While my trip to London might be short, I’ve attempted to amass a huge list of interesting sites to visit. I recently came across a great read highlighting unusual places to visit while in London. I’d like to share them with you.
1. Mudlarking – search the muddy shores of the Thames River for artifacts for the mere cost of 7 pounds.
2. Auto-Icon of Jeremy Bentham – radical philosopher who among other things, believed in the legalisation of homosexuality (and this was in 1800s).
3.The Grant Museum of Zoology – not to be confused with Damien Hirst’s studio, this collection contains over 60, 000 specimens, covering the whole animal kingdom.
4. The London Library – the ‘Silent Study’ is open to anyone willing to pay membership. Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Henry James were past members…
5. Hunterian Museum – collection of anatomy and pathology specimens…cool.
6. London’s First Drinking Fountain – Corner of Giltspur Street and Holburn Viaduct
7. Britain’s Smallest Police Station – Trafalgar Square
8. Bleigiessen – a bead installation in the Gibbs Building using over 140,000 glass spheres
9. Patent Sewer Ventilating Lamp – Carting Lane This was eco-ingenuity at its best.
10. Tyburn Convent – 8-12 Hyde Park Place, home to a dozen nuns who don’t leave their premises.
