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William Booth Statue . (see 18) 55 Bistrotheque........................ B356 Hackney Empire .................. B2

ú Eating 57 Wilton's................................. B622 Café Spice Namasté............ A623 Climpson & Sons ................. B3 þ Shopping

Corner Room ..............(see 39) 58 Beyond Retro....................... B524 Counter Cafe.........................E2 59 Broadway Market ................ B325 E Pellici ................................. B4 60 Burberry Outlet Shop.......... C226 F. Cooke ............................... B3 61 Carhartt Outlet Store.......... B227 Fish House ........................... C3 62 Columbia Road Flower28 Formans ................................E2 Market ............................... A429 Frizzante@City Farm .......... A3 63 Jones Dairy .......................... A430 Gallery Cafe.......................... C431 Green Papaya ...................... B2 ÿ Sleeping32 Kolapata ............................... B5 64 40Winks .............................. C533 Laxeiro.................................. A4 Old Ship.......................(see 56)34 Little Georgia ....................... B3 Town Hall Hotel &35 Loafing.................................. C3 Apartments..............(see 39)

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Index19 Princelet St 20530 St Mary Axe (Gherkin)

151, 366

AAbney Park Cemetery 242accommodation 19, 322-39,

see also Sleeping subindex

activities 26-9, 72-3, see also individual activities & neighbourhoods

Admiralty Arch 96afternoon tea 117air travel 388-90Albert Memorial 191-2Alexandra Park & Palace

244All Hallows-by-the-Tower 150All Souls Church 112animals 23apartments 322, see

also Sleeping subindexApsley House 191aquariums 237, 279, 313architecture 25, 208, 278,

297, 362-7area codes 400art 22, 375-7art galleries 37, 39-43Ashmolean Museum

(Oxford) 309Assembly Rooms (Bath) 320Astronomy Centre 271ATMs 400

BB&Bs 322, see also Sleeping

subindexBank of England Museum 151Bankside

drinking & nightlife 177sights 169-71

Bankside Gallery 171Banqueting House 109-10Barbican 154-5, 160Barclay’s Cycle Hire Scheme

17, 393Barnes

drinking & nightlife 305food 304sights 299

bars, see Drinking & Nightlife subindex

Bath 317-21, 318Bath Abbey (Bath) 319bathrooms 402Battersea

food 284sights 278-9

Battersea Park 278-9Battersea Power Station 279Bayswater 262-3BBC Television Centre 258Bedford Square 102beefeaters 142Belgravia


Bermondseydrinking & nightlife 177-8food 174-7sights 171-3

Bethnal Greendrinking & nightlife

229-30food 225-7sights 220-1

bicycle travel, see cyclingBig Ben 90Bloomsbury

drinking & nightlife 125-6food 114shopping 133sights 101-3

Bloomsbury Group 101boat travel 166-7, 259,

314, 394Bodleian Library (Oxford)

308

books 342, 368-71Borough

drinking & nightlife 177-8food 174-7sights 171-3

Borough Market 176boutique hotels, see

Sleeping subindexBrick Lane 204Brick Lane Great Mosque

204-5Brighton 312-15, 314Brighton Museum & Art

Gallery (Brighton) 313Brighton Pier (Brighton) 313Brighton Sea Life Centre

(Brighton) 313British Library 235-6British Museum 7, 17, 83-7, 85British Music Experience 276Brixton

drinking & nightlife 286-7food 283-4sights 281

Brixton Windmill 289Broadcasting House 112Brompton Cemetery 258Brompton Oratory 193Brunswick Centre 102-3BT Tower 102Buckingham Palace 37, 88-9Buddhapadipa Temple 302budget, see moneyBunhill Fields 203Burgh House 241Burlington Arcade 104bus travel 17, 390-2business hours 45, 54,

225, 397

Ccabaret, see Drinking &

Nightlife subindexCable St 220cafes, see Eating subindex,

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Cambridge 309Camden

drinking & nightlife 248-9food 243-4highlights 15sights 239-40

Camden Market 240, 253canals 24

Little Venice 259London Canal Museum

238car travel 394Carlyle’s House 194-5cell phones 18cemeteries 23

Abney Park Cemetery 242Brompton Cemetery

258-9Highgate Cemetery 245

Cenotaph 110Central Criminal Court (Old

Bailey) 155-6Changing of the Guard

37, 89Charlton 277-8Charterhouse 203Chelsea


Chelsea Flower Show 27Chelsea Old Church 195Chelsea Physic Garden 193-4children, travel with 30-4,

397Chinatown

drinking & nightlife 126-8

food 116-20shopping 133-4sights 92, 106

Chiswickdrinking & nightlife 305-6food 304sights 300-1

Chiswick House 300Christ Church College

(Oxford) 308Sights p000Map Pages p000

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5 EATING P412

6 DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE P413

3 ENTERTAINMENT P414

7 SHOPPING P415

2 SPORTS & ACTIVITIES P416

4 SLEEPING P416

410410Christ Church Spitalfields

205Christ’s Chapel 281churches 24-5Churchill War Rooms 99Churchill, Winston 99, 356cinemas 264, see also

Entertainment subindexCity, the 76, 139-61

accommodation 328-9drinking & nightlife 140,

159-60entertainment 160food 140, 157-9highlights 9, 139, 141-6,

147-9local life 140shopping 161sights 141-57transport 140walks 158, 158

City Hall 172-3Clapham

food 285drinking & nightlife 287sights 279-80

Clapham Common 279-80Clarence House 104-5Clerkenwell 77, 201-16


210-11entertainment 214food 202, 205-7highlights 201local life 202shopping 214-16sights 201, 203transport 202

climate 19Clink Prison Museum

171Cockney rhyming slang

222consulates 398costs, see moneyCounty Hall 169courses 397Covent Garden


food 120-2shopping 134-6sights 106-8

Covent Garden Piazza 107

cricket 72Crown Jewels 142cruises 166-7, 259, 394Crystal Palace Park 284culture 24, 343currency 18customs regulations 397Cutty Sark 273cycling 392

Barclay’s Cycle Hire Scheme 17, 393

London Recumbents 279, 281

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drinking & nightlife 251

food 247-8sights 242-3

dance 374dangers 400Danson House 282Dean Street 92Dennis Severs’ House

206Design Museum 172Dickens, Charles 102, 177Dickens House Museum

102disabilities, travellers with

402-3DLR 391Docklands 77, 217-32

accommodation 333development 228drinking & nightlife 218,

229-31entertainment 231food 218, 224-9highlights 217local life 218shopping 231-2sights 217, 219-24transport 218, 223

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 369

Dr Johnson’s House 156drinking 16, 35, 53-8, 117,

301, see also individual neighbourhoods, Drinking & Nightlife subindex

driving 394Dulwich


Dulwich Park 281Dulwich Picture Gallery 281

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East End, the 77, 217-32accommodation 333drinking & nightlife 218,

229-31entertainment 231food 218, 224-9highlights 217local life 218opening hours 225shopping 231-2sights 217, 219-24transport 218, 223walks 226, 226

Eastern Curve Gardens 242economics 342electricity 398Eliot, TS 369-71Eltham Palace 280embassies & consulates

398emergencies 398entertainment 61-6, see

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Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art 241-2

Eton 315-17Eton College (Eton) 317Euston 238, 243events 26-9, 369

FFan Museum 273-6farms 224, 227, 283fashion 377-8Fashion & Textile Museum

172Fenton House 240festivals 26-9, 369film 342, 383-4Firepower (Royal Artillery

Museum) 277Fitzrovia


food 114-16shopping 133sights 101-3

Flamsteed House 270Florence Nightingale

Museum 278

food 35, 36, 44-52, see also individual neighbourhoods, Eating subindex

afternoon tea 117costs 45opening hours 45pho 209vegetarian 48, 52

football 72, 73Forest Hill 281, 288Fourth Plinth Project 107free attractions 37-8Fulham

drinking & entertain-ment 305


Fulham Palace 299-300Fuller’s Griffin Brewery 301

Ggalleries 37, 39-43Garden Museum 278gardens 23, 274-5, 296-7gay travellers 59-60, 127Geffrye Museum 204Gherkin, the 151, 366Globe, the 12, 168, 178Golden Boy of Pye Corner

155Golden Hinde 170Gordon Square 101Gray’s Inn 111Great Fire of London 351Green Park 105Greenwich 77, 268-90, 268

accommodation 337-9activities 290drinking & nightlife

285-6food 282-3highlights 10, 270-6local life 269sights 273-7sports 290

Greenwich Foot Tunnel 286Greenwich Heritage Centre

277Greenwich Meridian 270Greenwich Park 270-1Guards Museum 105guesthouses, see Sleeping

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Hackney Wickdrinking & nightlife 230food 228-9sights 222-3

Ham House 298Hammersmith 261-2Hampstead 77, 233-55,

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249-50food 234, 244-5highlights 15, 233-7local life 234sights 240-1sports 255transport 234

Hampstead Heath 241Hampton Court 77,

291-306, 291drinking & nightlife 292food 292highlights 16, 291-5local life 291transport 292

Hampton Court Palace 293-5

Handel House Museum 112-13

Hayward Gallery 170Highgate



Highgate Wood 241history

Civil Wars 349-50Elizabethan reign 349Georgian era 352-3Great Fire 351modern era 358-61Normans 346plague 350postwar 357Romans 344-5Saxons 345-6Tudor reign 348Victorian era 353-4WWI 355WWII 356

HMS Belfast 171

Hogarth’s House 300Holborn

drinking & nightlife 129food 122sights 110-12

Holborn Viaduct 156holidays 398Horniman Museum 279Horse Guards Parade 109hostels 322, see Sleeping

subindexhotels 322, see Sleeping

subindexHouse Mill 221-2House of Lords 91Houses of Parliament 90-1Hoxton


food 207-8sights 204

Hubble-Bubble Tower 366Hunterian Museum 112Hyde Park & around 77,

181-200accommodation 329-32drinking & nightlife 198entertainment 198-9food 195-7highlights 12, 14, 181,

183-6, 187local life 182shopping 199-200sights 183-6, 187, 190-3transport 182

Hyde Park 12, 192

Iice skating 72Imperial War Museum 276Inner Temple & Middle

Temple 111Inns of Court 111Institute of Contemporary

Arts 105, 369insurance 399internet access 398Isle of Dogs 223Islington 241-2, 245-7itineraries 20-1

KKeats House 240-1Kennington


food 285sights 280

Kennington Park 280

Kensington 77, 181-200accommodation 329-32drinking & nightlife

182, 198entertainment 198-9food 182, 195-7High St 258, 263-4highlights 10, 12, 14, 181,

183-6, 187local life 182shopping 199-200sights 183-6, 187, 190-3transport 182

Kensington Gardens 12, 191Kensington Palace 194Kenwood House 242Kew 77, 291-306, 291

drinking & nightlife 292, 305

eating 303food 292highlights 16, 291-5local life 291sights 298-9transport 292

Kew Gardens 16, 296-7Kew Palace 297King’s Cross


King’s Road 193Knightsbridge


LLambeth 278Lambeth Palace 278language 18, 222Leadenhall Market 151legal matters 398Leicester Square 17, 108


food 120-2shopping 134-6sights 106-8

Leighton House 258lesbian travellers

59-60, 127Limehouse 223


Lincoln’s Inn 111Linley Sambourne House

258literature 342, 368-71

Little Venice 259Lloyd’s of London 151local life 35-6, see also

individual neighbourhoods

London Bridge Experience 171

London Bridge Quarter 17London Canal Museum 238London Dungeon 173London Eye 11, 169London Fields 220-1London Tombs 171London Transport Museum

107London Trocadero 105London Waterbus

Company 259London Wetland Centre

301London Zoo 237Lord’s Cricket Ground

239, 255Lundenwic 345-6

MMadame Tussauds 116magazines 386Maida Vale 259, 262, 265Mansion House 152Marble Arch 193Marble Hill House 301markets 215, 253, see

also Shopping & Eating subindexes

Marx, Karl 92, 245Marylebone


food 122-3shopping 136sights 112

Mayfairdrinking & nightlife 130food 123-5shopping 136-8sights 112-13

mazes 284, 295measures 397media 385-6medical services 399Mendoza, Daniel 221Michelin House 193Mile End

drinking & nightlife 230food 227-8sights 221-2

Mile End Park 222Millennium Bridge 170, 171Ministry of Sound 288

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412412mobile phones 18money 18, 45, 401

accommodation 322-3currency 399-400discount cards 397-8travel fares 391-2

Monument 152Mudchute Park & Farm 224Museum of Brands,

Packaging and Advertising 258

Museum of London 154Museum of London

Docklands 224museums 37, 39-43music 24, 252, 379-82, see

also Entertainment & Shopping subindexes

NNational Army Museum

195National Gallery 7, 93-95National Maritime Museum

10, 273National Portrait Gallery 97National Theatre 169Natural History Museum

10, 187Nelson’s Column 96New London Architecture

102newspapers 385nightlife 16, 35, 53-8, see

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No 2 Willow Road 240No 10 Downing Street 108Notting Hill 77, 256-67, 256

accommodation 334-7activities 267drinking & nightlife

257, 263food 257, 259-61highlights 14, 256-7local life 257sights 258transport 257

Notting Hill Carnival 14, 27

OO2 254, 265, 276, 289Old Bailey 155-6Old Compton Street 92

Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret 171-2

Old Royal Naval College 272

Olympic Games 342Olympic Park 17, 222-3, 367Open House London 363opening hours 45, 54,

225, 397Orleans House Gallery

301Oval 280, 287-8Oval, the (Brit) 280, 290Oxford 308-12, 310-11Oyster cards 391

PPaddington 262-3Painted Hall 272Palace of Westminster 90-1parks 23, 274-5, see also

individual parksPeter Harrison Planetarium

271Petrie Museum of Egyptian

Archaeology 103pharmacies 399Photographers’ Gallery

106Piccadilly Circus 106Pimlico 195, 197plague, the 350-1planning

budgeting 18, 37-8, 45children 30-4festivals & events 26-9itineraries 20-1local life 35-6London basics 18-19London’s neighbour-

hoods 76-7repeat visitors 17travel seasons 19, 26-9websites 18

politics 343Pollock’s Toy Museum

102population 343Portobello Road Market

259postal services 400, 401Primrose Hill 239-40Princess Diana Memorial

Fountain 192public holidays 398pubs 16, see also Drinking

& Nightlife subindexpunting 316Putney 299, 304, 305

QQueen Elizabeth I 349Queen Elizabeth II 357Queen Elizabeth Hall 170Queen Victoria

Memorial 88Queen’s Chapel 105Queen’s Gallery 89Queen’s House 273

Rradio 384-5Ragged School Museum

221Rambert Dance Company

374Reading Room 83Red House 282Regent St 106Regent’s Park 238-9religions 343Richmond 77, 291-306, 291

accommodation 339drinking & nightlife

292, 305eating 302-3food 292highlights 16, 291-5local life 291sights 298-9sports 306transport 292

Richmond Green 298Richmond Palace 298Richmond Park 298Ridley Road Market 243rivers 24Roman Baths (Bath) 319Roman London

Amphi theatre 153-4Romans 344-5Rose Theatre 170Royal Academy of Arts 103Royal Albert Hall 192Royal Artillery Barracks

290Royal Botanic Gardens 297Royal Courts of Justice 110Royal Crescent & Circus

(Bath) 319Royal Exchange 151-2Royal Family 88-9Royal Festival Hall 170Royal Hospital Chelsea 194Royal Observatory 270-1Royal Opera House 107-8,

130, 374Royal Pavilion (Brighton)

312-13

royal sites 22-3rugby union 72Russell Square 101

Ssafety 400Science Museum 190Serpentine Gallery 190-1Shakespeare, William

368, 373Shakespeare’s Globe 12,

168, 178Shard, the 366Shepherd’s Bush 261-2,

265Sherlock Holmes Museum

112shopping 35, 68, 67-71, see

also individual neighbourhoods, Shopping subindex

Shoreditch 77, 201-16accommodation 332-3development 211drinking & nightlife 202,

211-13entertainment 214food 202, 207-8highlights 201local life 202shopping 214-16sights 201, 204transport 202

Sir John Soane’s Museum 100

slang 222sleeping, see Sleeping

subindexSmithfield Market 155Soho 92


food 116-20shopping 133-4sights 92, 106

Somerset House 110Somerset Maugham 369South Bank, the 77, 162-80

accommodation 329drinking & nightlife 163,

177-8entertainment 178-80food 163, 173-7highlights 9, 11, 12, 162,

164-5, 168local life 163shopping 180sights 164-5, 168, 169-73transport 163walks 175, 175


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413413South London 77, 268-90,

337-9, 268Southbank Centre 170Southwark

drinking & nightlife 177sights 169-71

Southwark Cathedral 172Speakers’ Corner 192-3Spencer House 105Spitalfields 77, 201-16


213-14entertainment 214food 202, 208-10Georgian heritage 208highlights 201local life 202shopping 214-16sights 201, 204-5transport 202

sports 9, 72-3, see also individual neighbourhoods, individual sports, Sports & Activities subindex

squares 23-4St Alfege Church 276St Andrew Holborn 156St Bartholomew-the-Great

155St Bride’s, Fleet Street

156-7St Clement Danes 110-11St George’s Bloomsbury

103St Giles-in-the-Fields 109St James’s

food 116shopping 132-3sights 103-5

St James’s Palace 104St James’s Park 103-4St James’s Piccadilly 104St John’s Gate 203St John’s, Smith Square

101St John’s Wood 259, 262,

265St Katharine Docks 223St Lawrence Jewry 154St Martin-in-the-Fields 108St Mary Woolnoth 152St Mary-le-Bow 152-3St Olave 150St Paul’s Cathedral 147-9,

149St Peter’s Church 298St Stephen Walbrook 152Staple Inn 111

Stockwell 280, 287-8Stoke Newington

drinking & nightlife 250-1food 247sights 242

Strand, the 111-12drinking & nightlife 129food 122highlights 110sights 110-12

Stratforddrinking & nightlife 230food 228-9sights 222-3

supper clubs 36, 49-50Surrey Docks Farm 283Sutton House 220Syon House 299

TTate Britain 98Tate Modern 9, 164-5taxes 68, 401taxis 393-4telephone services 18,

400-1Temple Church 157Temple of Mithras 153tennis 27, 72, 303Thames, the 300, 166-7Thames Barrier 277theatre 372-4time 18, 270, 402tipping 402toilets 402Topolski Century 174tourist information 18, 402tours 395-6, see also walksTower Bridge 150Tower Hamlets Cemetery

Park 222Tower of London 9, 37,

141-6, 144-5Trafalgar Square 96train travel 390trams 394travel to London 19,

388-90travel within London 19,

391-4Trooping the Colour 27tube, the 391TV 384Twickenham

drinking & nightlife 306shopping 306sights 301-2sports 306

Tyburn Convent 193

UUnderground, the 391

VV&A, see Victoria & Albert

MuseumV&A Museum of

Childhood 220VAT (value-added tax) 68Vauxhall City Farm 283Victoria

food 197sights 195

Victoria & Albert Museum 14, 183-6, 188-89, 185

Victoria Park 221drinking & nightlife 230food 227-8sights 221-2

Victorian era 353-4views 23Vietnamese food 209villages 24Vinopolis 170-1visas 18, 401

Wwalks 24, 396

City, the 158, 158East End, the 226, 226South Bank, the 175, 175Regent’s Canal 239Thames Path National

Trail 302West End, the 115, 115

Wallace Collection 113Wandsworth 278-9, 284,

287Wandsworth Common

279Wapping 223


food 229sights 223

Waterloodrinking & nightlife 177food 173-4sights 169

weather 19websites 18, 322weights 397Wellcome Collection 238Wellington Arch 190West Brompton 258-9, 261West End, the 76, 78

accommodation 325-8activities 267

drinking & nightlife 79, 125-30

entertainment 130-2food 79, 113-25highlights 7, 12, 78-9,

80-100, 103, 106, 110, 113, 116

local life 79shopping 132-8sights 80-113transport 79walks 115, 115

West London 77, 256-67, 256

accommodation 334-7drinking & nightlife 257food 257highlights 14local life 257transport 257

Westbourne Grove drinking & nightlife 263food 259-61sights 258

Westfield Stratford City 17Westminster

food 113-14shopping 132-3sights 101

Westminster Abbey 12, 80-2

Westminster Cathedral 195

White Cube Gallery 104, 204

Whitechapeldrinking & nightlife 229food 224-5sights 219-20

Whitechapel Bell Foundry 219

Whitechapel Gallery 219Whitechapel Rd 219-20Whitehall 108-10wildlife 23Wimbledon 302, 303Wimbledon Common 302Wimbledon Lawn Tennis

Championships 27, 303Wimbledon Lawn Tennis

Museum 302Windsor 315-17Windsor Castle

(Windsor) 316women travellers 403Woolwich 277-8work 401Wren, Sir Christopher 270,

272, 278, 294, 351-2WWII 356

INDEX S

-W

414414

YYeoman Warders 142

Zzoos

Children’s Zoo 279London Zoo 237

5 EATING

5th View 117, 118

AA Little of What You Fancy

247Abeno 114Addis 246Afghan Kitchen 246Al Boccon di’Vino 302-3Albion 208Allpress Espresso 208Anchor & Hope 174Andrew Edmunds 118Applebee’s Fish Café 176-7Arancina 260Arbutus 119Asadal 122Asmara 284Assa 122

BBaozi Inn 120Bar Battu 159Bar Gansa 243Bar Shu 118Barrafina 120Bea’s of Bloomsbury 117Belgo Noord 244Ben’s Cookies 120Berwick Street Market 124Bibendum 196Bistrot Bruno Loubet 206-7Blah Blah Blah 261-2Blue Elephant 304Blue Legume 247Bocca di Lupo 117Bollo 304Breakfast Club 247Brick Lane Beigel Bake 209Brindisa 176British Library Cafes 236Busaba Eathai 114Butcher & Grill 284Byron 197

CCafé Below 157Café Oto 247-8Café Spice Namasté 225Camden Market 243Canela 122Canteen 176Caravan 205Cây Tre 209Champor-Champor 176Chez Bruce 284Chez Lindsay 301Chilli Cool 114Chosan 304Churrería Española 261Cinnamon Club 113-14Circus (Bath) 320City Càphê 159Clark’s 207Climpson & Sons 227Coach & Horses 207Counter Cafe 228-9Couscous Café 262-3Cow 261Crooked House of Windsor

(Windsor) 317

DDaquise 197Daylesford 260-1Dean Street Townhouse 117Dinner by Heston

Blumenthal 196Diwana Bhel Poori House

246Don Fernando’s 303Drury House (Windsor) 317Due South (Brighton)

313-15Duke of Cambridge 246

EE Pellici 225E&O 260Eagle 207Edamame (Oxford) 309El Pirata 125Electric Brasserie 260Enoteca Turi 304Esarn Kheaw 262Eyre Brothers 208

FF. Cooke 227Federation Coffee 284Fernandez & Wells 119Fifteen 208Fino 114

Fish House 227Fishworks 123Formans 228Franco Manca 283, 304Frizzante@City Farm 227

GGallery Cafe 227Gallipoli 247Garden & Grill 262Garrison Public House

174, 176Gate 261Gaucho Grill 244Gay Hussar 119Geales 261Georgian Iberian

Restaurant 245Giaconda Dining Room 121Gilbey’s (Eton) 317Glasshouse 303Golden Hind 123Gordon Ramsay 197Gordon Ramsay at

Claridge’s 124Great Queen Street 120Green Papaya 227Greenhouse 124Greenwich Market 282Gun 229

HHaché 244, 304Hackney Pearl 229Hakkasan 114Hawksmoor 209HIX 118Honest Burgers 283Hummus Bros 114Hunan 197

IIl Baretto 123Inn the Park 116Inside 282

JJ Sheekey 121Jericho Café (Oxford) 309Jericho Tavern (Oxford) 309

KKazan 196Kensington Place 261Kimchee 122Kolapata 225Koya 117Kulu Kulu 120

LLa Gaffe 245Laughing Gravy 174Launceston Place 195-6Laxeiro 227Le Boudin Blanc 123Le Mercury 245-6Le Pain Quotidien 123Leila’s Shop 207Les Trois Garçons 207Little Georgia 227Loafing 228Locanda Locatelli 123Look Mum No Hands 206Lots Road Pub & Dining

Room 304Luxe 210

MM Manze 176Ma Goa 304Macaron Boulangerie &

Patisserie 285Magdalen 174Mangal Ocakbasi 247Mango Room 243-4Manna 246Marine Ices 244Market Thai 260Marylebone Farmers

Market 124Masala Zone 247Masters Super Fish 174Medcalf 206Mediterraneo 260Mestizo 243Mildreds 118Milk Bar 120Min Jiang 196Mirch Masala 225Mock Turtle (Brighton) 315Modern Pantry 206Momo 124Monmouth Coffee

Company 121Mooli’s 117Morgan M 247Morito 205-6Moro 205Mr Wing 261

NNamô 228National Dining Rooms

121Natural Kitchen 123Nevada Street Deli 282New World 120


INDEX E

ATIN

G

415415Newens Maids of Honour

303Nobu 124Nordic Bakery 118North Sea Fish

Restaurant 114Nude Espresso 209

OOld Brewery 282Orangery 196-7Ottolenghi 245Oxo Tower Restaurant &

Brasserie 173

PPatio 262Pavilion 228Pearl Liang 262Pembroke Lodge 298Penny Black 197Petersham Nurseries

Café 303Ping Pong 123Pizza Express 285Poetry Café 369Polpetto 118-19Poppies 209Portrait 117, 121Primrose Bakery 122Princess of Shoreditch 207Princi 119Providores & Tapa Room

122

QQuod (Oxford) 309

RRacine 196Rasa 246Rasa Samudra 116Rasoi Vineet Bhatia 197Ravi Shankar 243Restaurant at St Paul’s 157Reubens 123Riddle & Finns (Brighton)

313River Café 262Roast 174Rock & Sole Plaice 121Rodizio Rico 247Roka 114Rosa’s 209Rosie’s Deli Café 283Roussillon 197Royal Exchange Grand Café

& Bar 159Rules 122

SSakura 125Salamander (Bath) 320Sam’s of Brighton

(Brighton) 313Santa Maria del Sur 284Sauterelle 159Scoop 120-1Shanghai Blues 122Skylon 173Sông Quê 209Spice Market 120Spread Eagle 283Spuntino 117-18ST ALi 207St John 205St John Bread & Wine

208-9Star Café 118Sweeting’s 157

TTai Won Mein 283Taquería 259-60Tatra 261Tayyabs 224-5Tendido Cero 261Terre à Terre (Brighton)

313Tom’s Kitchen 196Tower (Windsor) 317Trinity 285

VVeeraswamy 118Viajante 225, 227Viet Grill 209Villandry 124Vincent Rooms 113

WWahaca 121Wallace 121Wapping Food 229Wells Tavern 244-5White Swan Pub & Dining

Room 159Whitechapel Gallery Dining

Room 225Wild Honey 124Wine Library 159Wolseley 117Woodlands 246

YYak Yeti Yak (Bath) 320Yauatcha 116York & Albany 243

ZZuma 196

6 DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE

93 Feet East 214333 213

AAcademy 126Anchor Bankside 177Aquarium 213Area 287Atlas 264Auld Shillelagh 250

BBabalou 287Baltic 177Bar 23 251Bar Kick 211Bar Vinyl 249Barcode 128Barmy Arms 306Barrio North 250Basketmakers Arms

(Brighton) 315Beach Blanket Babylon 263Bethnal Green Working

Men’s Club 230Big Chill House 248Black Cap 249Black Friar 159Boheme Bar & Kitchen 127Boogaloo 249Book Club 211Bradley’s Spanish Bar 125Bridge 214Britannia 230Bull 250

CCallooh Callay 212Camino 248Candy Bar 126Captain Kidd 231Cargo 211-12Carpenter’s Arms 230Castle 250Catch 213Churchill Arms 264City Barge 305-6Coach & Horses 127Coat & Badge 305Concrete 177Counting House 159-60Cricketers 305

Cross Keys 129Crown & Goose 249Crown & Greyhound 288Cutty Sark Tavern 286

DDalston Superstore 251Dogstar 286Dove 263Dove Freehouse 229Draft House 287Drayton Arms 198Dreambagsjaguarshoes 213Duke of Wellington 127

EEagle 288Earl of Lonsdale 263East Village 213Edge 126Edinboro Castle 248Effra 286Egg 248El Vino 160Endurance 128Experimental Cocktail

Club 126

FFabric 210Filthy MacNasty’s 210Flask Tavern 250Fox & Anchor 210Fox Reformed 250-1French House 126Freud 129Friendly Society 127Fulham Mitre 305

GGalvin at Windows 198Garden Gate 249George & Dragon 211George Inn 177-8Golden Heart 213-14Gordon’s Wine Bar 129Grand Union 263Grapes 230-1Green 250Greenwich Union 285Guinea 130

HHappiness Forgets 212Heaven 128Hoist 288Holly Bush 250-1Horse & Groom 213

INDEX D

RIN

KIN

G &

NIG

HT

LIFE

416416

IIndo 229

JJazz Bar Dalston 251Jerusalem Tavern 210Jika Jika (Bath) 321John Snow 128Joiners Arms 230Jolly Gardeners 305Junction 250

KKensington Roof Gardens

263-4King Edward VII 230King’s Arms 177Ku Bar Frith St 128Ku Bar Lisle St 129

LLamb 125Lamb & Flag 128Lo Profile 128Lock Tavern 249London Apprentice 306Loop Bar 127-8Lord John Russell 125Lost Society 287Loungelover 212

MMacbeth 213Madame Jo Jo’s 126Marylebone 130Mason & Taylor 211Mayflower 286Milk & Honey 128Ministry of Sound 288Museum Tavern 125

NNag’s Head 198Nelsons Head 230Newman Arms 125Nightjar 212Notting Hill Arts Club 263

OOld Blue Last 213Old Brewery 286Old Ship 263

PPalm Tree 230Passing Clouds 251Plan B 286Plastic People 212Polski Bar 129Prince Alfred 265Prince of Wales 287Prince Regent 130Princess Louise 129Profile 127Prospect of Whitby

231Proud Camden 248Prufrock 211Public House 250Punch Bowl 130Purl 129

QQueen of Hoxton 212-13Queen’s 249Queen’s Arms 198Queen’s Larder 125

RRake 178Red Lion 213Rhythm Factory 229Royal Inn on the Park 230Royal Oak 178, 230Ruby Lounge 248RVT 287-8

SSalisbury 128Scootercaffe 177Seven Stars 129Ship 305Somers Town Coffeehouse

248SO.UK 287Spaniard’s Inn 249Sports Cafe 128Star Inn (Bath) 321Swan at the Globe 177

TTempus Bar 126Ten Bells 214Three Kings 210Trafalgar Tavern 286Troubadour 264Turf Tavern (Oxford) 309Two Brewers 287Two Brewers (Windsor)

317

VVertigo 42 159Vibe Bar 214Village 126-7Vinoteca 210

WWarrington 265Waterway 263West Brompton 264-5White Cross 305White Horse 126, 305White Swan 231, 306Windsor Castle 264Worship St Whistling

Shop 212

XXOYO 212

YYard 127Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

160Ye Olde Mitre 210Ye Olde Watling 160Ye White Hart 305Zetter Townhouse 212

3 ENTERTAINMENT

12 Bar 130100 Club 132606 Club 198-9

AAmused Moose Soho 132Arcola Theatre 253

BBarbican 160Barfly 252Battersea Arts Centre 288BFI IMAX Cinema 180BFI Southbank 179-80Bistrotheque 231Borderline 131Brick Box 289Bull & Gate 252Bush Theatre 265

CCadogan Hall 198Café Oto 252-3Ciné Lumière 198Clapham Picture House

289

Comedy Café 214Comedy Camp 131Comedy Store 130Coronet 264Curzon Soho 131

DDonmar Warehouse 132

EEarl’s Court Exhibition

Centre 266Electric Ballroom 252Electric Cinema 264Everyman Hampstead

252

FForum 252

GGate Picturehouse 264

HHackney Empire 231Hampstead Theatre 253

IICA Cinema 132

JJazz Café 253

KKenwood House 251KOKO 251

LLaban 288-9London Coliseum 132London’s Little Opera

House at the King’s Head Theatre 254

Lowdown at the Albany 253-4

MMenier Chocolate

Factory 179

NNational Theatre 178

OO2 276O2 Academy Brixton 289


INDEX EN

TER

TAIN

MEN

T

417417O2 Academy Islington 254O2 Shepherd’s Bush

Empire 265Old Vic 180Opera Holland Park 265

PPizza Express Jazz Club 131Place 131Prince Charles 130Proud Camden 251

RRio Cinema 252Ritzy Picturehouse 289Riverside Studios 266Ronnie Scott’s 131Roundhouse 252Royal Albert Hall 198Royal Court Theatre 198Royal Opera House 130

SSadler’s Wells 214Shakespeare’s Globe 179Soho Theatre 131Southbank Centre 178

UUnion Chapel 253Up the Creek 289

VVolupté 160Vortex Jazz Club 253

WWigmore Hall 131Wilton’s 231

YYoung Vic 180

7 SHOPPING

123 Bethnal Green Road 216

AAbercrombie & Fitch 136Absolute Vintage 215Agent Provocateur 134Al Saqi 266Algerian Coffee Stores 134Annie’s Vintage Costumes

& Textiles 254Apple Store 135, 136Aquascutum 134

BBackyard Market 215Bang Bang Exchange 133Beehive 290Benjamin Pollock’s

ToyShop 136Bermondsey Market 180Beyond Retro 232Beyond the Valley 134Books for Cooks 266Brick Lane Market 215Brixton Market 290Brixton Village 289-90Broadway Market 231-2Burberry 137-8Burberry Outlet Shop 232Butler & Wilson 138, 200

CCamden Market 240, 253Camden Passage 254Carhartt Outlet Store 232Cath Kidston 136Ceramica Blue 266Chiswick Farmers & Fine

Foods Market 306Church’s 199Columbia Road Flower

Market 215, 231Compendia 290Conran Shop 199

DDaunt Books 137DR Harris 133

EEcone 216Emporium 290

FForbidden Planet

Mega store 135Fortnum & Mason 132Foyle’s 137

GGay’s the Word 133Gill Wing 254Gosh! 137

HHamleys 134Harold Moore’s Records

135Harrods 199Harvey Nichols 199

Hatton Garden 214Housmans 254

JJames Smith & Sons

133John Lewis 138John Sandoe Books 199Jones Dairy 232Joy 133, 290

KKonditor & Cook 180Kurt Geiger 138

LLabour & Wait 215Laden Showroom 215Lesley Craze Gallery 216Liberty 134Limelight Movie Art 199London Review Bookshop

137Lucy in Disguise 136Lulu Guinness 200

MMagma 215Marshmallow Mountain

134Minamoto Kitchoan 133Molton Brown 135Monocle Shop 136Mortimer & Bennett 306Mulberry 137

NNeal’s Yard Dairy 134No-one 216North End Road Market

306

OOn the Beat 135Orsini 266

PPast Caring 254Paul Smith 135Penhaligon’s 132Phonica 135Portobello Road Market

259Poste 137Poste Mistress 136Present 216Prowler 134

RRay’s Jazz 135Reckless Records 135Rellik 266Retro Man 266Retro Woman 266Ridley Road Market

243Rigby & Peller 138Rippon Cheese Stores

199Rough Trade 266-7Rough Trade East 215Roullier White 290

SSelfridges 136Shepherds 133Shepherd’s Bush Market

266Silver Vaults 161Sister Ray 135Sounds of the Universe

135South Bank Book Market

180Space NK 136Spice Shop 266Spitalfields Market 215Stanford’s 137Start 216Stella McCartney 138Sting 136Sunday UpMarket 215

TTatty Devine 215Taylor of Old Bond Street

133Ted Baker 135TopShop & Topman 133

UUrban Outfitters 133, 134

VVillage Books 290Vintage House 134Vivienne Westwood 137

WWaterstone’s 137Westfield Shopping Centre

265Westfield Stratford City

17Wright & Teague 138

INDEX S

HO

PP

ING

418418

2 SPORTS & ACTIVITIES

Arsenal Emirates Stadium 72

Brockwell Park Lido 290Chelsea Football Club 72Hampstead Heath Ponds

254K Spa 267Lord’s Cricket Ground

239, 255Oval, the (Brit) 280, 290Parliament Hill Lido 255Porchester Spa 267Thermae Bath Spa (Bath)

317-18Twickenham Rugby

Stadium 306Wembley Stadium 72

4 SLEEPING

13 Princelet St 33240 Winks 333196 Bishopsgate 329

AAcademy 326Andaz Liverpool Street 329Arosfa 328Arran House Hotel 326Aster House 330Astor Hyde Park 331-2Astor Victoria 332

BB+B Belgravia 329-30Bankside House 330Barmy Badger

Backpackers 337base2stay 335Bermondsey Square Hotel

329Blakes 330Boundary 333Brown’s 326Butler’s Wharf Residence

330

CCadogan Hotel 331Captain Bligh GuestHouse

338Charlotte Street Hotel 327

Chesterfield 327-8Church Street Hotel 337-8Claridge’s 326-7Clink78 334Clink261 334Colonnade 335Covent Garden Hotel

326Cumberland Hotel 327

DDays Hotel 338Dean Street Townhouse

325

EeasyHotel 338Elysee Hotel 336Express by Holiday Inn

338

FFielding Hotel 325Fox & Anchor 332-3

GGarden Court Hotel 337Gate Hotel 336Generator 327Gore 330Grange Blooms Hotel 328Great Dover St Apartments

330

HHalkin 330Hampstead Guesthouse

334Haymarket 325Hazlitt’s 325Hempel 335High Holborn Residence

330Hotel Indigo 335Hotel La Place 328Hoxton Hotel 332

IInternational Students

House 330, 334

JJesmond Hotel 327

KK West 335Kennington B&B 338King’s College Conference

& Vacation Bureau 330

Knightsbridge Hotel 331

LLanesborough 331Lime Lounge (Bath) 320-1LSE Vacations 330Luna Simone Hotel 331

MMad Hatter 329Malmaison 333Marlborough House (Bath)

320Mayflower 336Meininger 331Morgan Hotel 328

NNew Cross Inn 339New Linden Hotel 336No 10 Manchester Street

325Number 5 Maddox Street

325Number 16 St Alfege’s 338Number Sixteen 330

OOld Ship 333One Aldwych 325

PPark Plaza Westminster

Bridge 338Parkwood Hotel 336Pavilion Hotel 336Petersham 339Portobello Gold 337Portobello Hotel 334-6Premier Inn 338

RRidgemount Hotel 328Ritz 327Rockwell 335Rookery 332Rough Luxe 334

Royal Crescent Hotel (Bath) 320

Rushmore 336

SSan Domenico House 331Seven Dials Hotel 328Shoreditch Rooms 333Soho Hotel 326St Christopher Bath (Bath)

320St Christopher’s Inn

Greenwich 339St Christopher’s Village

329St Pancras Renaissance

Hotel 334Stamford St Apartments

330Stylotel 337

TThe Bingham 339Threadneedles 328-9Town Hall Hotel & Apart-

ments 333Travelodge 338Twenty Nevern Square

336

VVancouver Studios 336Vicarage Hotel 328

WW 326W14 337Waldorf Hilton 327Windermere Hotel 331

YYHA Earl’s Court 335YHA Holland House 328YHA London St Paul’s 329YHA London Thameside

338YHA Oxford St 325-6YHA St Pancras Interna-

tional 334York & Albany 333-4

ZZetter Hotel & Townhouse

332


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PO

RT

S &

AC

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