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Let's visit... SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide

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SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide WHAT TO SEE. First we have rays as the appetizer. Entrance: rays and shallow water.  SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide Then the aquarium. Games. SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide Aquarium.  SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide Aquarium.  SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide Followed by an ant colony and other buggy squishy things. Bugs and squishy stuff. SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide And finally a series of themed areas - Amazon adventure and fishies, lighthouses and London's sewers, gentoo penguins, jelly fish and AR polar bears and killer whales. Forest adventure. SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide Gentoo penguins. SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide Jelly fish. SEA LIFE LONDON AQUARIUM | quick video guide DIRECTIONS. Nearest station: Waterloo Train Station. Exit the station into York Road's footbridge. Go down the bridge and walk south. Turn right a

Let's visit... YORKTON WORKSHOPS (London) | quick video guide

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WHAT IT IS. Working studio for a group of ten designers.  YORKTON WORKSHOPS | quick video guide USE. Metal work, furniture and urban design. Clip: YORKTON WORKSHOPS | quick video guide Need me? Let's chat . Date of visit: 2020.09   Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in a novel , check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize . Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independent_blogger

Let's visit... SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL (London) | quick video guide

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  Upper floor, main hall. SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL (London) WHAT IT IS. 1865 built as a borough town hall (before Shoreditch's merge into Hackney). Now a vibrant arts and music venue (we're "lucky" to visit these rooms on their own just because of WARS). Upper floor activity rooms. SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL (London) DIRECTIONS. Closest station: Shoreditch High Street. Exit the station and go west into Shoreditch High Street. Walk north until you see Shoreditch Church; then turn left into Old Street. The town hall is to your left after passing the overground bridges.  "The Ditch": a creepy basement for environmental dramas and gigs.  SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL (London) Date of visit: 2020.09 Need me? Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in a novel , check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize . Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independen

Let's visit... ROUND CHAPEL (Hackney, London) | quickest video guide

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WHAT IT IS. Nonconformist church built 1871. Later a music and arts venue. Grade II*-listed.  ROUND CHAPEL (Hackney, London) STATUS. Closed. Open for visits during London's Open House weekend.  Clip: ROUND CHAPEL (Hackney, London) INTERIOR DESIGN. Unconventional, cast iron columns. GETTING HERE. Nearest station: Hackney Central. Go east from the station into St. John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens. Get to the very end of the garden turning left midway. Turn right into Lower Clapton Road. Walk along the road turning left and the Round Chapel will be to your right. Date of visit: 2020.09 Need me? Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in a novel , check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize . Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independent_blogger

Let's visit... MILDMAY CLUB (Newington Green, London) | quick video guide

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  Upstairs hall. MILDMAY CLUB (Newington Green, London) WHAT IT IS. Working men's club since 1888, relocated here since 1900. Main hall. MILDMAY CLUB (Newington Green, London) CONSERVATION STATUS. Grade II-listed. War room. MILDMAY CLUB (Newington Green, London) DIRECTIONS. Closest station: Canonbury. Exit the station, go north and turn right into Grosvenor Avenue. Turn left and go along Newington Green Road. The Mildmay Club is right at the other corner (Northeast) of the green. Bar. MILDMAY CLUB (Newington Green, London)  Date of visit: 2020.09 Need me? Let's chat . Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour . Or find yourself in a novel , check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize . Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independent_blogger