please empty your brain below
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Too much over-priced tat
Grumpy Anon | 08.02.17 - 7:06 a.m. | #
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The View From The Shard (walk-up)
Walk up to the top, or the ticket office?
scrumpy | 08.02.17 - 7:25 a.m. | #
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Interesting to see how long you would spend at each attraction - some such as London Zoo it is easy to spend a whole day where the more expensive aquarium would probably take a couple of hours top.
The Plebs of course have to pay for their entertainment - the Inteligencia gets theirs paid for by the taxpayer!
John | 08.02.17 - 7:34 a.m. | #
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Also the attractions run by Merlin Entertainment (Madame Tussdauds, Shrek, Dungeon, Aquarium) are priced so that they can offer 2for1 vouchers on Kellogg's cereal boxes. And also to make the multi-attraction tickets look even better value.
Jon | 08.02.17 - 7:39 a.m. | #
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I would add the wonderful Sir John Soane's Museum to the "free" list.
Waterhouse | 08.02.17 - 8:00 a.m. | #
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I would add the delightful Wellington Arch (£4.70) to the "1p-£4.99" list.
E | 08.02.17 - 8:18 a.m. | #
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London Eye £22.45
And another one for the free list:
Newport Street Gallery
Richard | 08.02.17 - 8:29 a.m. | #
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£18 and £20 to go into a church. o_O
Another great spot to visit is Dennis Severs' House (£10)
Max | 08.02.17 - 8:35 a.m. | #
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Sorry, I missed the London Eye, now included.
There are of course 100s of other London attractions which could be included - these are just those listed in the London Planner.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 08.02.17 - 8:44 a.m. | #
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Another vote for the (free) Soane Museum. While there, pop across Lincolns Inn Fields and go to the (free) Hunterian Musuem. Futther out, could add the (free) RAF Museum. There are lots of other free or cheap attractions in London. NT and/or EH membership goes a long way.
Andrew | 08.02.17 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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Hmm, wonder what the criterion is for inclusion in the "official" visitor guide. Visitor numbers? Payment? Mix of the two?
Andrew | 08.02.17 - 8:49 a.m. | #
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I'm going to Bus Stop M in Bow.😀
Michael | 08.02.17 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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I think Kew's the most expensive thing that I would regard as "good value". Not that some of the more expensive ones aren't worthwhile (people always say they like the Tower, despite the steep cost), but they're stretching it on the cost.
Chz | 08.02.17 - 10:00 a.m. | #
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Here is another completely free to enter Museum and a tour of the Grand Temple included, http://www.ugle.org.uk/library-museum
This is in Freemasons'Hall, the large Art Deco building in Great Queen Street.
Mike | 08.02.17 - 10:04 a.m. | #
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Just wondering how much these attractions pay Morris Communications to be included in the "official" "London Planner".
Just wondering.
Malcolm | 08.02.17 - 10:46 a.m. | #
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Go to worship, Max and the churches are free. Go to see them as an historic building (to which you have contributed nothing in taxes) and you rightly pay.
David | 08.02.17 - 10:52 a.m. | #
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Ah! Kew Gardens....
Old enough to remember when admission charge was one old penny (1d., increased in 1971 to 1 new penny (1p.).
Has anything else increased 3,600 times in 46 years?
John U.K. | 08.02.17 - 11:18 a.m. | #
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Houses of Parliament tour worth every penny I felt. Fabulous building and can see why they don't want to move out permanently.
Audio guide is best, as you can take your time wandering round and take the headphones off to earwig the tour guides as they do their groups.
Dan | 08.02.17 - 12:05 p.m. | #
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Total admission cost of visiting them all: £866.95 at the highest prices, £842.45 at the lowest.
Tim Frost | 08.02.17 - 2:18 p.m. | #
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@John UK, I recalled (an I'm not *that* old) my dad taking me to Kew Gardens and being sure the entry price through the turnstile was 1d. But no-one believed me!
The Legendary Zelda | 08.02.17 - 3:37 p.m. | #
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In the mid 80s bus fares were capped at 40p on Sundays, and Kew Gardens charged 10p. A day out on the 27 bus from Archway to Kew and back for less than £1=. Buses were full by Euston Road, and the people who waited at Hammersmith for a bus always amazed me. So many would not go on the Underground, (don't like tunnels), District line which was much faster. They could not grasp that the "underground" did the journey overground in broad daylight.
scrumpy | 08.02.17 - 4:00 p.m. | #
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Apsley House at Hyde Park Corner (home of the present Duke of Wellington, and past Dukes) is worth a mention because it contains paintings by Velazquez and others. It normally costs £8.80 but is closed until 1 April 2017, which is perhaps why DG didn't list it. Also, when it is open it can be visited in combination with Wellington Arch at a reduced price for both.
jwmonty | 08.02.17 - 4:22 p.m. | #
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@john UK/ The legendary Zelda
but in those days Kew didn't give reductions for students or OAPs..........
timbo | 08.02.17 - 4:47 p.m. | #
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@ Scrumpy, that wasn't the only reason for avoiding the District line west of Hammersmith. The trains are much higher than the platforms, it was such a step up that I found it difficult even when I was ablebodied, as the old trains only had one set of doors with a handrail to help access in each carriage, and when I developed mobility problems it was quite impossible. The new trains solved that problem.
As for Kew, the 1d entry charge was set during the 19th century, to last forever, and needed an Act of Parliament to change it. The Season ticket is excellent value, when I got one it cost a bit more than two visits, and lasted for a year.
amber | 08.02.17 - 4:48 p.m. | #
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Not playing down the difficulty of getting into a District line train. But at the time when there was such a big step, wasn't the step up into a bus even bigger? Or am I mixing up my dates?
I remember (perhaps falsely) Kew Gardens costing 4d. to enter. Was that immediately after the change in the law, when perhaps quadrupling the charge was felt to be the most that could be dared at the time?
Malcolm | 08.02.17 - 6:01 p.m. | #
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I know it's not in the London Planner, but I always enjoy that a ticket to (pretend to) drive a train, ride a heritage bus, hurtle under the streets of London, pass through the oldest tunnel under a navigable river, etc. is only £6.60 if you pay by oyster.
Philip | 08.02.17 - 6:14 p.m. | #
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A couple of years ago I went to St Paul's and if you were a British taxpayer so you could Gift Aid your entrance fee you could use your ticket for an entire year.
Barry | 08.02.17 - 8:31 p.m. | #
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When I started visiting London several years ago the Monument and Greenwich were free and Westminster Abbey was £8.00. Greedy bastards...
dg writes: Royal Greenwich Observatory succumbed in 2011.
Welcome | 08.02.17 - 8:41 p.m. | #
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*off-topic post alert*
@Malcolm, I've found a difference between passengers on buses and trains. On buses, they're always willing to help me up/down if I ask; on trains I often get very dubious looks, probably because I've violated the unwritten rule about not speaking to other passengers.
*end of off-topic post*
amber | 08.02.17 - 9:15 p.m. | #
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I went on this free tour of Parliament, only for UK residents, http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/tours-of-parliament/tours/
Not been on any of those over £25, a few 20-25 as a child, Done two and intend to do two more of each of the cheaper groups. Done nearly all the free ones and will try to finish that list this year.
I recommend to anyone wanting a different view a Santander bike fob. You can chain together <30m bike rides for as long as you have the energy for £2 a day.
Toby | 09.02.17 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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Frankly, I wouldn't pay more than £10 for any of these. That's not a criticism of the venues but simply that asking more than that it just ripping people off.
Redcardinal | 09.02.17 - 1:06 p.m. | #
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Hmm, IIRC even as a non-UK resident I didn't pay anything for the Houses of Parliament tour some time ago. But tbh I'm not sure about it.
IMHO none of these attractions justifies the price asked. But hey, it's London...
Welcome | 09.02.17 - 3:09 p.m. | #
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Wonder if the National Army Museum will still be free when it reopens next month.
Richard | 12.02.17 - 8:31 p.m. | #
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Late for this post, but I was up the Walkie-talkie Sky Garden last week, which didn't cost me a penny. No idea how it compares to the View from the Shard, but it was worth the trip.
Kabson | 14.02.17 - 8:47 a.m. | #
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