Want to know what London used to look like? This week a rare colour film emerged of London, shot in 1927. This remarkable archive video shows a pre-war London and features open topped buses, flat cap pedestrians and London bobbies (policeman).
The video features the hustle and bustle of East London's - as tightly packed men showing all wearing hat walk through London's Petticoat Lane sport hats and also shows England playing cricket at the Oval.
London in 1927 from Tim Sparke on
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Piccadilly Circus is one of London's most famous landmarks and sightseeeing attractions. The junction of five busy streets in the centre of London, Piccadilly Circus is dominated by huge neon advertising signs.
Piccadilly Circus is very close to Regent Street, Leicester Square and Chinatown and is a popular meeting spot.
At the heart of Piccadilly Circus is a bronze fountain, topped by a figure of a winged archer. The statue is popularly called Eros, the pagan god of love, but it
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If you really want to see London in a unique way why not do some sightseeing from the air and take a tour of London in a helicopter?
There are a number of companies offering helicopter tours that offer amazing panoramic views of London's most iconic sites such as Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament.
Helicopter tours of London can be found running from a number of nearby small airport such as Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey or the more central Battersea Helicopter
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London Bus Tours
One of the best ways to see the sights of London is on a open top double decker bus tour. Sat atop the open-top upper deck you get a fantastic view of London’s most famous sights. Most of the operators allow you to buy tickets when you arrive. Many feature a hop-on, hop-off facility allowing you to break your journey to visit sights along the way and rejoin the tour on another bus.
Recommended operators: The Big Bus Company, The Original Tour
London Black Taxi Tours
If
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Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in London. It covers an area of 350 acres (4000 hectares) and is popular with Londoners and visitors, especially on a sunny day.
With a lake, 4000 trees, a meadow, horse rides and more, its easy to forget you are in the centre of London.
Attractions within Hyde Park
The Serpentine. A river and lake where you can go boating and even swimming
Speakers Corner. Located in the North East corner of Hyde Park this is an area famous for public
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For a unique way to sightsee in London why not tour the city by amphibious craft.
London Duck Tours run a floating car 75 minute tour of London that involves travelling on road and river .
The tour is in an amphibious vehicle originally used in World War II in the D Day landings.
The Classic Sightseeing tour last 75 minutes with approximately half an hour on the River Thames.
This fun and exciting vehicles hold 30 people and its a great way to see London.
Tours run daily
Times
Weekends
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If you are traveling on London’s’ underground trains and see some stickers to unusual destinations such as “Nightmare on Elm Street” or warnings that seats are reserved for snake charmers, alcohol drinkers or that you will be electrocuted if you sit on one, don’t be disturbed, they are prank stickers intended to bring a smile to your face!
Proving that not all Londoners who travel on the tube are grumpy, pranksters have been posting cheeky stickers over the conventional London Underground
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The London Eye is one of London's most spectacular tourist attractions. A trip on The London Eye, or Millennium Wheel as it is sometimes known, is a must for all visitors to London and a great place to take photos.
At 135 metres the London Eye is the world's tallest observation wheel and the perfect way to see the whole city.
One whole rotation of the Eye takes 30 minutes and visitors step on and off without the wheel ever stopping. From the top, on a clear day you can see as far
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London has a macabre history, If you fancy an insight into the dark side of London why not consider taking a walking Jack the Ripper tour.
One of the darkest episodes in Victorian London was the Jack the Ripper murders.
Eleven women were murdered in the East End of London from April 1888 to February 1891. The brutal murders remain shrouded in mystery as the killer was never found.
“Jack the Ripper’ is the best known name gven to the unknown serial killer and comes from a letter written
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Up at the O2 is London's newest attraction and allows visitors to climb on to the white roof of the O2 Arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome).
You can follow a walkway that arches over the dome's iconic white roof and climb up to an observation deck 174feet up in the sky with stunning 360 degree views of the Olympic Park, the Thames Barrier, the Shard and Canary Wharf. Allow 90 minutes for the whole experience.
Opening Times
Mon-Fri: noon - 8pm
Sat-Sun : 10am
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