101 things to do before you leave London
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By Time Out editors
Updated: Wed Oct 1 2008 
Watch the penguins being fed 56 Loaf in a green-and-white deckchair in Green Park
Green Park, W1. Green Park tube.
57 Yelp at scary Victorian medical instruments
Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret, 9a St Thomas St, SE1 (020 7188 2679/www.thegarret.org.uk). London Bridge tube/rail.
58 Watch the penguins being fed
At London Zoo, daily 2.30-3pm.
London Zoo, Regent’s Park, NW1 (020 7722 3333/www.zsl.org/london-zoo). Camden Town tube or C2, 274 bus.
59 See the anoraks fly radio-controlled planes on the Scrubs
Wormwood Scrubs, Scrubs Lane, W10. Willesden Junction tube/rail. Feature continuesAdvertisement60 Walk under the Thames
At Greenwich, via the (admittedly slightly whiffy) foot tunnel. Your best bet is a guided tour, organised by the Brunel Engine House Museum
www.brunelenginehouse.org.uk
61 Get squeamish at the Hunterian Museum
Plenty of morbid exhibits in here. How about the brain of mathematician Charles Babbage? Or Churchill’s dentures?
Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2 (020 7869 6560/ ww.rcseng.ac.uk/museums). Holborn tube.
62 Buy Japanese food in Brent
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Not so much a shopping centre as a wild day out for lovers of eastern food. The Oriental City complex houses a Japanese confectioner, bakery and supermarket, as well as a pan-Asian food court.
63 Tour Dennis Severs’ House by candlelight
A ‘still life drama’, this house on Folgate Street is decked out to recreate snapshots of life in Spitalfields between 1724 and 1914. The atmospheric candlelit tours on Monday evenings cost £12.
Dennis Severs’ House, 18 Folgate St, E1 (020 7247 4013/ www.dennissevershouse.co.uk). Liverpool St tube/rail.
64 People-watch from Bar Italia
There are few better spots than a table outside this classic café from which to watch Soho’s weird and wonderful walk, stagger, cartwheel or unicycle by.
Bar Italia, 22 Frith St, W1 (020 7437 4520) Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus or Tottenham Court Rd tube.
65 Get up close to the deer in Richmond Park
Richmond Park, Richmond, Surrey (www.royalparks.gov.uk). Richmond tube/rail.- Add your comment to this feature
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36 comments
i cant wait 2 come 2 london in the hoildays i am soooooooo excited ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !.....................
Have been away from london for long..too long really. Miss london more than any other place in the universe!!! So much, so much to do in london. London has every thing concievable!
I'm a Londoner who's lived abroad for 18 years, but come every summer with by boys. This list has given me some great ideas. Thanks.
No doubt in my mind that London Town is the best place on the earth...so much to do and see. Fantastic list, and how nice to see the obvious things are not on it! Im def planning on hitting the fish market at dome obsurd hour soon....
just moved out of london after four years and im missin it! oh how i love london......
Suprised that the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes is not featured. Everyone should have at least one night at this place
Green Lanes kebab from Manor House to Turnpike Lane? Why not to the North Circular, just south of Palmers Green?
Cool list, and to ignorant person who left neg comment about gay bowling, maybe its for gay people who love bowling and want to meet other gay people and socialise....duhhhh! I think its a cool idea.
thenks for the imfo it really helped me on my report and its not like i wnated to do it in the first place:P
Wow! You hardly surprise a Roman but in this case you definitely did it!!! bravi!!!
Thanks for the suggestions
i'm doing a report on things to do in london this really helped thanks!
people rock!
London is awesome!
Great! I've lived in the UK for 5 years and will be leaving soon. I will definitely check out some of these things!
Time is getting short! :(
after reading this, suddenly i'm inspired about being in london!