Kingly Court, Soho, London. Tucked away off Regent Street, and far lesser known than neighbouring Carnaby Street is the lovely Kingly Court. Full of boutique shops and independent cafes and restaurants, you may have passed by this area totally unaware of it’s existence.
This walk in South East London from the River Thames at Erith to Falconwood is a short train journey from London Bridge and is an official Green Chain Walk, marked out by arrows and mileage posts. It passes through Lesnes Abbey ruins which date from 1179; once far removed from the city, now overlooked by council estates. It travels through Plumstead Cemetery and beyond, taking in town and country, passing dog walkers and ramblers and the odd conveniently placed pub.
Full details of this walk are in Time Out London Walks Volume One with more information on the Green Chain website.
Bostall Heath and woods
Lesnes Abbey ruins
Severndroog Castle
Plumstead Cemetery
Museum of London Docklands, Isle of Dogs, London. The museum, which opened in 2003 in an old sugar warehouse, contains artefacts and displays telling the history of the Thames and Docklands area, from Roman times to the closure of the docks in the 1970′s and subsequent development into a busy business district. Among the many exhibits, you can get an insight into the role London played in the transatlantic slave trade and you can wander through recreated narrow streets of 150 years ago with sound effects of drunken sailors.
Sukho Group own three Thai restaurants in South West London – Sukho in Fulham, Suksan in Chelsea and Suk Saran in Wimbledon. All are stylishly decorated and have a relaxed atmosphere serving quality modern Thai food. These photos are a combination of the three. Well worth a visit, I get hungry just looking through the photos!
Smug, Camden Passage, London. A lovely lifestyle boutique by Lizzie Evans where you can very easily spend far too much money. Smug is filled with beautifully designed homeware and accessories from furniture to teacups. Go and visit the store. If you can’t, find Smug here.
Time Out London’s Best Shops edition 16
The Old Blue Last, Great Eastern Street, London. The Old Blue Last is a pub and live music venue in East London run by Vice. It hosts ‘forward-thinking’ bands and DJs every night (usually for free) and is the epitome of shoreditch cool, always full of hip twenty somethings. The band in my photos below is The History of Apple Pie.
Boutique de l’Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier, Paris. A beautiful mix of the old and new, lit by lights reflected off of huge convex mirrors, this boutique shop in the Palais Garnier sells all things opera and ballet related, from books and dvds to tutus.
Time Out Paris for Visitors
