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Been there, seen that? Explore lesser-travelled London with our guide to the city away from the tourist trail
Forget Big Ben and forget Buckingham Palace. This is the London that doesn’t make it on to the postcards, but it’s the London Londoners love. Delve a little deeper into the city and discover alternative nights out, unusual exhibitions and quirky things to do in London.
Brilliant spots away from the crowds
Hidden wonders in unexpected places
The weirdest and freakiest things to see
Away from the picture-postcard scenery
Tired of the treadmill?
Freaky, fun activities
London’s full of ’em
Fewer queues and crowds
Go out and stay out all night
You’ll never be bored
The right amount of weird
Defying stuffy conventions
Watching south-west Londoners mistake chugging around Richmond Park in their 4x4s for a day in the country isn’t everyone’s idea of fun, but the...
A favourite of local artists, this formal Arts and Crafts garden, created between 1910 and 1925 by Thomas Mawson for soap magnate Lord Leverhulme and restored...
Walthamstow Marshes have always been a place for Londoners to go and pretend they live in the actual countryside, and now that illusion is about to get even...
Two-hour guided tour of Nunhead Cemetery, a romantic and overgrown Victorian cemetery featuring 1,000 ivy-clad angels and mighty Victorians buried in the green...
Seriously weird and wonderful curiosities
Head to one of these enticing spots
Leighton House reopened in April 2010 after a £1.6 million refurbishment which has uncovered and restored many of the decorative schemes and features of...
Sir Henry Wellcome, a pioneering 19th-century pharmacist, amassed a vast and idiosyncratic collection of implements and curios relating to the medical trade,...
Roll up, roll up! The Museum of Brands has found itself a glam new home; still in Notting Hill but now with extra added space for its seemingly endless...
An anthropological museum set in 16 acres of landscaped gardens, the Horniman has a traditional natural history gallery – dominated by a bizarre, overstuffed...
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