Unusual London

[March-Hare]

I would welcome some idea for a day in London .... But somewhere student and if the beaten track as have done all the normal tourist places and a few more attractions besides .... TIA

[237SJ]

http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms or this
http://www.walks.com/London_Walks_Home/LW_TIMETABLE/default.aspx

[snags]

A few ideas here:

http://londontopia.net/travel/top-10-unique-london-attractions-off-the-tourist-track/

http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/tourist-attraction/museum/quirky-london-museums

http://travel.aol.co.uk/2013/07/16/places-to-see-in-london-weird-attractions/

http://carolineld.blogspot.co.uk/p/unusual-london-places.html

[Cloverjo]

Highgate Cemetary

[237SJ]

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums.aspx

[March-Hare]

Question meant to say somewhere DIFFERENT, not student!! Stupid phone!!!

[Sparkles62]

The Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland rd, Welcome
The Geffrye Museum is devoted to the history of the home, showing how homes and gardens reflect changes in society, behaviour, style and taste over the past 400 years.

Free entry. Open Tuesday-Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays 10am-5pm.

[Sparkles62]

Welcome??? don't know where that came from.

[March-Hare]

Thanks everyone

[scooping]

Take a barge from Little Venice, half an hour along the canal to Camden Market. My favourite chill. Cheap, relaxing and you arrive in the market...Think one of the companies is called Jason's Trips. Tube nearby. Short walk from Paddington.

[scooping]

There are so many great, organised walks. I loved the spy one. See where Philby and others left their chalk marks in Mayfair for their controllers to pick up documents from secret drops and all that...

[EmmaGClarke]

Yes definitely definitely visit Highgate Cemetry, it's fascinating (if that's the right word!) You do sometimes have to book though I think. Brick Lane is also wonderful, the whole of East London is fab for food especially. Kingsland Road for hundreds of authentic Vietnamese restaurants. Victoria Park and Columbia Road flower market on a Sunday, I sometimes cycle from Columbia Road and sit in the park for a few hours. You can also cycle up the canal near there and it's just glorious. Also Prince Charles Cinema for a really cheap film in Leicester Square, you'd never believe it was there and people just walk right by it.
Other than that I'd say ditch the tube map and walk everywhere, you can stumble across fab new places completely by accident.

[jno]

http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/tourist-attraction/top-20-hidden-gems?utm_term=feature4&utm_medium=email&utm_source=LondonandPartners&utm_campaign=4061840_consumernews-01May14-Lon&utm_content=Top20Hiddengems

[emmie]

worth a stop

http://www.markettaverns.co.uk/the_market_porter.html

[March-Hare]

Thanks again ..... Some great suggestions x