Helpful sites for visitors

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Enormously helpful for planning travel in London |

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Visit London - the offical website for London tourism |

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Good commercial site for making arrangements for your visit |

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Helpful advice from Londoners and experienced travellers - but you may need a pop-up blocker |

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The only truly comprehensive London listings magazine, including the excellent Big Smoke blog |

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Probably the best pub guide - although less London-focused than it used to be |

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A new London search engine and editable subject guide |

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"A kind of database, kind of review site" |

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Great online guide to walking tours of London, written by a true enthusiast |

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Outer London walking guide |
Photographic resources

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Great photos with informative commentaries - and a curious specialisation in London elephants |

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Modern and historical photographs from London's libraries, museums and archives |
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Of special note

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New group and website showing great potential |
Mainly for Londoners

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BBC London - news and a whole lot more |

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The Evening Standard online - much improved under its new ownership |

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Aggregate site for news from 40 of London's local papers |

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London forum with stories and photos, from urban75 |

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The Mayor, London Assembly and Greater London Authority |

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Advice in case of major incidents |

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Busy flatshare and house share website |
Blogs

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A directory of hundreds of London blogs |

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Collectively produced blog-cum-website: essential London reading |

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Probably London's best individual blog, by Diamond Geezer |

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Blog for the London Historians group (see also the link at the top of this column) |

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A Londoner's explorations - with plenty of informative titbits |
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