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More to the point thinking of taking my Canadian cousins on a days walking around London.....usual stuff....London eye, houses of parliament etc......anyone got any hidden gems that they would like to share that I may incorporate to the tour...

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Have they visited London before?
 
Never....they are staying in Covent garden and they have all planned that they want to see but they asked if I would meet them and give them a walking tour so that they can see things not usually on the map....so far on the list is speakers corner(it has just been redesigned), the templar church, the barley mow pub in duke street(scene from friends filmed there) , ain't anything but the blue bar and of course Soho ;)
 
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It's just an excuse for the thread title, isn't it? :rolleyes:

Cue loads more of "The threads are talking again : D" :D
 
Pie, mash and liquor.
 
BRASH said:
Pie, mash and liquor.
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Do you get that up there?
Serious question I thought it was traditionally London only.
Well way down sowff anyway
 
Cobra said:
Do you get that up there?
Serious question I thought it was traditionally London only.
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No but I have had it in my trips darnn sarff!!
 
Where can you get proper pie and mash in walking distance of central London?

The real question is what places do you know and what might interest them? There is so much everywhere within walking distance of Covent Garden!

Totally non-touristy are the little gardens behind the Savoy which I rather like - though I think the hotel is vile and vulgar since its refurbishment - or if you walk East along The Embankment there are the non-touristy gardens of The Temple and then John Carpenter Street
 
Cobra said:
I bet you don't like jellied eels either.
Some people just don't appreciate the finer things in life :p
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Brick lane does all sorts of food, including eels etc, and is great for the markets. How about Camden market
 
Every time I have had friends/family come and visit London for the first time, I have used the Thames clippers or pleasure boats to hop on/off and do all the touristy stuff via the river. It is a great way to see lots of the familiar stuff from actually on the river and makes Tower Bridge to Westminster easy to traverse. Always gone down very well with 'out of towners' ;)
 
Coventry garden, walk through to the embankment, across the pedestrian bridge (charring cross?) and then along the south bank. You've the globe, the hind, borough market, southwark cathedral, London dungeon, vinopolis, London bridge, walk along to tower bridge and you've his Belfast, then up to brick lane for food and markets.
That should wear them out so a taxi back for the full London experience.
 
Byker28i said:
Brick lane does all sorts of food, including eels etc, and is great for the markets. How about Camden market
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Oooooh yes....Brick Lane!
 
Byker28i said:
Coventry garden, walk through to the embankment, across the pedestrian bridge (charring cross?) and then along the south bank. You've the globe, the hind, borough market, southwark cathedral, London dungeon, vinopolis, London bridge, walk along to tower bridge and you've his Belfast, then up to brick lane for food and markets.
That should wear them out so a taxi back for the full London experience.
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Where's Coventry Garden then? Must have missed that last time I was there:)
 
Two on two with eels and liquor please, love, are Manzes or [if it's still there?] the even better, cheaper one in Royal College Street, Camden!

Brick Lane is only there for the all night Bagel Bakery ;)
 
Byker28i said:
Coventry garden, walk through to the embankment, across the pedestrian bridge (charring cross?) and then along the south bank. You've the globe, the hind, borough market, southwark cathedral, London dungeon, vinopolis, London bridge, walk along to tower bridge and you've his Belfast, then up to brick lane for food and markets.
That should wear them out so a taxi back for the full London experience.
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Sounds good.....had south bank factored in as my son lives across from Westminster......
 
Soho is mostly film industry luvvies, gay sex shops and expensive coffee bars nowadays. Nothing like it used to be.

Oh and edit: Agreed, the South Bank is great for touristy type things...loads to do along there and the views are great.
 
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