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a game plan: Start your morning at Hampton Court, tour the palace and garden, and have a
Tudor-style lunch in the atmospheric dining hall. After lunch, take bus #R68 from Hamp-
ton Court Station to Richmond (40 minutes), then transfer to bus #65, which will drop
you off at the Kew Gardens gate (5 minutes). After touring the gardens, have tea in the
Orangery, then Tube or boat back to London.
A hit with aviation enthusiasts, this huge aerodrome and airfield contain planes from
World War II's Battle of Britain up through the Gulf War. You can climb inside some of
the planes, try your luck in a cockpit, and fly with the Red Arrows in a flight simulator.
Cost and Hours:
Free, daily 10:00-18:00, last entry 30 minutes before closing, café,
shop, parking-
£
2.50 for up to 3 hours, Grahame Park Way, 30-minute ride from downtown
London, Tube: Colindale—top of Northern Line Edgware branch, tel. 020/8205-2266,
This surprisingly vast expanse of greenery sprawls over a square mile and a quarter at the
northern edge of downtown London. It features rolling, scrubby pastures (“heath”) as well
as tranquil wooded areas. Its most popular viewpoint, Parliament Hill, offers distant views
of London's fast-growing skyline. At the northeast corner of the park is a chunk of land
owned by English Heritage, where a stately palace called Kenwood House overlooks a
pasture, pond, and gentle wood; inside is a fine art collection, plus an inviting café (and
WCs). Maps posted at each entrance to the park help get you oriented. On a sunny day, the
park is crammed with Londoners communing with nature—relieved to escape from their
bustling burg. The adjoining village of Hampstead is quaint and cute; a stroll through here
is almost as pleasant as the park itself.
