9 Local Spots in London Tourists Don't Know About
9 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Borough Market
8 Borough Market, Southwark, London, SE1 1TL, United Kingdom
Borough Market has been feeding London for the best part of a thousand years.
Brixton Village & Market Row
Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8PR
Brixton Village is an indoor market that was nearly demolished in the 2000s and has since become one of the most exciting food destinations in London — a resurrection story powered by cheap rents, immigrant entrepreneurs, and a community that refused to let developers win.
Little Venice
City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Everyone credits Robert Browning with naming this place, and everyone is wrong.
Maltby Street Market
Ropewalk, Bermondsey, London, SE1 3PA, United Kingdom
If Borough Market is the famous older sibling, Maltby Street Market is the cooler younger one that the locals don't want you to know about.
Notting Hill
Kensington and Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Before it was pastel-coloured houses and Hugh Grant, Notting Hill was pig farms and race riots.
Portobello Road Market
Portobello Road & Golborne Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, W11 1AN, United Kingdom
Portobello Road was a country lane through farmland in the 1700s, named after Portobello Farm, which itself was named after the British navy's 1739 victory at Porto Bello in Panama.
Primrose Hill
Camden, London, United Kingdom
Primrose Hill is 64 metres of grass, mud, and one of the best panoramas in London.
Richmond Park
Richmond Park, London TW10 5HS
Richmond Park is 2,500 acres of ancient woodland, grassland, and medieval deer park sitting improbably inside zone 4 of the London Underground map.
Shoreditch & Brick Lane
Brick Lane, Tower Hamlets, London, E1, United Kingdom
Brick Lane has been an arrival lounge for four centuries.
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