Al fresco swimming first became a trend back in the 1930s, and councils up and down the country set up hundreds of outdoor pools for their residents to enjoy – nowhere with greater enthusiasm than London Town. A number...
When the sun is shining, Londoners flock to these Thames-side pubs and restaurants for outdoor drinking and dining. And although east and north London offer their own pretty canalside pubs, our city has always been buil...
London has some of the best museums in the world, and many of them are completely free to go and visit (although donations are of course very welcome). And with the ever-continuing cost of living crisis – when let’...
Redditor magulagie has created the ultimate London sightseeing map for tourists in a hurry. Just a shade over five miles long on the map, it takes in a ton of London’s most iconic features, and if you avoid going&...
The spiritual home of sunset Negronis, with the staircase that launched a thousand Instagrams, Frank’s Cafe in Peckham is a smashing summer spot. And every year when it closes for the season, South London’s...
Painshill Park is home to a glorious Crystal Grotto. In London? Well, sort of. You’ll find this crystalline cave in Surrey, just within the boundaries of the M25, which means we’re claiming it for our own. S...
The lightly-industrial A-roads of Neasden aren’t on every tourist’s ‘must-visit’ list, but this north-west neighbourhood is home to one of the most remarkable buildings in London. The BAPS Shri S...
‘If horse racing be the sport of kings, then surely bowling is… a very good sport as well.’ We couldn’t agree with Homer Simpson more – here are some super-cool ten-pin bowling alleys in London f...
In recent years, pop-up crazy golf courses have become a bit of a ‘thing.’ They’re dotted throughout central London, up on rooftops, in abandoned WW2 bunkers, shopping malls, parks and even occasional...
The Electric Cinema in Portobello, Notting Hill, is a London institution – over 100 years old, in fact. Now one of the most decadently appointed screening rooms in the city, it’s famous for its outrageously...