewels 142 E see also individual Christ’s Chapel 281 cruises 166-7, 259, 394 Earl’s Court neighbourhoods, Eating subindex churches 24-5 284 drinking & nightlife 264-5 afternoon tea 117 99 culture 24, 343 food 261 costs 45 Churchill, Winston 99, 356 currency 18

INDEX sights 258-9 opening hours 45 cinemas 264, see also customs regulations 397 East End, the 77, 217-32 pho 209 Entertainment subindex 273 accommodation 333 vegetarian 48, 52 City, the 76, 139-61 cycling 392 drinking & nightlife 218, C-G accommodation 328-9 Barclay’s Cycle Hire football 72, 73 229-31 drinking & nightlife 140, Scheme 17, 393 Forest Hill 281, 288 entertainment 231 159-60 London Recumbents Fourth Plinth Project 107 entertainment 160 279, 281 food 218, 224-9 free attractions 37-8 food 140, 157-9 highlights 217 Fulham highlights 9, 139, 141-6, local life 218 drinking & entertain- 147-9 D opening hours 225 ment 305 Dalston local life 140 shopping 231-2 food 304 drinking & nightlife shopping 161 sights 217, 219-24 sights 299-300 251 sights 141-57 transport 218, 223 Fulham Palace 299-300 food 247-8 transport 140 walks 226, 226 Fuller’s Griffin Brewery 301 sights 242-3 walks 158, 158 Eastern Curve Gardens 242 dance 374 City Hall 172-3 economics 342 dangers 400 G electricity 398 Danson House 282 galleries 37, 39-43 food 285 Eliot, TS 369-71 Dean Street 92 278 280 drinking & nightlife 287 Dennis Severs’ House gardens 23, 274-5, 296-7 sights 279-80 206 embassies & consulates gay travellers 59-60, 127 398 279-80 172 Geffrye Museum 204 emergencies 398 104-5 Dickens, Charles 102, 177 Gherkin, the 151, 366 entertainment 61-6, see Clerkenwell 77, 201-16 Dickens House Museum Globe, the 12, 168, 178 also individual neigh- accommodation 332-3 102 bourhoods, Entertain- drinking & nightlife 202, disabilities, travellers with ment subindex 155 210-11 402-3 Estorick Collection of 170 entertainment 214 DLR 391 Modern Italian Art 101 food 202, 205-7 Docklands 77, 217-32 241-2 Gray’s Inn 111 highlights 201 accommodation 333 Eton 315-17 351 local life 202 development 228 Eton College (Eton) 317 105 shopping 214-16 drinking & nightlife 218, Euston 238, 243 77, 268-90, 268 sights 201, 203 229-31 events 26-9, 369 accommodation 337-9 transport 202 entertainment 231 activities 290 climate 19 food 218, 224-9 F drinking & nightlife Clink Prison Museum highlights 217 285-6 273-6 171 local life 218 food 282-3 farms 224, 227, 283 Cockney rhyming slang shopping 231-2 highlights 10, 270-6 fashion 377-8 222 sights 217, 219-24 Fashion & Textile Museum local life 269 consulates 398 transport 218, 223 172 sights 273-7 costs, see money Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 240 sports 290 County Hall 169 369 festivals 26-9, 369 Greenwich Foot Tunnel 286 courses 397 Dr Johnson’s House 156 film 342, 383-4 Greenwich Heritage Centre drinking 16, 35, 53-8, 117, Firepower (Royal Artillery 277 drinking & nightlife 301, see also individual Museum) 277 Greenwich Meridian 270 128-9 neighbourhoods, 270-1 food 120-2 Drinking & Nightlife subindex drinking & nightlife Guards Museum 105 shopping 134-6 driving 394 125-6 guesthouses, see Sleeping sights 106-8 food 114-16 subindex Covent Garden Piazza 107 drinking & nightlife 288 shopping 133 Guildhall 153 food 285 sights 101-3 153-4 Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire sights 281 Flamsteed House 270 Night) 29 Sights p000 281 Florence Nightingale gyms 72 Map Pages p000 281 Museum 278 411 Hogarth’s House 300 Kensington 77, 181-200 Little Venice 259 H accommodation 329-32 Lloyd’s of London 151 Hackney drinking & nightlife 129 drinking & nightlife local life 35-6, see also drinking & nightlife food 122 182, 198 individual 229-30 sights 110-12 entertainment 198-9 neighbourhoods food 225-7 Holborn Viaduct 156 food 182, 195-7 sights 220-1 Experience 171 holidays 398 High St 258, 263-4 INDEX London Bridge Quarter 17 279 highlights 10, 12, 14, 181, drinking & nightlife 230 London Canal Museum 238 Parade 109 183-6, 187 food 228-9 London Dungeon 173 hostels 322, see Sleeping local life 182 H-M sights 222-3 subindex shopping 199-200 11, 169 Ham House 298 hotels 322, see Sleeping sights 183-6, 187, 190-3 London Fields 220-1 Hammersmith 261-2 subindex transport 182 London Tombs 171 77, 233-55, House Mill 221-2 12, 191 107 233 House of Lords 91 194 London Trocadero 105 accommodation 333-4 Houses of Parliament 90-1 242 activities 254-5 London Waterbus Hoxton 77, 291-306, 291 drinking & nightlife 234, Company 259 drinking & nightlife drinking & nightlife 249-50 London Wetland Centre 211-13 292, 305 food 234, 244-5 301 food 207-8 eating 303 highlights 15, 233-7 237 sights 204 food 292 local life 234 Lord’s Cricket Ground Hubble-Bubble Tower 366 highlights 16, 291-5 239, 255 sights 240-1 Hunterian Museum 112 local life 291 Lundenwic 345-6 sports 255 Hyde Park & around 77, sights 298-9 transport 234 181-200 transport 292 241 accommodation 329-32 M 16, 296-7 Hampton Court 77, 116 drinking & nightlife 198 297 291-306, 291 magazines 386 entertainment 198-9 King’s Cross drinking & nightlife 292 259, 262, 265 food 195-7 drinking & nightlife 248 food 292 Mansion House 152 highlights 12, 14, 181, food 243 highlights 16, 291-5 183-6, 187 193 sights 238 local life 291 local life 182 301 King’s Road 193 transport 292 shopping 199-200 markets 215, 253, see sights 183-6, 187, 190-3 also Shopping & Eating food 195-7 subindexes 293-5 transport 182 sights 190-3 Marx, Karl 92, 245 Handel House Museum Hyde Park 12, 192 112-13 170 L drinking & nightlife 129-30 Highgate I 278 ice skating 72 food 122-3 drinking & 278 276 shopping 136 nightlife 249-50 language 18, 222 & Middle sights 112 food 244 151 Temple 111 sights 240-1 legal matters 398 Inns of Court 111 241 17, 108 drinking & nightlife 130 Institute of Contemporary history food 123-5 Arts 105, 369 drinking & nightlife Civil Wars 349-50 128-9 shopping 136-8 insurance 399 Elizabethan reign 349 food 120-2 sights 112-13 internet access 398 Georgian era 352-3 mazes 284, 295 223 shopping 134-6 Great Fire 351 measures 397 241-2, 245-7 sights 106-8 modern era 358-61 media 385-6 itineraries 20-1 Leighton House 258 Normans 346 lesbian travellers medical services 399 plague 350 59-60, 127 Mendoza, Daniel 221 postwar 357 K Limehouse 223 Michelin House 193 Romans 344-5 240-1 drinking & nightlife 230 Mile End Saxons 345-6 food 229 drinking & nightlife 230 Tudor reign 348 drinking & sights 223 food 227-8 nightlife 287-8 Victorian era 353-4 Lincoln’s Inn 111 sights 221-2 food 285 WWI 355 Linley Sambourne House 222 sights 280 WWII 356 258 Millennium Bridge 170, 171 280 HMS Belfast 171 literature 342, 368-71 288 412 mobile phones 18 Old Operating Theatre royal sites 22-3 money 18, 45, 401 Museum & Herb Garret Q rugby union 72 accommodation 322-3 171-2 Queen Elizabeth I 349 101 Queen Elizabeth II 357 currency 399-400 Old Royal Naval College 272 170 discount cards 397-8 Olympic Games 342 Queen Victoria S travel fares 391-2 Memorial 88 safety 400 INDEX Olympic Park 17, 222-3, 367 Monument 152 Open House London 363 Queen’s Chapel 105 Science Museum 190 Mudchute Park & Farm 224 opening hours 45, 54, Queen’s Gallery 89 Serpentine Gallery 190-1 , 225, 397 Queen’s House 273 Shakespeare, William M-S Packaging and 368, 373 Advertising 258 Gallery 301 Shakespeare’s Globe 12, 154 Oval 280, 287-8 R 168, 178 Museum of London radio 384-5 Oval, the (Brit) 280, 290 Shard, the 366 Docklands 224 Ragged School Museum Oxford 308-12, 310-11 Shepherd’s Bush 261-2, 37, 39-43 221 265 Oyster cards 391 music 24, 252, 379-82, see Rambert Dance Company Museum also Entertainment & 374 112 Shopping subindexes P Reading Room 83 shopping 35, 68, 67-71, see 262-3 Red House 282 also individual N Painted Hall 272 Regent St 106 neighbourhoods, Palace of 90-1 Regent’s Park 238-9 Shopping subindex 195 parks 23, 274-5, see also religions 343 Shoreditch 77, 201-16 7, 93-95 individual parks Richmond 77, 291-306, 291 accommodation 332-3 Peter Harrison Planetarium accommodation 339 development 211 10, 273 271 drinking & nightlife drinking & nightlife 202, National Portrait Gallery 97 Petrie Museum of Egyptian 292, 305 211-13 National Theatre 169 Archaeology 103 eating 302-3 entertainment 214 Natural History Museum pharmacies 399 food 292 food 202, 207-8 10, 187 Photographers’ Gallery highlights 16, 291-5 highlights 201 106 Nelson’s Column 96 local life 291 local life 202 Circus 106 New London Architecture sights 298-9 shopping 214-16 102 195, 197 sports 306 sights 201, 204 newspapers 385 plague, the 350-1 transport 292 transport 202 nightlife 16, 35, 53-8, see planning 298 Sir John Soane’s Museum also individual budgeting 18, 37-8, 45 100 neighbourhoods, Richmond Palace 298 children 30-4 slang 222 Drinking & Nightlife 298 festivals & events 26-9 sleeping, see Sleeping subindex 243 itineraries 20-1 subindex No 240 rivers 24 local life 35-6 Smithfield Market 155 No 108 Roman Baths (Bath) 319 London basics 18-19 92 77, 256-67, 256 Roman London London’s neighbour- drinking & nightlife accommodation 334-7 Amphitheatre 153-4 hoods 76-7 126-8 activities 267 Romans 344-5 repeat visitors 17 food 116-20 drinking & nightlife Rose Theatre 170 travel seasons 19, 26-9 shopping 133-4 257, 263 103 websites 18 sights 92, 106 food 257, 259-61 192 politics 343 110 highlights 14, 256-7 Royal Artillery Barracks Pollock’s Toy Museum Somerset Maugham 369 local life 257 290 102 , the 77, 162-80 sights 258 Royal Botanic Gardens 297 population 343 accommodation 329 transport 257 110 Market drinking & nightlife 163, Notting Hill Carnival 14, 27 Royal Crescent & Circus 259 (Bath) 319 177-8 postal services 400, 401 Royal Exchange 151-2 entertainment 178-80 O 239-40 Royal Family 88-9 food 163, 173-7 O2 254, 265, 276, 289 Princess Diana Memorial 170 highlights 9, 11, 12, 162, Fountain 192 164-5, 168 155-6 Royal Hospital Chelsea 194 public holidays 398 local life 163 Old Compton Street 92 Royal Observatory 270-1 16, see also Drinking shopping 180 & Nightlife subindex 107-8, 130, 374 sights 164-5, 168, 169-73 punting 316 Sights p000 Royal Pavilion (Brighton) transport 163 Map Pages p000 299, 304, 305 312-13 walks 175, 175 413 South London 77, 268-90, 280, 287-8 drinking & nightlife 79, 337-9, 268 Stoke Newington U 125-30 170 drinking & nightlife 250-1 Underground, the 391 entertainment 130-2 food 247 food 79, 113-25 drinking & nightlife 177 sights 242 V highlights 7, 12, 78-9, sights 169-71 Strand, the 111-12 V&A, see Victoria & Albert 80-100, 103, 106, 110,

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VAT (value-added tax) 68 sights 80-113 S-W Spitalfields 77, 201-16 sights 110-12 City Farm 283 transport 79 accommodation 332-3 Stratford Victoria drinking & nightlife 202, drinking & nightlife 230 walks 115, 115 food 197 213-14 food 228-9 West London 77, 256-67, sights 195 256 entertainment 214 sights 222-3 Victoria & Albert Museum accommodation 334-7 food 202, 208-10 supper clubs 36, 49-50 14, 183-6, 188-89, 185 drinking & nightlife 257 Georgian heritage 208 Surrey Docks Farm 283 Victoria Park 221 food 257 highlights 201 Sutton House 220 drinking & nightlife 230 highlights 14 local life 202 299 shopping 214-16 food 227-8 local life 257 sights 201, 204-5 sights 221-2 transport 257 transport 202 T Victorian era 353-4 Westbourne Grove Britain 98 sports 9, 72-3, see also views 23 drinking & nightlife 263 individual 9, 164-5 Vietnamese food 209 food 259-61 neighbourhoods, taxes 68, 401 villages 24 sights 258 individual sports, taxis 393-4 Vinopolis 170-1 17 Sports & Activities telephone services 18, visas 18, 401 Westminster subindex 400-1 food 113-14 squares 23-4 Temple Church 157 shopping 132-3 St Alfege Church 276 Temple of Mithras 153 W sights 101 St Andrew Holborn 156 tennis 27, 72, 303 walks 24, 396 12, St Bartholomew-the-Great Thames, the 300, 166-7 City, the 158, 158 155 80-2 277 East End, the 226, 226 St Bride’s, theatre 372-4 South Bank, the 175, 175 156-7 195 time 18, 270, 402 Regent’s Canal 239 St Clement Danes 110-11 White Cube Gallery 104, tipping 402 Thames Path National 204 St George’s Bloomsbury Trail 302 103 toilets 402 Whitechapel West End, the 115, 115 St Giles-in-the-Fields 109 Topolski Century 174 drinking & nightlife 229 113 St James’s tourist information 18, 402 food 224-5 tours 395-6, see also walks 278-9, 284, sights 219-20 food 116 287 150 Whitechapel Bell Foundry shopping 132-3 Tower Hamlets Cemetery 219 sights 103-5 279 Park 222 Whitechapel Gallery 219 St James’s Palace 104 Wapping 223 9, 37, Whitechapel Rd 219-20 St James’s Park 103-4 drinking & nightlife 141-6, 144-5 108-10 St James’s Piccadilly 104 230-2 96 wildlife 23 St John’s Gate 203 food 229 train travel 390 Wimbledon 302, 303 St John’s, Smith Square sights 223 trams 394 302 101 Waterloo travel to London 19, St John’s Wood 259, 262, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis 388-90 drinking & nightlife 177 265 Championships 27, 303 travel within London 19, food 173-4 St Katharine Docks 223 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis 391-4 sights 169 Museum 302 St Lawrence Jewry 154 Trooping the Colour 27 weather 19 Windsor 315-17 St Martin-in-the-Fields 108 tube, the 391 websites 18, 322 Windsor Castle St Mary Woolnoth 152 TV 384 weights 397 (Windsor) 316 St Mary-le-Bow 152-3 Twickenham 238 women travellers 403 St Olave 150 drinking & nightlife 306 190 Woolwich 277-8 St Paul’s Cathedral 147-9, shopping 306 West Brompton 258-9, 261 work 401 149 sights 301-2 West End, the 76, 78 Wren, Sir Christopher 270, St Peter’s Church 298 sports 306 accommodation 325-8 272, 278, 294, 351-2 St Stephen 152 Tyburn Convent 193 activities 267 WWII 356 Staple Inn 111 414 Fish House 227 Y C Fishworks 123 L Yeoman Warders 142 Café Below 157 Formans 228 La Gaffe 245 Café Oto 247-8 Franco Manca 283, 304 Laughing Gravy 174 Z Café Spice Namasté 225 Frizzante@City Farm 227 Launceston Place 195-6 zoos Camden Market 243 Laxeiro 227 INDEX Children’s Zoo 279 Canela 122 G Le Boudin Blanc 123 Canteen 176 Le Mercury 245-6 London Zoo 237 Gallery Cafe 227 Caravan 205 Le Pain Quotidien 123 Gallipoli 247

EATING Cây Tre 209 Leila’s Shop 207 Garden & Grill 262 EATING Champor-Champor 176 Les Trois Garçons 207 5 Garrison Public House Chez Bruce 284 Little Georgia 227 5th View 117, 118 174, 176 Chez Lindsay 301 Gate 261 Loafing 228 Chilli Cool 114 Locanda Locatelli 123 A Gaucho Grill 244 Chosan 304 Gay Hussar 119 Look Mum No Hands 206 A Little of What You Fancy Churrería Española 261 Lots Road & Dining 247 Geales 261 Cinnamon Club 113-14 Room 304 Abeno 114 Georgian Iberian Circus (Bath) 320 Restaurant 245 Luxe 210 Addis 246 City Càphê 159 Giaconda Dining Room 121 Afghan Kitchen 246 Clark’s 207 Gilbey’s (Eton) 317 M Al Boccon di’Vino 302-3 Climpson & Sons 227 Glasshouse 303 M Manze 176 Albion 208 Coach & Horses 207 123 Ma Goa 304 Allpress Espresso 208 Counter Cafe 228-9 Gordon Ramsay 197 Macaron Boulangerie & Anchor & Hope 174 Couscous Café 262-3 Gordon Ramsay at Patisserie 285 Andrew Edmunds 118 Cow 261 Claridge’s 124 Magdalen 174 Applebee’s Fish Café 176-7 Crooked House of Windsor Great Queen Street 120 Mangal Ocakbasi 247 Arancina 260 (Windsor) 317 Green Papaya 227 Mango Room 243-4 Arbutus 119 Greenhouse 124 Manna 246 Asadal 122 D Greenwich Market 282 Marine Ices 244 Asmara 284 Daquise 197 Gun 229 Market Thai 260 Assa 122 Daylesford 260-1 Marylebone Farmers Dean Street Townhouse 117 H Market 124 B Masala Zone 247 Dinner by Heston Haché 244, 304 Baozi Inn 120 Masters Super Fish 174 Blumenthal 196 Hackney Pearl 229 Bar Battu 159 Medcalf 206 Diwana Bhel Poori House Hakkasan 114 Bar Gansa 243 246 Mediterraneo 260 Hawksmoor 209 Bar Shu 118 Don Fernando’s 303 Mestizo 243 HIX 118 Barrafina 120 Drury House (Windsor) 317 Mildreds 118 Honest Burgers 283 Bea’s of Bloomsbury 117 Due South (Brighton) Milk Bar 120 Hummus Bros 114 Noord 244 313-15 Min Jiang 196 Hunan 197 Ben’s Cookies 120 Duke of Cambridge 246 Mirch Masala 225 Market 124 Mock Turtle (Brighton) 315 Bibendum 196 E I Modern Pantry 206 Bistrot Bruno Loubet 206-7 Il Baretto 123 E Pellici 225 Momo 124 Blah Blah Blah 261-2 Inn the Park 116 E&O 260 Monmouth Coffee Blue Elephant 304 Inside 282 Eagle 207 Company 121 Blue Legume 247 Edamame (Oxford) 309 Mooli’s 117 Bocca di Lupo 117 El Pirata 125 J Morgan M 247 Bollo 304 Electric Brasserie 260 J Sheekey 121 Morito 205-6 Breakfast Club 247 Enoteca Turi 304 Jericho Café (Oxford) 309 Moro 205 Brick Lane Beigel Bake 209 Esarn Kheaw 262 Jericho Tavern (Oxford) 309 Mr Wing 261 Brindisa 176 Eyre Brothers 208 British Library Cafes 236 N Busaba Eathai 114 K Namô 228 Butcher & Grill 284 F Kazan 196 National Dining Rooms Byron 197 F. Cooke 227 Kensington Place 261 121 Federation Coffee 284 Kimchee 122 Natural Kitchen 123 Fernandez & Wells 119 Kolapata 225 Nevada Street Deli 282 Sights p000 Fifteen 208 Koya 117 New World 120 Map Pages p000 Fino 114 Kulu Kulu 120 415 Newens Maids of Honour Cross Keys 129 303 S Z Crown & Goose 249 Nobu 124 Sakura 125 Zuma 196 Crown & Greyhound 288 Nordic Bakery 118 Salamander (Bath) 320 Cutty Sark Tavern 286 North Sea Fish Sam’s of Brighton Restaurant 114 (Brighton) 313 DRINKING & 6 NIGHTLIFE D Nude Espresso 209 Santa Maria del Sur 284 INDEX Dalston Superstore 251 Sauterelle 159 93 Feet East 214 Dogstar 286 Scoop 120-1 333 213 O Dove 263

Shanghai Blues 122 DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE Old Brewery 282 Dove Freehouse 229 Skylon 173 Orangery 196-7 A Draft House 287 Sông Quê 209 Ottolenghi 245 Academy 126 Drayton Arms 198 Spice Market 120 Restaurant & 177 Dreambagsjaguarshoes 213 Brasserie 173 Spread Eagle 283 Aquarium 213 Duke of Wellington 127 Spuntino 117-18 Area 287 ST ALi 207 P Atlas 264 St John 205 E Patio 262 Auld Shillelagh 250 St John Bread & Wine Eagle 288 Pavilion 228 208-9 Earl of Lonsdale 263 Pearl Liang 262 Star Café 118 B East Village 213 Pembroke Lodge 298 Sweeting’s 157 Babalou 287 Edge 126 Penny Black 197 Baltic 177 Edinboro Castle 248 Petersham Nurseries Bar 23 251 Effra 286 Café 303 T Bar Kick 211 Egg 248 Ping Pong 123 Tai Won Mein 283 Bar Vinyl 249 El Vino 160 Express 285 Taquería 259-60 Barcode 128 Endurance 128 Poetry Café 369 Tatra 261 Barmy Arms 306 Experimental Cocktail Polpetto 118-19 Tayyabs 224-5 Barrio North 250 Club 126 Poppies 209 Tendido Cero 261 Basketmakers Arms Portrait 117, 121 Terre à Terre (Brighton) 313 (Brighton) 315 F Primrose Bakery 122 Beach Blanket Babylon 263 Princess of Shoreditch 207 Tom’s Kitchen 196 210 Tower (Windsor) 317 Bethnal Green Working Filthy MacNasty’s 210 Princi 119 Men’s Club 230 Trinity 285 Flask Tavern 250 Providores & Tapa Room Big Chill House 248 Fox & Anchor 210 122 Black Cap 249 Fox Reformed 250-1 V Black Friar 159 French House 126 Q Veeraswamy 118 Boheme Bar & Kitchen 127 Freud 129 Quod (Oxford) 309 Viajante 225, 227 Boogaloo 249 Friendly Society 127 Viet Grill 209 Book Club 211 Fulham Mitre 305 R Villandry 124 Bradley’s Spanish Bar 125 Vincent Rooms 113 Racine 196 Bridge 214 G Rasa 246 Britannia 230 Galvin at Windows 198 Rasa Samudra 116 W 250 Garden Gate 249 Rasoi Vineet Bhatia 197 121 George & Dragon 211 Ravi Shankar 243 Wallace 121 C George Inn 177-8 Restaurant at St Paul’s 157 Wapping Food 229 Callooh Callay 212 Golden Heart 213-14 Reubens 123 Wells Tavern 244-5 Camino 248 Gordon’s Wine Bar 129 Riddle & Finns (Brighton) White Swan Pub & Dining Candy Bar 126 Room 159 Grand Union 263 313 Captain Kidd 231 Whitechapel Gallery Dining Grapes 230-1 River Café 262 Cargo 211-12 Room 225 Green 250 Roast 174 Carpenter’s Arms 230 Wild Honey 124 Greenwich Union 285 Rock & Sole Plaice 121 Castle 250 Wine Library 159 Guinea 130 Rodizio Rico 247 Catch 213 Wolseley 117 Roka 114 Churchill Arms 264 Woodlands 246 Rosa’s 209 City Barge 305-6 H Rosie’s Deli Café 283 Coach & Horses 127 Happiness Forgets 212 Roussillon 197 Y Coat & Badge 305 128 Royal Exchange Grand Café Yak Yeti Yak (Bath) 320 Concrete 177 Hoist 288 & Bar 159 Yauatcha 116 Counting House 159-60 Holly Bush 250-1 Rules 122 & Albany 243 Cricketers 305 Horse & Groom 213 416 Comedy Café 214 I P V Comedy Camp 131 Indo 229 Palm Tree 230 Vertigo 42 159 Comedy Store 130 Passing Clouds 251 Vibe Bar 214 Coronet 264 J Plan B 286 Village 126-7 Curzon Soho 131 Bar Dalston 251 Plastic People 212 Vinoteca 210 INDEX Jerusalem Tavern 210 Polski Bar 129 D Prince Alfred 265 Jika Jika (Bath) 321 W Donmar Warehouse 132 John Snow 128 Prince of 287 Warrington 265

ENTERTAINMENT Prince Regent 130 Joiners Arms 230 Waterway 263 E Jolly Gardeners 305 Princess Louise 129 West Brompton 264-5 Profile 127 Earl’s Court Exhibition Junction 250 White Cross 305 Centre 266 White Horse 126, 305 231 252 White Swan 231, 306 K Proud Camden 248 Electric Cinema 264 Windsor Castle 264 Kensington Roof Gardens Prufrock 211 Everyman Hampstead 263-4 Worship St Whistling 252 Public House 250 King Edward VII 230 Shop 212 Punch Bowl 130 King’s Arms 177 Purl 129 F Ku Bar Frith St 128 X Forum 252 Ku Bar Lisle St 129 XOYO 212 Q Queen of Hoxton 212-13 G L Y Queen’s 249 Gate Picturehouse 264 Lamb 125 Yard 127 Queen’s Arms 198 Lamb & Flag 128 Queen’s Larder 125 H Lo Profile 128 160 Hackney Empire 231 Lock Tavern 249 210 Hampstead Theatre 253 London Apprentice 306 R Ye Olde Watling 160 Loop Bar 127-8 Rake 178 Ye White Hart 305 Lord John Russell 125 Red Lion 213 Zetter Townhouse 212 I Lost Society 287 Rhythm Factory 229 ICA Cinema 132 Loungelover 212 Royal Inn on the Park 230 Royal Oak 178, 230 3 ENTERTAINMENT J Ruby Lounge 248 M 12 Bar 130 Jazz Café 253 RVT 287-8 Macbeth 213 132 Madame Jo Jo’s 126 606 Club 198-9 K S Marylebone 130 Kenwood House 251 Salisbury 128 Mason & Taylor 211 A KOKO 251 Scootercaffe 177 Mayflower 286 Amused Moose Soho 132 Seven Stars 129 Milk & Honey 128 Arcola Theatre 253 L Ministry of Sound 288 Ship 305 Laban 288-9 125 Somers Town 248 B 132 SO.UK 287 Barbican 160 London’s Little Opera N Spaniard’s Inn 249 Barfly 252 House at the King’s Head Theatre 254 Nag’s Head 198 Sports Cafe 128 Battersea Arts Centre 288 Lowdown at the Albany Nelsons Head 230 Star Inn (Bath) 321 BFI IMAX Cinema 180 253-4 125 Swan at the Globe 177 BFI Southbank 179-80 Nightjar 212 Bistrotheque 231 Notting Hill Arts Club 263 M T Borderline 131 Brick Box 289 Menier Chocolate Tempus Bar 126 Bull & Gate 252 Factory 179 O 214 Bush Theatre 265 Old Blue Last 213 Three Kings 210 N Old Brewery 286 286 National Theatre 178 Old Ship 263 Troubadour 264 C Turf Tavern (Oxford) 309 Cadogan Hall 198 Two Brewers 287 Café Oto 252-3 O Sights p000 Two Brewers (Windsor) Ciné Lumière 198 O2 276 Map Pages p000 317 Clapham Picture House Brixton 289 289 417 254 214 O2 Shepherd’s Bush B Housmans 254 R Empire 265 Backyard Market 215 Ray’s Jazz 135 Old Vic 180 Bang Bang Exchange 133 J Reckless Records 135 Opera 265 Beehive 290 Rellik 266 James Smith & Sons Benjamin Pollock’s 133 Retro Man 266

ToyShop 136 INDEX P John Lewis 138 Retro Woman 266 Bermondsey Market 180 Pizza Express Jazz Club 131 John Sandoe Books 199 Ridley Road Market Beyond Retro 232 243 Place 131 Jones Dairy 232

Beyond 134 Rigby & Peller 138 SHOPPING Prince Charles 130 Joy 133, 290 Books for Cooks 266 Rippon Cheese Stores Proud Camden 251 215 199 Brixton Market 290 K Rough Trade 266-7 R Brixton Village 289-90 Konditor & Cook 180 Rough Trade East 215 Rio Cinema 252 Broadway Market 231-2 Kurt Geiger 138 Roullier White 290 Ritzy Picturehouse 289 Burberry 137-8 Riverside Studios 266 Burberry Outlet Shop 232 L S ’s 131 Butler & Wilson 138, 200 Labour & Wait 215 136 252 Laden Showroom 215 Shepherds 133 Royal Albert Hall 198 C Lesley Craze Gallery 216 Shepherd’s Bush Market Royal Court Theatre 198 Camden Market 240, 253 Liberty 134 266 Royal Opera House 130 Camden Passage 254 Limelight Movie Art 199 Silver Vaults 161 Carhartt Outlet Store 232 London Review Bookshop Sister Ray 135 137 S Cath Kidston 136 Sounds of the Universe Lucy in Disguise 136 135 Sadler’s Wells 214 Ceramica Blue 266 Lulu Guinness 200 South Bank Book Market Shakespeare’s Globe 179 Chiswick Farmers & Fine 180 Soho Theatre 131 Foods Market 306 Space NK 136 Southbank Centre 178 Church’s 199 M Spice Shop 266 Columbia Road Flower Magma 215 Spitalfields Market 215 U Market 215, 231 Marshmallow Mountain Compendia 290 134 Stanford’s 137 Union Chapel 253 Start 216 Up the Creek 289 Conran Shop 199 Minamoto Kitchoan 133 Molton Brown 135 Stella McCartney 138 Monocle Shop 136 Sting 136 V D Mortimer & Bennett 306 Sunday UpMarket 215 Volupté 160 Daunt Books 137 DR Harris 133 Mulberry 137 Vortex Jazz Club 253 T N Tatty Devine 215 W E Neal’s Yard Dairy 134 Taylor of Old Wigmore Hall 131 Econe 216 133 No-one 216 Wilton’s 231 Emporium 290 Ted Baker 135 North End Road Market 306 TopShop & Topman 133 Y F Young Vic 180 Forbidden Planet U Megastore 135 O Urban Outfitters 133, 134 Fortnum & Mason 132 On the Beat 135 Foyle’s 137 Orsini 266 7 SHOPPING V Village Books 290 123 Bethnal Green Road 216 G P Vintage House 134 Gay’s the Word 133 Past Caring 254 Vivienne Westwood 137 A Gill Wing 254 Paul Smith 135 Abercrombie & Fitch 136 Gosh! 137 Penhaligon’s 132 Absolute Vintage 215 Phonica 135 W Waterstone’s 137 Agent Provocateur 134 H Portobello Road Market 259 Westfield Shopping Centre Al Saqi 266 134 Algerian Coffee Stores 134 Poste 137 265 Harold Moore’s Records Poste Mistress 136 Westfield Stratford City Annie’s Vintage Costumes 135 Present 216 17 & Textiles 254 199 Prowler 134 Wright & Teague 138 Apple Store 135, 136 199 Aquascutum 134 418 2 SPORTS & Chesterfield 327-8 Royal Crescent Hotel ACTIVITIES Church Street Hotel 337-8 K (Bath) 320 K West 335 Rushmore 336 Arsenal Emirates Claridge’s 326-7 Kennington B&B 338 Stadium 72 Clink78 334 King’s College Conference Lido 290 Clink261 334 S & Vacation Bureau Colonnade 335 San Domenico House 331 Chelsea Football Club 72 330 INDEX Hampstead Heath Ponds Seven Dials Hotel 328 326 Knightsbridge Hotel 331 254 Shoreditch Rooms 333 Cumberland Hotel 327 K Spa 267 326

SPORTS & ACTIVITIES L Lord’s Cricket Ground St Christopher Bath (Bath) Lanesborough 331 239, 255 D 320 Lime Lounge (Bath) 320-1 Oval, the (Brit) 280, 290 Days Hotel 338 St Christopher’s Inn LSE Vacations 330 Greenwich 339 Parliament Hill Lido 255 Dean Street Townhouse Luna Simone Hotel 331 St Christopher’s Village Porchester Spa 267 325 329 Thermae Bath Spa (Bath) St Pancras Renaissance 317-18 M E Hotel 334 Twickenham Rugby Mad Hatter 329 easyHotel 338 Stamford St Apartments Stadium 306 Elysee Hotel 336 333 330 72 Express by Marlborough House (Bath) Stylotel 337 338 320 Mayflower 336 T 4 SLEEPING F Meininger 331 Morgan Hotel 328 The Bingham 339 13 Princelet St 332 Fielding Hotel 325 Threadneedles 328-9 40 Winks 333 Fox & Anchor 332-3 Town Hall Hotel & Apart- 196 329 N ments 333 G New Cross Inn 339 Travelodge 338 New Linden Hotel 336 A Garden Court Hotel 337 Twenty Nevern Square No 10 Manchester Street Gate Hotel 336 336 Academy 326 325 Generator 327 Andaz Liverpool Street 329 Number 5 Maddox Street Arosfa 328 Gore 330 325 V Arran House Hotel 326 Grange Blooms Hotel 328 Number 16 St Alfege’s 338 Studios 336 Aster House 330 Great Dover St Apartments Number Sixteen 330 Vicarage Hotel 328 Astor Hyde Park 331-2 330 Astor Victoria 332 O W H Old Ship 333 W 326 Halkin 330 B One 325 W14 337 B+B Belgravia 329-30 Hampstead Guesthouse Waldorf Hilton 327 334 Bankside House 330 Windermere Hotel 331 Haymarket 325 P Barmy Badger Park Plaza Westminster Backpackers 337 Hazlitt’s 325 Bridge 338 Y base2stay 335 Hempel 335 Parkwood Hotel 336 YHA Earl’s Court 335 Hotel High Holborn Residence Pavilion Hotel 336 YHA Holland House 328 329 330 Petersham 339 YHA London St Paul’s 329 Blakes 330 Hotel Indigo 335 Portobello Gold 337 YHA London Thameside Boundary 333 Hotel La Place 328 Portobello Hotel 334-6 338 Brown’s 326 Hoxton Hotel 332 338 YHA Oxford St 325-6 Butler’s Wharf Residence YHA St Pancras Interna- 330 I tional 334 International Students R York & Albany 333-4 C House 330, 334 Ridgemount Hotel 328 Ritz 327 Cadogan Hotel 331 Z Rockwell 335 Captain Bligh GuestHouse J Zetter Hotel & Townhouse Rookery 332 338 Jesmond Hotel 327 332 327 Rough Luxe 334

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