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Ware Museum, 89 High Street, Ware, Herts SG12 9AL, Tel: 01920 487848.

Includes a Second World War Air-Raid Shelter as an educational activity area where schools can learn about the Blitz, the joys of being evacuees, rationing etc

Ware Museum

The British Airways London Eye. Tel;+44 (0)870 5000 600.

The British Airways London Eye stands for the best of British architecture, innovation and engineering, instills a quiet pride and passion in its citizens, awe and amazement in all visitors. Bookings can be made on line at or through our automated phone lines. Although we do recommend pre-booking to secure a flight, particularly at peak times, tickets are also available for purchase in our ticket office at County hall. Tickets booked in advance are collected on site in our ticket office by swiping a credit card in the automated ticket machines.

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London Taxi Tour,BROADWALL, LONDON SE1 9QE. Tel: 07957 - 272179.

London Taxi Tour are almost as famous as the city of London, England itself. Londontaxitour.com offer unique taxi cab tours of London so that you can maximise your time and energy whilst on holiday or business. Harry Potter Tours - James Bond Tours - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Tours

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Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7JX .Tel; 01344 876 876.

Ascot Racecourse will reopen in 2006. Founded in 1711, it is the world's most famous racecourse.

Ascot Racecourse

www.ascot.co.uk

Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London, W1D 3NE. box office: 0870 429 6883. administration: 020 7287 5060..fax: 020 7287 5061

Welcome to 21 Dean Street - the home of Soho Theatre Company who began nurturing new plays and new writers nearly 30 years ago. The building includes a comfortable, air-conditioned theatre, a studio, rehearsal room and also, uniquely, space for writers - individual rooms to work in and facilities for seminars and workshops - alongside, on the ground floor, the award -winning bar and restaurant Café Lazeez. Hiring the theatre - Soho Theatre and Writers' Centre has a range of rooms which are available for hire.

www.sohotheatre.com

mail@sohotheatre.com

Soho Theatre London
Discover,1Bridge Terrace, London E15 4BG, Tel: 020 8536 5555. Fax: 020 8522 1003

Discover is a magical place for children aged 2 to 7 to visit with their families and friends or in class groups with their teachers.
Discover is in the centre of Stratford, East London.
The Story Garden is already open on Saturdays and Sundays from midday until 5pm and it's free!

www.discover.org.uk

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Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.

Southbank Centre is located in on the Thames riverside between Golden Jubilee and Waterloo Bridges, in Central London. The Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, The Hayward and the Saison Poetry Library are all part of Southbank Centre, as well as evolving outdoor creative spaces around the area.

Switchboard: +44 (0)871 6632501
Ticket Office: +44 (0)871 6632500
London Philharmonic Orchestra, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP.
Call now for your free brochure or download a copy from www.lpo.org.uk

Tel: 020 78404242 (London Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office). Tel: 08700 606010 (Royal Festival Hall Box Office, booking fee)

Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL. Tel:(020) 7942 2000.

The Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's greatest museum of art and design. Just ten minutes walk from Harrods, Knightsbridge and Hyde Park. Five minutes from South Kensington Tube Station. (Piccadilly, Circle and District Line).

www.vam.ac.uk
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ. Tel;(020) 7416 5320.

A museum featuring military vehicles, weapons, war memorabilia, a library, a photographic archive, and an art collection of 20th century and later conflicts. Nearest tube stations Lambeth North (Bakerloo Line) Waterloo (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee Line) Southwark (Jubilee Line) Elephant & Castle (Bakerloo, Northern Line). Nearest train stations - Waterloo, Elephant & Castle. Car Limited meter parking on Lambeth Road. Please note: the Imperial War Museum London is situated inside the London Congestion Charge zone.

www.iwm.org.uk

V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA. Tel: +44 (0)20 8983 5200

Admission is free. On foot: Less than a 5 minute walk from Bethnal Green Tube Station. Rail: The nearest National Rail stations are Cambridge Heath and Bethnal Green, both less than a 10 minute walk away.

www.vam.ac.uk
The Royal Academy of Music's museum, Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT
. Tel +44 (0)20 7873 7373.
Nearest underground stations: Regent's Park (Bakerloo line) or Baker Street (Bakerloo, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines). The Academy is at the heart of London, providing easy access to and from all parts of the city and beyond.

www.ram.ac.uk

Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD. Tel: (020) 7942 4454.

We have hundreds of thousands of objects in our collection, from aircraft to microchips. Entry is free, but charges apply for the IMAX 3D Cinema, simulators and some special exhibitions. The nearest tube station is South Kensington on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines. A pedestrian subway runs directly from the ticket barrier at South Kensington station to the Main Entrance of the Museum.

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
London's Transport Museum, 39 Wellington Street, Covent Garden Piazza, London, WC2E 7BB. Tel: (020) 7379 6344.

The Depot already houses 370 000 items of all types, including vehicles, posters, signs, models, photographs, engineering drawings and uniforms.

www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Westminster Abbey, Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3PA. Tel: (020) 7222 5152.

Westminster Abbey is situated in the heart of London, next to Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament.
Nearest underground: St James’s Park (District and Circle Lines) and Westminster (Jubilee, District & Circle Lines).

www.westminster-abbey.org
BFI London IMAX Cinema, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk Waterloo, London, SE1 8RX. Tel: (020) 7902 1234.

The nearest rail/tube station is Waterloo. It is located on the south bank close to the London Eye.

www.bfi.org.uk

Tate Modern, Bankside Power Station 25 Sumner Street, London, SE1. Tel: (020) 7401 5081.

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, not far from the Houses of Parliament. By Underground: Pimlico is about 600 metres (Victoria Line), Vauxhall is about 850 metres (Victoria lines).

www.tate.org.uk
Lambeth Palace, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7JU. Tel: (020) 7928 8282.

Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, located in Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames.

www.archbishopof

canterbury.org

National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place,
London, WC2H 0HE. Tel: (020) 7306 0055.

The nearest underground stations: Charing Cross 230 metres, Leicester Square 195 metres, and Embankment 490 metres.

www.npg.org.uk
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG. Tel: (020) 7323 8000.

The British Museum is free to all visitors. Within easy walking distance of the following underground stations: Holborn: Tottenham Court Road: Russell Square: Goodge Street.

www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

The Millennium Centre, The Chase, Dagenham Road Rush Green, Romford, RM7 0SS, Essex. Tel: (020) 8595 4155.

If you fancy a relaxing stroll around the most beautiful countryside in Barking and Dagenham followed by a tasty snack then why not give us a try!

barking-dagenham.gov.uk
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ.

From Archway Tube Station on the Northern Line (not Highgate Station) it is then a walk up Highgate Hill to Waterlow Park.

Tel: (020) 8340 1834.

Royal Observatory Greenwich, Greenwich Park, London, SE10 9NF. Tel: (020) 8858 4422.

Northern Line to Bank then DLR to Cutty Sark.

Recorded information line: +44 (0)20 8312 6565.

TOURS
Big Bus Company, 48 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0RN. Tel: (020) 7233 9533.

There are two main routes and a Green Link across London, taking in the best sights in the capital.

www.bigbus.co.uk

Original London Sightseeing Tour, Jews Row, London, SW18 1TB.

(020) 8877 1722. Tickets valid for 24 hours. Hop-on and hop-off service with over 90 stops.

www.theoriginaltour.com

CRUISES
City Cruises, Cherry Garden Pier, Cherry Garden Street, London, SE16 4TU.

Cruises depart from Westminster Pier, Waterloo Pier (London Eye), Tower Pier and Greenwich Pier.

Tel: +44 (020) 77 400 400.
Circular Cruise Westminster, The Old Pump House, Blackfriars Pier, LONDON, EC4V 3QR

Hop-on, Hop-off service, offering passengers unlimited travel throughout the day enabling travellers to disembark and re-embark at any of the en-route piers along the route.

Tel: (020) 7936 2033

Thames Leisure, Swan Pier, Swan Lane, London Bridge, London, EC4R 3TN

Only a short walk away are Cannon Street and the Monument stations (district and circle line) – as is Cannon Street mainline station. London Bridge mainline and tube station is just over London Bridge.

Tel: (020) 7623 1805.

WALKS
The Original London Walks, PO Box 1708, London, NW6 4LW. Tel: (020) 7624 3978.
Offering various guided walks around the city of London.
www.walks.com

London - SW1 & SW3 & SW5 & SW6 & SW7 & SW10

SW1 - *PLACES - Admiralty Arch The Mall, Buckingham Palace The Mall, Cenotaph Whitehall, Christie's Auction Rooms, Clarence House, Downing Street, Horse Guards, Houses of Parliament, Jewel Tower, New Scotland Yard, Royal Mews.*MUSIC VENUES - St. John's, Westminster Central Hall, *SHOPS - Army & Navy, Lillywhites. *THEATRES - Apollo Victoria, Comedy, Her Majesty's, Royal Court Downstairs, Royal Court Upstairs, Theatre Royal (Haymarket), Victoria Palace, Whitehall, *CINEMAS - ABC Panton Street, Minema, Odeon Haymarket, Plaza 1/2/3/4, Putney ABC. *MUSEUMS - Cabinet War Rooms, Guards Museum, Westminster Abbey Museum. *GALLERIES - Contemporary Arts, Mall Galleries, Queen's Gallery, Tate, *HOTELS - Belgravia Pimlico St Jamess Park Trafalgar Square Victoria Westminster

SW3 - *PLACES - Carlyle's House, Chelsea Antique Market, Chelsea Physic Garden. *THEATRES - Man in the Moon. *MUSEUMS - Carlyle's House, National Army Museum, *HOTELS - Brompton Chelsea Knightsbridge

SW5 - *PLACES - Earl's Court. *MUSIC VENUES- Earl's Court, *HOTELS - Earls Court

SW6 - *PLACES - North End Road Market. *SPORTS GROUNDS - Chelsea F C, Fulham F C, *HOTELS - Fulham Parson's Green

SW7 - *PLACES - Albert Memorial, Baden Powell House, National Sound Archive, Royal Albert Hall, Royal College of Music, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, *MUSIC VENUES - Royal Albert Hall, Pizza in the Park. *SHOPS - Emporio Armani, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Waring & Gillow, *HOTELS - South Kensington

SW10 - *CINEMAS - UCS, *HOTELS - West Brompton

SW1 - *PLACES - Admiralty Arch The Mall, Buckingham Palace The Mall, Cenotaph Whitehall, Christie's Auction Rooms, Clarence House, Downing Street, Horse Guards, Houses of Parliament, Jewel Tower, New Scotland Yard, Royal Mews.*MUSIC VENUES - St. John's, Westminster Central Hall, *SHOPS - Army & Navy, Lillywhites. *THEATRES - Apollo Victoria, Comedy, Her Majesty's, Royal Court Downstairs, Royal Court Upstairs, Theatre Royal (Haymarket), Victoria Palace, Whitehall, *CINEMAS - ABC Panton Street, Minema, Odeon Haymarket, Plaza 1/2/3/4, Putney ABC. *MUSEUMS - Cabinet War Rooms, Guards Museum, Westminster Abbey Museum. *GALLERIES - Contemporary Arts, Mall Galleries, Queen's Gallery, Tate

*HOTELS - Belgravia Pimlico St Jamess Park Trafalgar Square Victoria Westminster

SW3 - *PLACES - Carlyle's House, Chelsea Antique Market, Chelsea Physic Garden. *THEATRES - Man in the Moon. *MUSEUMS - Carlyle's House, National Army Museum

*HOTELS - Brompton Chelsea Knightsbridge

SW5 - *PLACES - Earl's Court. *MUSIC VENUES- Earl's Court

*HOTELS - Earls Court

SW6 - *PLACES - North End Road Market. *SPORTS GROUNDS - Chelsea F C, Fulham F C

*HOTELS - Fulham Parson's Green

SW7 - *PLACES - Albert Memorial, Baden Powell House, National Sound Archive, Royal Albert Hall, Royal College of Music, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, *MUSIC VENUES - Royal Albert Hall, Pizza in the Park. *SHOPS - Emporio Armani, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Waring & Gillow

*HOTELS - South Kensington

SW10 - *CINEMAS - UCS,

*HOTELS - West Brompton

London - NW1 & NW8

NW1 - *PLACES - Abbey Road Studios, British Library, London Planetarium, London Zoo, Madame Tussauds, Regents Canal *THEATRES - Etcetera, Open Air Regents Park, *MUSEUMS - Jewish Museum, Sherlock Holmes Museum, *MUSIC VENUES - Dingwalls Camden Lock, Jazz Cafe, Cecil Sharp House *CINEMAS - ABC Baker Street, *HOTELS - Camden Town Chalk Farm Euston Marylebone Primrose Hill Regents Park

NW8 - *SPORTS GROUNDS - Middlesex County Cricket Club, *MUSEUMS - M.C.C. Museum *GALLERIES - Saatchi Gallery, *HOTELS - St John's Wood

London - N1
N1 - *PLACES - Business Design Centre 52 Upper Street, Camden Passage Market, Canonbury Tower Canonbury Place, Chapel Market Chapel Street, *THEATRES - Almeida Almeida Street, Kings Head 115 Upper Street, *MUSEUMS - London Canal Museum 12-13 New Wharf Road, *GALLERIES - Crafts Council Gallery Pentonville Road, *HOTELS - Islington Kings Cross

London - WC1 & WC2 & WC3

WC1 - *PLACES - Building Centre 26 Store Street, Congress House Great Russell Street, Dickens House 48 Doughty Street, Thomas Coram Foundation for Children 40 Brunswick Square, *THEATRES - Bloomsbury Theatre 15 Gordon Street, Cochrane Southampton Row, Dominion Tottenham Court Road, *MUSEUMS - British Museum Great Russell Street, Dickens House 48 Doughty Street, Percival David Foundation 53 Gordon Square, Sir John Soane's Museum 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, *GALLERIES - October Gallery Old Gloucester Street, Percival David Foundation 53 Gordon Square, *SHOPS - Dillons Gower Street, H M Stationery Office Kingsway, *HOTELS - Bloomsbury St Pancras Finsbury Holborn

WC2 - *PLACES - Bush House Aldwych, Cleopatra's Needle Victoria Embankment, Freemasons Hall Great Queen Street, India House Aldwych, Kings College Strand, Law Society 113 Chancery Lane, Nelson's Column Trafalgar Square, Old Curiosity Shop Portsmouth Street, Roman Bath 5 Strand Lane, Somerset House Strand, Speakers Corner Marble Arch/ Hyde Park, Temple Victoria Embankment, Westminster Reference Library 35 St Martin's Street, *THEATRES - Adelphi Strand, Albery St. Martin's Lane, Aldwych Aldwych, Arts 6 Great Newport Street, Cambridge Earlham Street, Donmar Warehouse Earlham Street, Duchess Catherine Street, Duke of York St. Martin's Lane, Fortune Russell Street, Garrick Charing Cross Road, London Coliseum St. Martin's Lane, London Coliseum St. Martin's Lane, Lyceum Wellington Street, New Ambassadors West Street, New London Drury Lane, Peacock Portugal Street, Phoenix Charing Cross Road, Players Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, Playhouse Northumberland Avenue, Rotunda Café Theatre Wild Court, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Savoy Strand, Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Avenue, St. Martin's West Street, Strand Aldwych, Theatre Royal (Drury Lane) Drury Lane, Unicorn Arts Theatre for Children Great Newport Street, Vaudeville Strand, Wyndham's Charing Cross Road, *MUSEUMS - London Transport Museum Covent Garden, Theatre Museum Russell Street, *GALLERIES - Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery 43 Earlham Street, Courtauld Gallery Collection Somerset House, Strand, National Gallery Trafalgar Square, National Portrait Gallery St. Martins Place, Photographer's Gallery 5-8 Great Newport Street, *MUSIC VENUES - St Martin in the field 5 St Martins Place, *CINEMAS - Empire 1/2/3 Leicester Square, Odeon Mezzanine Leicester Square, Warner West End Leicester Square, *HOTELS - Covent Garden Leicester Square Strand

London - EC1 EC2 EC3 EC4

EC1 - *PLACES - Hatton Garden Hatton Garden, Leather Lane Market Leather Lane, Smithfield Market (Wholesale) Smithfield, Wesley's House 47 City Road, *THEATRES - Sadler's Wells Rosebery Avenue, *MUSEUMS - National Postal Museum King Edward Street, Wesley's House 47 City Road, *HOTELS - Barbican Clerkenwell

EC2 - *PLACES - Bank of England Threadneedle Street, Barbican Centre Barbican, Goldsmith's Hall Foster Lane, Guildhall Gresham Street, Mansion House Mansion House Street, Stock Exchange 8 Throgmorton Street, *THEATRES - Barbican Theatre Silk Street, Royal Shakespeare Company Barbican Centre, Silk Street, *MUSEUMS - Clock Museum Aldermanbury, Museum of London London Wall, *GALLERIES - Barbican Art Gallery Silk Street, *MUSIC VENUES - Barbican Centre Silk Street, *HOTELS - City Liverpool Street Moorgate

EC3 - *PLACES - Chapel Royal of St Peter Ad Vincula Tower of London, Leadenhall Market Gracechurch Street, Lloyds of London 1 Lime Street, Monument Monument Street, Tower Hill Pageant 1 Tower Hill Terrace, Tower of London Tower Hill, *HOTELS - Aldgate Fenchurch Street Monument Tower Hill Whitechapel

EC4 - *PLACES - Chamber of Commerce & Industry 33 Queen Street, College of Arms Queen Victoria Street, *THEATRES - Mermaid Puddledock, *MUSEUMS - Dr. Johnson's House 17 Gough Square, Prince Henry's Rm. & Samuel Pepys 17 Fleet Street, *HOTELS - Fleet Street

London - W1 W2 W8 W9 W10 W11 W14

W1 - *PLACES - Apsley House 149 Piccadilly, Berwick Street Market Berwick Street, Broadcasting House Portland Place, CBI Conference Centre, Centre Point, Guinness World of Records Trocadero, Coventry Street, Marble Arch Cumberland Gate, Rock Circus London Pavilion, Sotheby's New Bond Street, Telecom Tower Maple Street, Wigmore Hall Wigmore Street, *THEATRES - Apollo Shaftesbury Avenue, Criterion Piccadilly Circus, Gielgud Shaftesbury Avenue, London Palladium 8 Argyll Street, Lyric (Shaftesbury Avenue) Shaftesbury Avenue, Palace Shaftesbury Avenue, Palladium 8 Argyll Street, Piccadilly Denman Street, Prince Edward Old Compton Street, Prince of Wales Coventry Street, Queens Shaftesbury Avenue, *MUSEUMS - Faraday's Laboratory & Museum, Museum of Mankind, Pollock's Toy Museum, Wellington Museum, *GALLERIES - Opus 1 Gallerym, Royal Academy of Arts, Wallace Collection Manchester Square, *MUSIC VENUES - Wigmore Hall, 100 Club, Astoria 157, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club *SHOPS - Anna Molinari New Bond Street, Asprey Piccadilly, Burberry Haymarket, Butler & Wilson South Molton Street, Cartier Piccadilly, D H Evans Oxford Street, Debenhams Oxford Street, Dickins & Jones Regent Street, Disney Store Regent Street, Fenwicks Bond Street, Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly, Foyles Charing Cross Road, Habitat Tottenham Court Road, Hamleys Regent Street, Heals Tottenham Court Road, HMV Oxford Street, John Lewis Oxford Street, Liberty Regent Street, Maples Tottenham Court Road, Mappin & Webb Regent Street, Selfridges Oxford Street, Sotheby Bond Street, Tiffany Bond Street, Virgin Megastore Oxford Street, Waterstones Charing Cross Road, West One Shopping Centre, *CINEMAS - ABC Swiss Centre, Curzon Mayfair, Curzon West End, *HOTELS - Green Park Maida Vale Mayfair Piccadilly Soho West End

W2 - *PLACES - Speakers Corner Marble Arch/ Hyde Park, Church Street Market Church Street, *SPORTS GROUNDS - Queens Ice Bowl (Skating Club), *MUSEUMS - London Toy & Model Museum, *SHOPS - Whiteleys Queensway, *GALLERIES - Serpentine Gallery, *CINEMAS - Odeon Marble Arch, *HOTELS - Bayswater Hyde Park Little Venice Marble Arch Paddington

W8 - *MUSEUMS - Linley Sambourne House, State Apartments & Dress Collection Kensington Palace, *SHOPS - Barkers Kensington High Street, *HOTELS - Kensington

W10 - *SPORTS GROUNDS - Queens Park Rangers F C Loftus Road, *GALLERIES - Portfolio Gallery, *HOTELS - Kensington Gardens

W11 - *PLACES - Portobello Road Market, *THEATRES - Gate Theatre Pembridge Road, *HOTELS - Holland Park Notting Hill

W14 - *PLACES - Olympia Conference Centre Hammersmith Road, *SPORTS GROUNDS - Queens (Tennis Centre) Pallister Road, *HOTELS - Olympia West Kensington

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