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London’s full of treasures that we all too often shun, dismissing them as tourist attractions. So we’ve rounded up a list of our favourite attractions that every Londoner should visit. Note that we’ve excluded museums and galleries, which are nearly all worth a visit or three. They’ll probably find their way into their own top 10 sooner or later.
10. London Zoo
Because it’s not just cuteness in cages. Did you know we have the oldest scientific zoo in the world? The mega-menagerie opened in 1828 as a place where learned gentlemen might become yet more learned in the handicrafts of Mother Nature. The zoo continues as a research organisation to this day, and even supports a molecular biology team. As a visiting local, you won’t want to get caught in the tourist queues. So take a boat from Camden Lock and get in through the little-known canal entrance for just £2 more than regular entry.
9. Royal Observatory, Greenwich
It’s a bit of a climb for the out-of-shape, but a trek up the hill in Greenwich Park will repay the effort. Once you’ve got over the impressive view, the Observatory site has plenty to recommend it. The largest refracting telescope in the UK, the Greenwich meridian, London’s only planetarium and Harrison’s marine chronometers are all justifiably famous, but how many people know that you can touch a chunk of rock that’s possibly older than the Earth? A regular events programme keeps locals and tourists starry-eyed.
8. St James’s Park
They’ve got pelicans! And not just any old pelicans. Pelicans that eat pigeons. St James’ Park is one of the best places in central London if you like your avians wet, with a whole lake-full of grebes, cormorants, coots and their squawking friends. With its Horseguards backdrop, the lake bridge is a favoured photo spot, and it is impossible to cross without spoiling someone’s shot. While this
London’s full of treasures that we all too often shun, dismissing them as tourist attractions. So we’ve rounded up a list of our favourite attractions that every Londoner should visit. Note that we’ve excluded museums and galleries, which are nearly all worth a visit or three. They’ll probably find their way into their own top 10 sooner or later.
10. London Zoo
Because it’s not just cuteness in cages. Did you know we have the oldest scientific zoo in the world? The mega-menagerie opened in 1828 as a place where learned gentlemen might become yet more learned in the handicrafts of Mother Nature. The zoo continues as a research organisation to this day, and even supports a molecular biology team. As a visiting local, you won’t want to get caught in the tourist queues. So take a boat from Camden Lock and get in through the little-known canal entrance for just £2 more than regular entry.
9. Royal Observatory, Greenwich
It’s a bit of a climb for the out-of-shape, but a trek up the hill in Greenwich Park will repay the effort. Once you’ve got over the impressive view, the Observatory site has plenty to recommend it. The largest refracting telescope in the UK, the Greenwich meridian, London’s only planetarium and Harrison’s marine chronometers are all justifiably famous, but how many people know that you can touch a chunk of rock that’s possibly older than the Earth? A regular events programme keeps locals and tourists starry-eyed.
8. St James’s Park
They’ve got pelicans! And not just any old pelicans. Pelicans that eat pigeons. St James’ Park is one of the best places in central London if you like your avians wet, with a whole lake-full of grebes, cormorants, coots and their squawking friends. With its Horseguards backdrop, the lake bridge is a favoured photo spot, and it is impossible to cross without spoiling someone’s shot. While this