London & Partners

SIGHTSEEING
LONDON WALKS
London’s oldest walking
tour company offers more
than 300 walks. Favourites
include the Jack The Ripper
Walk (departing daily at
19.30, plus Sat 15.00 from
Ë Tower Hill) and three
different Harry Potter walks.
Enjoy some spooky stories
on the spine-tingling Ghost
Walks, every night at 19.30.
Tickets £9, under-15s free
(with adult).
020 7624 3978.
walks.com
ORIGINAL LONDON
SIGHTSEEING WALKS
Walks leave daily from the
centrally-located Original
London Visitor Centre and
include Changing The
Guard (departing 10.30),
Rock ‘n’ Roll (13.00), and
Jack The Ripper (15.30
from Ë Tower Hill). Free
with the Original London
Sightseeing Tour.
17-19 Cockspur Street,
W1. 020 8877 1722.
theoriginaltour.com
Ë Charing Cross.
Map C6.
Out Of Town
These are some of the
top attractions within a
two-hour reach of London.
Times and prices may
vary, so please call the
individual venues, or
a Tourist Information
Centre, before visiting.
Train times from stations
are approximate.
BLENHEIM PALACE
The beautiful English
baroque palace and World
Heritage Site was the
birthplace of Winston
Churchill. Enjoy the State
Rooms plus grounds
designed by famous
landscape architect
Capability Brown. From
10 Nov A Christmas Journey
– The Story Of Three Kings.
The palace is decorated
with an exotic eastern Three
Kings trail. Daily 10.30-17.30.
Admission £20, child £11.
Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
01993 811 091.
blenheimpalace.com
t Paddington to Oxford,
(one hour).
COTSWOLD
WILDLIFE PARK
This 160-acre nature
reserve houses animals
ranging from anacondas
to zebras. Enjoy penguin
feeding, the narrow-gauge
railway and the Madagascar
walk-through exhibit
featuring 10 species of
lemur. Daily 10.00-16.30.
Admission £13, child £9.
Burford, Oxfordshire.
01993 823 006.
cotswoldwildlifepark.
co.uk t Paddington to
Oxford, then taxi (one hour
and 30 mins).
HEVER CASTLE
Incredibly romantic 16thcentury
moated castle, home
to the tragic Anne Boleyn,
Elizabeth I’s mother. The
125-acre grounds feature
Tudor gardens, topiary, and
mazes. Open daily 10.30-
18.00. Admission £14.50,
child £8.30.
Hever, near Edenbridge,
Kent. 01732 865 224.
hevercastle.co.uk
Ë t London Bridge to
Edenbridge (45 mins).
STONEHENGE
This mysterious prehistoric
circle of large standing
stones, dated at 3,500 BC,
are a World Heritage Site
and must-see marvel. Daily
09.30-18.00. Admission
£7.50, child £4.50.
Salisbury, Wiltshire.
08703 331 181.
english-heritage.org.uk
Ë t Waterloo to
t Salisbury (one hour
and 20 mins).
WINDSOR CASTLE
The world’s oldest inhabited
castle, and one of the
Queen’s official residences.
Don’t miss the State
Apartments and
St. George’s Chapel. From
23 Nov The Queen: Portraits
Of A Monarch. Selection of
official portraits of Elizabeth
II, including work by Cecil
Beaton. Daily 09.45-17.15.
Admission £17, child £10.20.
Windsor, Berkshire.
020 7766 7300.
royalcollection.org.uk
Ë t Waterloo to
t Windsor & Eton
Riverside (one hour).
fresh air
by David Bent
A new perspective on aviation art
“A brilliant exhibition,
a completely new way
of seeing aeroplanes...
don’t miss it!”
Andrew Cormack FSA,
Keeper RAF Museum London.
T: 020 8205 2266
The Royal Air Force Museum London,
Grahame Park Way, Colindale, London, NW9 5LL
21.5.2012 - 31.5.2013
ADMISSION IS FREE
www.rafmuseum.org
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