Also the Queens back garden, these beautiful grounds are great for a Sunday stroll to see the pelicans or to feed the squirrels. Duck Island Cottage is worth a look too, a idyllic little cottage situated in the grounds which was specially built as the bird keepers home.

A new farmers market for Golborne Road and Ladbroke Grove. With up to 30 stalls, there is everything from fish, meat, fruit, veg and bread, and plenty of lunch options too. Opens every Saturday from 9am to 2pm.

A station, a stop or two away from London sits a shop that is only open once or twice a year – its specialty are books but it also sells things.

An obvious choice but no 'best of London' list is complete without the Barbican

best family run sushi i can find in London.  Not flashy but that not the point.  Its a small honest run place.  Its great.