A day on my own in London

[PriamFarrl]

What would you do if you had the day in London. DH is going too but we are going to do our own thing and meet for lunch.

I love the architecture and secret hidden stuff. Any suggestions?

(I’ve booked tickets for the Mithraeum)

jubilee walk

city walk

why don’t you do a walk that takes in sights. A friend and I did one a few years ago that took us around parts of London we’d not been before, including museums I’d not known about. Here’s a couple of websites.

I did a walk in the summer. I covered 12 miles and saw all the ‘sights’.

But thank you anyway.

I'd like to do one of the London Underground tours of disused stations:

www.ltmuseum.co.uk/hidden-london

Bank of England Museum? Free and less frequented than others.

I loved the Mithraeum! It would be the British Museum for me. I never get tired of it.

Have you been to the Charterhouse in the City. Only opened to the public a few years ago. Really interesting and atmospheric place.
thecharterhouse.org/visit-us/

I like The Wallace Collection in Manchester Square, just off Oxford St. then a walk around Soho & China Town. National Gallery if time.

Hidden quirks would be:

John Soane museum
Dennis Sever's museum
All the blue plaques scattered around (look on Wikipedia etc for ones you want to hunt down)

Sir John soames, Wallace collection or wellcome foundation.

or I’d wander round the City looking at wren churches.

Sky garden (free but pre book)

Maps exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archives
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/events/magnificent-maps-of-london

Sir John Soane museum
www.soane.org/

Any / all of the Inns of Court
And the Temple Church in Inner Temple
www.templechurch.com/

And you know you can’t beat St Paul’s. Pricey but the ticket is valid for a year.

@C1N1C I was going to say exactly these places!

free lunchtime concert (lots of churches in the city have them on so easy to combine with Mithraeum)

eat well (preferred cuisine?) have excellent coffee

enjoy!

I’m planning on the Temple Church having stumbled upon it last time I went but with no time to look round.

Annoyingly I’m going on Tuesday and the Soane Museum is shut.

Various areas related to the "services", then the British museum, and underground metro system, and street food

The Museum of the Home is great. They show the interiors of houses through the ages and how people lived. Lovely garden too.

St Stephen Walbrook is about 20 metres from the Mithraeum- a Wren church and one of the most beautiful in London. The altar is fascinating too, by Henry Moore.

That looks great. Thank you.

Thank you, I went there last time I was in London.

Oh glorious. I shall go there. Sounds wonderful.

The Imperial War Museum is really interesting and not very busy. I’d like to go to the War Rooms too.

Greenwich has the Naval College (stunning buildings!) and the Observatory. You can get boat tours along the river too - v interesting.

I am dying to go to the Bank of England museum but it’s only open Monday - Friday!

Dr Johnson’s House in Gough Square, off Fleet Street
www.drjohnsonshouse.org/

Tour of St Bride’s Foundation on 23 Feb if you are interested in the history of printing (and who could not be?) Also off Fleet Street.
sbf.org.uk/whats-on/view/tour-of-st-bride-foundation-20/

I love All Hallows by the Tower, a beautiful, historic church near … well, the clue’s in the name
www.ahbtt.org.uk/visit/

Handel’s house in Mayfair, re-opening in May
handelhendrix.org/

I love Museum of London! A real hidden gem and free as well. But I think the London Wall site has now been closed and it's been relocated somewhere else.

i haven’t checked if any of those are open on Tuesday - and if this Tuesday then obvs too soon for Handel/Hendrix.

have a great day! (Jealous)

dennissevershouse.co.uk/about/the-house

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/2-willow-road

If the days work, go here! I love it.