Out and About in London

Skip the Line at the Tower of London

Get your tickets ahead of time and stroll right in when you arrive. The Tower was built to awe, subdue and terrify Londoners and to deter foreign invaders. It's an iconic symbol of London and Britain and one of the world's "must visit" tourist attractions. Take the Beefeater tour and you'll be amazed, appalled and amused by the tales of passion, treachery and torture delivered with a smile and a swagger. Click here

Out & About in London

Buckingham Palace 2007. Photo credit: Leora Chai

Royal Palaces & Attractions

A guide to Royal Palaces, Castles, Churches, Stately Homes & Gardens, and other places of historical and cultural interest in and around London, with access details, travel directions, tour suggestions and accommodation recommendations.

CENTRAL LONDON
Albert Memorial
Apsley House
British Museum
Burlington House
Buckingham Palace
Clarence House
College of Arms
Globe Theatre
Handel's House
Houses of Parliament
Johnson's House
Jewel Tower
Kenwood House
Kensington Palace
Lancaster House
Leighton House
National Gallery
Queen's Gallery
Royal Albert Hall
Royal Greenwich
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Mews
Royal Parks
Spencer House
Somerset House
St. James's Palace
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tower of London
Victoria and Albert Museum
Wellington Arch
Westminster Abbey
Whitehall
   Banqueting House
   Horse Guards
   Cenotaph
   Churchill Museum
   & Cabinet War Rooms

OUTER LONDON
Hampton Court Palace
Ham House
Eltham Palace
Kew Palace
Windsor Castle
Chiswick House
Marble Hill House
Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge
Syon House

LONDON'S ENVIRONS
Windsor Castle
Savill Gardens
Eton College
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Hatfield House

London Spotlights !A Royal Baby for Royal London in a Royal Year !The Proms: London's Greatest Festival of Music !Frock Me and Vintage Fashions !The Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition !Hats On! Royal Ascot !Prince Harry's award-Winning Chelsea Show Garden !Chelsea Flower Show opens a Summer of Royal London Events !London's Open Squares Weekend, Sunday Roast and a haunted Pub !Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum- British Museum's blockbuster exhibition !Guinness & Redbreast on St. Patrick's Day !David Bowie is - V&A !The New London Dungeon !Picasso Paris 1901 at Courtauld Institute !Leighton House - Victorian Opulence ! Valentines, Roses & Perfumed Lingerie ! Celebrating Chinese New Year ! Coronation Jubilee Week - Book now! ! Ice Age to Manet ! Two Noteworthy Photo Exhibits Flamenco returns to London Department Store Winter Sales 2013 Burns Night London London's Free New Year's Eve Spectacular Theaterland celebrates Holiday Festive Shopping Gems 2013 Royal Jubilee...Pregnancy Christmas Shopping 2012 Olympic Musical Itnerludes August Bargain Bonanza Olympic Torch Olympic Potting Shed Accommodation London Olympics for FREE London in Bloom and the Chelsea Flower Show Spring on Rotten Row - horseback riding in Hyde Park Kew Palace Summer Opening 2011 London Mayor's Thames Festival Kate Middleton's Royal wedding dress goes on display Pop Up Vintage Fair From Dino Poo to Moonwalk The Mayor's Thames Festival - 9/11-12) Hyde Park's World Music Village
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Out & About Archives- Ten Years After

London Spotlight

Features on London Life, Events, Shopping, Fashion.

London's Bastille Day
London's Christmas Fairs
Swan Upping: The Annual Census of the Queen's Swans
French Restaurant Festival
Regent Street Festival
Tea at the Ritz
Banqueting at Hampton Court Palace
Westminster Hall
London Fashion Week
London Fashion Weekend
The National Wedding Show
London's Vintage Fashion Fair A Tale of Two Cities
A Dickensian Christmas Fair
All Lit Up in London
Millais at the Tate
Maritime Rites for Great Tom
The Nag's Head & Pickled Walnuts
Blair steps down as Prime Minister
Palaces, Pageantry, Paintings & Porcelain
Royal Festival Hall's Marathon Gala Reopening
Tall Ships in London: Cutty Sark & Gothenborg
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The 31st Mind Body Spirit Festival
English Asparagus & Scotch Salmon for London Dining
A Lament for St. George's Day
Tiptoe through the Tulips
Hampton Court Flower Show
Dali at the V&A
Swatch Alternative Fashion week
Spring on Rotten Row
Celebrating Mother's Day in London
A Crocus Carpet at Kew Gardens
Four Exhibitions & a Boat Ride

OfftoLondon
Shopping 2007

Fall Shopping in London
London's Fashion Week
The Selfridges Wonder Bar
Summer Sales 2007 Knightsbridge
This Little Piggy Went to Market!
June Fashion Sales in London's West End
Fashion Sales from the London Catwalks
Frock Me in Retro Fashion
Browsing on London's Antiques Trail
Easter Chocolates & Perfumed Luxury
January '07 Sales in the West End
Lingerie Shopping
Stir Up a Dickensian Christmas Pudding -'06
West End Wanderings- Sept./Oct.'06
West End Dept. Stores & Specialty Multiples