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Im off to London for a month for work. Arrive on Sept 27. Will be in a one bed apartment in Waterloo for about 5 weeks. Wll be using the northern line to get to Hendon Police College daily.

Any suggestions as to what do and not to do while there would be appreciated....beyond Big Ben and the Palace that is, ive been there and done that.

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Get off at Mornington Crescent, walk up the Camden High Road, look at the lock. Wonder what the rest of your life was for.

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Bizarre commute though, can't you stay somewhere central or near to Hendon?

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hendon looks crap.....and i wanted to be central. its also difficult to find something affordable and approved by my employer.

apparently its 30 mins on the train and about about anouther 15 walking. hope its ok...but then its only for a month. Where would you suggest?

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i had a gander on line...looks like the manchester ship canal. Am i missing something?

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Go to the West End and see a show. Even if it's not your cuppa, you gotta see a show! ;)

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yes that is no the list. An ex met lad here said go to Brick Lane for a rubby....what is Hendon like? The lad i know says its a right shit hole and nowt there....

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Hendon is pretty shit really. Sorry Hendon. It's one of the Met's priority boroughs!

Kew Gardens if you fancy some horti-culture.

Covent Garden for arty-farty shopping. Wander into Oxford St, Carnaby Street, Soho, Chinatown - absorb the atmosphere. Eating out will be mostly extortionate - find some Marks and Spencer sandwiches.

Visit the new(ish) Wembley.

Go to a proper football match. ;)

Greenwich is nice. Think the Cutty Sark is still visitable there?

Many of the museums are free if that is of interest.

I think just wander - London is good for wandering. Get some people on your course to take you home with them for tea once a week!

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I'd suggest refraining from behaving like a cop.

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National Gallery, Tate Gallery, Tate Modern, Courtauld Institute, Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum, Natural History Museum, British Museum, Imperial War Museum, Hayward Gallery.

Hampstead Heath, down by the ponds at South End Green as well as the top end from Hampstead High Street. Camden Lock.

Visit the Tower. Walk along South Bank from Waterloo to Tower Bridge.

Take in a concert or two.

Take Eurostar to Paris for the day.

Get pissed as a fart in Hendon then fall asleep on the tube and end up in Morden.

And remember to Mind The Gap

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Love this post!!!

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now that more like it! ....eurostar is a neat idea. what about must see pubs and eateries....i have about 70 quid a day for expenses.....

what is waterloo like to stay in and what about the commute to hendon?

I should pop up norht and see me mam,but im tempted to stay incommunicado and do some sight seeing.

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Ever been there? I lived there for 8 months a few years ago and I can honestly say that I have never lived in a worse shithole in my whole life - and I've lived in a few.

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The markets area is about 10 times bigger than it used to be, fab day out and so pretty.

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My niece lives in Putney and when she goes out it's often to the Green Man pub there. I think it's in a 17th century building. And I learned from watching olympic cycling that Guy Faulkes plotted the bombing of parliament in the basement of one of the churches at the end of Putney bridge.

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This place is worth a visit . . . http://www.vinopolis.co.uk/

Plus the New Globe and Southwark cathedral if you havent seen them before!

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Gig listings etc. ... Time out is good too but having some techincal issues atm!

http://www.visitlondon.com/events/music/

Ps pl can I have each weeks copy of HEAT magazine pl n thank you xxxx

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This is going to sound naff... I resisted going for years.... but:

Madame Tussaud's was a real surprise. The dummies don't look too special in photos, but I was gobsmacked when I saw them "live"....

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i went there as a kid years ago....

anyone got an opinion on the commute from waterloo to hendon?

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Hendon is really just a burb. You would need a reason to go there. I heard that the police college was being moved? Must be at a later date.

I doubt if you really need to ask on here what to do in London. You'll be in one of the greatest most international cities in the world.
A great city for walking...for experiencing. Just get a guide book read up what is of interest to you and check it out.
London has something for everyone. Don't get caught up in the local Aussie/Kiwi pub scene unless you really must. Check it out though....but there's so much more...and you don't have long to experience it....

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Well yes, my grandmother lived on the, very nice, Watling Estate in Burnt Oak and, for a time, unrelatedly, I worked at RAF Hendon. I still think of Hendon as being posh, primary Jewish, though not as much so as Golders Green. I was there maybe five years ago and it still looked way out of my league. Perhaps I'm thinking of Hendon specifically while your definition includes the projects on the old aerodrome, obviously they're shit, very much like the houses on the old racetrack in Toronto.

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It was just before the Olympics, some of my kids went there and reported glowingly.

It's disloyal of me to say so but, if you're going to go a football match, Fulham has a wonderful ground, nice walk to it along the river from the station.

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Tell them that their driving course is shit and if they want to learn how to drive correctly then they should take some lessons from the Hutton driving school:lol:

Nice to see some expats calling the Big Smoke or parts of it a shithole. Take your red serge and show them what a proper copper looks like;)
Have fun.

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Only eight months? You got off lightly. I did three years. Unless the place has changed dramatically since the mid-80s, "shithole" is a very apt description.

If you want something to do, you go somewhere else. I was no stranger to Morden and Edgeware (I once managed both in one go).

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There are some eye popping lap dancing and gentleman's clubs in docklands.

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Would agree...Craven Cottage' terrific venue...and right on the banks of the Thames...try and take in a game with my son on the odd occasion I am in the UK/London.

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Gamble your 70 pounds and go for a night out at the dog racing in Wimbledon.

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Hendon isn't the nicest place for sure. I went there before through Waterloo and it's about 30 minutes. I think we took the jubilee line then an overland train.

While you're there, you should get to Covent Garden at the Seven Dials and go eat at my favourite Indian. Sartaj Balti house is brilliant. Great food and a very good price too.

Personally, i'd have a wander around the usual London sights but i'd also jump on a train to Richmond (15 mins from waterloo) for a steak dinner at Gaucho on the Thames then have a walk through.

Maybe jump on a train to Hampton Court Palace to check out Henry's old house, have a walk down the thames or through Bushy Park to see the beautiful deer and get some solitude.

Get on a train to Brighton or York (petergate chippy) for some fish and chips. You'd change at Clapham and it'll cost about 20 quid ish.

To stay local to your waterloo hotel, i always enjoyed walking from the station to Charring cross bridge and heading east by the thames with the walkway all lit up, past the oxo tower (nice for a posh girly drink) and on to london bridge to Vinopolis (expensive posh drink).

For cheap and cheerful food with a great view, go to the Pizza Express on the thames walk near Southwark Bridge on the way from Waterloo to London Bridge.

There's tons to do, and it's lovely.

My 6yr old neice watch Shrek the Musical at the weekend and loved it :thumbup:

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The commute will be crowded but as you don't have to change trains it will be fine.

I'm out of date with pubs and suchlike. Just avoid the main tourist drags. The Old Vic is near Waterloo for a play, and the National Theatre of course. Also The Cut - it's a street near Waterloo -has many restaurants and pubs. The Oxo Tower cafe restaurant has a balcony with neat views.

If you start pining for something Canadian head for the Maple Leaf pub in Maiden Lane Covent Garden.

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cheers all.

i have been a half dozen times over the years but never more than one over night....I m pretty excited...especially as im being paid to go there! :thumbsup:

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Get out of there for a few days and see the real England :lol:











(Runs for cover)

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Just watch out for the hooded chavs wielding weapons and swearing at old ladies, the streets filled with broken glass, the vast unemployed, and the dogs we here so much about on hear ;)

I'm jealous. It'll be great so enjoy :thumbup:

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I agree. Other than a train to York for the chippy, hire a car and pop to the Wilshire country side (avebury?) or to the cotswolds through to stratford upon avon on the way to see your mum.

Pop to the Norfolk broads for a row in a boat, or to one of the world class racing circuits to watch some motorbike racing :thumbup:

Try not to stay too long down south otherwise it'll make you soft.

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Enjoy your month in London, for cheap and good food try the O'Neills Irish pubs (Steak and Guinness pies, sausages and colcannon, fish and chips etc). I suppose your closest one would be near to The Palladium by Oxford Circus. I was born and raised in Vauxhall, near Waterloo. There is "The Cut" (Lowermarsh), market closeby and The Young Vic. I think The Cut still has a pie and mash shop. Avoid the pedestrian subways at The Elephant and Castle, lots of muggings. You will love the South Bank for a stroll along the Thames, take in a few shows while you are there.

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The Lake District
The Cotswolds (as you say) Bourton on the Water, Stow on the Wold, Moreton in the Marsh combined with Stratford upon Avon
Warwick / Warwick Castle
York minster and York

to name a few.

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Oooh don't forget Tatw Modern on South Bank. And also the Youngs Brewery Tour in Wandsworth!

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Go to the football. :thumbup:

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I thought the brewery had shut down some years ago.

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Tatw modern.....where is that? :rofl:

To the OP, didn't you ask about London? I don't know why some decided to start giving you ideas for outside London :sneaky: Anyhoo I'll start you off in the eastend

Liverpool street market on a Sunday, Bricklane any day of the week for the best Ruby in the country, Greenwich to visit the GMT observatory, the docklands, green street market, the ubiquitous London Eye, millennium bridge, planetarium, sherlock holmes museum, madame tussauds and london zoo accessed via baker street station