London in September (again)

Saturday looks a bit crowded, though it won't take long to exhaust the delights of Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly (unless you mean to include the Royal Academy). I don't know how long the walk is, but even without that fitting in the Abbey, War Rooms and NG into one day won't leave much time for looking at stuff.

I'm sure you probably already know, but if you want to go to the Abbey Road of Beatles' fame, you'll take the tube to St Johns Wood.

You can consider moving the National Gallery to Friday night as it is open late

Lol. I wondered what happened to the post I wrote this morning. I think the new and improved itinerary is much better.

Saturday is doable if you start first thing in the morning. So you could do the first part of the Westminster walk before the Abbey opens at 9:30. Then hopefully have a booked entrance time for the Churchill War room for late morning. After lunch, continue on the walk up Whitehall to Trafalgar square (it's only 1/2 mile) to the Nat'l Gallery. We did exactly this on our first full day. We were easily done by dinner time and had dinner at the Admiralty pub, across the street from Canada House on Trafalger square and a short distance to Charing Cross tube station. Hopefully you'll also have time be able to enjoy some of the buskers out in Trafager Square.

CJean...........
Thank you again.
I did have a little sense to copy and paste information to my file.
Both were very helpful!
RC

I wish they had a tour of something of EMI studios/Abbey Road.

BTW rc your plans look great and we may duplicate them next May. What about the British War Museum?

So the train to Penzance has fallen by the wayside I see.

Good thinking.

Glad you cut and pasted from the first post before deleting it. I’m still of mind you won’t get out into the streets of London before noon on day 1. Near the British Library is Dishoom. Try it. Then tube to St Johns wood and attempt to do the Abbey Road crossing.

Just in case you need a pub between the Natl history museum and the V & A there’s a nice one down some mews near Royal Albert Hall. The Queens Arm.

Enjoy your trip....

I love it. Totally doable.
I did go to Picadilly once, and could not figure out a reason for me, and for others, being there at all.
Did I miss something? Is it fun in some way?
I couldn't figure it out. Lot of people sitting in the middle of traffic and exhaust fumes. Maybe it's fun on other days.
Hope you have a great trip!
-Alison

Alison maybe this link about Piccadilly Circus will remind you why you went....or not....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus

Thank you all!

We go through things quickly, so I think this makes sense based on what we were able to hit in our time. The only other two places I would consider would be St. Paul's, if you're over on that side. It's not a long visit and no where near as crowded as Westminster, but it has a more ornate ceiling (based on Queen Victoria thinking it was boring) and some tombs below (Lord Nelson, Duke of Wellington).

The other would be the British Museum, esp. if you want to see the Rosetta Stone and some of the other artifacts from so many other countries (Greece, Egypt, Arabia, etc.). It's huge, so you can always pick which sections to focus on. I suppose it depends on your preference and what you want to see, but I found it more interesting than the National Gallery (as compared to museums in Paris/Italy) -- but to each their own!

For the Victoria and Albert Museum, it might be worth seeing if they have a special exhibit you want to see while you're there -- and if so, get your tickets in advance. They had a Pink Floyd exhibit when we were there and tickets were already sold out for that day, so we had to come back on another day (which may not be a big deal if you're flexible with your schedule).

If you're interested, there is a webcam at the Abbey Road Studios. It faces the crossing. We had fun texting our daughters while we were there and they looked at the webcam from the US and could see us there. Also, you can go on their website later and see yourself and pull off a picture to keep. We thought it was pretty fun.