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Temperature 
      June average high is 68 and the average low is 55 F
      July  average high is 75 and the average low is 57 F
Currency: United Kingdom Pound (GBP)
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                 1 GBP= 1.27 US Dollar                                     1 Dollar = 0.79 GBP (Dec 2024)
Time:GMT  - London is UTC/Greenwich Mean Time         
Calling Code: 44



Transportation
Heathrow Airport

London Underground
       Oyster Card - an explanation of the card, can now attach to iphone
UK Traffic Site - live road traffic reports


Kid Oriented Attractions in LONDON

      British Museum
              -enormous museum (13.5 acres); holdings include the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies
              - admission is free; Hrs - 10:00 - 17:30 (open late thursday, friday)
               -
events schedule
      HMS Belfast - included in London Pass
              - WWII cruiser
      London Dungeon  - included in Merlin Pass
      London Zoo - included in London Pass 
     Madame Tussauds  - included in Merlin Pass
     Science Museum
               - admission is free          Hours  10:00 -18:00 (7 days/week)
     Tower of London - included in London Pass
     Victoria and Albert Museum 
              - enormous art and design museum
              - admission is free; Hrs - 10:00 - 17:45 (open till 22:00 on Fridays)
    London Transport Museum  - Covent garden plaza
​    Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood - an extension of Victoria & Albert Museum


Day Trips from London
TimeOut Magazine
Conde Nast Traveler
Travel + Leisure

ARTICLES
London's 7 Prettiest Walks - Timeout 2024

London's Official Visitors Website http://www.visitlondon.com/

LONDON PASS - free entry multiple attractions
        Tower of London   - UNESCO World Heritage Site - medieval fortress, holds crown jewels
        St Paul’s Cathedral  completed in 1710, designed by Cristopher Wren
        The Tower Bridge Exhibition
        Windsor Castle
        London Zoo
        Kensington Palace
        HMS Belfast  
        Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms 
            exhibit (until 9/30/10) - Undercover: Life in Churchill's Bunker   ; Hrs - 9:30 -18:00 (last admit 17:00)
        Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tour and Exhibition
        National Portrait Gallery
        Tate Modern -includes free audio guide; Hrs: 10A-6P (open till 10 P Fri, Sat)
        Tate Britain - includes free audio guide
        Kew Gardens - Royal Botannical Gardens - UNESCO World Heritage Site
 London Eye - world's largest observation wheel - 433 ft above south bank of Thames River Big Ben
 Theater district
 Museum of London - world's largest urban musuem; 2,000 yr history of London; free; 10:00-18:00
 Big Ben

 Westminster Abbey  - UNESCO World Heritage Site  - 700 year old Gothic church, coronation and burial site for  
      England - Keats, Kipling, Shakespeare, Dickens placques; closed Sunday to visitors

 Buckingham Palace - State rooms, Queens Gallery
       Changing of the Guard

BARS
Satan's Whiskers
Swiift on Compton street in SOHO


FOOD in LONDON
Where to Eat Indian food - Food & Wine Mag. (Feb 2024)
Indian
    Chettinad
    Panas Gurkha
    Maharani
    Ounjab


Daylesford Organic
    Michelin BIB Gourmand Food Award
Fortnum & Mason
    Department store with many restaurants and large food hall
Pret a Manger

Fishworks - fresh seafood

Newman Arms


Borough Market
    Bread ahead/Pieminister/Portena
Globe Tavern
Padella

Japanese
    Kulu Kulu
    Abeno Too
    Koya

    Atari-Yu
    Sakura
    Yoobi
Chinese
    Manchurian Legends
    Barsha

Brixton Market
    Elephant Cafe
    Honest burgers
    Cornercopia
Dessert
Gelapo - gelato
Chin Chin labs - Nitro Ice cream


Tours
    Walking Tours - London Walks
    Warner Brothers HP Studio Tour


Day trips
    Leeds Castle
    Bath
    Cotswolds
    Lullingstone Roman Villas



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Coach & Horses Pub
Carousel
Zetter Townhouse
Bar Termini 
Clipstone 
Kiln
The Barbary

Shikuen
The Wolseley

St Johns Bread & Wine
Morito, Hackney Rd
Regents Cana;
P Franco

Maltby Street Market

Montys deli/Cheese truck/Little Bird Gin Arch/40 Maltby Street

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