Comments on: Visit London Asks: What’s Your Favourite Offbeat London Attraction?

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:51 +0000

The old Operating Museum near Southwark Cathedral at Guy’s Hospital. Creepy good fun!

By: Marie Andree

Marie Andree — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:14:16 +0000

Thank you
I am leaving for london next week and will surely visit this erea

By: kt Bruce

kt Bruce — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:28:08 +0000

my favourite place is in Swaines LAne Highgate
it is called Holly Village
London Holly Village was built in 1865 by a remarkable, but now little- known philanthropist, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who inherited the Coutts banking fortune from her grandfather’s second wife, but who never forgot her own humble origins. In her time, Angela Burdett- Coutts was known as the “queen of the poor”, building schools at her own expense – such as the Burdett-Coutts primary school in Westminster. She was also a great friend of Charles Dickens, with whom she collaborated on establishing a home for fallen women in Shepherd’s Bush.

It is very quaint and reminds you of ages past

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:38:38 +0000

i don’t know if it’s my favourite, but abney park cemetery in stoke newington is a great spot. beautiful, rugged, peaceful. take a sandwich and a book.

By: Andrew Marsh

Andrew Marsh — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:25:46 +0000

The view of London from the top of one tree hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the Naval College, Queen’s House, Canary Wharf, St Paul’s and beyond, cannot be beaten – unless it’s by the view from the top of Point Hill, west of the Blackheath Gate. Both are more revealing than the view from the General Wolfe statue, the “official” viewpoint, and both trump the view from the top of Primrose Hill. Sublime.

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:05:26 +0000

My favourite offbeat bit of London is actually a walk. More to the point, it's a walk that won't exist again until the Waterloo Bridge works have been finished, and until the campaign to reinstate the underpass poem has raised sufficient funds. It's without doubt, the most magical walk in London: start off at dusk. You start off from Waterloo station and head into the underpass leading to the Imax where you read Sue Hubbard's beautiful poem Euridyce, the best welcome to London imaginable. Curve round the Imax and into the my favourite place in the world, the swimming pool walk, all twinkling lights and peace: it's magical. Take the stairs up onto Waterloo Bridge and hit the most romantic views in London at sunset - bracing wind, lights and hope. At the end of the bridge, head into the CellarDoor, best bar in London without a doubt. Of course, knowing your way around, you will have ensured you booked a table and thus be able to enjoy your happy hour (4pm-8pm) cocktails in peace. Sensible.

By: Carinya

Carinya — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:34:34 +0000

Wilton’s Music Hall (http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/detail/282795) is a quirky little theatre near Tower Bridge. I went there to see Fiona Shaw read the Wasteland and would never have known there was a theatre there otherwise!

Shunt (http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/detail/3889727) under the arches of London Bridge station is also a great, random place to take people visiting London – as long as they’re not scared of the dark!

By: Zoe J. Griffiths

Zoe J. Griffiths — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:11:01 +0000

Wow – what a picture! Thanks for sharing that!! :)

By: Richmond

Richmond — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:37:27 +0000

By far my favourite alternative place in London is sitting on the bench on Sawyer's Hill in Richmond Park looking at London's skyline all the way across from the Wembley Arch, right over to Canary Wharf! Amazing - especially at night.

By: Lilac

Lilac — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:34:21 +0000

Although it’s not exactly out of the way, I quite like the Reef Bar at Waterloo Station. It’s cool be able to watch the Waterloo world go by while downing a refreshing pint!