RONNIE SCOTT’S AND
AMUSED MOOSE SOHO
For sublime music and
irrepressible laughter, these
two hotspots take some
beating. Since opening in
1959, Ronnie Scott’s in Frith
Street has been the venue
to listen to great jazz, soul
and blues music, its cool
setting playing host to greats
such as Sonny Rollins and
Chick Corea, as well as
contemporary stars both
domestic and international.
The Sanctum Soho Hotel
on Warwick Street (near the bottom of Carnaby St) is home to the award-winning
Amused Moose Soho comedy club, which provides a stage for many of the
nation’s top comedians – such as Jimmy Carr, Eddie Izzard and Bill Bailey – to test
new material. Access via Piccadilly station.CAMDEN MARKET AND REGENT’S PARK
Probably London’s most famous market (sorry
Portobello Road), the stalls around Camden Lock
and Regent’s Canal offer a cornucopia of arts and crafts,
collectibles, fashion items and musical treasures.
A short walk up Parkway from Camden High Street
brings you to the northeast corner of Regent’s Park,
which harbours London Zoo, an open-air theatre, a
boating lake and central London’s largest outdoor
sports area. Access via Camden Town station.Hit list I 67businesstraveller.comGREENWICH ROYAL
OBSERVATORY AND CUTTY SARK
Over in Greenwich in London’s
southeast, the magnificent Cutty Sark is the last
remaining tea clipper, a sailing ship that in its
day was the fastest in the world. You can walk
around, inside and under it now that it’s been
restored and raised three metres
above the ground.
Fifteen minutes’
walk south through
Greenwich Park is the
Royal Observatory,
location of the
Prime Meridian
Line (from which
all time zones
are calculated),
the UK’s largest
refracting telescope,
a planetarium and a
museum explaining
how the early scientists
mapped the stars and
seas. Access via Cutty Sark
for Maritime Greenwich station
on the Docklands Light Rail line.DOUBLE
AC TS
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE AND
TATE MODERN
The South Bank of the Thames is lined
with enjoyable attractions of every type,
from the London Eye to the National
Theatre. A casual walk east of these
along the riverfront promenade reveals
two major London destinations that
offer vastly different experiences. The
Tate Modern is a globally recognised
institution presenting contemporary
art and film to inspire and propagate
artistic discussion. Next door, the
meticulously reconstructed, thatch-
roofed Shakespeare’s Globe allows
audiences to experience the Bard’s
classic plays exactly as 16th-century
crowds would have. Access via
St Paul’s station and the pedestrianised
Millennium Bridge.OCTOBER 2017