The Ultimate London Tour: How To See The Absolute Most In One Day
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Published 2024-01-30
Walk around St. Paul's Cathedral
No. 15 bus to Tower of London
Tower of London visit
Walk over Tower Bridge to Borough Market: maps.app.goo.gl/JyQy46gRDN6tr7eMA
Lunch at Borough market
Jubilee line from London Bridge to Westminster
Westminster walk: maps.app.goo.gl/drfe49StmuQGMndv6
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00:00 The Rules
02:06 Getting an Oyster card (optional)
04:01 Black cab to St. Paul's
05:44 St. Paul's Cathedral
07:03 Bus 15 to Tower of London
08:30 The Tower of London
13:10 Walk to Borough Market (Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, Hays Galleria)
15:00 Borough Market (and Golden Hinde)
16:35 Tube to Westminster
17:15 Parliament Square (Big Ben, red phone box, Westminster Abbey)
18:53 St. James' Park (parakeets, Buckingham Palace)
23:12 The West End (Trafalgar Square, Chinatown, Leicester Square, Covent Garden)
26:26 Wrap-up
All Comments (21)
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Wheelchair user here. I really appreciated your coverage of what is and is not accessible, but does the bus have a wheelchair lift?
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YES PLEASE to a future "How to See a Lot of London Cheaply" video!
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I'm a tetraplegic (that is, what a civilian would call a 'quadriplegic'), and, living in Western Australia, am pretty sure that I will never travel overseas, let alone visit London. I don't care about the grey skies, and I don't care about the road traffic in the way of the footage you were trying to collect. For the last half an hour I got to feel like an able-bod again, and got to see rather a lot of your home city, albeit vicariously. It has made my day. Thank you
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Showing dominance to the ravens of the Tower is now on my bucket list. Best laugh I’ve had in a while.
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“Do not stop immediately outside the tube station” 😂 thanks for this for the bottom of my heart
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Showing dominance to the tower ravens is an absolute power move! 😂
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I'd love to see a "Second Time In London" tour - assuming you've hit all these big well known spots on your first trip, what are some less well known but super interesting places to check out?
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Also: overcast days can be lovely for photography and videography - the clouds are like a giant diffuser, softening the light from the sky, eliminating harsh shadows on people’s faces. Damp surfaces are often more beautiful than dry surfaces, particularly with certain architectural details rendered in stone. Plants can also look more lush and healthy. So, no need to worry. You did a great job.
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As a disabled person can I just say how much I appreciated you detailing the accessibility of spots!! More please!
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As a full time wheelchair user I have to say a huge thank you. You have no idea how rare it is to have a YouTuber be as absolutely inclusive as you were in this video. Thank you.
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I’d love to see a “back alley” tour or one that focuses on less trodden or more eccentric parts of the city center. There’s lot of people that want to avoid the more touristy parts or just can’t handle massive crowds.
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When you're in Trafalgar Sq you can visit the National Gallery, which is free, and use the toilets there, which are also free and cleaner than the ones in the square. And you can also look at some nice paintings.
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You should totally turn this into a small book that people can buy from a shop at the start location, shove in their pocket and read as they follow the route you have advised - you could also do it as a eBook. It'll be like having you as a tour guide! Probably easier to do than watching a video while you walk. Also, more space to put in things to look out for on route!
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I saw the tower of London when I was about 7 (I am a Texan). I was there with my grampa. When we were walking by the dry moat, all covered in green grass, he pointed it out and asked me "do you know what that is?" I looked at him like he'd said the silliest thing, and I answered, "the lawn". He used to laugh about that till the end of his days.
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I remember I went to the Tower about ten years ago, and there was a child in a wheelchair in tears because there was so little he could do there, while all his classmates were running around and seeing so much more than he could. His aide was commenting to another adult that she wished that they had been told how little he could do, because they would have found something else for him to do that day.
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If you happen to arrive at St. Pancras a bit early, around 9-30, the British Library's Treasures gallery, just left of their lobby, is a fabulous but absolutely not strenuous way to get into the sightseeing mood.
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Excellent. Yes, I'm a Londoner and have seen all the places, but I'm in no way capable of working out for myself how best to show off our city like this to guests. Thank you so much, as always. I really hope it does well as the other suggestions sound top notch too.
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This has to be the best tour guide I have ever seen. I have so much anxiety over process and I travel with my kids. Your attention to when/where to buy passes, how to bring kids on the tube, wheelchair accessibility is SO amazing. I can absolutely google all of these sites, but your ability to convey process is priceless!!
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Would love a "off the beaten path" episode. pick 2 or 3 boroughs and have a really packed day. Something for day 3 of a visit XD
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This is great! Thank you for not only giving a great tour, but mentioning the accessibility! As an ambulatory wheelchair user, I really appreciate knowing what is and isn’t accessible so I can plan how to spend my walking energy. I definitely couldn’t do this in just a day, but spread out, this video makes me feel confident I can see what I want to see in London between using my chair and doing some walking.
