100 Things to Do in London Before You Die

You may think you’ve seen and done it all in London, but we can guarantee you haven’t. Not unless you’ve had an awful lot of spare time on your hands and have a fantastic imagination! For now, we shall assume that is not the case, and present you with this list of 100 things to do in London before you die.

We’re a cheerful lot, aren’t we?

1. Eat unlimited toast at Breads Etcetera in Clapham and Brixton
2. Fly across the Thames on the Emirates Air Line 
3. Shop at the same “supermarket” as the Queen; Fortnum and Mason
4. Peruse the largest collection of portraits in the world, at the National Portrait Gallery
5. Move on to Van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers at the National Gallery
6. In fact, take your pick from the biggest selection of national museums in any European city
7. Watch the Thames Barrier, the world’s second largest movable flood defence, in action
8. Stroll through the biggest wild seed plant bank at Kew Gardens 
9. Buy a bespoke suit from Saville Row, where Frank Sinatra used to get his
10. Visit Europe’s largest surviving warship, H.M.S Belfast
11. Indulge in some afternoon tea at William Morris’ house
12. Pop down to Abbey Road and recreate THAT Beatles album cover
13. Pay your respects at Karl Marx’ grave
14. Visit St Paul’s, which used to be the biggest Cathedral in England and still has the largest crypt in Europe
15. Spend a few hours wandering around the oldest scientific zoo in the world, London Zoo
16. Sleep at the British Museum. You’ll be fine, the mummies don’t really come to life at night…
17. Visit the building where the Gunpowder Plot was devised
18. Go to Neasden Temple, which was the first traditional Hindu Mandir outside of India and is still the largest
19. Visit the important features of any public place on a London Loo Tour
20. Learn some completely untrue false “facts” about London on a Bullshit London Tour 
21. Take in the only NFL games played outside the USA
22. Drink at the longest champagne bar in Europe, at St Pancras International
23. Book onto a backstage tour at the Royal Opera House
24. Dine, sleep or view London from a terrific height at The Shard
25. Climb up and over the roof of the O2 arena
26. Drink on the roof of a disused car park in Peckham
27. Swim outdoors in any weather at Hampstead Heath
28. Have coffee and cake in a Victorian public lavatory
29. Make the trip to Stoke Newington for the trendiest car boot sale EVER
30. Dance the Time Warp at Dennis Severs’ old house in Spitalfields
31. Visit Charles Darwin’s former home in Bromley
32. Read Shakespeare’s first folio, the Magna Carta and other historical documents at the British Library
33. See medicine grow before your very eyes at Chelsea Physic Garden
34. See the 99-inch wide Skinny House in Denmark Hill
35. Add the Thin House to your collection of quirky architecture viewings
36. See quagga and dodo bones at the Grant Museum (useless fact – a 7 year old Susan had to take an encyclopaedia to school to prove the quagga’s existence to a disbelieving teacher…)
37. Go on a tour of St Bride’s; where Samuel Pepys was baptised, Henry VIII called his parish church and a pit of skulls and bones can still be seen
38. Go mudlarking
39. Explore the Fan Museum in Greenwich
40. See Jeremy Bentham’s actual head
41. Take a stroll under the Thames
42. Have your photo taken with the Traffic Light Tree
43. Naked Ladies!
44. See how a police station fit inside a hollowed-out lamp post
45. Pay a (brief!) visit to the last methane lamp in London, which can be found on Farting Lane (Carting Lane)
46. Go to the Tower of London to see the largest cut and polished white diamond in the world
47. Stand on the Greenwich Meridian Line
48. Drink at Dickens’ local, the Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich
49. Womble around Wimbledon Common
50. See an original, Grade II listed, red wooden telephone box by the courtyard of the Royal Academy of Arts

We shall leave you with that list to be getting on with and shall return shortly with the second half of our 100 things to do in London before you die.

If you have a favourite quirky or unusual London highlight to recommend to our readers, leave us a comment and let us know!

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