Helpful sites for visitors
![Transport for London](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bannertfl1.gif)
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Enormously helpful for planning travel in London |
![www.visitlondon.com](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/banner_visit.gif)
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Visit London - the offical website for London tourism |
![LondonTown.com](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bannerltown.gif)
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Good commercial site for making arrangements for your visit |
![Trip Advisor](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newtripstrip.gif)
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Helpful advice from Londoners and experienced travellers - but you may need a pop-up blocker |
![Time Out](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newtimeoutstrip.gif)
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The only truly comprehensive London listings magazine, including the excellent Big Smoke blog |
![www.fancyapint.com](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/fancyapint.gif)
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Probably the best pub guide - although less London-focused than it used to be |
![City Ultima](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/cityultimabanner.gif)
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A new London search engine and editable subject guide |
![london.randomness.org.uk](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/banner_randomness.gif)
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"A kind of database, kind of review site" |
![London Footprints](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bannerlfootprints.gif)
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Great online guide to walking tours of London, written by a true enthusiast |
![banner_rambles.gif](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/banner_rambles.gif)
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Outer London walking guide |
Photographic resources
![London Daily Photo](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/londondailyphoto.gif)
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Great photos with informative commentaries - and a curious specialisation in London elephants |
![Photo London](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bannerphotol.gif)
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Modern and historical photographs from London's libraries, museums and archives |
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Of special note
![London Historians](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/lh_banner.jpg)
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New group and website showing great potential |
Mainly for Londoners
![BBC London](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newbbcstrip.gif)
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BBC London - news and a whole lot more |
![Evening Standard](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newstdstrip.gif)
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The Evening Standard online - much improved under its new ownership |
![This is local London](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newlocallondonstrip.gif)
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Aggregate site for news from 40 of London's local papers |
![www.urban75.org/london](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/banner_75.gif)
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London forum with stories and photos, from urban75 |
![London government](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newlondongovstrip.gif)
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The Mayor, London Assembly and Greater London Authority |
![London prepared](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newlondonresstrip.gif)
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Advice in case of major incidents |
![Easy Roommate](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/easy_roommate.gif)
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Busy flatshare and house share website |
Blogs
![London bloggers](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bannerlblogs.gif)
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A directory of hundreds of London blogs |
![Londonist](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bannerlondonist.gif)
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Collectively produced blog-cum-website: essential London reading |
![Diamond Geezer](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newdiamondgeezerstrip.gif)
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Probably London's best individual blog, by Diamond Geezer |
![London Historians' blog](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/lh_blog_banner.jpg)
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Blog for the London Historians group (see also the link at the top of this column) |
![Travels around London](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bannertravels.gif)
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A Londoner's explorations - with plenty of informative titbits |
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