*** THE BIG LIST ***
Ian Visits
London Events listings
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/
Transport for London Tours
Organised by the London Transport Museum
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/
Mail Rail
Information probably available via the Postal Museum
http://postalmuseum.org/
Granary Square, Kings Cross
Cool Fountains (at night)
https://www.kingscross.co.uk/granary-square
Grant Museum of Zoology
Weird specimens in jars
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology
Horniman Museum
Huge taxidermy collection
http://www.horniman.ac.uk/
Sir John Soane’s Museum
A house full of old artefacts
http://www.soane.org/
Platform 9 3/4
Long queues for a photo at Kings Cross.
https://www.harrypotterplatform934.com/pages/about-platform-934
PARKS:
Holland Park
Battersea Park
Finsbury Park
Hampstead Heath
Parliament Hill
Richmond Park
Greenwich Park
Alexandra Palace
Events space, pub and park with spectacular views of London.
http://www.alexandrapalace.com/
Not The Nine O’Clock News: Darts sketch
Bletchley Park
Where Alan Turing & team cracked the Enigma Code. Home of the National Museum of Computing
https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
The Barbican
Brutalist housing & events centre
http://www.barbican.org.uk/
Hawksmoor
Steak Restaurant (£££)
http://thehawksmoor.com/
ClueQuest
Escape Room
https://cluequest.co.uk/
The Crystal Maze
Experience based on the ’90s TV show
http://the-crystal-maze.com/
(We mentioned Fort Boyard and Legends of the Hidden Temple while trying to explain this.)