What to see in London

I’ve made about 3 o4 trips to London, starting in 1983. Except for the last one, I wasn’t able to spend a lot of time in the city. Anyway, here are some things you should see and some things I’d like to see. I’ll also include day trips from London.

The British Museum
The National Gallery
Tower of London
Tower Bridge
Westminster Abbey
The Royal Air Force Museum
St Paul’s Cathedral
Sherlock Holmes Museum (only for fans)
Dickens Museum (for fans)
The British Library
Imperial War Museum
Royal Academy of Arts
Kew Gardens
Subway stations

Places I’d like to visit:

The Victoria and Albert Museum
Churchill War Rooms
National History Museum
Wallace Collection
The London Eye
Shakesperare’s Globe Theatre
Tate Britain
Science Museum
Cutty Sark (it was being restored when I was there)
Museum of London Docklands
Royal Observatory Greenwich
National Maritime Museum
Hampton Court Palace

Day Trips:

Stonehenge
Lake District
Stratford on Avon
Cambridge
Oxford
Imperial War Museum Duxford
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Bath (Roman ruins)
Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol (for engineer geeks)
Bletchley Park (haven’t visited, yet)
Fishbourne Palace in Sussex (Roman ruins, haven’t visited, yet))
Cotswolds
Warwick Castle

There is plenty more, but this will get you started. Remember that there is little or no subway service south of the Thames. On weekends some subway lines may be out of service. Try not to carry a backpack or knapsack on the tubes. A messenger bag works much better. Since privatization, the railroad system is not very reliable or on time. Be prepared to be flexible.