London Itinerary Advice - October Trip

I also will be in London come October for 6 nights. I have never been so I am unable to advise you but I hope that other members on this site will jump in. This forum has been very helpful to me.

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You have way too much on Day 1! You’ll be dealing with jet lag. Forget the Night Walk on Day 2. Maybe you can do the tea but it will be a MUCH better experience if you wait another day. Stay outdoors, go for a walk and go to bed after you finish eating dinner.

Ok I have moved the tea to the second day. We will just rest/have lunch upon arrival and then plan on doing the night walk and no dinner after. Thanks for the suggestion.

Have not stayed at your Hotel but have met friends for breakfast at La Masseria on Upper Berkeley street. Google maps says 2 minute walk. Opens at 6am.

Curious as to why you want to dine at a pub for dinner near Liverpool Street Station? It’s nowhere near your hotel.

A pleasant enough pub by your Hyatt that serves dinner would be the classic Three Tuns.

Great city. Always changing, always the same. Been visiting since the 70’s. Never fails to provide fond memories.

Have not stayed at your Hotel but have met friends for breakfast at La Masseria on Upper Berkeley street. Google maps says 2 minute walk. Opens at 6am.

Curious as to why you want to dine at a pub for dinner near Liverpool Street Station? It’s nowhere near your hotel.

A pleasant enough pub by your Hyatt that serves dinner would be the classic Three Tuns.

Great city. Always changing, always the same. Been visiting since the 70’s. Never fails to provide fond memories.

Thanks for your suggestions. I will looks up La Messeria!

I am going to scrap the pub for dinner by Liverpool. My thought was since we are ending near there after the walk tour to just eat. I have moved the tea to day 2 so on day 1 we will just rest and have lunch/dinner prior to walk and then take the tube home after.

Thanks for the Three Tuns suggestion.

Just a note, which might sound pedantic but worth saying: no one in London would refer to Liverpool station or Liverpool. It’s Liverpool STREET. Not that there’s any possibility for confusion with this one (unlike Oxford) as the city of Liverpool is so far from London. But it’s a kind of fitting-in thing: while you’re there, you’ll notice that the words Street or Road or Avenue are never dropped in addresses.

**actually, thinking about it, it would cause confusion. If I got chatting to you in London (and I do chat to tourists a lot) and you told me you were heading for “Liverpool” I’d say, “What time is your train back north?” And maybe eventually the fog would clear and I’d say, “oh, you mean Liverpool STREET?” But it sounds like an entirely different place to me.

Pubs aren’t necessarily a good place for dinner - especially towards the east of London in the financial district and thereabouts (which is where Liverpool Street is). The pubs there tend to be drinking places - in the early evening particularly. I’m never quite sure how they got a reputation with tourists as a place to eat rather than drink.

London has so many excellent restaurants serving so many different kinds of food, so unless a pub has a reputation for food, you might be disappointed.

If The Three Tuns doesn’t meet your dinner criteria and you are willing to spend more than a few £’s then Roti Chai is worth a visit.

Or to enjoy an unusual spot try Mercato Mayfair. I was there a few years back when they were converting the church to a food hall. Believe its 10-15 minute meander from your Hyatt. Here’s a link:
https://mercatometropolitano.com/

Pret a Manger have premade sandwiches, salad and crisps which you could grab for your “ snacks.”

Lastly near the War Rooms is one of my favorite pubs, The Two Chairman.

Have a wonderful 3 days in London, my favorite city on the planet.

I'm afraid you aren't allowing enough time on Day 3 for the activities you have planned--

• Westminster Abbey: 1 hour. The verger tours are very popular on this forum. They last about 90 minutes, and the Abbey website recommends booking an entry ticket for about 30 minutes before the tour you want to take.
  
• Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries, part of RS Westminster Walk, snacks and walk to Churchill War Rooms: 1-1/2 hours.
• Churchill War Rooms: unclear, but you plan lunch in Covent Garden (0.9 miles away) afterward, so this looks like a short visit, given the 12:00 start. The war rooms themselves don't take a lot of time to see, but the Churchill Museum section is meaty. It's a very expensive ticket if you don't have time to do more than take a look at the rooms where Important Decisions were made; you won't see much more than random cots and typewriters in that section. I spent well over half a day at the CWR, most of it in the Churchill Museum.
  

I suspect you may not want much dinner on the day you have afternoon tea.

I second what Golden Girl said about using the full place / street names in the UK. I have actually overheard tourists being given directions to the city of Liverpool when they meant to go to Liverpool Street Station. It didn’t sound right so I stuck my nose in to check…

Why are you taking the HEX?
The Elizabeth Line to Bond Street, change to the central line, 1 stop westbound to Marble Arch would be better.

I was able to get the heathrow express at a very discounted price b/c of being very far out and with promo code. I wanted to go directly to London vs making multiple stops on the elizabeth line.

thanks for the note about Liverpool Street/station and learning to be specific. that will be very helpful when I communicate moving forward and potentially to a cab driver.

thank you for note on the westminster and gallery timing. in rick's book it said to allow for an hour for the abbey and book the gallery
right after maybe I will adjust that to an hour 15 later. I am now going to book the churchhill for later in the afternoon so I have more time to enjoy the westminster walk and eat lunch at a reasonable hour.

Two Chairman looks great, thanks for the recommendation

Love Rick but his guides are NOT bibles.

Helpful resources but be flexible while you travel.

Have an itinerary but have plans A, B and C.

Places like Westminster Abbey might have a special event and not be open to the public.

As far as walks; review this website. I take at least one walk on each visit to London. Last year it was Inns of the Royal Court. www.walks.com

Previous walks: The Blitz, The Mayflower and Ships of Rotherhithe, City Churches and ages ago, my 1st tour, Jack the Ripper. Guides are very knowledgeable and groups are small. Cost isn’t outrageous.

For your other breakfast, Bill’s Baker Street might be a good choice. It is a few blocks north of your hotel on Baker Street. Bill’s is a chain but apparently they do a good breakfast ( and other meals as well). Here is their breakfast menu:

https://bills-website.co.uk/menus/?rid=204264

OP will concur with Lola. Bill’s is a chain but I’ve eaten both breakfast ( Richmond ) and lunch (Soho).
Popular, at the time of my visits, bit of a wait at both. Service was great. No complaints about our meals.

Many on the forum have spoken positively about their visit to Brough Market. If you hit it when the lunch break for businesses in the area arrive, the lines can be very long. No available places to sit with food unless you walk away from the market. Personally I think the market is interesting but generally a dump.