The h2g2 London Thing

The h2g2 London Thing Links Page - basically a page full of links to entries about London, a bit like this one. If you spot anything missing, please leave a post below and a crack team of grey squirrels will be dispatched from the trees of Finsbury Park to deal with the problem.

Quick links to further down the page:

• Parts of London

• Places of Note

• History

• Transport and So Forth

General Bits of Advice

• Where to Get Cheap Hair Cuts

• Understanding Cockney

• What Not to Do on the Tube

• What to Do Upon Seeing Someone Famous in London

Parts of London

• Central:
  

  • Charing Cross
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Marylebone
  • The Thames
  • Regent's Canal

• North London:
  

  • A786404

  • A531974

  • A279597

  • A147133

    • A413894

  • Harringay, North London, UK

  • A1171603

  • A378371

  • A272576

  • A516908

• East London:
  

  • A513596

• South London:
  

  • A169526

  • A13188945

  • A500347

  • A1045757

  • A375419

  • A875531

  • A672004

• A472943

Places of Note

(With nearest Underground station included in brackets where appropriate, though a quick look at the relavent Entry should help you find the place itself)

• Tourist Landmarks:
  

  • City Gates
  • City Wall
  • A863309 (Cannon Street)
  • Madame Tussaud's(Baker Street)
  • A1105426 (Monument)
  • Shakespeare's Globe (Mansion House¹)
  • St Paul's Cathedral (St Paul's)
  • The London Eye (Embankment, Westminster, Waterloo)

• Bridges over the Thames:
  

  • The Dartford Crossings
  • London Bridge  (Monument, London Bridge)
  • Tower Bridge  (Tower Hill)

• Also Visitable:
  

  • The Various Bells of London
  • The Clink Prison Museum, Clink Street  (London Bridge)
  • The Earl's Court Police Box  (Earl's Court)
  • The Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, Dalston  (Dalston Junction²)
  • Kensal Green Cemetery (Kensal Green)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew Gardens)
  • Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and Haveli, Neasden (Neasden³)
  • Sir John Soane Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields (Holborn)
  • St Clement Danes Church, Strand (Temple)

• Entertainment:
  

  • The Astoria (Tottenham Court Road)
  • How to get to Alternative Music Venues in Camden (Camden Town)
  • A395309
  • A395219
  • A188183 (Leicester Square)

• Food and Drink:
  

  • A13392704 (London Bridge, Cannon Street)
  • A493526 (Pimlico)
  • A738867 (Clapham North)
  • A12925046 (Gunnersbury⁴)
  • A416152 (Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus)
  • A642106 (Kilburn Park)
  • A418691 (Holborn)
  • Newman Arms (Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street)
  • Nunhead, Places to Eat In⁵
  • A1152992 (Hammersmith)
  • The Princess Louise Public House, High Holborn, London (Holborn)
  • A2570177 (Manor House, Turnpike Lane)
  • A425837 (Gloucester Road)
  • A1050012⁶
  • A413902 (Hampstead)
  • A458985
  • A261019 (Piccadilly Circus)

• Places to stay:
  

  • A444953
  • A2554157 (only joking...)

• Sports venues:
  

  • A311248 (Arsenal, Finsbury Park, Highbury & Islington, but not Holloway Road⁷)
  • A1091710

• Others:
  

  • A461990 (King's Cross St Pancras)
  • A455401 (Brixton)
  • A790058 (Temple)
  • A798186 (Barons Court or Hammersmith, but not Charing Cross⁸)
  • 'The Gherkin' (Aldgate, Liverpool Street)
  • A430129 (South Kensington, via subway)
  • A303346 (Hanger Lane)
  • Omega Workshops, 33 Fitzroy Square (Warren Street, Great Portland Street)
  • A1043164
  • Regent's Park (Regent's Park, Baker Street, Great Portland Street, or a walk westwards along Regent's Canal from Camden Town)
  • A442919 (Notting Hill Gate)
  • A666858 (Barbican, Old Street)

History

• Good etc:
  

  • A642142
  • A744888
  • A642944
  • A416332
  • A970733
  • A12644110
  • A4197350
  • A392799
  • A1165457
  • A195248
  • A8688766
  • A2354834
  • A684434

• Not so good etc:
  

  • A393662
  • A3851129
  • A419258
  • A704567
  • A3176291
  • A987861
  • A17895702
  • A18132798
  • A12736758
  • A988833

• Mostly Harmless
  

  • A14042099

Transportation and So Forth

• A588206

• A310898

• Roads:
  

  • A179453
  • A1904627
  • A8688766
  • A630
  • A721144

• A48502:
  

  • A3363833
  • A688232
  • A9050780
  • A6379310
  • A673391
  • A3826019
  • A673517
  • A707933

• Rail:
  

  • A9396525
  • A9948757
  • A16542425
  • A10451468
  • A11682317
  • A9837129

• International:
  

  • A292673
  • A4455038
  • A1132426
  • A778160