Early morning commuters on a bridge with a slow shutter speed… wharf warehouses… skyscrapers… markets… Picadilly Circus at night… street performers… tube trains… marching bands… traffic… city and river scapes…
Check when things are open, what’s free/what’s not, and whether to book in advance.
- Leake Street Arches (the Banksy Tunnel – graffiti)
- Brick Lane with Spitalfields Market and Columbia Road Flower Market
- City of London – commuters, buildings etc
- South Bank – London Eye, street performers, brutalist architecture, views over the ‘north bank’!
- Granary Square and Coal Drops Yard, walking along Regents’ Canal to Camden Lock and Camden Market
- The colourful facades of houses in Notting Hill, plus Portobello Road Market
- Little Venice (canals and waterways, quirky waterside cafes and cosy pubs), Regents Park and London Zoo
- Inner Temple – the home of barristers’ chambers and quiet gardens
- St Paul’s Cathedral – take the lift to the top in the adjacent shopping mall (One New Change), OR take your shot up nearby narrow Watling Street.
- St Dunstan in the East, near Monument, is a bombed-out church which is now a lovely garden.
- Buckingham Palace, the changing of the guard, and St James’ Park
- Golden Lane and the Barbican Estate
- Knightsbridge with Harrods, Ennnismore Gardens Mews, the V&A, and Hyde Park
- Horizon 22, London’s highest free viewing platform, offering 300-degree views of London
- Covent Garden and Neal’s Yard
- Sky Garden, London’s highest public garden (free tickets available in advance)
- Lovat Lane – a narrow cobbled street wit unusual architecture, opening onto great views of The Shard (360-degree views for 40 miles)
- Shad Thames (old warehouses linked by iron bridges spanning the street) and Tower Bridge
- Canary Warf area – take the river boat for amazing architecture, Jubilee Park, the underground station, Adams Plaza Bridge, and Crossrail Place Roof Garden. Plus, apply for a free photography pass for Billingsgate fish market before it closes in 2028!