22 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Visiting London

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word of advice -DON'T get an exorbitant taxi from any of the airports, they will cost you $100 or more, and take absolute hours with the traffic. Get a train or tube and its 1.25 hrs at the most, or 30 mins, a fraction the cost. All trains from the airports will have been designed to have ample room for luggage, the tube not so much (but doable, plenty of people will be doing it too, and you'll be the first stop). Literally London is the world's biggest air hub (160 million fly into its 6 international airports p/a) and no one gets the taxi.

Richmond is actually in London (zone 4 out of 9), but is surrounded by some of the world's largest urban parks which many people think is the countryside (Richmond Park alone is about 3x the size of Central Park in NYC).

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Commenting as an ex Londoner of over 30 years, As many people have commented already, Richmond is in London. Secondly don’t believe that the food is bad, London has some of the best food in the World with literally thousands of bars/cafes and restaurants from cheap and cheerful to 2/3 Michelin star eateries and there is something for everyone, just buy yourself a decent local food guide and you’ll discover some fantastic restaurants to suit all tastes Lastly sorry to say, but a lot of the places mentioned are tourist traps and will rip you off with ridiculous prices, Camden and Portobello for a start, there are some wonderful places to see if you look around, my old area of Hampstead and Highgate are lovely places as is Marylebone High St with lovely shops and great bars. Chelsea/Kings Road are well worth a visit too. Go south and Clapham is a lovely area too. Canary Wharf (the financial district is interesting to see) and on a nice day you can walk to Greenwich under the foot tunnel (although it’s also a bit touristy) Enjoy our wonderful City

A language tip. One of the words you used to describe Camden Market was "spunky". It's probably best to avoid using that word here in the UK. It has a TOTALLY different meaning! 😂

Love the content man! Super aprecate all the advice! This is by far the most down to earth non touristy video I've seen on London so far.

Appreciate this video! I've been to London a number of times and for my next visit in October, you've given me some good ideas! Thanks.

I spent my year between Berlin and Frankfurt and London and Dublin. Don't know where you get this idea that you can't get good food in London, there's literally thousands of all nationality of restaurant in London. If your idea of great food is a bagel shop then you're probably lost from the start.

Always interested in travellers POV of London. Taxis are really expensive in London. All the airports have express trains into Central London. (Heathrow also connected by the Tube). - Get into central by train and get a cab from there if you must. Richmond IS London and that little river is the Thames - London is a massive city with all types of experiences to be had but England is small enough to hop on a train for as little as 90mins to visit places like Cambridge, Oxford, Brighton, Cotswolds etc. As for the food.....where the hell have you been eating?? Might have been true in 1970s but there is a tremendous and thriving foodie seen in London, from traditional to modern British and pretty much any global cuisine you care to think of......and Edinburgh is in Scotland (different country).

i`m a londoner and i`m surprised you found it hard to find good healthy food, there`s so many amazing restaurants in places like : islington, chelsea, battersea , clapham etc, plus all the beautiful old pubs with the delicious sunday roasts...

@4:57: Richmond is nice, but rather than the underground I use fast trains from Waterloo station, frequent service, journey times from 16mins to 28mins.

Family traveling from the US. We landed at Heathrow and took the public transit to Paddington station for 15 pounds each. Enjoyed the trip into the city which took just under 30 min on the new Elizabeth Line. No reason to pay more for traveling into/ out of the city. We then took the train to Ely, rented a 58 foot narrowboat and cruised the waterways around Cambridge for a week! There are so many ways to see the UK but I highly recommend!

Hi Camden, thank you for the wonderful video! Some really handy tips. Is L'Assaggino where you got the Ted lasso biscuits? Huge fan of the show and planning to go to Richmond to see some sites

Interesting watching these tips as someone who lives very near London

A tip for all would-be travellers. If you are really struggling to find good food in London (?) then you can always rely on Pret a Manger for good sandwiches and other lunch type foods and Leon for more substantial meal types. Both have branches all over the city. They offer good value and some healthier options also. If you get really stuck you could do a lot worse than taking advantage of the various "meal deals" that supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsbury's offer.

wow! heathrow airport looks amazing! 30 minutes later sitting down drinking my coffee i googled which airport i actually was in. Thank god i wasn't in that kind where airplanes just fly right into the duty free lounge.

Tube is a good service to heathrow. Do it monthly from the north from King's Cross. 65 minutes. Train every 10 minutes to all terminal.

Great job

20 quid Gatwick express directly into London Victoria. Very easy and quick. Directly into the city centre from Gatwick in about half an hour