London sightseeing

Don't do it london is full of overstaying boats, that never move. Plus they've all got tenders tied with bits of string, to stop other boats mooring. its awful!
But on the other hand, I used to quite enjoy the British museum, looking at all the stuff we stole from around the world.

The Canal museum near Kings Cross is worth a look.

www.canalmuseum.org.uk/

As is the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden

www.ltmuseum.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKEAjw85DIBRCy2aT0hPmS1jkSJAC1m9UvllD_rhbNqvV2ObjhpcgXXXbQMFuwJbSroyXZ5lkhORoCkTjw_wcB

Go to museum of docklands. west india quay. 15 minute walk from limehouse.

Its very very good, free admission and a lot of boaty info. You need a good 2 or 3hrs to see it all. I love it.

Magic place and they have a display of skeletons and old gear they found will digging the Crossrail tunnel.

Its great.

Wetherspoons next to it and the canary wharf Crossrail gardens as well which is nice. All local to limehouse.

If you do decide to visit Greenwich you could combine it with a trip to the Thames Barrier - www.thamesriverservices.co.uk/greenwich-thames-barrier-greenwich.cfm

Museum of Water and Steam is on my list of places to visit, can combine with Kew Gardens - waterandsteam.org.uk/

Was going to suggest trying to get on one of the occasional tours of the sewers, but don't think it's something you would enjoy.

Another one if you can get in is the River Police museum at Wapping. 20 minute riverside walk from Limehouse.

Its great but I'm not sure about how to get in as we did it on an open house weekend.

A day ticket on the Thames Clipper (High speed catamaran riverbus) is quite nice as it enables you to visit riverside attractions like canary wharf, greenwhich, tower bridge etc efficiently and comfortably while avoiding road or rail transport. And its a boat, which is always good

We've done London 'for free' loads of times when we've had people with us who haven't been there before. Foxy's penny-saving tips:

1. Breakfast/lunch in BHS Oxford Street, sit by the window, sort of genuine food for genuine Londoners at normal prices. Curse you, Philip Green! Scratch that one!!

2. Walk across Westminster Bridge (if you dare these days!!); it costs nothing, you can see Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, and see that you are in London. Thames below you, London Eye.

3. Go up the Monument. 2 quid for a view. And you can spit onto people far, far below you

4. Sit up top in front of a Number 23 bus from Liverpool Street station to Trafalgar Square. And look, I found this about it:

janeaustenslondon.com/2013/12/02/take-the-number-23-bus-into-history/

5. The National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, are free to enter. Also, I think the Natural History Museum is now free all day, although some curator made a right mess of it in the 1990s, it used to be a really good museum back in the 1970s. The Geological Museum next door also used to be great. The Victoria and Albert Museum is also free entrance.

6. Walk along the canal from Little Venice to Camden Town.

7. Walk through some parks, such as Battersea Park. Walk round Buckingham Palace. Walk from Buck Pal to Trafalgar Square, under the Admiralty Arch.

8. Go and visit each and every main railway station, just to see what they look like. Travel on the Underground to distant places such as Epping and Amersham.

9. Walk past the Tower of London on the river side, it's free, and walk over Tower Bridge. We went inside the Tower once, the basic tour, about 6 years ago. We had a very amusing and entertaining Beefeater guide, and I think it was worth the cost. We didn't pay extra to see the jewels.

10. I took my son when he was little on the boat from Tower of London to Westminster. One of the boaters gave everyone some spiel on the loudspeaker about what you can see, and then towards the end tells you that they don't get paid for it, they do it out of the kindness of their hearts, and expect you to tip them generously as you disembark. I told him to piss off.