Temperature
June average high is 68 and the average low is 55 F
July average high is 75 and the average low is 57 F
Currency: United Kingdom Pound (GBP) Universal Currency Converter
1 GBP= 1.59 US Dollar 1 Dollar = 0.69 GBP (June 8, 2010)
Time:GMT - London is UTC/Greenwich Mean Time
Calling Code: 44
Day 1/13 of Cruise - Sat/Thur (1st cruise), Thur/Tu (2nd cruise), Tu/Sun (3rd cruise), Sun/Fri (4th cruise)
DOVER - Port web site
Dover Castle
Great tower & Wartime tunnels
family tkt £34.80 ; Hrs: 10a - 6p
Deal Castle
White Cliffs
LONDON
Kid Oriented Attractions in LONDON
British Museum
-enormous museum (13.5 acres); holdings include the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies
- admission is free; Hrs - 10:00 - 17:30 (open late thursday, friday)
HMS Belfast - included in London Pass
- WWII cruiser
London Dungeon - included in Merlin Pass
London Zoo - included in London Pass
Madame Tussauds - included in Merlin Pass
Science Museum
- admission is free Hours 10:00 -18:00 (7 days/week)
Tower of London - included in London Pass
Victoria and Albert Museum
- enormous art and design museum
- admission is free; Hrs - 10:00 - 17:45 (open till 22:00 on fridays)
LONDON
London's Official Visitors Website http://www.visitlondon.com/
London pass - free entry to over 55 attraction (including the following)
1, 2, 3, 6 day passes (adult prices from 35 -78 British pounds, kids 22-54)
Tower of London - UNESCO World Heritage Site - medieval fortress, holds crown jewels
St Paul’s Cathedral completed in 1710, designed by Cristopher Wren
The Tower Bridge Exhibition
Windsor Castle
London Zoo
Kensington Palace
HMS Belfast
Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms
exhibit (until 9/30/10) - Undercover: Life in Churchill's Bunker ; Hrs - 9:30 -18:00 (last admit 17:00)
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tour and Exhibition
National Portrait Gallery
Tate Modern -includes free audio guide; Hrs: 10A-6P (open till 10 P Fri, Sat)
Tate Britain - includes free audio guide
Kew Gardens - Royal Botannical Gardens - UNESCO World Heritage Site
London Eye - world's largest observation wheel - 433 ft above south bank of Thames River Big Ben
Theater district
Museum of London - world's largest urban musuem; 2,000 yr history of London; free; 10:00-18:00
Big Ben
Westminster Abbey - UNESCO World Heritage Site - 700 year old Gothic church, coronation and burial site for
England - Keats, Kipling, Shakespeare, Dickens placques; closed Sunday to visitors
Buckingham Palace - State rooms, Queens Gallery
Changing of the Guard
Bars - Wine Tasting
Absolut Ice Bar - London
Vinopolis - Wine museum, with alot of tasting
Transportation
Heathrow Airport
London Underground
Oyster Card - an explanation of the card which is a must if you are going to use the Underground (Tube)
UK Traffic Site - live road traffic reports
FOOD in LONDON
Daylesford Organic
Michelin BIB Gourmand Food Award
Fortnum & Mason
Department store with many restaurants and large food hall
Wagamama
Pret a Manger
Other UK cities to visit - National Rail Site
Bath - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Roman Baths - remains of roman thermal spa
Train time from Paddington Station - 70 min
Brighton
Seaside resort on the Southcoast of England - 50 miles from London
Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church of St. Martin's - oldest church in England
Train time from Victoria Station - 85 min
Greenwich
Royal Greenwich Observatory - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Hampton Court Palace
Kent
Leeds Castle 10a-6p
train to Bearsted
Stonehenge UNESCO World Heritage Site
http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/
Stratford-Upon-Avon
-birthplace of Shakespeare
Warwick
Warwick Castle 10a - 6p
1 mile from from Warwick Station; 1 hr 35 min train ride from London Marleybone
Windsor
Windsor Castle 9:45a-5:15p (last admission 4p)
official residence of the Queen and the largest ocupied castle in the world
train to Windsor stn from London Waterloo or London Paddington
