Guidebook for London
Food Scene
it's the best organic supermarket and cafe in town in a wonderful villagey part of north London!
124 locals recommend
Planet Organic
42 Westbourne Groveit's the best organic supermarket and cafe in town in a wonderful villagey part of north London!
World famous curries and area for the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. The old part of London.
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane World famous curries and area for the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. The old part of London.
The one in Wood Green. 67 bus stops right next to it. You can buy one main meal for two people for £7.50 and they bring you 4 starters, tzaziki, hoummous, bread and salad, including tea and baclava. So cheap and so tasty and freshly prepared!
Capital Restaurant
1-2 High RoadThe one in Wood Green. 67 bus stops right next to it. You can buy one main meal for two people for £7.50 and they bring you 4 starters, tzaziki, hoummous, bread and salad, including tea and baclava. So cheap and so tasty and freshly prepared!
Pret A Manger Piccadilly
163 PiccadillyOrganic coffee and decent salads
Genesis Shoreditch
60 Aldermans HillGreat vegan and vegetarian food
Vantra Vegan
5 Wardour Stgreat vegan and vegetarian food
Small quirky artsy food cafe where you can get nice meaty sandwiches and choose between 15 different salads and different freshly made soups. £5-8.
Located by Leicester Square tube station.
6 locals recommend
Gaby's Deli
30 Charing Cross RoadSmall quirky artsy food cafe where you can get nice meaty sandwiches and choose between 15 different salads and different freshly made soups. £5-8.
Located by Leicester Square tube station.
Drinks & Nightlife
Lots of little quirky shops, street food in a market style environment. Great place to get new age trinkets or goth styles.
59 locals recommend
Camden Lock Place
Camden Lock Place Lots of little quirky shops, street food in a market style environment. Great place to get new age trinkets or goth styles.
Jazz Cafe
5 ParkwayIconic music venue
KOKO
1a Camden High St Cool nightclub with live gigs and DJs
Inverness Street
Inverness StreetLots of music venues and small bars
Parks & Nature
Great park where people go running, hold Sunday football leagues, bootcamps, american baseball pitch and basketball courts. V festival and Wireless have been held here.
275 locals recommend
Finsbury Park
Station Place Great park where people go running, hold Sunday football leagues, bootcamps, american baseball pitch and basketball courts. V festival and Wireless have been held here.
Hampstead Heath
Largest park in London.
Near Stoke Newington Church Street, so great to combine this and finish at Whole Foods Market.
19 locals recommend
Clissold Park Playground
Church Street Near Stoke Newington Church Street, so great to combine this and finish at Whole Foods Market.
Highgate Wood
Muswell Hill Road Small adorable wood.
it's where 2012 London olympics were held and it's an amazing place with venues.
755 locals recommend
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
it's where 2012 London olympics were held and it's an amazing place with venues.
Lovely park and great farmer's market on a Sunday 10-2 pm. Check here first as location of market changes between 2 places: https://weareccfm.com/locations/alexandra-palace/
29 locals recommend
Alexandra Palace station
Lovely park and great farmer's market on a Sunday 10-2 pm. Check here first as location of market changes between 2 places: https://weareccfm.com/locations/alexandra-palace/
Arts & Culture
Tate Modern
Banksidegreat modern art
it often hosts important artists like Chagall, Bacon, Monet....
161 locals recommend
Royal Academy of Arts
Piccadillyit often hosts important artists like Chagall, Bacon, Monet....
The most famous museum in London, great for egyptian history and amazing architecture, once home to the Old British Library where Marx used to come to.
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell Street The most famous museum in London, great for egyptian history and amazing architecture, once home to the Old British Library where Marx used to come to.
Essentials
great quality fresh fruit and veg, and freshly baked bread and croissants every day. If you want croissants go before 10 am as they sell quickly!
Gurbet Ltd
604B Seven Sisters Rdgreat quality fresh fruit and veg, and freshly baked bread and croissants every day. If you want croissants go before 10 am as they sell quickly!
Seven Sisters Road PO
614 Seven Sisters RdPost office and nearest cash machine plus foreign currency exchange.
Safedale Pharmacy
100 Stoke Newington Church StPharmacy and shop where you can buy personal care items as well.
Sightseeing
it's an eclectic mix of people, great little cafes, old pubs, gay scene, walking streets in London. Great for drinks in the evenings.
576 locals recommend
Soho
it's an eclectic mix of people, great little cafes, old pubs, gay scene, walking streets in London. Great for drinks in the evenings.
there are lots of oriental shops, restaurants, entertainment, chinese medicine shops, shopping arcades, street performers. Also a walking street in London, great for evening out. GREAT for Chinese new year in February!
45 locals recommend
China Town London Market
there are lots of oriental shops, restaurants, entertainment, chinese medicine shops, shopping arcades, street performers. Also a walking street in London, great for evening out. GREAT for Chinese new year in February!
Great for windown shopping eclectic shops, spiritual, astrology and esoteric shops, great architecture, and little traffic. Mainly walking area.
955 locals recommend
Covent Garden
41 James StGreat for windown shopping eclectic shops, spiritual, astrology and esoteric shops, great architecture, and little traffic. Mainly walking area.
Amazing architecture and colours, great health food shops and cafes like Wild Food cafe and juice bars including Neal's Yard remedies,and a cool skateboarding shop. Great place to get alternative and complementary therapies.
47 locals recommend
Neal's Yard
Neal's YardAmazing architecture and colours, great health food shops and cafes like Wild Food cafe and juice bars including Neal's Yard remedies,and a cool skateboarding shop. Great place to get alternative and complementary therapies.
Big Ben and houses of parliament, what you see on tv - where silly politicians make up silly laws and rules. Architecture is amazing. Go early as there will be queue to get in and you will be searched.
222 locals recommend
Houses of Parliament Shop
12 Bridge StBig Ben and houses of parliament, what you see on tv - where silly politicians make up silly laws and rules. Architecture is amazing. Go early as there will be queue to get in and you will be searched.
Shopping
FOPP
1 Earlham StGreat music shop with lots of varied music, dvds, LPs at very reasonable prices!
It sells organic food and the best organic cakes and coffee - cafe - nearest in our local area. Nice chilled place to hang out and relax with free wifi. Right next to Finsbur Park so great to go there after a walk.
8 locals recommend
Simply Organique
316 Green LanesIt sells organic food and the best organic cakes and coffee - cafe - nearest in our local area. Nice chilled place to hang out and relax with free wifi. Right next to Finsbur Park so great to go there after a walk.
It's cheap and cheerful and it has load of bargain! There is a bigger one on Tottenham Court Road.
35 locals recommend
Primark
25 Braccan WalkIt's cheap and cheerful and it has load of bargain! There is a bigger one on Tottenham Court Road.
Watkins Books
19-21 Cecil CtGreat esoteric bookshop
Unique individual designers showcasing their clothes in an old style market in an old part of town with cobbled streets.
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StUnique individual designers showcasing their clothes in an old style market in an old part of town with cobbled streets.
Stoke Newington Church Street
Stoke Newington Church Streetquirky shops
Biggest and best bookshop in town with a great restaurant and cafe on the top floor. Happy hour Fridays evenings from 6 pm.
44 locals recommend
Waterstones
82 Gower StBiggest and best bookshop in town with a great restaurant and cafe on the top floor. Happy hour Fridays evenings from 6 pm.
The Astrology Shop
78 Neal Stit's quirky and a bit different
lots of lovely crystals, incense, angel card books, tarot decks, new age music , jewelley....
Mysteries
34 Short's Gardenslots of lovely crystals, incense, angel card books, tarot decks, new age music , jewelley....