Below you'll find insider tips on getting the best from London, from hints on finding a home to reviews of the hottest restaurants in town.
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Residential Areas
There is a good deal of snobbery among London’s estate agents about what counts as a desirable location, but the realities of affordability and space mean that all kinds of people live in... read more
Crystal Palace, Brockley and Sydenham
The interlocking neighbourhoods of Crystal Palace, Brockley and Sydenham cover a wide area, which contains some of the residential heartlands of south-east London. With plenty of open... read more
East Central: Clerkenwell
Nestling in between the City, King’s Cross and Islington, Clerkenwell is a trendy Zone 1 location with many faces: a neighbourhood for both fashionable young professionals and a... read more
East Central: Shoreditch and Hoxton
Hoxton and Shoreditch, once largely grim areas, have been transformed over the past 10 years. Now a magnet for the arty and the trendy, the area is considered one of Europe’s hottest... read more
East Central: The City and Barbican
The City is the financial heart of London – and Europe. Packed into the Square Mile are the country’s major financial institutions and trading floors.
The majority of the City’s... read more
East: Docklands
Docklands is a bright, shiny new world of water, glass, granite and steel. Once the largest port in the world, the London docks faded away in the 1960s with the advent of containers and... read more
East: Hackney and Bow
Hackney carries a lot of baggage in terms of crime and deprivation, but its charms – a melting pot of cultural influences, a fascinating past of immigration and political agitation,... read more
East: Other Areas
Huge amounts of regeneration money have been pumped into the Stratford area over the last 10 years as it has been transformed into a major transport hub on the back of the Channel Tunnel... read more
East: Walthamstow
At the opposite end of the Victoria line from Brixton, Walthamstow has begun to shake off its ’end of the line’ reputation. A shopping centre, street market, a good range of property at... read more
East: Whitechapel, Bethnal Green and Stepney
These neighbourhoods, which still have much of the traditional working class East End about them, are strung out along Whitechapel and Mile End Road from Aldgate on the edge of the City... read more
