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Waterloo bridge for the best view up and down the Thames.
Greenwich; meridian, park, marintime museum, market, clipper ship etc.
Kew gardens and Kew steam museum.
Victorian and Albert museum and British museum, both very varied.
The tubes (subway) and DLR are safe and fine, then walk and enjoy.
Mal.
 
Hi,

One or two suggestions from a London boy (although I don't live there any more !)
  • Leadenhall Market (appears briefly in the first Harry Potter movie just before Harry and Hagrid reach Diagon Alley)
  • Petticoat Lane if you are around on a Sunday(and if you do, take a swift stroll over to Brick Lane for a complete cange of culture !)
  • If you are able to get a little way out of town (unlikely on a 4-day trip, I know) then Kew Gardens and Hampton Court are well worth a visit.
John,
Milton Keynes, UK
 
Will depend on your interests. There are three site seeing tours on open-top bus. They start from close to Buckingham Palace. Each lasts for 1.5 to 2.5 hours. Take one or two of them and then decide which areas you want to see in more detail. They run every hour for most of the day. London-Eye & Waterloo Bridge, as mentioned by others, are good spots for overall view. Tower & Tower Bridge, St Paul's cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) together with Big Ben are other attractions.
Here is a view from Waterloo Bridge



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Gautam
 
Frank Hollis wrote :-
hollis_f said:
The London Eye is probably the best high vantage point.
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Sadly that's right. In the UK these days there is no culture of privately-owned high buildings being open to the public ( setting aside a top floor for a viewing gallery would mean less £££ in rental income from offices.)

For those of us of a certain age, the best high vantage point in London USED to be the Telecoms Tower. However that has been closed to the public for 30 years or more, ever since the IRA attempted to blow it up.

John Bailey
 
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