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30 St Mary Axe 106-7, 212, 212

Aaccommodation 332-54,

see also Sleeping subindex, individual neighbourhoods

Ackroyd, Peter 37activities 318-22,

see also Sports & Activities subindex

Aikens, Tom 250air travel 374-7

airlines 374airports 374-7to/from Gatwick Airport

376to/from Heathrow 375-6to/from London City 377to/from Luton 377to/from Stansted Airport

376tours 380-1

ambulance 386antiques 232apartments 332-3architecture 206-12area codes, see inside front

coverarts 34-48, 306-16, see also

Arts subindexfestivals 16, 17

athletics 322ATMs 388

BB&Bs, see Sleeping

subindexbabysitters 384Bacon, Francis 44Bank 105-17Bankside 128-30Barbican 107, 7Barnes 195-7bars, see Drinking

subindexbathrooms 392Battersea 192, 190Battersea Power Station

192, 12BBC 27, 53-4, 97BBC Promenade Concerts

(The Proms) 17Beatles, The 30Bedlam 188, 12beer 278Belgravia 135-8Bermondsey 130-3Bethnal Green 158Bexleyheath 186bicycle travel 377-8Big Ben 92, 3Black Death 22Blair, Tony 32Blitz, the 28Bloomsbury 79-82, 80-1Blue Plaques Scheme 142boat travel 109-16, 361, 378

tours 380, 381body snatchers 29Booker Prize 38books 36, see also Shopping

subindexBorough 130-3boutique hotels, see

Sleeping subindexBray 371-2Brentford 199-201Brick Lane 152, 9Brighton 363-6, 364Britart 44-5British cuisine 234-5British Library 168-9, 211British Museum 79, 83, 6Brixton 191-2, 190

walking tour 193-4, 194

Brixton Market 193, 226, 259, 12

Broadstairs 367BT Tower 210, 210Buckingham Palace 86burlesque 295bus travel 378-9

to/from Europe 378-9within UK 378-9tours 380

business hours 214, 235, 384, see also inside front cover

Ccabaret, see Drinking

subindexcafes, see Drinking

subindexCambridge 361-3, 362Camden 168, 170Canterbury 369-70, 370car travel 379-80

congestion charge 379hire 379-80road rules 379

cathedrals, see Sights subindex

cell phones 392cemeteries, see Sights

subindexchanging of the guard 87Charing Cross Station

111, 110Charles I 24Charlton 183-4Chelsea 135-47, 136-7

accommodation 342-5drinking 280-1food 247-51shopping 224-5

Chelsea flower show 17chemists 388children, travel with 384

attractions 82, 95-6, 132, 158

Chinatown 63-9Chiswick 197churches, see Sights

subindexChurchill, Winston 94-5cinema 46-7

cinemas 309-10, see also Arts subindex

City Hall 115, 212, 114City, the 99-123, 100

accommodation 340-1drinking 278-9food 245shopping 223walking tour 122-3, 122

Clapham 192-3, 190classical music 306-7Clerkenwell 148-54, 150

accommodation 345-6drinking 281-3food 251-5gay & lesbian 327shopping 225-9

climate 384-5clothing sizes 215clubs 294-9cockney 164cocktail bars, see Drinking

subindexcomedy 299-301congestion charge 49, 379consulates 385-6Cooke, Dominic 313costs 18-19

accommodation 332discount cards 385eating out 235taxes 391tipping 392

County Hall 111, 125, 110courses 385Covent Garden 69-76, 70-1credit cards 388cricket 320-1, see

also Sports & Activities subindex

Crouch End 173customs regulations 385cycling 377-8

Ddance 17, 48, 307-8Dance Umbrella 17Defoe, Daniel 34-5department stores, see

Shopping subindexDeptford walking tour

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79-81disabilities, travellers 393DJ bars, see Drinking

subindexDLR 382 Docklands 155-64, 162, 10

accommodation 346drinking 283-4food 255-7gay & lesbian 327shopping 229

Docklands Light Railway 382

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 35drinking 274-92, see also

Drinking subindex, indi-vidual neighbourhoods

driving, see car traveldrug stores 388Dulwich 185Dungeness 367-8

EEarl’s Court 178, 178East End, the 155-64, 156

accommodation 346drinking 283-4food 255-7gay & lesbian 327shopping 229

electricity 385Elizabeth I 23Elizabeth II 29Eltham 185-6Eltham Palace 185-6, 11embassies 385-6emergencies 386, see also

inside front coverEmin, Tracey 45environmental issues 49Euston 168-9exchange rates, see inside

front coverexcursions 356-73, 357

Ffarms 159fashion 54-5, see also

Shopping subindexfestivals 16-19

architecture 17, 208art 16, 17Carribean 17, 11dance 17film 16, 17-18fireworks 18

flower 17gay & lesbian 16, 17Lord Mayor’s 18music 17, 301, 303pancake 16Queen’s birthday 17Thames 17

fire services 386film 46-7

festivals 16, 17-18Fitzrovia 83flats 333Fleet (river) 76food 234-72, see also Eating

subindex, individual neighbourhoods

football 320, see also Sports & Activities subindex

football clubs 321Forest Hill 185Foster, Norman 83, 87,

106, 115, 129, 133, 211, 212, 320

Fourth Plinth Project 73Fulham 195

Ggalleries, see Sights

subindexgardens, see Sights

subindexgay travellers 324-30,

see also Gay & Lesbian subindexfestivals 16, 17resources 329

geography 48-9Gherkin, the 106-7, 212,

212government 50-2Great Fire 25Great Plague 24Great Smog 29‘Great Stink’ 27Greater London 62Greenwich 179-87, 182

accommodation 352-3drinking 289-90food 266-7shopping 231

Grubstreet 35guesthouses, see Sleeping

subindexGuy Fawkes Night 18gyms 318-19, see

also Sports & Activities subindex

HHackney 158Hampstead 169-72

walking tour 173-4, 174Hampton 201-3Hampton Court Palace

201-3, 12Harrods 224Head of the River Race 16Hever Castle 372-3Highgate 169-72

walking tour 173-4, 174Highgate Cemetery 169-71,

10history 20-33Hogarth, William 44Holborn 76-9holidays 386homewares, see Shopping

subindexhorse racing 322hostels, see Sleeping

subindexhotels, see Sleeping

subindexHouses of Parliament 92-3Hoxton 149-51Hyde Park 135-47, 136-7

accommodation 342-5drinking 280-1food 247-51Hyde Park 144-5, 9shopping 224-5walking tour 146-7, 146

Iimmigration 31, 65Imperial War Museum

188-9, 12internet access 386-7internet resources 19Irish Republican Army 30Islington 173, 170itineraries 60-1

Jjazz clubs 301-2jewellery, see Shopping

subindexJohnson, Boris 3, 32-3Jones, Inigo 207

KKennington 193Kent 372-3Kenwood House 172, 208Kew 199-201

Kew Gardens 199-200, 12Kew Palace 199King’s Cross 168-9, 297

LLaban 307-8, 207Lambeth 188-91language 55-6Leadenhall Market 259, 7Leeds Castle 372legal matters 387Leicester Square 75, 70-1lesbian travellers 324-30,

see also Gay & Lesbian subindexfestivals 16, 17resources 329

libraries, see Sights subindex

Limehouse 160-1lingerie 223literature 34-8Livingstone, Ken 32, 72local businesses 224Londinium 20London Art Fair 16London Bridge 22London Eye 111, 124, 8, 111London Film Festival 17-18London Lesbian & Gay Film

Festival 16London life 3London Marathon 16London Open House 17,

208, 381Lord Mayor’s Show 18Lundenwic 21

Mmagazines 53, 54, 389maps 387Margate 367markets, see Sights

subindex, Shopping subindex

Marx, Karl 65Marylebone 95-7, 90Mayfair 89, 90measures 388, see also

inside front covermedical services 387-8Mendoza, Daniel 160metric conversions, see

inside front coverMile End 158-60Millennium Bridge 113,

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Millennium Dome, see O2mobile phones 392money 388

ATMs 388credit cards 388discount cards 385

Monument 107, 7motorcycle travel 379-80Museum of London 103museums, see Sights

subindexmusic 40-3, see also

Shopping subindexfestivals 17, 301, 303

Muswell Hill 173

NNash, John 67-8, 208-9National Gallery 73-4Natural History Museum

140, 209neighbourhoods, see

individual neighbourhoods

New Cross walking tour 186-7, 187

newspapers 52-3, 388-9nightlife 294-304, see

also Nightlife subindexNorth London 165-74,

166, 170accommodation 346-8drinking 284-7food 257-62gay & lesbian 327shopping 229-30

Notting Hill Carnival 17, 11

OO2 303, 116Old Royal Naval College

180-1, 207Olympic Games 2, 32Open House London 17,

208, 381opera 310-11organised tours 356, 380-1Oval 193Oxford 356-61, 358Oxford & Cambridge Boat

Race 17Oxo Tower 113, 246, 112Oyster card 379

Ppalaces, see Sights subindexPancake Races 16parks, see Sights subindexParliament Hill 169Peasants’ Revolt 22pharmacies 388Piccadilly Circus 67-8pie & mash 254, 256pilates 319-20Pimlico 146planning 19, 60-1police 386politics 50-2population 50Portobello Road Market

226, 11postal services 390premier league 321Pride London 17Private Eye 54public holidays 386pubs, see Drinking

subindexpunting 361Putney 195-7

QQueen Victoria 26-7

Rradio 390Rambert Dance Company

48Ramsay, Gordon 242, 247-8Red House 186Regent Street 68Regent’s Park 165-8relocations 390residents 390Richmond 197-9

walking tour 203-4, 204Richmond Park 198, 12River Thames 109-16rock & pop venues 302-4Rolling Stones, the 30, 40Romney Marsh 367-8rooms 333Rowling, JK 38Royal Academy of Arts 68Royal Academy Summer

Exhibition 17Royal Albert Hall 306-7, 9Royal Ballet 48Royal Observatory 180, 11rugby 321-2Rye 367-9

SSelf, Will 37self-catering 235Shakespeare, William 34Shakespeare’s Globe 129,

312, 8Shepherd’s Bush 175, 178ships, see Sights subindexshoes, see Shopping

subindexshopping 214-32, see

also Shopping subindex, individual neighbourhoods

shopping strips 216Shoreditch 148-54, 150

accommodation 345-6drinking 281-3food 251-5gay & lesbian 327shopping 225-9walking tour 153-4, 153

silver, see Shopping subindex

Sinclair, Iain 37Sissinghurst Castle Garden

373slang 164sleeping, see Sleeping

subindex, individual neighbourhoods

Smith, Zadie 37Smithfield 99-105Soane, Sir John 77-8soccer, see footballSoho 63-9Somerset House 76-7,

113, 112South Bank, the 124-34,

126accommodation 341-2drinking 279-80food 245-6shopping 223-4walking tour 133-4, 133

South London 188-94, 189, 190drinking 290-1food 267-70gay & lesbian 327-9shopping 231

Southeast London 179-87, 182accommodation 352-3drinking 289-90food 266-7shopping 231

Southwark 128-30

Southwark Cathedral 115, 130-1, 114

Southwest London 195-204, 196, 200accommodation 353drinking 291-2food 270-2shopping 231-2

souvenirs, see Shopping subindex

spas 320Spitalfields 148-54, 150

accommodation 345-6drinking 281-3food 251-5gay & lesbian 327shopping 225-9walking tour 153-4, 153

Spitalfields Market 227, 9sporting events

Head of the River Race 16

London Marathon 16Oxford & Cambridge Boat

Race 17Wimbledon Lawn Tennis

Championships 17sports 318-22, see also

Sports & Activities subindex, individual sports

St James’s 83-9, 84-5St Martins 56St Martin-in-the-Fields

74-5, 210St Paul’s 99-105St Paul’s Cathedral 99-103,

102, 205Stockwell 193Stoke Newington 173Strand, The 76-9swimming 319

TTate Modern 128, 8taxes 217, 391taxis 381-2

tours 380-1touts 390

telephone services 391-2television 47, 392temples, see Sights

subindextennis 17, 322Thames Festival 17Thames Gateway 50Thames Path National

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walking toursTower Bridge 115, 121, 2,

115, 207Tower Hill 117-22Tower of London 117-21,

118, 7toys, see Shopping subindexTrafalgar Square 69-73, 6train travel 382

Docklands Light Railway 382

London Overground 382suburban lines 382to/from Europe 382within UK 382

tram travel 383Trooping the Colour 17tube, the 383Turner Prize 45TV 47, 392Twickenham 201

UUnderground, the 383Urban Planning 50

Vvacations 386vegetarians & vegans 235Victoria 146Victoria & Albert Museum

139-40, 9Victoria Park 158-60, 10vintage shopping 219visas 393-4visual arts 43-6

Wwalking tours 356, 381

Brixton 193-4, 194City, the 122-3, 122Deptford & New Cross

186-7, 187Hampstead & Highgate

173-4, 174Hyde Park 146-7, 146Richmond 203-4, 204

South Bank, the 133-4, 133

Spitalfields & Shoreditch 153-4, 153

Wapping & Whitechapel 163-4, 163

West End, the 97-8, 98Wandsworth 192Wapping 160-1

walking tour 163-4, 163

Wapping Project Bookshop 299

Waterloo 124-8weather 16, 384-5websites 19, see also

internet accessweights 388, see also inside

front coverWest End, the 63-98,

64, 66accommodation 334-40drinking 274-8food 236-45gay & lesbian 325-7walking tour 97-8, 98

West London 175-8, 176accommodation 348-52drinking 287-9food 263-6shopping 230-1

Westminster 89-94, 84-5Westminster Abbey 89-92,

206Westminster Bridge 26Whitechapel 155-8

walking tour 163-4, 163Whitehall 94-5, 84-5Whitstable 367wildlife 49-50Wimbledon 203Wimbledon Lawn Tennis

Championships 17Windsor 371-2Windsor Castle 371wine, see Shopping

subindexwine bars, see Drinking

subindexWodehouse, PG 35women travellers 394Woolwich 183-4work 394-5World War I 27World War II 28-9, 210Wren, Sir Christopher 25,

68-9, 78, 107, 207

Yyoga 319-20

ARTSCHURCH VENUESSouthwark Cathedral 308St James’s Piccadilly 308St John’s, Smith Square 308St Martin-in-the-Fields 308St Paul’s Cathedral 308Westminster Abbey 308

CINEMASBarbican 309BFI Southbank 309Ciné Lumière 309Coronet 309Curzon Soho 309Electric Cinema 309Everyman Hampstead

309-10Gate Picturehouse 310ICA Cinema 310Prince Charles 310Rio Cinema 310Ritzy Picturehouse 310Riverside Studios 310

CLASSICAL MUSICBarbican 306Kenwood House 306Royal Albert Hall 306-7, 9Southbank Centre 307Wigmore Hall 307

DANCEBarbican 307Dance Umbrella 307Laban 307-8, 207Place 308Royal Opera House 308Sadler’s Wells 308Southbank Centre 308

OPERAKorn/Ferry Opera Holland

Park 310London Coliseum 311Royal Opera House 311

SPOKEN WORDBook Slam 312Enterprise 312Express Excess 312

Foyle’s 312Institute of Contemporary

Arts 312Poetry Café 312Southbank Centre 312Tabernacle 312Waterstone’s 312

THEATREAlmeida Theatre 313Arcola Theatre 313Barbican 311Battersea Arts Centre 313Bush Theatre 313-14Donmar Warehouse 314Hackney Empire 314Hampstead Theatre 314King’s Head 314Little Angel Theatre 314Lyric Hammersmith 314Menier Chocolate

Factory 314National Theatre 311Old Vic 314-15Royal Court Theatre 311-12Shakespeare’s Globe 312, 8Soho Theatre 315Tricycle Theatre 315Young Vic 315

DRINKINGBARSBabalou 290Baltic 279Bar 23 286-7Bar Kick 281Bistrotheque 283Boogaloo 286Bradley’s Spanish Bar 277Dogstar 290Elk in the Woods 286Endurance 274Foundry 282Fox Reformed 287French House 275Freud 275-6Gordon’s Wine Bar 276King’s Bar 276Laughing Gravy 279Lost Society 290Polski Bar 276Salt Whisky Bar 277-8Social 277So.uk 291Troubadour 289Twelfth House 288

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Two Floors 275White Horse 290

CABARET BARSBistrotheque 283

CAFE-BARSConcrete 279Scooterworks 279

CAFESFreud 275-6Troubadour 289Twelfth House 288

COCKTAIL BARS25 Canonbury Lane 286Bar Blue 279-80Brixton Bar & Grill 290Galvin at Windows 280Inc Bar 289Jazz Bar Dalston 287Lonsdale 288Loungelover 282Milk & Honey 275Player 275White House 291

DJ BARSBartok 285Bar Vinyl 284-5Big Chill House 285Charterhouse Bar 281Dalston Superstore 287Dreambagsjaguarshoes 282Embassy 286George & Dragon 282Mother Bar 282Moustache Bar 287Old Blue Last 282Red Lion 283Ruby Lounge 285Vibe Bar 283

PUBSAnchor Bankside 279Atlas 288Auld Shillelagh 287Barmy Arms 292Black Friar 278Bollo 292Bricklayers Arms 281-2

Captain Kidd 284Churchill Arms 288City Barge 292Coach & Horses 274Coat & Badge 291Counting House 278Cricketers 292Cross Keys 275Crown & Goose 285Cutty Sark Tavern 289Dove 289Dove Freehouse 283-4Drayton Arms 280Dysart Arms 292Earl of Lonsdale 288Edinboro Castle 285Effra 290Filthy Macnasty’s 281Flask Tavern 286George & Dragon 282George Inn 280Golden Heart 283Grapes 284Greenwich Union 289Greyhound 288Guinea 277Holly Bush 286Hope & Anchor 286Jerusalem Tavern 281John Snow 275Jolly Gardeners 291King’s Arms 279Lamb 276-7Lamb & Flag 276London Apprentice 292Lord John Russell 277Macbeth 282Mayflower 289-90Mitre 291Museum Tavern 277Nag’s Head 280Newman Arms 277Old Blue Last 282Old Ship 289Palm Tree 284Prince Alfred 287Prince Arthur 284Prince of Wales 290-1Princess Louise 276Prospect Of Whitby 284Proud Camden 285Queen’s 285Queen’s Arms 280-1Queen’s Larder 277Rake 280Royal Inn on the Park 284Royal Oak (Borough) 280

Royal Oak (Cambridge Heath) 284

Salisbury 276Scarsdale Arms 288-9Seven Stars 276Ship 291-2Slaughtered Lamb 281Spaniard’s Inn 286Ten Bells 283Tim Bobbin 291Trafalgar Tavern 290Urban Bar 283Warrington 287Waterway 288White Cross 292White Horse 291White Swan 292Windsor Castle 288Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

278Ye Olde Mitre 281Ye Olde Watling 278-9Ye White Hart 292

WINE BARSAlbertine Wine Bar 289El Vino 278Wine Wharf 280

EATINGAFGHANIAfghan Kitchen 262

ARGENTINESanta Maria del Sur 269-70

BAKERIESBrick Lane Beigel Bake 255

BANGLADESHIKolapata 255

BELGIANBelgo Noord 258

BRITISHBlack & Blue 261Butcher & Grill 268-9Canteen 254Great Queen Street 239Inn the Park 242Medcalf 252Paternoster Chop House 245Portrait 238-9Quality Chop House 252

St John 252St John Bread & Wine 254

BURMESEMandalay 263

CAFESBar Italia 237Breakfast Club 262Café 1001 254-5Kew Greenhouse 272Lounge Café 267Maison Bertaux 237Milk Bar 238Monmouth Coffee

Company 237Newens Maids of Honour

272Pavilion Café at Victoria

Park 257Primrose Bakery 239-40Rosie’s Deli Café 267Royal Teas 267Scoop 240Serpentine Bar & Kitchen

250Star Café 237Taste of Bitter Love 257Wild Cherry 257

CARIBBEANMango Room 258

CHAIN RESTAURANTSASK 268Carluccio’s 268Giraffe 268Gourmet Burger Kitchen 268Hamburger Union 268Le Pain Quotidien 268Nandos 269Real Greek 269Strada 269Tas 269Wagamama 269Yo! Sushi 269

CHINESEBaozi Inn 239Bar Shu 236Dragon Castle 270Hakkasan 241Jen Café 239Jenny Lo’s Tea House 251

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DIM SUMPing Pong 244Yauatcha 237

EUROPEANElectric Brasserie 263Fernandez & Wells 237-8

FARMERS MARKETSBlackheath 251Clapham 251Islington 251Marylebone 251Notting Hill 251Pimlico Road 251South Kensington 251Wimbledon Park 251

FISH & CHIPSCosta’s Fish Restaurant 264Geales 264Golden Hind 244North Sea Fish Restaurant

240Rock & Sole Plaice 239

FRENCHCheyne Walk Brasserie 248Chez Bruce 268Chez Lindsay 272La Poule au Pot 250La Trouvaille 236Le Café du Marché 251Le Mercury 262Le Pain Quotidien 245Morgan M 261Oriel 249Racine 249Roussillon 250Spread Eagle 267Wallace 244

FUSIONChampor-Champo 247E&O 264Modern Pantry 252Mr Wing 265Providores & Tapa Room 244

GASTROPUBAnchor & Hope 246Coach & Horses 252Cow 264Duke of Cambridge 261Eagle 252Engineer 258Garrison Public House 247Hartley 247Lots Road Pub & Dining

Room 270Wells Tavern 261White Swan Pub & Dining

Room 245

GEORGIANLittle Georgia 256

HAMBURGERSByron 250Haché 270-1Sticky Fingers 250

HUNGARIANGay Hussar 236

INDIANBombay Bicycle Club 261Café Spice Namaste 255Cinnamon Club 243Diwana Bhel Poori House

260Kennington Tandoori

270Kerala 243Ma Goa 271Masala Zone 261Mirch Masala 255Rasa 262Rasa Samudra 241Ravi Shankar 260Tayyabs 255Veeraswamy 236Woodlands 260

INTERNATIONALRivington Grill 267Tom’s Kitchen 250

ITALIANBocca di Lupo 236E Pellici 256-7Enoteca Turi 271Fifteen 253Franco Manca 267

Frankie’s 249Frizzante@City Farm

256Furnace 253Il Baretto 244Il Bordello 257La Gaffe 261Locanda Locatelli 243-4Lucio 249Marine Ices 258Metrogusto 261Olivo 250-1Ooze 241Ottolenghi 261-2Pizza on the Park 250Princi 237River Café 265

JAPANESEAbeno 240AKI 252-3Asakusa 258Chosan 271Fujiyama 267Kulu Kulu 238Matsuri 240Nobu 241-2Roka 241Sakura 243Tsuru 247

JEWISHNosh Bar 238Reubens 244

KOREANAsadal 240Assa 239

MALAYSIANAwana 249

MARKETSBerwick Street Market

259Billingsgate Fish Market

259Borough Market 259Brixton Market 259, 12Broadway Market 259Chapel Market 259Leadenhall Market 259, 7Ridley Road Market 259Roman Road Market 259Smithfield Market 259

MEXICAN 260Green & Red 254Mestizo 260Wahaca 240

MIDDLE EASTERNHummus Bros 241Jakob’s 250

MODERN BRITISHButlers Wharf Chop House

246Electric Brasserie 263Gordon Ramsay at

Claridge’s 242Harwood Arms 265Konstam at the Prince

Albert 260Magdalen 246-7Market 258Ransome’s Dock 269Roast 246Smiths of Smithfield 251

MODERN EUROPEANAcorn House 260Andrew Edmunds 236-7Arbutus 236Bermondsey Kitchen 247Bibendum 248Boathouse 263Boundary 253Capital 248Giaconda Dining Room

239Glasshouse 272Gordon Ramsay 247-8Greenhouse 242Hoxton Apprentice 253Inside 266Kensington Place 264Launceston Place 248Le Café Anglais 263Petersham Nurseries

Café 271Royal Exchange Grand Café

& Bar 245SE10 Restaurant & Bar

266Sketch 242Villandry 243Vincent Rooms 243Whitechapel Gallery Dining

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Wild Honey 243Wine Library 245Wolseley 242

MODERN INTERNATIONALGrafton House 270Oxo Tower Restaurant &

Brasserie 246Skylon 246

NORTH AFRICANAddis 260Asmara 267-8Couscous Café 263Momo 243Moro 252

ORGANICNatural Kitchen 244

PIE & MASHAJ Goddard 254Castle’s 254Clark’s 254F Cooke 254G Kelly 254Humble Pie 254, 265Manze’s 254Square Pie Company

254

PIZZAArancina 265

POLISHDaquise 250Ognisko 249Patio 266Tatra 266

PORTUGESECanela 240Eyre Brothers 253

RUSSIANTrojka 258

SCANDINAVIANNordic Bakery 238

SEAFOODApplebee’s Fish Café

247Commander Porterhouse &

Oyster Bar 264Fish House 257Fishworks 271-2J Sheekey 238Lobster Pot 270Masters Super Fish 246Sweeting’s 245

SOUTH AFRICANChakalaka 271

SPANISHBar Gansa 258Barrafina 238Camino 260Churreria Española 265Don Fernando’s 272El Faro 257Eyre Brothers 253Fernandez & Wells 237-8Fino 241Laxeiro 255-6Mesón Don Felipe 246Mesón Los Barriles 253-4Moro 252Olé 271Tendido Cero 265

TEAHOUSESOrangery 249-50

TEX-MEXTaqueria 264-5

THAIBlue Elephant 270Busaba Eathai 241Esarn Kheaw 265Krungtap 265Market Thai 264Thai Garden 257

TRADITIONAL BRITISHRules 239

TURKISHGallipoli 262Mangal Ocakbasi 262Tas Firin 256

VEGETARIANBlah Blah Blah 266Blue Légume 262Diwana Bhel Poori House

260Eat & Two Veg 244Gate 266Manna 258Mildred’s 237Place Below 245Rasa 262Red Veg 238Route Master 254Woodlands 260

VIETNAMESECay Tre 253Green Papaya 256Namo 257Song Que 253

GAY & LESBIANBARS, CLUBS & PUBSArea 327Barcode 325Black Cap 327Candy Bar 325Eagle 327Edge 325Fire 328Freedom 325Friendly Society 325G Spot 325Ghetto 327Green 327Heaven 325Hoist 328Joiners Arm 327Ku Bar 325Royal Vauxhall Tavern 328Shadow Lounge 326Two Brewers 328-9White Swan 327Yard 327

SHOPSGay’s the Word 324Prowler 324

NIGHTLIFEBURLESQUEBethnal Green Working

Men’s Club 295Flash Monkey 295

Lady Luck night 295Last Tuesday Society’s 295Volupté 295-9

CLUBS93 Feet East 294-5333 295Aquarium 295Bar Rumba 295Bethnal Green Working

Men’s Club 295Big Chill House 295Black Gardenia 296Cargo 296Catch 296Dogstar 296East Village 296Egg 296Fabric 296Favela Chic 296-7Herbal 297Koko 297Last Days of Decadence 297Madame Jo Jo’s 297Matter 297-8Ministry of Sound 298Notting Hill Arts Club 298On the Rocks 298Passing Clouds 298Plastic People 298Proud Camden 298Scala 298Volupté 298-9Wapping Project Bookshop

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COMEDYAmused Moose Soho 300Book Club night 300Chuckle Club 300Comedy Café 300Comedy Camp 300Comedy Store 300Downstairs At The King’s

Head 300Headliners 300Jongleurs 300-1Live at the Chapel 300Lowdown at the Albany

301Soho Theatre 301Up the Creek 301

JAZZ CLUBS100 Club 301606 Club 301

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ROCK & POPBardens Boudoir 302Barfly@the Monarch 302Borderline 302-3Bull & Gate 303Café Oto 303Earl’s Court Exhibition

Centre 303Forum 303Luminaire 303O2 303O2 Academy Brixton

303-4O2 Academy Islington 304O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

304Rhythm Factory 304Roundhouse 304Royal Festival Hall 304Underworld 304Union Chapel 304Wembley Arena 304

SHOPPINGANTIQUESOld Cinema 232Strand Antiques 232

BOOKSAl Saqi 230Blackwell’s 215Books for Cooks 230Borders 215Daunt Books 215Forbidden Planet

Megastore 215Foyle’s 215Gosh! 215Grant & Cutler 216Housmans 229Ian Allan 224London Review Bookshop

216Magma 225Stanford’s 216Travel Bookshop 230Waterstone’s 216

COMPUTERSApple Store 216-17

COSMETICSDr Harris 217Molton Brown 217Space NK 217Taylor of Old Bond Street

217

DEPARTMENT STORESFortnum & Mason 217Harrods 224-5Harvey Nichols 225John Lewis 217Liberty 218Peter Jones 225Selfridges 218

FASHION & DESIGNERSAntoni & Alison 225-8Aquascutum 218Beyond the Valley 218Bread & Honey 228Burberry 218Burberry Factory Shop

229Carhartt 229Emporium 231French Connection UK

232Hoxton Boutique 228Jigsaw 232Joseph 232Junky Styling 228Karen Millen 232Koh Samui 218Laden Showrooms 228Lulu Guinness 225Marks & Spencer 232Miss Selfridge 232Mulberry 218No-one 228Oasis 232Office 232Paul Smith 218Pringle 218Reiss 232Sharpeye 230Start 228Stella McCartney 219-20Topshop & Topman 220Urban Outfitters 220Vivienne Westwood

220Warehouse 232YDUK 231-2

FOOD & DRINKAlgerian Coffee Stores

220Konditor & Cook 224Minamoto Kitchoan 220Mortimer & Bennett 232Neal’s Yard Dairy 220Rippon Cheese Stores 225Rococo Chocolates 225Rosslyn Delicatessen

229-30Spice Shop 230Vintage House 220

GIFTS & SOUVENIRSArty Globe 231Compendia 231Gill Wing 230Oliver Bonas 231Roullier White 231Shepherds 220-1

HOMEWARESAram 221-2Black + Blume 224Blue Door 231Cath Kidston 222Ceramica Blue 231Do Shop 222Fabrications 229Gill Wing 230Habitat 222Heal’s 222Labour & Wait 229Mufti 231Past Caring 230Roullier White 231

JEWELLERY & ACCESSORIESButler & Wilson 222Craft Central 225Hatton Garden 225James Smith & Sons

222Joy 231Lesley Craze Gallery 228Monocle Shop 222Tatty Devine 228-9Toko 232Wright & Teague 222-3

LINGERIEAgent Provocateur 223Rigby & Peller 223

MARKETSBermondsey 227Berwick Street 227Borough Market 226Brick Lane 227, 9Brixton Market 226Broadway Market 229Camden Canal Market 226Camden Lock Market 226Camden Market 226Camden Passage 227Chiswick Farmers & Fine

Foods Market 232Columbia Road Flower

Market 227Covent Garden 227Greenwich 227Leadenhall Market 227Leather Lane 227North End Road Market 231Petticoat Lane 227Portobello Road Market

226, 11Ridley Road 227Riverside Walk 227Shepherd’s Bush Market

230Smithfield 227Spitalfields Market 227, 9Stables 226

MUSICBM Soho 221Haggle Vinyl 221Harold Moore’s Records 221Honest Jon’s 221Music & Video Exchange

221On the Beat 221Phonica 221Ray’s Jazz Shop 221Revival 221Rough Trade 221Sister Ray 221Sounds of the Universe 221Sterns Music 221

SHOESBullfrogs 231Gull Wing 230Kurt Geiger 223Poste 223Poste Mistress 223

SILVERSilver Vaults 223

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TOYSBenjamin Pollock’s Toyshop

223Bug Circus 231Farmyard 231Hamleys 223

VINTAGEAbsolute Vintage 219Alfie’s Antiques Market 219Annie’s Vintage Costumes

& Textiles 219Bang Bang Exchange 219Marshmallow Mountain 219Orsini 219Radio Days 219Rellik 219Retro Woman 219Steinberg & Tolkien 219

WINESSampler 230Troubadour Wines 230

SIGHTSAMUSEMENTSBFI IMAX Cinema 127Brunswick Centre 79London Bridge Experience

& London Tombs 131London Dungeon 131-2London Trocadero 68

AQUARIUMSLondon Sea Life Aquarium

125

BREWERIESFuller’s Griffin Brewery 197

BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES30 St Mary Axe 106-7,

212, 212Admiralty Arch 75Albert Memorial 144Australian & New Zealand

War Memorials 141-2Bank of England 209Banqueting House 95Barbican 107, 7

Battersea Power Station 192, 12

BBC Television Centre 177Big Ben 92, 3Brit Oval 193British Music Experience

183Broadcasting House 97BT Tower 210, 210Canary Wharf 162Cenotaph 95Central Criminal Court (Old

Bailey) 103-4Centre Point 210Charterhouse 148-9Cheese Grater 212Chiswick House 197City Hall 115, 212, 114Clarence House 88County Hall 111, 125, 110Danson House 186Euston Fire Station 209Fenton House 172Flatiron 212Gherkin, the 106-7, 212,

212Golden Boy of Pye Corner

105Gray’s Inn 78Greenwich Heritage Centre

184Guildhall 108-17Ham House 199Helter Skelter 212Hogarth’s House 197Holborn Viaduct 105House Mill 160Houses of Parliament 92-3Inner Temple 78Jewel Tower 207Kenwood House 172, 208Lincoln’s Inn 78Lloyd’s of London 107-8, 211London Eye 111, 124,

8, 111Lord’s Cricket Ground 168Mansion House 106Marble Arch 145Marble Hill House 201Michelin House 142-3Millennium Bridge 113,

129, 113Monument 107, 7National Police

Memorial 87National Theatre 128Nelson’s Column 73

No 10 Downing Street 95No 2 Willow Road 172O2 183Old Royal Naval College

180-1, 207Olympic Park 159, 212Oxo Tower 113, 246, 112Peter Harrison Planetarium

180Princess Diana Memorial

Fountain 145Queen Mary, University of

London 158-9Queen Victoria

Memorial 209Queen’s House 181Rose Theatre 129Royal Albert Hall 144Royal British Legion Poppy

Factory 204Royal Courts of Justice 77Royal Exchange 106Royal Geographical Society

144Royal Mews 87Royal Observatory 180, 11Royal Opera House 75Shakespeare’s Globe 129, 8Shard of Glass 212Somerset House 76-7,

113, 112Southbank Centre 125-7Spencer House 88St George’s Bloomsbury 82St John’s Gate 149St Olaf House 210St Pancras Chambers 209Staple Inn 78, 207Syon House 200-1Thames Barrier 184Topolski Century 125Tower Bridge 115, 121, 2,

115, 207Tower of London 117-21, 7Tyburn Convent 145Walkie Talkie 212Wellington Arch 141Wimbledon Windmill 203

CEMETERIESAbney Park Cemetery 173Brompton Cemetery 177Bunhill Fields 149Highgate Cemetery

169-71, 10Tower Hamlets Cemetery

Park 160

CHURCHES & CATHEDRALSAll Hallows-by-the-Tower

121-2All Souls Church 97Brompton Oratory 145-6Chelsea Old Church 136-7Christ Church, Spitalfields

152Church of St Ethelburga-

the-Virgin 207Church of St Olave 207Queen’s Chapel 88Southwark Cathedral 115,

130-1, 114St Alfege Church 182St Andrew Holborn 105St Bartholomew-the-Great

104-5St Bride’s, Fleet Street 105St Clement Danes 78-9St Ethelreda 207St George-in-the-East 163St George’s Bloomsbury

208 St Giles-in-the-Fields 75-6St James’s Piccadilly 68-9St John’s, Smith Square 94St Lawrence Jewry 117St Martin-in-the-Fields

74-5, 210St Mary Woolnoth 106St Paul’s Cathedral 99-103,

102, 205St Paul’s Church 75St Peter’s Church 198St Stephen Walbrook 106Temple Church 103Westminster Abbey 89-92,

206Westminster Cathedral 146

FARMSFreightliners Farm 159Hackney City Farm 159Kentish Town City Farm 159Mudchute Park & Farm 159Spitalfields City Farm 159Stepping Stones Farm 159Surrey Docks Farm 159Vauxhall City Farm 159

GALLERIESBankside Gallery 130Courtauld Institute of

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Modern Italian Art 173Guildhall Art Gallery &

Roman London Amphitheatre 117

Hayward Gallery 125-7Institute of Contemporary

Arts 89National Gallery 73-4National Portrait Gallery

74Photographers’ Gallery

65-7Queen’s Gallery 87Ranger’s House (Wernher

Collection) 181Royal Academy of Arts 68Serpentine Gallery 143-4Tate Britain 93Tate Modern 128, 8Wallace Collection 96White Cube Gallery 69,

149Whitechapel Gallery 155

LIBRARIESBritish Library 168-9, 211Karl Marx Memorial Library

149Women’s Library 157-8

MARKETSBorough Market 133Camden Market 168Leadenhall Market 108Smithfield Market 105South Bank Book Market

127

MOSQUESBrick Lane Great Mosque

152

MUSEUMSApsley House 141Bank of England Museum

108Britain at War Experience

132British Museum 79, 83, 6Burgh House 172Carlyle’s House 137Churchill Museum &

Cabinet War Rooms 94-5Clink Prison Museum 130

Dalí Universe 125Dennis Severs’ House 152Design Museum 133Dickens House Museum

79-81Dr Johnson’s House 104Fan Museum 181-2Fashion & Textile Museum

132-3Firepower (Royal Artillery

Museum) 184Florence Nightingale

Museum 191Geffrye Museum 149-51Guards Museum 88Hackney Museum 158Handel House Museum 89Horniman Museum 185Hunterian Museum 78Imperial War Museum

188-9, 12Keats House 172Leighton House 175-7Linley Sambourne House

175London Canal Museum 169London Transport

Museum 75Madame Tussauds 95-6Museum of Brands,

Packaging & Advertising 175

Museum of Garden History 191

Museum of Immigration & Diversity 152-3

Museum of London 103Museum of London

Docklands 161National Army Museum

138National Maritime Museum

179-80Natural History Museum

140, 209New London

Architecture 81Old Operating Theatre

Museum & Herb Garret 132

Order of St John Museum 149

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology 81-2

Pollock’s Toy Museum 82Ragged School Museum

159-60

Royal Hospital Chelsea 137-8

Science Museum 140-1Sherlock Holmes Museum

96-7Sir John Soane’s Museum

77-8Sutton House 158V&A Museum of

Childhood 158Victoria & Albert Museum

139-40, 9Vinopolis 130Whitechapel Bell Foundry

155-6Wimbledon Lawn Tennis

Museum 203

NOTABLE AREASBrick Lane 152, 9Burlington Arcade 68Chinatown 65Deptford & New Cross 183Isle of Dogs 161-2King’s Road 135-6Pall Mall 72-3Piccadilly Circus 67-8Regent Street 68Speakers’ Corner 145Strand, The 77Whitechapel Road 156-7

PALACESAlexandra Park & Palace

173Buckingham Palace 86Eltham Palace 185-6, 11Fulham Palace 195Hampton Court Palace

201-3, 12Kensington Palace 143Lambeth Palace 189-91St James’s Palace 87-8

PARKS & GARDENSAlexandra Park & Palace

173Battersea Park 192Chelsea Physic Garden

137Clapham Common 193Green Park 88Greenwich Park 182Hampstead Heath 169Highgate Wood 171

Hyde Park 144-5, 9Kennington Park 193Kensington Gardens 143Kew Gardens 199-200, 12London Wetland Centre

196-7Mile End Park 159Regent’s Park 165-7Richmond Green 198Richmond Park 198, 12Thames, the 198-9Trinity Square Gardens 121Victoria Park 160, 10Wandsworth Common

192Wimbledon Common 203

SHIPSCutty Sark 181Golden Hinde 129-30HMS Belfast 132

SQUARESCovent Garden Piazza 75Leicester Square 75, 70-1Soho Square 64-5Squares of Bloomsbury,

the 82Trafalgar Square 69-73, 6

TEMPLESBuddhapadipa Temple 203Temple of Mithras 106

ZOOLondon Zoo 167-8

SLEEPINGAPARTMENTS196 Bishopsgate 332Aston’s Apartments 333Citadines Apart’hotel 333Harbour Master’s House

352

B&BS66 Camden Square 346Aster House 344B+B Belgravia 342Gate Hotel 350Guesthouse West 350Miller’s Residence 350Number 16 St Alfege’s

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BOUTIQUE HOTELSBermondsey Square Hotel

341Charlotte Street Hotel 338Covent Garden Hotel 335Haymarket 335Hempel 348-9Hotel Indigo 349Mayflower 351Myhotel Bloomsbury 336Number Sixteen 343-4Rockwell 351Sanderson 337-8Southwark Rose Hotel 341Threadneedles 340Zetter 345-6

DISCOUNT HOTELSDays Hotel 347easyHotel 347Express by Holiday Inn 347Premier Inn 347Travelodge 347

GUESTHOUSES40 Winks 346Hampstead Village Guest

House 348Portobello Gold 351

HOSTELSAshlee House 348Astor Hyde Park 344Astor Victoria 345Barkston Hostel 352Barmy Badger

Backpackers 352City YMCA EC1 341Clink 347-8Dover Castle Hostel 342New Cross Inn 353Piccadilly Backpackers 334St Christopher’s Inn

Camden 346St Christopher’s Inn

Greenwich 353St Christopher’s Shepherd’s

Bush 352St Christopher’s Village 342YHA Earl’s Court 351-2YHA Holland House 344

YHA London St Paul’s 341YHA London Thameside

353YHA Oxford St 334YHA St Pancras

International 347

HOTELS41 338Academy Hotel 336Ace Hotel 351Ambassadors Bloomsbury

336Andaz Liverpool Street 340Arosfa 337Arran House Hotel 337Astor Victoria 345Base2Stay 351Blakes 343Brown’s 338-9Cadogan Hotel 343Cardiff Hotel 349Chesterfield 339Claridge’s 339Colonnade 348Crescent Hotel 337Cumberland Hotel 339Dorchester 339Dorset Square Hotel 339Durrants Hotel 339-40Edward Lear Hotel 340Elysee Hotel 350Fielding Hotel 335Garden Court Hotel 349Generator 337Glynne Court Hotel 340Gore 343Grange Blooms Hotel 336Grange Langham Court

Hotel 338Halkin 343Harlingford Hotel 336Hazlitt’s 334Hotel Cavendish 337Hotel La Place 340Hoxton Hotel 346Jenkins Hotel 337Jesmond Hotel 337K West 352Kingsway Hall 335Knightsbridge Hotel 343La Gaffe 348Lancaster Hall Hotel 350Lanesborough 343Leonard Hotel 340London Marriott County

Hall 341

Luna Simone Hotel 345Mad Hatter 341Malmaison 345Mandeville 339Meininger 344Meliã White House 348Merlyn Court Hotel 351Metropolitan 338Morgan Hotel 336Morgan House 345Number 5 Maddox Street

339Old Ship 346One Aldwych 336Oxford Hotel London 350Parkwood Hotel 349Pavilion Hotel 349Petersham 353Portobello Hotel 350RCA City Hotel 346Richmond Park Hotel 353Ridgemount Hotel 337Ritz 338Rookery 345Rushmore 351Sanctuary House Hotel 338Savoy 335Seven Dials Hotel 335Soho Hotel 334St Martin’s Lane 334-5Stylotel 349Sumner Hotel 340Vancouver Studios 349Vicarage Hotel 344Wellington 338Windermere Hotel 344-5

INTERNATIONAL HOTELSCourthouse Hotel

Kempinski 334Trafalgar 335Waldorf Hilton 336

RESERVATIONS & BOOKINGSAt Home in London 333British Hotel Reservation

Centre 333Hotels of London 333London Bed & Breakfast

Agency 333London Homestead

Services 333London Lodging 333LondonTown 333

Uptown Reservations 333

Visit London 333YHA Central Reservations

System 333

STUDENT ACCOMMODATIONBankside House 342Butler’s Wharf Residence

342Finsbury Residences 342Great Dover St Apartments

342High Holborn Residence

342International Students’

House 342King’s College Conference

& Vacation Bureau 342LSE Vacations 342Stamford St Apartments

342

SPORTS & ACTIVITIESATHLETICSCrystal Palace National

Sports Centre 322

CRICKETBrit Oval 321Lord’s 321

FOOTBALLArsenal Emirates Stadium

320Wembley Stadium 320

GYMSCentral YMCA 318Fitness First 318Gymbox 318LA Fitness 318Queen Mother Sports

Centre 318Seymour Leisure Centre

318Third Space 319Virgin Active 319

HORSE RACINGAscot 322Epsom 322

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322Sandown Park 322

RUGBY LEAGUELondon Broncos stadium

321Twickenham Rugby

Stadium 322

RUGBY UNIONLondon Broncos Stadium

321Twickenham Rugby

Stadium 322

SPASElemis Day Spa 320K Spa 320Sanctuary 320

SWIMMINGBrockwell Park Lido

319Hampstead Heath Ponds

319Ironmonger Baths 319Oasis 319Parliament Hill Lido

319Porchester Baths 319

Serpentine Lido 319Tooting Bec Lido 319

TENNISWimbledon 322

YOGA & PILATESTriyoga 319-20

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