101 Things To Do In London

I’ve now lived in London for over six months and I’m one of the worst tourists ever. I use the excuse of living out in zone three as a reason for not heading in to central London and making most of my time in the city. With one year of university already passed, I’m worried I won’t ever make the most of this city. To hopefully prevent that I have created another list, this one with a whole list of London activities to choose from over the next two years. I’m not going to lie, it is very food and drink focused but I’ve tried to include a range of things to do. Some I have done (but a really long time ago) and others are things I’ve never done before, here goes…

Markets/Shopping

Sampling Empanadas at Borough Market

✓ 1. Go to Borough Market

2. Go to Columbia Road Flower Market

✓ 3. Eat at Brixton Village Market

4. Wander through the Camden Lock Market

✓ 5. Go to Spitalfields Market

6. Go to Broadway Market

7. Shop at Foyles Flagship Store

8. Go to Chatsworth Road Market

✓ 9. Go to South Bank Christmas Market

10. Go to Portobello Market

11. Visit Maltby Street Market

Local

✓ 12. Eat at Pickle and Rye (East Sheen – because that is where I live)

13. Eat at My Babycakes (East Sheen)

14. Eat at Faanoos (East Sheen)

15. Eat and drink at ‘The Tea Cup’ (Richmond)

16. Eat at Stockholm Deli (East Sheen)

✓ 17. Get cake from Madeleine’s Cake Boutique

✓ 18. Have coffee at Artisan Coffee

Cake in Robin Craft Cafe

✓ 19. Eat/drink at the Robin Craft Cafe (East Sheen)

✓ 20. Drink at a pub in Richmond by the Thames

21. Have a picnic in Richmond Park

Boat Race from Putney

✓ 22. Watch the annual Boat Race

The Luna Cinema was at Kew Gardens

✓ 23. Go to Kew Gardens

24. Visit Chiswick House

Petersham Nurseries

✓ 25. Visit Petersham Nursery (St Margrets)

Food/Drink

✓ 26. Get afternoon tea at a luxury hotel (like the Ritz)

Dinner at Duck and Waffle

✓ 27. Dine at Duck and Waffle

Lunch at The Cat Cafe

✓ 28. Go to the Cat Cafe

29. Visit pop up ‘Street Feast’ in Dalston

30. Go to the Attendant

31. Drink at Radio rooftop bar

32. Drink at Frank’s Cafe (Peckham)

✓ 33. Dine at Bob Bob Ricard

✓ 34. Take the Bakery Bus Tour

35. Eat at the Circus

36. Drink at the Whistling Shop (Shoreditch)

37. Drink at London Cocktail Club

38. Eat at Fat Boys Diner (Trinity Buoy Wharf)

39. Hand out at Neals Yard (Covent Garden)

40. Eat at Soho’s secret tea room

41. Eat and drink at Opium

42. Eat at Mildreds London

✓ 43. Get gelato at Snowflake

✓ 44. Get afternoon tea at Fortnum and Mason

45. Eat and Drink at ‘The Rum Kitchen’

46. Eat and Drink at ‘The Fable Bar’

47. Eat at Little Bay (Kilburn)

48. Drink at Gordon’s Wine Bar

Dinner at Sketch

✓ 49. Eat at Sketch

✓ 50. Eat at La Bodeg Negra

51. Eat at Inamo

52. Eat at Archipelago

53. Eat at Beach Blanket Babylon

Activities

View from the Shard

✓ 54. Go up the Shard

✓ 55. Visit the Sky Garden

56. Go ice skating at Somerset House

57. Watch the lights be turned on at Trafalgar Square at Christmas

58. Visit the Tower of London

59. Look around the inside of St Paul’s Cathedral

✓ 60. Cheer on the runners of the London Marathon or run instead

61. Watch Tennis at Wimbledon

62. Party at Notting Hill Carnival

63. Go street art hunting in East London

Matilda the musical

✓ 64. See a West End Musical

The Nomad Cinema in central London

✓ 65. Go to a drive in or outdoor cinema

✓ 66. Climb the 311 steps of Monument

✓ 67. Take the Emirates Airline across the Thames

✓ 68. Climb the outside of the 02 Dome

69. Complete the Monopoly Pub Crawl

✓ 70. Head up the Orbit in the Olympic Park

71. Walk around Little Venice

72. Cycle in London on a Borris Bike

73. Tour London on the number 15 bus

74. Visit St. Katherine’s Dock

75. Visit Hampton Court Palace

76. Watch something at the Globe

77. Watch a cricket match at Lords

78. Visit the Horniman Museum

79. Visit Ruislip Lido (Northwood Hills)

80. Head to Epping Forest (Loughton)

81. Visit Danson Park (Bexleyheath)

82. Head to Syon Park (Syon Lane)

T20 Cricket at the Oval

✓ 83. Watch a game of cricket at the Oval

84. Go to Chinatown during Chinese New Year

85. Go Swimming in the Olympic Swimming Pool

86. Go look at/photograph the Battersea Power Station

Galleries/Art

87. Visit Tate and Tate Modern in one day

88. Visit the Royal Observatory in Greenwich

✓ 89. Visit the National Portrait Gallery

90. Visit the Saatchi Gallery

✓ 91. Visit the National Gallery

✓ 92. Visit the Photographers Gallery

93. Go to the Atlas Gallery

✓ 94. Visit the: When Is a Slide not a Slide? by Carsten Höller at the Southbank Centre (June-Sept 2015)

95. Visit the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

96. Go to The British Museum

Tours/Workshops

97. Take a Photo Tour of London

98. Take an Eating London tour

99. Take a Street Art Tour & Workshop

Cocktail Masterclass at Golden Arrow Bar

✓ 100. Take a Cocktail Making Class

101. Take a Helicopter Tour over London

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