With its snug cafés, atmospheric bars, graceful bridges and historic buildings and streets, London is the perfect place for a romantic break. A smooch on top of a double-decker, sunset views from the London Eye, fragrant strolls through Kew Gardens – there are 100s of ways to find love in London.
And we want to know about yours! Tell us your London romantic moment in the comments below… and then enter our Love-In-London competition.
You could win a 5-star luxury weekend in London – including all transport, cocktails and dinner, two nights in a fabulous 5-star hotel and a trip to a West End show!
Even if you don’t have a story to share in the comments, you can still enter the competition. This fantastic prize includes:
- Return train travel for two people to London
- Return private transfers from the station to the hotel
- Two nights’ accommodation at the Radisson Mayfair Hotel
- Breakfast in the hotel restaurant for two people each morning
- Cocktails and a 3-course dinner at Quaglino’s
- Two tickets to a West End theatre show of your choice
- Return private transfers from the theatre back to the hotel
Click here to read the competition terms and conditions
I met my boyfriend of five years in my house share! We liveed together for five months and eventially started going out, and five years on we still living together in our won flat now though! only thing was we never got the big event of moving in lol! x
As London is one of our favourite destinations this prize would be great! Although just being anywhere together is just fine by me!
its a shoppers delight that reaches great heights.
I do not have a story to tell, but please enter me for prize draw. Cheers
it would be just fantastic to get away on our own, as much as we love our children it would be nice to have a break.if it was abroad it would be sun, sea and??????? BUT AS ITS LONDON IT WILL BE RELAX, RELAX AND DINE WITH SOME WINE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME XXXX
I have been with my boyfriend for 10 years. We met when he took my cinema ticket. My heart skipped a beat when I saw him working at the cinema and I wrote my number on the back of the ticket. When I entered to see the film I handed him the ticket, told him to read the back and ran off. After keeping me waiting for 3 days he finally called and here we are 1 daughter, 3 cats and a hamster later
). Just saving to get married now after he propsed boxing day via a cracker.
I met my boyfriend 15 yrs ago; he was 15 I was 19yrs old; he told me he was 17 and we got together when I realised he was 15 he got the heave ho; I was getting loads of stick off my friends; but 15yrs later we found each other on facebook; emailed every day as we lived in England and Ireland respectively and by fate we were both on trips to New york same time; he had a christening and I was out there for a weekend; we met for coffee and were inseperable; now he has moved accross the pond and we are happily ever after; I love him..
Hi, my husband and I celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary on April 2nd. We met when we were 17 and 16 years old and often went up to London to see shows including Stop the world I want to get off starring Antony Newley. People said when we got married at 19 and 18 years that it wouldn’t last but my husband says we stayed together just to prove them wrong. 50 years later with 4 chilren and 8 grand children we must be doing something right. xx
I love my husband Trev very much, I would go to the end,s of the earth for him, so much I made our family eat hundreds of KitKats so that I could collect the points in a Kitkat promotion in a bid for a walk on part in the west end musical ‘We Will Rock You’. He spent his 40th birthday in a money cant buy way, with the cast on stage at the Dominion Theatre. His Idol Brian May from Queen came to chat to him backstage. I will never be able to equal this fantastic present I gave him, but its fun trying!
I met my american boyfriend in thailand 3 years ago when we were both travelling. I knew it was love after 3 weeks and 2 years ago he moved over to the uk and we’ve lived together ever since
My husband and I have been married for 17 years this time but life has thrown us a few curve balls as of late. My husband was there for me through my successful fight with breast cancer and as a thank you I would love to take him on this prize as a replacement for our 15th wedding anniversary which we were unable to celebrate due to a close family bereavement.
My husband & I went to London for our honeymoon in 1996. Unfortunately,we have not been back since. We had a great time exploring all the sights,and,visited the Dominion Theatre to watch ‘Grease’. We then had a slap up Chinese Meal in the middle of Leicester square….those were the days…..I would love to suprise my husband, to go back and re visit, after all these years. This year is also our 20 year Anniversary of getting together, times are now hard, but we still have each other….happy days….as happy today as we were back then!
I would love to surprise my partner and take him to london for the weekend as he is in the R A F and it would be nice to spend time together as he is away sometimes. We both love going to London, but it’s not always possible to go together ,thank you Barbara.
After a couple of very hard years involving me having to deal with my fathers heart attack, my parents getting divorced, my mother being diagnosed with an in-operable brain tumour and me having serious problems at work with a bullying boss 2 months after my Mum’s diagnosis (and the start of her treatment), my boyfriend of 5 years surprised me with a trip to London. The night before, he told me he had booked a Hotel, so we made a weekend of it.
We went to London and he surprised me by booking a room at the St Martin’s Lane Hotel. We went to see Wicked and had a lovely meal and cocktails out. The next morning, after breakfast we decided to go for a walk to Trafalgar Square as it was beautifully sunny. We climbed up onto Nelson’s Column and it was here that he got down on one knee and produced a beautiful diamond ring! I instantly said yes! He had asked my Dad for permission the day before as well!
We are getting married this year and I’d love to take him back there as a thank you for making me so happy and being my Knight in Shining Armour before we tie the knot!
I met my hubby of 25 years whilst camping at a canoe slalom on the Thames at Shepperton weir, I was 16 and he was 18. A year later at the same slalom he proposed and we popped into town and got a pre-engagement ring, i.e. temporary till I chose what I wanted and he could afford it. We’ve done lots of other sports since, and our 2 children and I have tried to keep up with him. We are still very much in love and would enjoy a little more luxury than a tent on a return romantic trip.
My Husband and I hope to celebrate being married 40 years in august, a prize like this would be great, and a big surprise for my husband.
My love is my wife Noreen of 31 years who has been going through an ordeal of cancer related illness’s which has made us grow closer together.
We have had the full range of emotions explode into our lives during our time together which have left no scars to be seen.
Just to think we had the basic Wedding which started with a few friends and family at the local Registry Office followed by some ham sandwiches and have continued to scrape by ever since with total happiness between us.
To win this competition would help me to suceed in showing Noreen that she is and always has been the only one for me.
I was going to write a soppy love story about my wife but after reading Karen Naylor’s story I would like you to let her and her husband have a bit of happiness,they deserve a break,I don’t know this couple and wish them all the best x
wE HAVE BEEN MARRIED 39 YEARS AND MY HUSBAND COMES FROM LONDON WE LIVE DOWN IN DEVON SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PRIZE FOR US
David and I took all my family to London to see the sights and everything touristy. We had our own room in the Hilton Docklands and it was the best room of all it had a balcony and you could see the Gherkin. It was a very memorable weekend. I so do Love London
My boyfriend and I met at university through a mutual friend but we were friends for a long time before we got together. One night I’d gone out with work mates and since I really fancied him I text him to invite him to the club we ended up at. In some awful twist of fate, I had my drink spiked, lost my bag (and my mind) and was found by James outside the club spewing my guts up. Hardly the way to pull the person you fancy most in the world eh?
James drove me home, settled me in with all the paraphernalia you need when you’re sick and waited with me till I fell asleep. He then went back to the club (after leaving me a note with phone numbers and explaining the situation) and begged the bouncers to find my bag.
He returned the next day to check up on me and brought me some of my fav biscuits to cheer me up so I could eat them when I was well. The rest is history (we got together a week after our initial extreme bonding experience) – I could never find anyone more thoughtful or caring and someone so reliable in my hour of need.
I bumped into my girlfriend Adele by chance at the 1st Suffolk Pride Day in Ipswich. We have known each other for nearly 20years,but sadly lost touch for about 16 of them.We always had a special bond between us,but we didnt admit how much to each other because our timing was always wrong.
Neither of us intended to go that day either,as we both had been thru the mill in that year.I saw the back of her and did a double take before shouting her name and we both were really happy to see each other.We still didnt admit our feelings to each other til months later.Fate it was,i beleive and definately worth waiting for.September 13th 2009 a date thats really special for both of us and thank you Suffolk Pride for bringing us back together.
Just the other day, I said to my boyfriend, “I miss London and I miss you … I miss being in London with you!”
We met two years ago in a houseshare in London. I still remember the day I moved in and he shook my hand as he let me into the house. We quickly became best friends and were inseparable. Unfortunately, work has taken me temporarily away from London but I will be back in the UK in a month!
We have only been separated for just over 2 weeks but as we do everything together, being apart has been challenging. Over the holidays, everywhere I went in London brought back a memory of some sort of us being happy in London. The city really is special, especially when I can share it with my favorite person!
A weekend in London would be the perfect gift as we get reunited
After all, we still live in a houseshare and rarely have any time or space solely to ourselves.
Cheers
The last time we visited London was with the kids, it would be so nice to go now as a couple for a romantic weekend, we’ve been married for over 30 years.
My husband and I had been married for 21yrs and last year was his 50th birthday,so I decided to surprise him with a weekend in London and a westend show,although we had been married for 21yrs we had never had a break without the kids.It was great,we went to see Hairspray at the shaftsbury theatre,which Micheal Ball was brilliant in,and just leasurely strolled around London,It was the most romantic time together we have ever spent,so any chance to do it all again,would be the best thing we could wish for
50 years ago I was courting my husband to be and he tried to impress me with a trip to LOndon. I had never been outside Watford. He took me to see a show at the Victoria Palace and after at a restaurant close by for a meal. Because I had not been treated like this before as soon as I walked into the reception of the restaurant, a waiter came and asked for my coat. I was terrified. I just wanted to get out quickly but I nervously let him take my coat, and we enjoyed a lovely meal. We have now been married for 48 years this year and both registered disabled ( my husband had an accident 5 years ago so cannot do much now, sowe don’t get out much however we do laugh a lot, and realise there are others worse off than ourselves.
My boyfriend and I met really unexpectedly just when I had given up on finding a partner after five years being single. I tried to keep chilled and not bothered about the fact that he was applying for a working visa to go to Australia and live for a year, so I just said let’s live for the now and have a good time. After 3 months of seeing each other, we went to London for the weekend. We wandered round Bloomsbury and had a wonderful Italian lunch in a little restaurant, we went to see One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest with Christian Slater, it was amazing at the Sir Guildgood Theatre, that night. The nest day we roamed around Covent Garden and ended up at Vinopolis in the afternoon having a wine tasting lesson. We had such a lovely time and I remember thinking to myself, why, oh why does he have to go away, now that Ive found him, but vowed to keep my thoughts to myself, so I made a silent wish. Five and half years later we have a house together and I love him as much now as I did then and although we have been through a lot together, including him having an horrific car accident and us both being made redundant….I often wonder if my wish in London if my wish I made in London kept him close to me? x
I met my husband on a London bus and we’ve been married for 38 years!
I went to a rock music night in a london niteclub.My favourite rock song came on and i ran to the dance floor.I got carried away shaking my head and body.To my horror my long black wig had gone flying off my head and landed on the man behind me.He handed me my wig and that broke the ice.We both couldn’t stop laughing.He brought me a drink,we dated and then got married.He didn’t have to worry about me making a holy show of him at the wedding as i got rid of my wig from my gothic days and i am now blonde and i am happy with my own hair.Despite that hair raising moment we fell in love in london.
Well hubby and me had a fantastic time in London.. I had not been since being a young child .. we went for a lovely meal.. had a romantic boat trip down the Thames .. went on the London Eye .. theres something really romantic about a city on a warm bright day.. We visited the Sea Life place as we both love to see what goes on beneath the sea! … Another time we stayed in Canary Wharf as we had to see how the rich work and party! ..
We have now visited numerous times whether it be to sit in Leicester Square with the street entertainers near by or wandering around China Town .. it felt like we visited several cities in one! London we love you! I think we are hooked..
Angus and I met nearly a year ago on a plane to Riga. He was on his way with friends on a stag do and I was on my way with friends on a hen do. His party was sitting behind our party on the plane and the flight was unfortunately delayed on the runway for an hour. Everyone was chatting to everybody else. I was in my little world reading the paper when one of the girls in my party asked what I was reading about. I replied that the Guardian was speculating that Man United and Barcelona will be in the Champions League final. Angus overheard this and asked who I thought would be in the final. I said I hope Arsenal would as they were my team. It so happened that it was his team too! We exchanged numbers and texted a lot during the weekend but he was keen for us to meet up when we got back to London. Sadly I was on my way off skiing the week after we got back but had a free evening just before we set off. We met for dinner at Quaglino’s and it was the start of our relationship! It’s still really brilliant and we’re about to celebrate our one year anniversary in March. It would be great if I can surprise him by winning the competition by taking him back to Quaglino’s for a rerun of our first date.
My london love story
I was visiting London about 2 years ago and decided to take a tourist walk around the Brick Lane early one evening.
Everything was fine until this girl, asked me for the time. The next thing she pushed me to into a wall and demanded my phone and wallet. Then she told me to walk to the ATM machine or she’d stab me.
Anyway the girl is holding my arm tight, when this kid stumbles off this bike and she let go of my arm for a second.
Flight or fight instinct kicked in, and I ran like the wind – thankfully toward a busy pub that I’d been in before.
Thank god for putting my oyster card in my back jean pocket with an emergency £10, so I got myself a drink.
Suddenly the shock kicked in and I realised I was physically shaking. This guy at the bar next to me, asked if I was okay.
I told him the story, I start crying and he insisted to help me out.
This is how I met Jamie.
He asked if I knew where any of my friends worked, and then he called 118 and called my mate at her work.
He bought me lots of drinks, his friends told me their funny stories of being mugged in London too.
He and basically looked after me until my mate arrived. When I was going he said he would feel bad about asking for my number, seeing as I didn’t have a phone anymore, he gave me his number and two years later we are still together. But I’m not allowed to wander about the East end alone anymore.
peter johnston and hazel’s story are fab good luck and have a nice time who ever wins.
i met my partner at an REM gig at wembley- the green album tour in 1989!! when i was 19 (I’m now 40- shush don’t tell everyone!). i lost my friends but found my true love in the crowd! He was the first guy to offer me love rather than romance! we’ve never looked back! we still go to gigs together- its our tradition- perhaps we can catch someone cool in Paris if we win!
i’ve been single for 11 years so this is a tough one and we’re going back a bit. i used to be into rockabilly music (shows you have far back we are going back!) and used to go to a club night called ‘stompin’ at the club foot’. i was moshing (ah ha, another throwback!) and simply grabbed a bloke to dance with. the moshing was a bit frenetic and it was only when the song stopped and i got a good look at him that i was hit…bang…love at first sight. never had it before, or since. colin was his name. ended up living with him for a year. trouble is, he turned out to be very beautiful but thick as pig shite. oh dear. so it wasn’t really a happy ending. but it does sum up an era of london for me (formally known as ‘the rockabilly era’…very well known!)
I’m from up north so no London love story – me and my fella have been together for 9 years, and if we win this competition maybe we will be able to make a new story for the future!