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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.