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Help with 5 day London itinerary

Posted by (Kansas) on

My husband, myself and our 2 teenagers will be spending 5 days in London in June. Our hotel is close to the Green Park tube station. I would appreciate any suggestions on my itinerary.

Wed Day 1: fly in early AM, hotel, rest, RIck Steve's Westminster walk and late afternoon Abbey tour
Thurs Day2: Churchill War Room, Thames cruise to Greenwich, Light rail back to London, tour St. Paul's cathedral
Friday Day 3: London Tower, London Bridge, Shakespeare Globe and Imperial War Museum
Saturday Day 4: Windsor castle, Covent Garden and Buckingham Palace area (don't care about seeing changing of the guards)
Sunday Day 5: Train to Cambridge to see Imperial War Museum in Duxsford

Thank you!

Posted by
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You probably mean Tower Bridge, not London Bridge. Tower Bridge is the famous one with the towers. The current version of London Bridge dates to the 1970s and is not much to look at.

What happens after day 5? Are you continuing on the train to other destinations in the UK? Or flying home? Or flying somewhere else in Europe? If so, at what time?

Posted by
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In general your days seem overly busy. Many of your attractions take a long time to see properly and to travel between.

Unless you intend to see a performance at the Globe (which you wouldn't be able to do and then go to the IWM), you should go there first on Friday. The theatre itself is used for performances in the afternoon and evening and can only be toured in the morning.

If you want to see Windsor properly, you won't have time to do anything else that day, unless you intend to explore Covent Garden in the evening and go to a pub or restaurant.

Posted by
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Also if you do want to see a performance at the Globe in June BOOK NOW, as in right this minute go and get your credit card, open a new browser tab, and try to book.

Posted by
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After London, we are planning to take the train to Bath for 2 nights. The next 3 days (by car) will be spent seeing the Tank Museum in Bovington (night in Winchester), driving a tank (night by Heathrow) and flying home.

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