The garden studio is ideally situated for exploring Greenwich, the Southbank and Central and East London. These are a selection of places you might like to visit but we hope that you find your own London, there's always something new to experience.
Useful information
www.timeout.com
Transport for London
Visit London
Citymapper an excellent travel app for your phone.
Restaurants and things to do (pdf)
Transport Guide (pdf)
To the East
Greenwich
Covered market. Designer-makers - jewellers/clothing/photographers/food stalls etc. Interesting shops – cartographers/clothing. Weekend only antique/bric-a-brac markets.
National Maritime Museum/Cutty Sark/Queens House/Royal Observatory/Greenwich Meridian/Greenwich Park
www.rmg.co.uk
Old Royal Naval College
www.ornc.org
The Trafalgar Tavern
Riverside Victorian pub (find a window seat if you can) - outside drinking area. Good food – especially the fish and chips.
www.trafalgartavern.co.uk
The Cutty Sark Pub
Georgian riverside pub over 3 floors, with Thames views from the elegant dining room.
www.cuttysarkse10.co.uk
Eltham Palace
Superb Art Deco house with a medieval great hall and moat (Henry VIII). Ornamental gardens.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eltham-palace-and-gardens
Greenwich Peninsula
Walk from Greenwich town centre along the river path or river bus from Greenwich Pier
The 02
Multi-purpose indoor arena with bowling alley, small scale venues, restaurants, clubs, cinema, exhibition spaces
www.theo2.co.uk
IFS Cable Car
Cable car across the river Thames. Spectacular views.
tfl.gov.uk/modes/london-cable-car/
Cross the river for the
Olympic Park
www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk
The Line
Dedicated modern and contemporary art walk between the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the O2. This is quite an urban and post-industrial landscape.
http://the-line.org/#/landing
East London & City
Shoreditch, Spitalfields Market & Brick Lane
www.spitalfields.co.uk/
Petticoat Lane Market
www.visitlondon.com/
Whitechapel Art gallery
www.whitechapelgallery.org/
Docklands Museum
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
Barbican
www.barbican.org.uk/
To the West and into central London
Rotherhithe
The Mayflower Pub
One of London's oldest riverside inns. Good food and ales.
www.mayflowerpub.co.uk
The Brunel Museum
In the Brunel Engine House
www.brunel-museum.org.uk
Tower Bridge area
Rope Walk/Maltby Street
Bars/street food and Lassco reclamation/antiques warehouse
www.maltby.st | www.lassco.co.uk/
Tower Bridge
Iconic London landmark. Exhibition and viewing galleries.
www.towerbridge.org.uk
Tower Of London
www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london
London Bridge to Blackfriars
The London Dungeon
www.thedungeons.com/london/en
Borough Market
Bars, restaurants, independent shops and gourmet food market.
boroughmarket.org.uk
The George Inn
Southwark High Street
Authentic 17th-century coaching inn and pub with oak beams and large courtyard seating area.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/george-inn
www.george-southwark.co.uk
The Golden Hinde
Replica of Sir Francis Drake's Tudor vessel
www.goldenhinde.com
Shakespeare's Globe
Oak-and-thatch replica of original Elizabethan theatre, showing Shakespeare plays in the open air.
www.shakespearesglobe.com
Tate Modern
Collection of international modern art from 1900 to the present day, housed in the former Bankside Power Station.
www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
Blackfriars to Charing Cross
The Anchor
1615 Thameside pub. Outdoor seating.
www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk
OXO Tower Wharf
Design, arts and crafts shops, two galleries. OXO Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie.
www.oxotower.co.uk
The South Bank
Gabriel's Wharf
Restaurants /designer-maker shops
Royal Festival Hall, National Theatre, BFI Southbank, BFI Imax, The London Eye, Sea Life London Aquarium
www.southbanklondon.com