London Travel Pack

by Nick Hanna

Overview

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that London has to offer. The fold-out map of London is ideal for tourists and visitors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770266926
Publisher:	Globetrotter
Publication date:	09/07/2015
Series:	Globetrotter Travel Packs Series
Edition description:	9th Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Travel writer and photographer Nick Hanna has an intimate knowledge of London. A regular newspaper contributor, he has also written various travel books including the Globetrotter Travel Guide to Crete, and is consultant editor of the Globetrotter Dive Guides.

Table of Contents

1.	Introducing London	5
	The Land	6
	History in Brief	9
	Government and Economy	16
	The People	18
2.	Whitehall and Westminster	31
	Along Whitehall	32
	Parliament Square	34
	Royal London	36
	Trafalgar Square	38
3.	The West End	41
	Soho	42
	Piccadilly and Regent Street	44
	Mayfair and Oxford Street	48
4.	Bloomsbury and Covent Garden	51
	Bloomsbury	52
	Covent Garden	54
	The Strand	56
5.	West and Southwest London	59
	Notting Hill and Bayswater	60
	Hyde Park	61
	Knightsbridge	63
	Kensington	64
	South Kensington	66
	Chelsea	68
6.	The City, the East End and Docklands	71
	The City	72
	The East End and Docklands	78
7.	North London	81
	Marylebone	82
	Regent's Park	84
	Camden Town	86
	Hampstead	88
	Highgate	89
	Islington	90
	Clerkenwell	91
8.	South of the Thames	93
	Lambeth	94
	County Hall	95
	The South Bank	96
	Southwark	98
	Pool of London	99
	Butler's Wharf	100
	Greenwich	101
	Woolwich	103
9.	Nearby Excursions	105
	Barnes and Chiswick	106
	Syon and Osterley	108
	Kew	109
	Richmond	110
	Hampton Court Palace	111
	Windsor	112
	London at a Glance	115
	Travel Tips	122
	Index	127