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London trip planning
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# Ideas

## Misc tips
- [Changing of the guards itinerary](https://changing-guard.com/dates-buckingham-palace.html)
- [Fake 10 Downing street](https://lookup.london/fake-no-10-downing-street/)
- [Place for kids to see dinosaurs](https://www.mykidstime.com/travel/20-outstanding-places-see-dinosaurs-in-the-uk)
- [King's station](London King's Cross railway station)
- [What to pack to London](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3GlPslf6uU)
- [How to Holiday in London by a Londoner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-nJHaHlyG8&ab_channel=SuitcaseMonkey)
- [Be a Local London Tourist: Hidden Gems, London Secrets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGXxcbgujWs&ab_channel=SuitcaseMonkey)


## Unique dinning in London
- [Unique London dinning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL1r7GyRu1o)
- RABOT 1745 
- Attendant - Victorian toilet
- The Quince Tree Cafe
- Pick and Cheese - Covent Garden Station
- Lady Dina's Cat Emporium (be sure to book in advance).
- Swingers
- Jazz Cafe in Candem
- Paternoster chop housen
- Sketch - Pink instagrammable 
- Houses of parlament
### Brunch
- Radici (southern italian food)
- Scarlet Green
- Riding House Cafe
- The barge house - (breakfast in a bread), friday through Sunday, reserve early

## Cotswold, English countryside

### Cities 
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- Chipping Campden
- Wells
- Lower Slaughter
- Stanton
- Glastonbury
- [Stratford-upon-Avon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon)
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## Art in London
- [Famous paintings in London](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/famous-works-of-art-in-london-and-where-to-see-them-a3261181.html)

### Exhibitions
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature, V&A
There's nothing like a family-friendly exhibition for entertaining little ones on a rainy winter's day. Enter the team at the V&A, who are opening an exhibition dedicated to everyone's favourite storyteller and natural scientist, Beatrix Potter. The show will display original watercolours and paintings for grown-ups to marvel over, as well as personal artefacts such as letters, manuscripts and diaries which explore Potter's life not just as an illustrator, but as a talented woman fascinated by the natural world. 

Address: Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature, Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Website: vam.ac.uk
Dates: Until Sunday 8 January 2023
Price: £14
__Not reserved yet__


# One suggested itinerary
- Seen in [How to Holiday in London: By a Londoner - 5 Days Travel Vlog & Guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-nJHaHlyG8)

## Day 1 - Londinium
- Tower of London
- st. Katheryn docks (just across)
	- [Katherine docks](https://www.skdocks.co.uk/whats-on)
- The square mile
- The monument (climb to the top for a view)
- Roman wall
- St Paul Cathedral
- Roof Terrace of the One New Change building (recommended before the cathedral)
    - Our spectacular Roof Terrace is open to the public seven days a week. 
- Sky garden (The walkie talkie building) Recommended before sunset. (free tickets????)
- Canary Wharf
- one sq mile
- part of the old roman city of Londinium
- Tower of London - Where the royal jewerly is
- Tower Bridge: you can go inside
	- The best view of the Tower Bridge is just next to the Tower of London
	- Make sure you visit at night
- HMS Belfast (don't pay for going inisde)
- The Shard
	- you can pay to go for the observation tower
- Millenium bridge
	- Very good spot to take pictures

## Day 2 - West End(Area del trooping the colour)
- Borough Market (chingo de comida)
- The Jubilee walk (lots of things that can make the walk very long lasting)
- Westmister Abbey
- This area is lile an open musuem
- 10 downing street
- Churchill war rooms
- St Hames Park
- Piccadilly
- Soho (visit also by night)
- Good restaurant: Barrafina
## Day 3 Greenwich
- BlackHeath (best entry to Greenwich)
- Pavillion cafe
- Citymapper app
- Greenwich (Royal Greenwich observatory) etc.
- O2 Arena
- First shop of the world
- Cutty Sark
- Maritime Museum
- The Queen's House
- Get back to the city aboard the Tames clippers
- Victoria's enbankments
- Gordon's wine bar
- Adams street (fake 10 downing st)
- Afternoon tea at the Sheraton Grand Hotel
- Optionally a West End theather function
- Canary Wharf

## Day 4
- Stop at exhibition road
- Natural Museum
- Primrose hill
- Covent Garden. 7 dials
- St Paul's (another church named st paul)
- Neal Streat to the seven dials
- Neals yard
- Carnaby street
    - Kingly Court (food)
        - Crumbs and Dollies (sweeets)
        - The Good Egg (brunch)
        - Jinjuu
        - Cahoots

## Away from London
Some different out days
- Bath (highly recommended by multiple sources)
- Warner Studios and Harry Potter
- Richmond Park (early in the day deer sightings)
- Kew Gardens
- Windsor

# Stonehenge day trip tips
## Sailsbury
- Cathedral (must go inside)
	- oldest mechanical clock
	- one of the surviving original magna carta
- [Rick Steve's West England](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEgPVrSZa6w)

# Trooping the colour reviewed by Her Majesty the Queen
- 09:15 (onwards) - Troops start forming up, on Horse Guards Parade.
- 10:45 - Her Majesty The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace in a grand procession escorted by the Household Cavalry.
- 11:00 (precisely) - HM The Queen arrives on Horse Guards Parade to take the Royal Salute.
- The Queen then reviews Her Guards riding slowly down the ranks of foot guards and cavalry in a carriage.
- During the parade The Colour is Trooped through the ranks before the Foot Guards march past The Queen.
- Then the Household Cavalry and Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery rank past.
- 12:20 - HM The Queen, at the head of Her Guards, returns up The Mall to Buckingham Palace.
- 12:20 - HM The Queen, at the head of Her Guards, returns up The Mall to Buckingham Palace.
- At the gates of Buckingham Palace HM The Queen dismounts from the carriage and mounts a dais to watch the parade march past in salute.
- 12:52 - Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41 Gun Salute in The Green Park to celebrate The Queen's Official Birthday.
- 12:55 (approximately) - HM The Queen and other members of the Royal Family make a balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace.
- 13:00 - Fly Past by the Royal Air Force.

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## Where to Watch

- Those without tickets to the seated stands on Horse Guards Parade can watch the procession from The Mall or from the corner of St James's Park.
- The view from the corner of St James's Park, marked in orange, can be restricted by the troops and horses on parade.
- Personally I would suggest heading for The Mall, on the St James's Park side, and take up a position close to the junction with Marlborough Road.
- Wherever you choose you can be sure of seeing one of the finest spectacles in London and having a day out to remember.
- Restrooms and refreshments can be found in St James's Park.

# TODO, questions, etc

- Is London less crowded in the week or weekend? How about tourist attractions outside?
- Citypass, what are the policies about using the pass across non-contiguous days?

# Tempative itinerary
![](https://i.imgur.com/5hGUzYs.png)


## June 2 - London - Trooping the Colour
Her Majesty's Jubilee parade

[Final]
## June 9, Victoria's Birthday!
All day: Harry Potter tour
[Final]

