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Foundling Museum
Foundling Museum
Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

1.03km

History of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for abandoned children, art by many of Britain's most...Read more

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Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, London, SW1P 3JX

1.14km

Operated by English Heritage, one of only two surviving sections of the mediaeval royal Palace of Westminster,...Read more

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Islington Museum
Islington Museum
Islington Museum, 245 Saint John Street, London, EC1V 4NB

1.63km

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Museum of London
Museum of London
Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN

1.73km

City's history, culture, archaeologyRead more

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Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, London, EC2V 5AE

1.94km

Located in the Guildhall, collection includes art and cultural artefacts about London, Victorian-era works, remains...Read more

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Cuming Museum
Cuming Museum
Cuming Museum, 5 Ethel Street, London, SE17 1NH

2.31km

Local history, culture; small collection of Ancient Egyptian objects. Closed since March 2013 due to fire damage.Read more

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Dennis Severs' House
Dennis Severs' House
Dennis Severs' House, 18 Folgate Street, London, E1 6BX

2.58km

Enactments of life in the 18th and 19th centuriesRead more

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Museum of Immigration and Diversity
Museum of Immigration and Diversity
Museum of Immigration and Diversity, 19 Princelet Street, London, E1 6QH

2.79km

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Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum, 136 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8EA

2.85km

Changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. Also...Read more

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Jack the Ripper Museum
Jack the Ripper Museum
Jack the Ripper Museum, 12 Cable Street, London, E1 8JG

2.96km

History of the East London in the 1880s, providing a serious examination of the crimes of Jack the Ripper within the...Read more

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Oxford Street borders four different districts of London, Soho, Fitzrovia, Marylebone, and Mayfair .



Oxford Street is located in the borough of Westminster in central London.

Oxford Street can be considered to form part of the districts of Fitzrovia, Soho and Mayfair .



The best nightclubs in London and their location is rather subjective as there are great clubs in different areas of London each with a different vibe. Mayfair tends to have the most exclusive celebrity clubs whilst east London is a little bit cooler.

Soho has some good places too although you won't rub shoulders with high society if you cross over Regent Street.



London's China Town is located in central London around Gerrard Street, close to Leicester Square. The nearest tube stations are Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus.



The main areas in London for the best London clubs are Mayfair and Soho. Shoreditch and East London are becoming increasing popular too.


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Blue Plaques in London

Walter Crane Blue Plaque - Walter Crane  1845-1915  Artist  lived here
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas Blue Plaque - Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas GC  1902-1964 secret agent codename "The White Rabbit" lived here
Roger Fry Blue Plaque - Roger Fry 1866 - 1934 Artist and Art Critic lived and died at 48 Bernard Street on this site 1926 - 1934  Morton Hotel
Alexander Herzen Blue Plaque - Alexander Herzen 1812-1870 Russian political thinker lived here 1860-1863
Robert Bevan Blue Plaque - Robert Polhill Bevan 1865-1925 Camden Town Group painter lived here 1900-1925
William Rothenstein Blue Plaque - Sir William Rothenstein 1872-1945 painter and writer lived here 1899-1902

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