London tips?

[KatiMaus]

Hi everyone, please could you help a clueless northerner out? 😂

I'm off to London on Friday for a long weekend with a friend and staying near King's Cross. We've got a fair amount of time to fill but don't have a clue what to do whilst we're there. We're going to a concert over the weekend, but also would love to experience some lesser-known parts of the city.

We're looking for quirky bars, things to see that are a little different. Bonus points for anything gothic and alternative.

Last time I was in London I was a student, so I expect it's changed a bit since then. 😂

Exmouth market/clerkenwell?
Walk down the canal to Broadway market?
There's a thing near kings x called coal drop yard and there's a square thing near the canal. It's all new and they have flats built into the gas towers.
Bloomsbury is quite nice.
You could walk down from Farringdon to st Paul's then cross the foot bright to the Tate modern?

Battersea Power Station has been completely transformed too.

John soane museum freeentryand qquirky

Freud bar for cocktails

St Pancras Gardens - a decommissioned cemetery a short walk from Kings Cross with several famous graves including Mary Wollstonecraft.

Skoob Books on Marchmont Street isn’t far away either, and wandering around Bloomsbury starting there will give you lots of blue plaques and places to stop off.

I’d also say the Treasures Gallery at the British Library, again not far and full of some truly mind-bending original manuscripts.

A bit further along the Euston Road is the Wellcome Collection, their exhibitions can be really interesting.

Then a bit further still is Regents Park. I am pretty sure there are some fountains which would be nice in the hot weather, plus Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens. It’s a beautiful park.

Marylebone High Street is always nice for high end (window) shopping.

Ooh, this takes me back!

Hunterian museum?

https://hunterianmuseum.org/

Or it looks like there are some interesting things on at the Welcome Collection

https://wellcomecollection.org/whats-on

Or a tour of Highgate cemetery?

(Maybe I am reading too much/the wrong thing into gothic?!)

Dennis Severs house, in Spitalfields, is great but you have to book ahead - a re-creation of a 17th- century home