I'm taking my 14 year old son to London for 3 days.What's good in London for a 14 year old?

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rubydogsgreen

1. The London eye
2. The wax works museum
3. Oxford street
4. Covent gardens great for entertainment and shopping
5. Lester square
6. Piccadilly circus
7. Science museum(sounds boring but you can playgames
and everything.
8. Natural museum
9. Look at big Ben
10. Westminster Abby
11. Speakers corner in Hyde Park
12. Buckingham Palace.(the state rooms are open from the 26th
of july to the 24th of September,its worth a visit)
13. Tower of London
14. London Bridge
15. Max(you can see 3d movies)
16. London dungeons(WARNING ITS SCARY)
17. Victoria and Albert museum
18. Trafalgar square
AND MANY MANY MORE!!!!!!

Go to www.visitlondon.com and go into citiygudie.
you would think the queses would be big but they are not really to must of them.

eejonesaux

Hi you going to have some fun,,, lots of walking but fun,,,
ok,, check out the British Museum,,,, and the Tower of London,, then, be sure and take pictures at Trafalgar Square,,(where the big lions are) and go to Madame Tussads Wax museum,,,
Then go down to see Parlament and big ben and over to Buckingham Palace for the changeing of the guard.. If you are there on a Sunday, check out Speakers Corner in Hyde Park or go to services at Saint Paul's Cathedral.....
There is also a British War Museum to see in there somewhere..amonst all i have told you... lol
That will keep you going for a few days....

good luck and take plenty of pictures....and then some more..

The vveK

the London eye and .....Hamleys toy shop on regent street-you'll love it as much as your young un!

Vas

The London Eye is good, and the weathers great so is a must.

rockupu

A 14 year old girl in London.

jon627083

Any road heading out of London as quickly as possible

peace

There's plenty to do in london. You can sightsee, go to the museums, arcades, cinemas, parks, on the river and of course you can go shopping

Elana

Tower of London is great for kids.
You might also check out Madam Tousseud's wax museum.
You should probably also take him to West Minster Abbey
even though he may not appreciate it.

You can feed the pigeons in Trafalgar square - or go watch people
yell at each other at Speaker's corner.

You could head down to Greenwhich where the Royal Observatory
and all of the time exhibits are (GMT passes through it, of course).

brogdenuk

Natural History museum
Tower of London
Millenium Eye
No 11 BUS from Charing Cross (cheaper than a tourist bus)
Oxford St/Piccadilly

would be relatively good.

elite

the science musuem will keep him going for a while

wwinegarden

the science or natural history museum are good if he is into that sort of stuff, and they are free. Maybe he would like to go to a show

amber

Find a show. 14 is old enough to start to get a kick out of the theatre. "mama mia" might be a bit girly, but "we will rock you" post apocalyptic queen and ben elton seems like it was written for 14 year old boys, and no-one else.

missy_sweet_cheeks

Hi, Here's what I always pass along!
Wow...you're in for a treat! Wear good walking shoes because London is a superb walking city. Bring a good map of the city and begin. Be a happy tourist and first hop on one of the major red double decker tour buses which afford you a perfect overview of London and you can "hop on and off" as often as you please...some for two days! I love www.theoriginaltour.com ! Highlights (see www.londonwalks.com): National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Tate Modern Museum, London Eye, Covent Gardens (great shops n restaurants), St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, see a play!, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Tower of London.
Know London has many beautiful parks which can be your oasis when needing a rest. Kensington Gardens in one of the world's wealthiest areas - See Princess Di's Kensington Palace and shop Kensington High St. and wander up Church St. for boutiques and such. Nearby: Royal Albert Hall, Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum. Hyde Park connects to Kensington Gardens. Explore Chelsea for boutiques as well. St. James Park - beautiful, sole restaurant inside. Green Park - high tea at the Ritz, Fortnum & Mason, Picadilly Circus (think Times Square). Shopping streets: Oxford, Bond, check for weekly markets...BUY "TIMEOUT LONDON" weekly magazine. Boat trip on the Thames - a must. Don't forget - you can take the EUROSTAR Chunnel train to Brussels or Paris for day trips (2.5 hrs +/- each way!) Hope this helps. Have a fantastic time! :)

Dec G

lmao at rockupu

waxworks

millenium wheel

thats it

buy him the getaway for the playstation 2, and he'll want to go sightseeing too

John H

I recommend getting a London Pass.

This allows free admission to numerous attractions.

For a full list of the attractions available check out the following site below.

Attractions that may interest your son are London Zoo, HMS Belfast, The London Aquarium, the Cutty Sark - Childrens London on the site below has more ideas.

eireblood2

See the sites.
London is a sight.

caly925

everything......just get a map and go exploring for a day youd be suprised at what you might find

fieldmouse

Half the fun is getting around.

Go and look at the outside of Westminster Abbey - it is vast and impressive considering it is so many hundreds of years old. Try to be there just before the hour so you hear Big Ben striking.

While you are there go to Westminster tube station and go to the platforms for the Jubilee Line (silver/grey line on maps). This means you go very deep into the earth - something like 30 or 40 metres, depending on which direction you go. It is impressive and futuristic for adults as well as kids. See the wikipedia link below, especially the photo on the right of that page. Remember to stand on the right of escalators.

Preferably get on a carriage near the front of the tube train, taking the southerly direction to Canary Wharf. At Canary Wharf you get off and see a vast cavern. Go out - straight - following the majority of people. This takes you through more huge spaces including the concourses and make sure you go up through the station canopy straight ahead of you, not to the right into the shopping mall. See second link below. You come out into a sort of open courtyard surrounded by skyscrapers. Smollensky's restaurant will be on the right. it is buzzing with smart looking finance workers during lunch time. When outside and you have you might want to turn right, go through the posh shopping mall and take the DLR from Canary Wharf station to Greenwich.

It's best to travel on the tube during non-rush hour - say between ten thirty and four in the afternoon.

If he likes rock/"emo"/"indie" music and fashion you could take him to Camden to see the clothes and record shops and stalls. there will be teenagers round there with funny colour hair and so on. You come up the escalator and go right after the ticket barriers. Then when you are outside you turn right again and walk up the road towards the canal. the shops have funky decorations like giant boots and stuff. Basically you walk away from the busy junction that you see when you exit the tube station. But it can be a bit rough/dodgy there so tell your son to politely avoid the people begging for money. Should be ok in the morning.

Piccadilly is worth seeing. Also from Picadilly station walk up Regents Street - a big old crescent of buildings.

Covent Garden is a bit over-rated. There always seems to be hordes of Italian schoolkids round there.

Chinatown might be interesting, you will know when you are in the middle of it when you are on the pedestrian street with the two chinese gates. You can get to it from Leicester Square very easily.

Giancarlo D'Alessandro

London eye, Oxford Street, depending on what he's into really.
My personal favourite is the South Bank. You have plenty of things to do (such as London Eye), a film museum, art galleries, sea-life centre and just a really cultural, different place which has loads to do. For something alternative, you could go and sit in the audience for a TV programme go to (www.sroaudiences.com) and it will have free tickets for a few shows, that's always interesting although the time issues could be a problem.

There are plenty of other things to do in London- Tower of London, Tower Bridge, and the London Dungeons but to name a few, which are all major tourist attractions, so expect queues. Also, there are tours of London by boat and bus which are very interesting and can provide an insight into daily life in and around London.

Basically, there are plenty of things to fill up three days, whether it be from a 3d cinema (iMax) or Buckingham Palace.
Have fun!

Mydel

the BA London Eye, Madame Tussaud's, all the London Parks (Hyde Park, Saint-James's Park, ...), the changing of the guards in front of Buckingham, Covent Garden, the British Museum, a cruise on the River Thames, the Science Museum, Harrods, Tower Bridge Experience, the London Dungeon and thousands of other wonderful places ... Have a nice trip !

merv

it really depends on your son is "in" to for me it is the museums ,natural history, imperial war ',science',madame tussauds,victoria and albert museum, are all great places to go to as they feature many interactive experiments and features as somebody else the london eye is good also hyde park and the london zoo are fun places

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