Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 31 and Version 30 of Websites About London
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* [http://www.192.com/maps/ 192.com maps] — very high resolution aerial photos of central London - much higher than Google Earth. You can even see people. I've been hesitating to highlight this because somehow they've got their synchronisation of their sets of aerial photos wrong: when you use the "super zoom" you find you're suddenly looking at a location fifty or so metres away. Quite annoying. |
* [http://www.192.com/maps/?utm_source=map_image&utm_medium=homepage_promo&utm_campaign=Map_on_Homepage_SZ 192.com maps] — very high resolution aerial photos of central London - much higher than Google Earth. You can even see people. I've been hesitating to highlight this because somehow they've got their synchronisation of their sets of aerial photos wrong: when you use the "super zoom" you find you're suddenly looking at a location fifty or so metres away. Quite annoying. |
Blogs (in alphabetical order)
- Going Underground
- Londonist
- Notting Hill Nonsense
- See also the London Weblog Directory (previously known as the London Bloggers Tube Map).
Food and Drink
- Londonist articles on food and drink
- Scores on the Doors — hygiene inspection results for restaurants in certain boroughs (Hackney and Southwark at the time of writing)
- Time Out Cheap Eats — The Thrifty Fifty (focusing on high quality at lowish prices, rather than on rock-bottom cheapness)
- Roger Burton West's reviews — pubs and restaurants
- The London Review of Breakfasts — Overly analytical and pretentious but normally fun and useful reviews of breakfasting locations in and around London, with occasional guest entries from further afield.
- Dos Hermanos — well-written and well-informed reviews of London restaurants
- Food and Drink in London — more reviews of London restaurants
- Culinary Hags in London — yet more reviews of London restaurants and cafes, with a focus on Asian food
- Chowhound UK/Ireland board — contains lots of London stuff
- eGullet UK/Ireland board — a slightly lower proportion of London stuff than Chowhound, but it's there
- London Korean Links food section
- Tamarind and Thyme — food in London
- Sausage and Bread — reviews of sausage sandwiches (with a fairly broad definition of such) from various London establishments
Travel information:
- Journey Planner — plan your journey on London's public transport system
- Walk It — journey planner for pedestrians!
- Cyclemaps — journey planner for cyclists
- Last Rounds — pub and bar review site which lists opening times, nearby public toilets, and last departure times for relevant public transport
General
- DisabledGo — Very, very detailed accessibility information.
- Weird and Wonderful London — Yahoo group concerned with performance opportunities (poetry, live/performance art, music etc), money work for performers, cabarets, interesting events, squat parties etc etc
- The Knowhere Guide — fairly unstructured guide to various places around the UK, including areas of London; though be aware that the recommendations may be very out of date
- 192.com maps — very high resolution aerial photos of central London - much higher than Google Earth. You can even see people. I've been hesitating to highlight this because somehow they've got their synchronisation of their sets of aerial photos wrong: when you use the "super zoom" you find you're suddenly looking at a location fifty or so metres away. Quite annoying.
- London Footprints — nearly a hundred walks around various parts of London, with pointers to interesting landmarks, and printable pages of background information. Their links page is also worth a look.
Art projects
- London Street Signs Project Artistic interpretation of London Street signs by crazy people. I blame beth -- bob
- Streats of London — documenting all the street signs in London that have an item of food or drink in their names (see also the related Flickr photoset).
- Project Adorno — 26 Tube stations from A to Z in a weekend.
- The Greenwich Emotion Map
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