London Travel Stories

Nov 11, 2012 • 3 min read

It is 58 million years old and 346km long. It has 80 islands, 45 locks and more than 200 rowing clubs. It’s crossed by 104 bridges and is home to 100…

Oct 30, 2012 • 5 min read

London, Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Sydney: all great cities. But let's say you've just landed and want to get away from their urban sprawl as quickly…

Oct 3, 2012 • 4 min read

The only other Diamond Jubilee to be celebrated by a British monarch was in 1897, when Queen Victoria celebrated her 60 years on the throne. At that…

Oct 3, 2012 • 4 min read

The World Pride 2012 festival (23 June-8 July) is drumming up the Olympics fervour in London, just weeks before the Games begin. Pride London is already…

Aug 22, 2012 • 4 min read

Food trucks may be trendy now but the concept is hardly new. Since the turn of the century, hungry workers have counted on mobile vans and stalls lining…

Jul 31, 2012 • 6 min read

London, with over 8 million residents and a strong liberal tradition, has historically been the place for gays and lesbians to take refuge from prejudice…

Jul 31, 2012 • 3 min read

Fans of the baddest bean in town have been turning the buzz up to eleven in recent months, as London’s coffee scene has exploded into life. One particular…

Jul 30, 2012 • 5 min read

The British capital has splendorous museums, royal pomp and all the urban chaos you’d expect from a city of eight million people. But while you shouldn't…

Jun 20, 2012 • 3 min read

London’s best bars and pubs as chosen by Lonely Planet Staff and Twitter followers

Jun 20, 2012 • 5 min read

Few world cities can compete with the English capital for variety, vitality and pace.

Jun 20, 2012 • 4 min read

Want to know more about London’s royal history? Here’s a handful of essentials, spanning time from first-laid stones to chopped heads and very outrageous…

Jun 5, 2012 • 3 min read

London has a reputation for being expensive, and while it’s true that you can spend a fortune here on hotels and wining and dining, it’s equally true that…

Apr 15, 2011 • 2 min read

It’s here! Almost. The biggest English royal wedding since, well, the last one. On Friday 29 April, 2011, billions around the world will turn their rapt…

Apr 4, 2011 • 5 min read

The world's gaze will be squarely set on the British Monarchy April 29, when the cute couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, tie the knot. As interest…

Jan 17, 2011 • 3 min read

London's a great city no matter which way you look at it, but melancholia has no GPS and sometimes you can find yourself feeling down, even in your dream…

Jan 11, 2011 • 2 min read

A colossal squid and a cursed gem that refuses to die. In this extract from Lonely Planet Magazine, Jimmy Doherty, presenter of BBC Two's Museum of Life,…

Sep 15, 2010 • 2 min read

London's Open House weekend is the highlight of many an architecturally curious or just plain nosy Londoner’s year.

Aug 25, 2010 • 3 min read

So good they named it once: Oxbridge. In many people’s minds England’s two most venerable university cities are interchangeable, or even somehow conjoined…

Aug 25, 2010 • 3 min read

Picture the scene: in a cramped booth lined with egg cartons, Mick Jagger is crooning 'Little by Little' while Gene Pitney tinkles the ivories and Phil…

Aug 22, 2010 • 4 min read

Next time you’ve an idle moment – and a willing partner – in the kitchen, try the following experiment: don a blindfold, take a spoonful of jam, and try…

Jul 22, 2010 • 4 min read

No matter which tube line you're near in London, chances are one of the city’s treasures is awaiting you just a few short London Underground stops away.

Jul 12, 2010 • 3 min read

The British capital’s top summer knees-up, a celebration of the local Caribbean community, has enlivened this part of town since the 1950s. During the end…