Hyde Park and Regent's Park are two of London's largest and most famous royal parks. Hyde Park is known for its open green spaces and summer concerts, while Regent's Park features gardens, sports facilities, and London Zoo. Clapham Common is a picturesque park further outside central London that is popular for outdoor activities. The new Crossrail Place Roof Garden offers an "urban jungle" experience with landscaped gardens high above the city.

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5. PARK LIFEYour guide to London’s best parks
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6. Whether visiting London for the weekend or permantly taking up residence here, everyone knows
Hyde Park; it’s kind of hard to miss when it’s the largest of the Royal parks.Whether you’re after a
serene wander by the lake, a cycle round the park or to indulge in the London wild life, Hyde Park is
the perfect example of parkland in a vast city. During the summer you can expect to see people sunning
themselves on the rentable deck chairs or playing a game of a good old English cricket or football.The
annual Barclaycard British Summer Time concert series is coming back to Hyde Park this year with two
weeks of world=class acts with headliners including The Who, Kylie, and Taylor Swift All year round
Hyde Park is brimming with people running, taking a stroll, feeding the admiring the swans (and run-
ning away scared)or having a drink at one of the kiosk. Although a common destination, Hyde Park is not
to be overlooked.
Ashort walk from Camden Town, the picturesque Regents Park (also one of the Royal Parks) is perfect
for a summer time picnic or a winter wander. As well as the perfume filled flower gardens that Regents
Park has to offer, within the park is The Hub; which is home to the largest outdoor sports facility in
London, excellent for a kick about any time of the year. Situated within Regents Park is also the world
famous London Zoo, home to all sorts of interesting animals from lions, to penguins to camels you can
see from a path on the outside of the zoo, without actually entering the zoo. So whether you want to chill
out on the royal green pastures or visiting exotic animals from around the globe, Regents Park is definite-
ly one to visit.
Hyde Park
Regents Park
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7. Alittle further out of central London than the other Parks, Clapham Common is a picturesque
little get away from the busy city centre.Whether you’re after a work out on the outdoor gym
equipment, a relaxing moment feeding the ducks at the pond, or even a gentle amble around the
220 acre park, Clapham Common is the place to be. If you’re around the area during the July Bank
Holiday weekend you can catch the lively SW4 festival, based on the common.With big names such
as Skrillex, Eric Prydz & Fat Boy Slim, it’s sure to be an exciting experience.Tickets starting at £65.
(http://www.southwestfour.com/tickets)
Finally, something a little bit different, but still a unique outdoor (sort of) get away; the new Cross Rail
Place, Roof Garden - Known as London’s Urban Jungle.The opening of the Roof Gardens is the first
step of the new Canary Wharf Crossrail Station, which is expected to be open in 2018.The development
includes four floors of shopping, restaurants, a cinema, a gym and even a stage. Make your way their
via the DLR or the Jubilee line, tour the gardens blissfully or take a picnic and relish in the nature the
gardens have to offer. At the moment the Roof Gardens are still under development but certainly some-
where not to miss over the coming months and years, as it blossoms further.
Clapham Common
Crossrail Place - Roof Garden
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8. LONDON
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Picture this: it’s a beautiful Saturday and
you’ve just finished exams...what should
you do with your new found time?
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9. 1. The Table Cafe: First
things first, brunch! Located
in South East London the
Table Café is a hidden gem
known for its award wining
brunch. They use all British
ingredients in their food and
eating here won’t break the
bank. Try their buttermilk
pancakes or hot iron waffles;
it’s a perfect start to the day!
2. Natural History Museum:
Located in South West
London, the Natural History
Museum is one of my favorite
places to go in London. It is
free to visit and you could
easily spend hours here
marveling at what they have
on show.
3. Camden Lock Market:
One of the quirkiest places in
London is Camden mar-
ket. It’s a go-to place for
reasonably priced hidden
finds. The market is full of
original and unique stuff from
independent bookshops and
handcrafted paintings and
fabric to old school record
players.
4. Camden Food Market:
You’ll know when you’re
near the food market as
you will start to smell the
amazing food that’s on
offer.With so many different
cuisines to choose from,
you will be stuck for choice.
Try the chili from the Lou-
isiana Chili Shack: as
well as being delicious it
is gluten and dairy free.
5. Cookies & Scream Bakery:
Home of the best cookies I
have ever eaten in London,
Cookies & Scream Bakery, is
where you can give in to your
sweet tooth guilt free. All of
their goods, including cook-
ies, brownies, pies, shakes
and donuts are all gluten,
dairy, egg and wheat free. Try
the Peanut Butter Crème Pie!
6. Kyoto Gardens: To get
away from that rush hour cha-
os that hits London around
this time, you can take a
30-minute breather in the
Kyoto Gardens located in
Holland Park. It’s designed to
look like a Japanese garden
with tiered waterfalls, stone
lanterns, and Koi fish pond.
7. DF Mexico: A modern take
on Mexican food, DF is lo-
cated in East London in the
Old Truman Brewery. It’s fast
food minus, the bad stuff ,and
with amazing flavor. Try the
NYC Tortas, a Mexican sand-
wich served New York style!
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10. With some help from Route 196 Team member,
Khadija Ahmed, we have scouted London to find
the best places to eat, without breaking the bank!
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One of my first five choices would be
The Breakfast Club, best known for its
soft, thick pancakes and homemade ice
cream, made from ‘real cream’, as they
say. My pesonal favourite being ‘pan-
cakes and berries’ with comes with their
famous syrup and ice cream.This would
be my go to food, with 8 locations
around London, it’s hard to resist.
Top plate is the ‘veggie all American’ and the bot-
tom two are my personal favourites, ‘pancakes and
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My Old Dutch’, another famous pancake
house, with branches in Holborn, Kensing-
ton and Chelsea, you wont need to travel
far while in London.They have a whole
selection of pancakes, from savoury to
sweet to kids and make your own. Not
only do they do pancakes but pastries and
soups and pastas, also dessert, if pan-
cakes don’t hit your sweet tooth. These
pancakes aren’t your average pancakes;
they’re thin and soft but also HUGE and
filling. One of these in the morning and
they would definitely keep you way past
lunchtime.
Classic sugar, lemon & strawberries
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11. 3.
Now my third restaurant would definitely be ‘Ping
Pong’ with 8 locations in London and 3 interna-
tionally, the brand is growing, 2015 being its 10th
birthday.The inside is fun and lively, perfect for a
lunchtime trip or on a night out. Dim sum is bite-
sized, steamed food, which is perfect for sharing with
friends.The food is amazing and if you hold a loyalty
card, which I obviously do, you can get free prawn
crackers and sauces with every visit, you can also col-
lect points from each visit and redeem them at any
of the 8 branches across London, towards cocktails,
teas or even dim sum. The food is served quickly,
the staff are super friendly at all the branches I’ve
been to, which is pretty much nearly all of them. Its
perfect for a quick lunch or even dinner, and isn’t
too expensive, £15 per head would have you leaving
the restaurant with a little dim sum belly.
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Next on the list is a new favourite of mine, ‘Gil-
gamesh’. Set in the heart of Camden market, you
wouldn’t expect it to be very fancy, but as you go
up the escalators, you get transported into another
world.The pan- Asian food and décor is simply
amazing, with wood carved chairs and masks and
more carvings along the walls you’d think you were
somewhere far away from Camden Market! It even
received a Tatler Magazines ‘most original restau-
rant’ award. Although, this is slightly on the pricey
side, I would say it’s definitely worth visiting, at least
once. Even the bathroom is nice, with gold sinks and
turquoise doors and a matching gold table and chair
to sit on. Friday evenings and the evenings on the
weekend the restaurant is also a club and tickets are
available on their website. The food is amazing, with
mouth watering dim sum and lamp chops and fish,
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Last but not least is ‘Flesh and Buns’.You would think
the name alone would get anyone’s attention, but
once you walk down to the underground level, res-
taurant, you’re immediately sat down, probably with a
few strangers on a sharing table. But it’s okay, because
you’re served efficiently and the food is amazing.Flesh
and Buns has a sister restaurant called ‘Bone Daddies’
which also shows off the Japanese ‘cult-like’
subcultures they have, with Flesh and Buns bathroom
walls covered in censored Hentai, and Bone Daddies
having a collage of Rockabillies.The food or ‘flesh’ is
served with buns and lettuce and cucumber so you
can build your own burgers and enjoy with a drink,
which is what the restaurant is all about. Light food to
be enjoyed with drinks.
Beef Gyoza
S’mores
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12. Enjoying galleries as a child was something I always struggled with; maybe it was
the attention span or maybe I just didn’t ‘get art’. However, as a young mature stu-
dent,scrap that,as a student who from time-to-time likes to enjoy something a lit-
tle sophisticated,a good art exhibition isn’t a half bad way to achieve that.Student
me enjoys artists I’ve chosen to see rather than being dragged to.
“Guy Bourdin The Image-Maker” was an exhibition I went to during the early
spring months at Somerset House (27th November 2014 – 15 March 2015). It was
one of those gallery visits that I became quite engrossed in. Spending nearly two
hours taking my time to admire some of his greatest work,the distinctive style and
suspense stood out. Guy Bourdin creates images that are unresolved. resulting in
somethingtrulyunique.Don’tevenbealittlebitsurprisedifyouaren’twalkingout
of this exhibition bursting with a few ideas. I sure was and isn’t that what galleries
are all about? Not this art snobbery where you are left just as confused as when you
first entered the building. For only £7 as a student or £9 if you forget your student
I.D I felt is was money worth spent. Even would possibly go as far as saying it was
worth it over a glass of wine in the local pub but maybe that’s going a little far!
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13. Images taken by Madison
Read & Saffy Handley-Ran-
dle at Guy Bourdin’s The
Image Maker exhibition at
Somerset House, London.
...I became quite engrossed in
the exhibition that...
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14. by Madison Read
After moving to London to further my studies and moving away from home,
my parents occassionally ask if they can come visit me in the big city for a day
out. The day my parents came to London I thought “why not all go on a lovely
family outing to the Brit- ish Museum?” As a child this
was somewhere I never had the opportunity to visit
but have always want- ed to. aAlthough it is studied
world-wide in schools, causing an abunance of chil-
dren running around pointing out all the marvellous
and fascinating mummies, coffins and artifacts asking question after question.
Whether you have been before or went with your school all those years ago,
it is definitely a place to pop into on a rainy weekend or even just to take a
break between studies. Recently they have put a new atrium into the mu-
seum which is worth an entire visit in itself. You honestly can’t go wrong
with this. Whether you have family asking you what to do when they come
and you’re struggling with ideas of where to go, here is definitely a great
start and there is more than enough to see else where around the area too.
“The day my
parents came to
the big city”
Images taken from British Museum Website - Whats On
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15. Images taken by Madison Read at the British Museum featuring the new atrium
...took me back to school trips
the museum that...
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16. LONDON FASHION
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It’s a big decision of what to wear on the cobbles of
Somerset house; do you brave heels and hope you don’t
stumble, or do you opt for cool flats that you will stay comfy
(and safe) in throughout the days escapades.With an
abundance of stylish footwear we didn’t know where to look!
Trainers, platform trainers, knee length boots, ankle boots,
flatform sandals, you name it, they were there! The Route196
team were in shoe heaven, gawping at each and every pair of
shoes the fashion go-ers had to offer, there were far too many
to snap all of them so we’ve popped a few of our faves down
below for you to revel in also.
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17. Words and Photos:
Saffron Hadley Rendle
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18. W
elcome to
Canterbury: a quaint,
picturesque city in
South East England.
Sometimes the unlimited hustle
and bustle around the streets of
London can become too much. A
nice escape far enough away from
the city (but not over the river and
through the woods), Canterbury
feels like you’ve escaped into a story
book.
To start your day off in this whimsical village, head over to Canterbury’s
cathedral, is one of the oldest Christian structures in England.With it’s English
gothic architecture, this is ideal for someone who loves exploring history, as well
as architecture. And, they offer a student discount; who doesn’t love extra pocket
change? What better way to use your saved money by spending it, right? At vintage
shops like Revivals and Funky Monks, you can bag things like Levi jackets for £10!
Once you’ve worked up a storm rummaging through vintage baskets, head over
to Café Turquoise’s at 10 Butchery Lane. If you’re mad for kitsch interior and a
massive fan of movies, as well as fancy some food, this is your dream location.The
Parisian interior surrounded with old french movie posters is definitely a place to
check out this summer, as you can dine on the terrace!
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19. Besides the Cathedral, “the Crooked House” is the most photographed historical
building in Canterbury. It has now been converted in a second hand bookshop,
Catching Lives. “Blind Date with a Book”, a term coined by the shop, is a program
were you pay £2 for a wrapped book with a few notes on what the book is about.To
end your ‘wild’ day vintage hunting and dating books, top it off with the Chocolate
Cafe. If you are a fan of chocolate and can’t help yourself to a cheeky visit to Choc-
cywoccydoodah now and then, this is Canterbury’s best alternative! My favourite
things are the Kinder Bueno crepe and their chocolate brownies. Perfect ending to
a great day in Canterbury, and it’ll fill you up for the journey home.
CANTERBURY
by S. Gallagher
Words and Photos: Siobhan Gallagher
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20. Portobello Road
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by Heather-Jade Stanley

21. London is a city with a tip top public transport system - you
can get a bus/tube/train in London at any time, to any place.
However, London is most enjoyable (and inexpensive) when you
avoid transport altogether and walk. Within the space of five min-
utes you can walk through a beautiful park, down a quiet street
of suburban houses, alongside a busy road with black cabs and
red buses whizzing past you. When you are on foot, London has
a little something for everyone.I can’t believe I lived in London
for 7 months before visiting Portobello Road. Rather than come
when the market was in full swing, I came late on a Tuesday
evening. With most of the market closed it was calm and peace-
ful, and looked beautiful in the twilight. Although I’ve heard
fantastic things about the market, I’m glad I came at this time- I got
to see the road completely stripped back, with no hustle and bustle.
Even without the market, the road had an
unbelievable energy. There are markings on the floor
where each stall stands, the street is colourful and
beautiful boutiques line the road. Everything has a huge sense of
community and London patriotism - think lots of Union
Jacks and Portobello Road merchandise. I can see why so
many tourists flock here, and I can imagine it is even more
magical when the market is in full swing. Even as a
Londoner (albeit a new Londoner), I felt a huge rush of
excitement and a sudden urge to buy everything with a
picture of the Queen on it. I will definitely be coming back
in the summertime when the market is on and I can walk
around with an ice cream and spend my student loan on key
rings and vintage t-shirts. I highly recommend this place
for anybody who wants a wander around some eclectic
fashion, unique boutiques and some proper London Heritage.
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