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Camden Market

What is commonly known as Camden Market both by visitors and Londoners alike, is in fact a collection of adjourning markets that together form one of the city’s top tourist attractions. Open every day from 10 am it welcomes thousands of visitors every weekend. It began in the 1970’s as a craft market and still […]

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Barbican Centre

Despite being voted the ugliest building in London in 2003, this is a Grade II listed building and one of the greatest examples of Brutalist architecture in the world. The centre has been modernised since its opening in 1982 and now includes many decorative features. Apart from being home to the world famous London Symphony […]

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Bethlem: Museum of the Mind

Free! Bethlem Royal Hospital founded in 1247 was the first institution in the UK to specialise in the treatment of the mentally ill. After various locations in London the hospital moved to its current location in 1930 and the Museum of the Mind opened in February 2015. Of particular interest  are the statues of ‘Raving […]