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King
Street in Hammersmith has a wide variety of shops and restaurants but they are much more
everyday than the Kings' Road.
King Street merges with Chiswick
High Street.
This is a pretty street with plenty of the restaurants and cafes. The whole Chiswick
area is very popular and in the summer months all of the sidewalks in front of
the cafes are packed with people having a cold beer and just daydreaming.
When you pass Chiswick and go through Kew Gardens you will come across the Richmond area. We particularly like anything even remotely connected with Richmond and Kingston so here is a mention of Richmond shopping centre and its streets. What makes it nice is the feeling you have, that actually this is not London but some small town with a close community of people living there.
To have a wonderful day out here is very easy thing to do simply because of the variety of shops, cafes, taking stroll on the banks of the River Thames or visiting Hampton Court Palace. This palace was a home to King Henry VIII. To see the splendour and admire the interior you can take guided tours that last about 45 minutes each. The King lavished more money on this palace then any other apart from Greenwich (which has ceased to exist).
He spent large amounts of money enlarging the kitchens, rebuilding the chapel and altering the rooms to suit the tastes of the last five of his six wives. After the tour if you still have a bit of energy inside of you go to the Maze, laid out in 1714. At that time mazes or labyrinths were "the thing" among the eighteenth-century nobility. Open from: Mid-March to mid-Oct Mon 10:15am-6pm, Tues-Sun 9:30am-6pm; mid-Oct to mid-March closes 4:30pm. Tel: 0208 781 9500.
If you truly want to flash your money go to Hatton Gardens, EC1, (nearest tube stations Chancery Lane or Farringdon - tube and Thameslink). This is the place in London to buy diamonds. Like they say, "Diamonds are a girl`s best friend".
Just a quick word about shopping centres.
Whiteley`s - in Queensway, not too many shops on offer here so don't go if your intention is purely just spending the whole day out doing shopping.
Brent Cross - (off the North Circular, Brent Cross tube station) is on the other hand a much better choice with plenty of shops, but then again further away from the centre of London.
Lakeside shopping centre - (take the train from Southend
or Fenchurch Street that runs every 30 min). This is even bigger shopping centre
than Brent Cross but is further away from central London.
The Bluewater Centre, which consists of 320 shops,
restaurants, leisure centres, and cinemas, is situated in Dartford and to reach
it by car go on the A2 one mile from M25 junction 2 or take the train to Greenhive
where every 15 minutes you will be greeted by the shuttle that takes you on a
3- minute journey to the centre.
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