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London North area attractions and distance from the Palm Hotel

Baker street - 25 min by bus

Freud Museum - 8 min by bus

Hampstead Heath - 15 min walk

Planetarium - 25 min by bus

The Sherlock Holmes Museum‎ - 25 min by bus

Regent's park - 18 by bus

Zoo - 15 min by bus

Madame Tussaud's Museum - 25 min by bus

 

 

  • Baker Street runs between Oxford Street and Regent's Park and is only about seven tenths of a mile in length. Baker Street's most famous resident was Sherlock Holmes, who was supposed to have lived at 221b Baker Street. Today tourists and Holmes' fans can visit the Sherlock Holmes museum as well as Madame Tussaud's waxwork museum and the London Planetarium. Location: Marylebone.
  • The Freud Museum was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. The centerpiece of the museum is Freud's library and study, preserved just as it was during his lifetime. It contains Freud's remarkable collection of antiquities: Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Oriental. Location: 20, Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead.
  • Hampstead Heath. This park is fairly large and sometimes it holds Fun Fares or Circuses when they visit the town. There are several pools inside the park surrounded with bushes and trees. It is accessible by tube to Hampstead or by train..
  • Planetarium. The London Planetarium offers permanent displays featuring a giant revolving Earth circled by satellites, live weather, touch-screen computers and information on the rest of the planets in the solar system.
  • Regent's park. Situated in northwest London, this park offers a variety of fun and leisure. It has plenty of chairs and benches around, and a fishing lake. There is also a small restaurant inside the park. On the north side of the park there is a London Zoo. Take a tube to Baker Street, Regent's Park or Portland Street and you will emerge in front of the park.
  • Zoo. London Zoo was opened in 1828 and it is one of the world's oldest zoos. It keeps different species in animal friendly environments and focuses on education and conservation. Located in Regent's Park. [view nearby hotels]
  • Madam Tussaud's Museum. Madame Tussaud's waxwork museum is in no need of presentation. Presidents, pop stars, actors, serial killers, musicians and many others are all represented here. It includes sections such as a Garden party with politicians and TV personalities, people from past, Chambers of Horrors and many others. Here you can take photos with stars of past and present. Location: Marylebone rd. [view nearby hotels]