About.com: HAMPSTEAD HEATH - 2013. Southbank Centre Book Market. Covent Garden - London Neighborhoods - Covent Garden - Areas of London - Covent Garden. Tate Modern. Visit us - Opening Hours and map of Grant Museum - University College London Museums. London's Top 20 Vintage Clothes and Thrift Stores. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology - University College London Museums. Topiary Elephants in Regent's Park. Kensington Roof Gardens London. Not to be confused with Kensington Gardens, Kensington Roof Gardens is London's equivalent of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
See Kensington Roof Gardens Photos. In the unlikely location 100ft above street level, on top of a department store building in the busy Kensington shopping area, you'll find a tranquil garden planted in the 1930s. It includes a Spanish garden, a Tudor garden, an English woodland garden and resident flamingos! Kensington Roof Gardens Introduction I learned about Kensington Roof Gardens from David Long's book Spectacular Vernacular. Virgin Limited Edition - the luxury portfolio of Virgin Hotels Group Ltd - have owned the gardens since 1981, and renamed them 'The Roof Gardens' (although everyone still refers to them as Kensington Roof Gardens). Combine your visit to Kensington Roof Gardens with a meal at the Babylon restaurant which serves contemporary British cuisine and overlooks the gardens. Themed Gardens Kensington Roof Gardens History.
The East End Thrift Store. Charity and Thrift Shops in London - Things To Do. Secret London: The City’s Best Vintage Shops | onefinestay blog: Live like a local. There are few cities in this world (if any) that do vintage shopping quite like London. Our shops have the best collections at the best prices and this is because we don’t take vintage too seriously or not seriously enough (faults I have found in rival vintage cities). The laid back, thrown together style coupled with high quality fabrics and quirky patterns is a popular look with London’s trendier locals and so for this it is to the vintage shops they head. There are so many places to choose from, that we decided to ask our friends @secret_london what their favourites were.
We were inundated with responses, so here’s a selection of London’s best vintage stores as chosen by the locals themselves. East End Thrift Store A personal favourite of mine, The East End Thrift Store has a carefully curated collection alongside bargain prices. Loved by: @tiffphilippou Best for: Every day items @assemblythrift Unit 1A Assembly Passage, E1 4UT www.theeastendthriftstore.com Beyond Retro Absolute Vintage.