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  • London's top 20 things to touch

  • By Time Out editors

  • From a billygoat‘s nose to a crisp £10 note, from packing down a snowball to slipping on a posh silk dress, London‘s bedecked with things to touch. Here are the Time Out team‘s favourite feelings

  • Do you agree? Tell us your favourite London touch sensation

    1 Grass beneath bare feet on a summer’s day in Regent’s Park

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    2 The feel of the water against your skin in Hampstead ponds

    3 The waft of hot air up the trouser leg/skirt on a London bus (only in winter)

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    4 Running your hand down the Barbican’s concrete balustrades

    5 The strange smoothness of the bantam eggs, Islington Farmers’ Market

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    6 The sensation of putting on a silk dress you can’t quite afford in a shop where you don’t quite belong on Bond Street

    7 The almost imperceptible jolt of the Inter-City as it finally slows to a dead stop at Euston

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    8 The patch of rough fur above a goat’s nose at London Zoo

    9 The National Gallery’s touch-screen art gallery in the Eurostar lounge at St Pancras station

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    10 Snow seeping through your gloves when you’re about to hurl a snowball in Hyde Park

    11 The sting of too much wasabi rushing up your nose at Itsu

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    12 A fresh copy of Time Out in your hands

    13 Cold marble on a hot day in the British Museum

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    14 Five crisp tenners on their short journey from the cash machine to your wallet on pay day

    15 Running your fingers through the velvets and ribbons in VV Rouleaux, the accessories and haberdashery store

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    16 The plush, opulent comfort of a seat at the Prince Charles cinema – knowing you’re in for two hours of ergonomic bliss

    17 Unfurling a rare manuscript in the British Library

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    18 Caviar popping on your tongue at the Caviar House & Prunier

    19 The feel of wooden bench on backside by the Thames in Putney, after a five-mile walk

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    20 Rays in the touch tank at London Aquarium


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