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Cadagon Guide to London

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Guide to the Guide The Best of London Travel Getting to London By Air By Train By Bus By Car Border Formalities Getting Around By Underground By Bus By Train By Taxi By Car On Two Wheels By River

Practical A-Z Calendar of Events Climate and When to Go Consulates in London Crime and Police Disabled Travellers Electricity Gay Scene Health London for Free Maps Media Money and Banks National Holidays Opening Hours Post Offices Pronunciation Religion Smoking Students and Pensioners Telephones Time Tipping Toilets Tourist Information

London in History Origins: Rhinos, Romans and Revolt Saxons, Danes and Normans Medieval London Tudors and Stuarts Plague and Fire London's Golden Age Victorian London Our Finest Hour From Multiculturalism to Sado-Monetarism London Myths Come Again, Whittington No Catholics, Please, We're British Pea Soup in the Sky The Boys in Blue I Made My Excuses and Left Everybody's Favourite Serial Killer Keeping the Anachronism Alive: The Royal Family Architecture: the Growth of the City London in the Age before Style Jones versus Wren Too Square for Squares Palladio Returns Nash versus Soane Victoriana Here Come the Suburbs Modern London

London in the Arts Literature The Visual Arts A Detour into Cinema The '90s Britpack Music in London Central London: the Walks Trafalgar Square I: St James's and Royal London II: Whitehall and Westminster III: Covent Garden and Soho IV: Mayfair and Regent Street V: Bloomsbury & the British Museum VI: The Inns of Court and Fleet Street VII: The City-St Paul's to the Barbican VII: The City-Bank of England to the Tower IX: The South Bank and Southwark X: Exhibition London Galleries and Museums Art Collections Design, Decorative Arts Historical and Military Science, Medicine and Technology Famous Homes Children Religion Sport One-offs

London Area by Area North London West London Upriver South London Downriver The East End Food and Drink Food, Glorious Food Restaurants Restaurants by Type Cafes, Teahouses, Snacks Drunk for a Penny, Dead Drunk for Two Pubs Where to Stay Luxury West End Bloomsbury Bayswater, Notting Hill South Kensington Knightsbridge Victoria/Pimlico Earl's Court and Fulham Elsewhere Bed and Breakfast Student Halls of Residence Youth Hostels Self-Catering Camping

Entertainment and Nightlife Theatre Opera, Classical Music Dance Jazz Rock, Pop and World Music Comedy Clubs Cinema Nightclubs and Discos Gay Bars Shopping Department Stores Antiques Art Books Clothes Food Hi-fi, Computers and Photographic Household Design Music Perfume and Body Care Tea and Coffee Unusual Markets Sports Spectator Sports Sports Activities Children's London Sights Entertainment Shopping Childminding

Living and Working in London Papers Finding Somewhere to Live Finding a Job Useful Addresses Day Trips Windsor Oxford Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cotswolds Cambridge Bath Winchester Brighton Canterbury Leeds Castle

Language, Further Reading, Index Maps London Walks I: St James's and Royal London II: Whitehall and Westminster III: Covent Garden and Soho IV: Mayfair and Regent Street V: Bloomsbury & the British Museum VI: The Inns of Court and Fleet Street VII: The City-St Paul's to the Barbican VII: The City-Bank of England to the Tower IX: The South Bank and Southwark X: Exhibition London London Area by Area Day Trips The London Underground