Plan Your Trip
Practical Planning and Answers for Your Trip to the UK
Our Guides chronicle the history of a place. This is the route — itineraries, getting around, budgeting, and quick answers to the questions you have before and during your trip.
What You’ll Find Here
Itineraries
Day-by-day routes built around how our Guides actually connect on the ground, with realistic timings between them.
Getting Around
The Tube, buses, trains and river boats explained plainly, including step-free and accessible-route notes.
Budgeting Your Trip
Realistic cost breakdowns for tickets, transport and time, so you know what a day actually costs before you land.
Latest Posts
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London Public Holidays 2026: What Closes and What to Expect
England’s eight 2026 bank holidays, what actually closes on each one, and the one day of the year London’s entire transport network stops running altogether.
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Which London Airport Should You Fly Into?
London is served by six airports, not one — and which you land at can add or save you an hour of travel before your trip even starts. Here’s what each is actually good for.
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Best Area to Stay in London for First-Time Visitors
Five well-connected, walkable areas compared for a first London trip — what each is actually good for, what it costs, and which Tube lines make the rest of the city easy to reach.