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What better way to get a real feel of London and its different areas than to simply wander the streets? There is also a surprising amount you can do and see for free, too. Explore the city with our tips, guides, blogs and reviews.

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What better way to get a real feel of the city and its different areas than to simply wander the streets? Places are closer to each other in London than the tube would have you think.

How to do London for free

London doesn't have to be expensive - you can see famous paintings, ancient artefacts, fascinating buildings, rare wildlife and even films and plays for free.

We've been there... The Thames Path

Our guide was very changeable, even capricious, taking us in one direction and then another. Our guide was the River Thames, and it led us from the docklands...

The Simon Calder Interview

Simon Calder is one of the UK’s most well-known travellers and travel editor at The Independent. Yet on his days off, he likes nothing more than "being a tourist" in London.

Stanfords helps decide London as ‘capital of the world’

Stanfords was used as a point of research in The Independent Traveller survey that resulted in London being named the capital of the world.

The John Simpson Interview

John Simpson has graced our screens for 40 years in a war-reporting career that saw him in the midst of attacks in Afghanistan, the Gulf, and Iraq. Yet he still loves returning to a quiet spot of London.

London, the New Jerusalem

Have you ever considered why some of London’s oldest and most important buildings are located so? Perhaps their setting is random...

There may be a riot goin’ on

It may not be May Day, but with the government – a Labour government understandably, even if not a socialist government – having nationalised much of the banking system, it’s entirely appropriate that...

Creation or calculation? There is no conflict

The London flâneur can roam from site to site in search of the spirit of the Royal Society. Start at the lofty Tower 42 (formerly the NatWest Tower) at 25 Old Broad Street...

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