London for blind people

[Oceangirl82]

I am meeting a totally blind friend in London on Thursday.
Any suggestions on where to visit, where has great tactile, audio etc

What area of London do you want to be around, does your friend enjoy music, what do they enjoy.

This list is from Dec 2022 but it might help. https://loveandlondon.com/things-to-do-in-london-for-visually-impaired-travellers/

My DN is visually impaired and I telephoned the Tower of London and they were absolutely amazing. Gave us discounted tickets, met us at the gate so we didn’t have to queue. Let us go behind the barriers in the Jewel House and gave us a touch guide book of what all the Crown Jewels looked like and then we had a guided tour of other areas on show. Could even sit on the canons! Amazing treatment. Phone first though, they have a dedicated disability team. My DN doesn’t read Braille, but there are Braille displays in the Crown Jewels exhibition and Coins and Kings exhibition
The Natural History Museum is also good. Audio descriptive guides are available for the Treasures exhibition and the Volcanoes and Earthquakes gallery. Braille books are available at the entrance to lots of the galleries.

Friend does like music and theatre, I’m booking an audio described theatre trip for later in the year but unfortunately they are fairly rare.
she arrives at Paddington, so around there would be handy but not essential.
Sorry should have provided more info!
And of course likes pubs and restaurants, any recommendations?

Thanks for the prompt replies so far 😊
All very useful, especially the Tower of London one.

The science museum have a object handling session 11 to 3, look up science museum viscovery days. Halibut list classical concerts for lunchtime and evenings. There are some lovely restaurants around, if she likes Turkish food there are some great ones nearby which we enjoy. You're not far from Hyde Park if you want a picnic and pedalo on the lake.

Does she like Schumann lieder?
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the link looks misleading for some reason but it is for Thursday.

All the major art galleries do audio described tours for blind visitors. Free choral music at St Martins in the Fields every Thurs lunchtime just by National Gallery. Loads of options for eating nearby, terrace at Somerset House by the river might be nice though might have to book, but just by the river. Just have to take Bakerloo to Charing X

More great ideas, I will store some away for the future 😊