Take the Kids London Book

	Introduction	6
	Ideas Ideas	7
	Top tips	8
	Themes	12
	See It Do It	17
	Seeing London	18
	London's year	22
	Map of Central London	28
01	Regent's Park to Baker Street	29
	London Zoo	32
	Regent's Canal Trip	34
	Madame Tussaud's	34
	London Planetarium	35
	Regent's Park	36
	Open Air Theatre	36
	Sherlock Holmes Museum	36
	The Wallace Collection	37
	London Canal Museum	38
	Lord's Cricket Ground	38
	Puppet Theatre Barge	38
	Where to shop	39
	Where to eat	40
02	British Museum to Oxford Street	41
	British Museum	44
	Dickens' House	46
	Handel House Museum	46
	Petrie Museum	47
	Pollock's Toy Museum	47
	British Library	48
	Camley Street Natural Park	48
	Coram's Fields	48
	Dominion Theatre	48
	Where to shop	49
	Where to eat	51
03	Trafalgar Square to Piccadilly	53
	Trafalgar Square	56
	National Gallery	57
	National Portrait Gallery	59
	Royal Academy	60
	Piccadilly	61
	Trocadero	61
	Leicester Square	61
	Where to eat	62
04	Covent Garden	65
	London Transport Museum	68
	The Impossible Microworld Museum	69
	Theatre Museum	69
	Where to shop	71
	Drury Lane & Bow Street	72
	Sir John Soane's Museum	72
	The Strand & Embankment	72
	Somerset House	73
	Where to eat	75
05	Buckingham Palace	77
	Buckingham Palace	80
	Changing of the Guard	80
	The Royal Mews	81
	The Mall	81
	ICA Gallery	82
	Apsley House	82
	Green Park	83
	St James's Park	83
	Where to eat	83
06	Westminster	85
	Westminster Abbey	88
	Houses of Parliament & Big Ben	89
	Cabinet War Rooms	89
	Tate Britain	90
	Banqueting House	91
	Downing Street	91
	Where to eat	92
07	The South Bank	93
	County Hall	96
	London Aquarium	96
	Dali Universe	97
	Namco Station	97
	IMAX 3-D Cinema	97
	British Airways London Eye	98
	Frog Tours	98
	South Bank Arts Centre	99
	Florence Nightingale Museum	101
	Imperial War Museum	101
	Where to eat	102
08	Southwark	103
	Tower Bridge Experience	106
	London Dungeon	106
	Tate Modern	107
	Britain at War Experience	108
	Globe Theatre	109
	Old Operating Theatre	109
	The Golden Hinde	110
	HMS Belfast	110
	Clink Museum	111
	Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum	112
	Design Museum	112
	Hay's Galleria	112
	Southwalk Cathedral	113
	Where to eat	113
09	The City	115
	Tower of London	118
	St Paul's Cathedral	120
	Museum of London	121
	Bank of England Museum	122
	The Monument	123
	The Barbican	123
	Where to eat	124
10	Museumland	125
	Natural History Museum	128
	Science Museum	129
	Victoria & Albert Museum	130
	Hyde Park	132
	Kensington Palace	133
	The Albert Hall	133
	Where to shop	134
	Where to eat	135
11	Greenwich	137
	National Maritime Museum	140
	Royal Observatory	140
	Royal Naval College	141
	The Queen's House	142
	Cutty Sark	142
	Greenwich markets	142
	Fan Museum	143
	Thames Tunnel	143
	Greenwich Park	143
	Blackheath	143
	Where to eat	144
12	Days out	145
	Brighton	146
	Cambridge	147
	Oxford	149
	Windsor	151
	Bricks & mortar	153
	Hampton Court	153
	Bodiam Castle	153
	Hever Castle	153
	Leeds Castle	154
	Hatfield House	154
	Knebworth House	154
	Buckets & spades	155
	Eastbourne	155
	Southend-on-sea	155
	Nature lovers	156
	Ashdown Forest	156
	Whipsnade Wild Animal Pk	156
	Wildwood Wildlife Centre	156
	Theme parks	157
	Chessington	157
	Legoland	157
	Gulliver's Land	158
	Thorpe Park	158
	Need to Know	159
	Survival	160
	Kids in	161
	Adventure playgrounds	162
	Cinemas	163
	Internet cafes	165
	Museums and galleries	165
	Music	171
	Pottery cafes	172
	Theatre and panto	173
	TV and radio	176
	Kids out	177
	Kew Gardens	178
	WWT Wetlands Centre	178
	Open spaces	179
	City farms and zoos	182
	Curious caves	183
	Sport and activities	184
	Athletics	185
	Badminton	185
	Baseball	185
	Basketball	185
	Cricket	185
	Fishing	186
	Football	186
	Go-karting	187
	Ice-skating	187
	Play gyms & gymnastics	188
	Riding	188
	Rugby	190
	Roller skating	190
	Skiing and snowboarding	191
	Sports centres	191
	Swimming	192
	Tennis	193
	Watersports	194
	Travel	195
	Getting there	196
	Getting around	201
	Practicalities A-Z	204
	Sleep	216
	Hotels	217
	Bed and breakfast	220
	Renting a flat	221
	Home exchange	221
	Youth Hostels	222
	Eat	223
	Cheap eats	224
	American	225
	Fish and Chips	225
	Hot and Spicy	226
	Italian	226
	Oriental	227
	Pizzas	228
	Posh nosh	228
	Spanish	229
	Tea time	229
	Treat eats	230
	Vegetarian	231
	The Food Chain	231
	Shop	235
	Arts, crafts and hobbies	236
	Baby & nursery gear	237
	Books and comics	237
	Clothes and shoes	239
	Department stores	242
	Markets	243
	Music	244
	Sports shops	244
	Strange shops	245
	Theme stores	246
	Quiz answers	249
	Index	250
	Map
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