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The best of London, area by area (2026)

London is a city of villages. Pick an area to see its own guides and every pick it has on our London-wide lists.

Soho & the West End

Theatreland, Soho's restaurants and bars, Covent Garden, Mayfair's grand hotels and the shops of Oxford and Regent Street.

Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace, then Harrods and the great museums of South Kensington.

The Square Mile — St Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London, Leadenhall Market and the rooftop bars of the skyscrapers.

The riverside walk from the London Eye to Tower Bridge — Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe, Borough Market and the Shard.

Brick Lane's bagels and curry houses, Spitalfields and Columbia Road markets, street art and London's best cocktail bars.

Camden Market, the canals of Little Venice to King's Cross, Coal Drops Yard and the British Library.

Portobello Road Market, pastel terraces, Kensington Palace and Gardens, and some of London's prettiest streets.

The Prime Meridian, the Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory and the view from Greenwich Park — a river trip from central London.

Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill, Highgate Cemetery, Kenwood House and village high streets.

The heart of Jewish London — kosher restaurants, bakeries and delis along Golders Green Road, Hendon and Edgware.

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