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Neighbourhood Top Five 1 Taking in the 360- 3 Exploring the Cutty 5 Discovering the di- degree views from the Sark’s (p273) history and chotomy that is Deptford statue of General Wolfe in admiring its golden hull (p283), with its Georgian Greenwich Park (p271). from below. architecture, state-of-the-art 2 Hanging out at fun and 4 Revisiting the horror Laban Theatre dance acad- ever-funky Brixton Village of war and the promise emy and workaday market. (p276). of peace at the new First World War Galleries of the Imperial War Museum (p275).

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0 2 km e# 0 1 miles For more detail of this area see Map p442, p444 and p445 A 269 Lonely Planet Explore: Greenwich & South London Top Tip Until recently Londoners talked as if the Thames was the A fun way to reach Dock- huge barrier between north and south that it was in the lands from Greenwich (or Middle Ages. But with more attractions, better transport vice versa) is via the foot tun- links and increased pedestrian areas, the allure to go south nel under the Thames. From has become irresistible. Quaint Greenwich (gren-itch) is the Island Gardens park on packed with grand architecture, while gorgeous parks and the Isle of Dogs, enjoy the standout museums bring growing fleets of visitors. With splendid view of Greenwich the Royal Observatory and the fabulously renovated Cutty that Venetian artist Canal- Sark, Greenwich should be one of the highlights of any etto portrayed in his Green- visit to London – allow a day, particularly if you want to wich Hospital from the North head down the river to the Thames Barrier. Bank of the Thames (1752), Find time for an afternoon or a night out in edgy and now in the National Maritime artistic Brixton. Battersea and Wandsworth are home to Museum’s art collection. lovely parks and a visit is ideally rounded off with a beer in a fantastic local pub. Lambeth boasts both the medi- eval London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury 5 Best Places and the incomparable Imperial War Museum with its to Eat excellent new First World War Galleries. Further afield, Dulwich and Forest Hill are home to excellent galleries ¨¨Angels & Gypsies and museums, while Bexleyheath and Eltham will re- (p281) ward day trippers with unusual architectural gems. ¨¨Brunswick House (p284) ¨¨Rivington Grill (p281) Local Life ¨¨Franco Manca (p282) ¨¨Chez Bruce (p282) ¨Hang-outs Spending a Saturday or Sunday afternoon Greenwich &South London in the pub is time well spent in South London, For reviews, see p280 A particularly if you add brunch at Rivington Grill (p281) or Sunday lunch at Brunswick House; p284. ¨Live music & clubbing Brixton (Dogstar (p285)) and 6 Best Places Vauxhall (Fire London; p286) swarm with London to Drink clubbers. ¨¨Lost Angel (p286) ¨Shopping Funky and art-inclined Brixton Village ¨ (p276) has emerged as a vibrant and eclectic hub of ¨Cutty Sark Tavern local life. (p284) ¨¨Market House (p285) ¨¨Effra Hall Tavern (p285) Getting There & Away ¨¨Greenwich Union (p284)

Underground, DLR & Train Most areas of South¨ London can be reached by Underground or DLR, For reviews, see p284 A though sometimes you have to take the train. Most sights in Greenwich can be easily reached from the Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich (its full name) 1 Best Places DLR station, but a quicker way from central London for Music is on one of the mainline trains from Charing Cross or ¨¨O2 Academy Brixton London Bridge to Greenwich train station. (p286) ¨ Bus From Greenwich, bus 177 or 180 is handy for the ¨¨Chapel at Old Royal Naval Thames Barrier and Woolwich. In Forest Hill, the P4 links College (p272) the Horniman Museum and the Dulwich Picture Gallery. ¨¨Corsica Studios (p284) ¨Boat Thames Clipper boats run to Greenwich ¨¨O2 Arena (p286) and Royal Arsenal Woolwich from the London Eye, Embankment and Tower Millennium piers. ¨¨Plan B (p285) ¨Cable Car The airborne option to cross from the O2 For reviews, see p284 A to the Royal Docks.