A nearly five-mile sightseeing trip, this walk around London will enhance your knowledge of the city and allow you to see many famous sights.

The trip could last anywhere between three hours or a...

Flying around the Dome and Canary Wharf is quite a challenge to someone who is not familiar with the air traffic pattern around London City Airport and the River Thames and Heathrow.
It is all...

This trip focuses in and around Trafalgar Square in central London and includes the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum. It is easily accessible due to the many tube stations surrounding...

During the past few years the Shoreditch area of East London has transformed into one of the hipper places to live and shop. Lower rents and wide-open market areas have allowed younger designers and...

This sightseeing tour starts in Bloomsbury, ends at St. Paul’s Cathedral and encompasses most of the things tourists want to experience here: history, architecture, literature, pubs and even theater....

London’s South Bank area is a perfect place to enjoy hundreds of years of history as well as a vibrant contemporary city culture.

Following several decades of cultural investment, the south side of...

This walk presents you with the charm of London's parks and other green spaces as you journey to the tranquil oases of Primrose Hill and Regent's Park and along the Regent's Canal to Little Venice.

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This guide takes you on a walking tour through what was and remains one of the intellectual hearts of London. Along the way you will pass houses that belonged to Virginia Woolf and John Maynard...

Forget the old cliché of bad, boiled British fare. London is now home to some of the world’s most delicious food. Spend half a day shopping and eating your way through a sample of the city’s best...

This walk takes you to some of London’s best-known sights along the venerable river Thames. The journey is rich in history, both recent and ancient, from the London Eye (which opened in 2000) to...

London is a shoppers’ paradise, whether you’re looking for a 20-carat diamond on exclusive Bond Street or a £2 T-shirt on jampacked Oxford Street. This walking tour concentrates on some of the...

We start our canal-side walk at Islington, the point where the Grand Union Canal emerges from a tunnel and gives you the chance to take a fascinating journey east to newly emerging cultural districts...

This tour reveals some of the stories behind the buildings, streets and spaces in Clerkenwell. It was inspired by the knowledge of local urban designer Leo Hammond.

The tour takes us through the...

This mostly walking tour is designed with kids from 6-12 in mind, although teens would probably enjoy it as well. There are plenty of opportunities to let off steam in St. James' Park and Trafalgar...

A gentle 1.8miles (2.9km). The pathways which are flat and all hard surfaced provide good access to wheelchairs and buggies.

Maximum gradient of 10% with plenty of benches and rest points along the...

Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s wedding in 1981 was as much of a landmark event as the Moon Landing—everyone remembers where they were when the shy young girl married the stiff heir to the British...

Despite being right in the heart of London, the thriving neighborhood of Marylebone (pronounced mary-le-bone) maintains a fairly low profile. Those who do discover a world of independent cafés,...

As restaurateurs, like their customers, become more conscious of the carbon footprint what we eat leaves behind, the British are becoming more alert to seasonal foods: asparagus, strawberries,...

Locavore restaurants, eco-boutiques, and even a solar-powered city hall are a testament to Britain’s long-standing commitment to clean living. For this trip, T+L partnered with Greenopia, the leading...

How can a 2,000-year-old settlement with such a deeply entrenched history—and such familiar-to-the-point-of-predictable iconography—stand at the leading edge of design, architecture, fashion, cuisine,...

From Fitzrovia to Covent Garden, London is embracing its charming—and sometimes cheeky—past. Every era, from the roaring ’20s to the swinging ’60s, is represented, with new takes on old-fashioned...

From Covent Garden to Grays jewelry emporium, London Town is overflowing with time-worn treasures and bargains galore. On Portobello Road, for example, the evidence of the past glows and vibrates:...

Britons seem to have come to terms with the existence of something called British food. The better news is that some of the most satisfying stuff is coming not out of high temples of gastronomy, but...

So what if the euro is up and the dollar is down? That doesn’t mean you should skip a trip to Europe. You can still find great deals, even in pricey places. In London the secret is simple: knowing...

In the past decade gentrification has rolled inexorably east, powered by the freak money being made and spent in this world financial capital, first into Spitalfields, then Hoxton, Shoreditch, and...

This is a pleasant and relaxing 3.2 mile walk along one of the most picturesque stretches of the River Darent following the banks of the river through fields and copses. Easy walking with gentle...

Somehow a book bought in London was—and still is—different from a book bought anywhere else. These days, of course, you can get any book—every book—delivered with a few clicks on your computer,...

By Maria Shollenbarger

Depending on the Londoner you ask, Soho’s “renaissance” has been simmering for anywhere from 20 years (so say the thirtysomething media professionals who frequent it now) to 60...

Just north of Soho, near bustling Oxford Street, sits central London’s hidden neighborhood: Fitzrovia. Home to louche, boho types in the late 19th century (the Pre-Raphaelites and Oscar Wilde lounged...

The guide has been developed with young people as part of The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration workshops that I have been running, in and around the gallery, in 2012. The Unilever Series:...

Jewellery has been made in this Birmingham neighbourhood for 200 years. Around 40 percent of UK jewellery production is still conducted here, with the focus on gold and silversmithing.

As you'd...