The Open Guide to London: the free London guide

The pick of the Web's large crop of London websites.

Maps, guides and galleries

• A guide to the alleys, courts, passages and yards of central London
• Explore London has panoramic views of various parts of Central London.
• VR London does much the same thing, but you need a browser plugin.
• The London Map - another site with panoramic views. This uses a Java applet which is free to use and embed in other sites.

• Derelict London - urban decay in pictures.
• Blue Plaque Project - Blue (and other colour) plaques commemorate places where noteworthy people were born, lived and died. This project aims to collect information about all of the plaques in London. **DEADLINK?
• Street Sensation Pictures and information on major shopping streets in London.
• London Theatre Guide
• Virtual London - tourist guide website
• Shady Old Lady's Guide to Hidden London - create your own tours of places off the beaten track in London
• London Online "The original lifestyle guide for the more discerning young(ish!) Londoner, or like minded visitor."
• LaCartes Restaurants Guide

News

• Always Touch Out , run by our very own index.cgi?Dave_Arquati Dave Arquati , has all the latest news on transport projects in the capital.

London social clubs

• thesocialservice.com - "a social club for London professionals who are keen to meet and socialise with new people and make new friends in the Capital";

Free classified advertisements

• The Gum Tree - "designed to connect people who were either planning to move, or had just arrived in the city, and needed help getting started with accommodation, employment and social opportunities... [and] now London's largest flat share and job site."; mostly used by Austrialians and New Zealanders
• CraigsList London - part of the international craigslist network of classified ad sites.

Weblogs

• The London Bloggers Tube Map presents you with a clickable index.cgi?Tube_Map tube map that allows you to find on-line diaries local to you.
• London and the North
• Going Underground

• 73 bus blog
• Diamond Geezer

Americans in London:

• Yankee Fog

Miscellany

• London by London - questions posed and answers posted by Londoners
• Traffic Island Discs - a streamed radio show with interviews and recordings of londoner's personal stereos.
• London-RIP - site celebrating aspects of the city - shops, bars, restaurants, people - that we've lost.
• http://www.untoldlondon.org.uk http://www.untoldlondon.org.uk - culturally diverse histories in London

Meta

• Londinium.com - a directory of sites about London

See also: London Online