London - Hidden London guide

Hidden London

Attractions that are off the tourist trail.

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Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

St Mary's Hospital,Praed Street, London, W2 1NY Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 6528 Visit the birthplace of penicillin at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington where you can see a reconstruction of Alexander Fleming's laboratory as it was in 1928.

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

39a Canonbury Square, London, N1 2AN Tel: +44 (0)20 7704 9522   Situated in fashionable Islington, the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art was formed by art dealer Eric Estorick and his wife Salome, a textile designer and businesswoman.

Fan Museum

12 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8ER Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 7879 Located in the heart of Greenwich is the world's only museum dedicated to every aspect of the fan. Beautifully restored 18th-century buildings house a collection of over 3,000 fans from around the world, dating from the 11th century onwards.

Kenwood House

Housed inside a majestic Palladian villa, remodelled by Robert Adam, is an internationally recognised collection of paintings including the 'Guitar Player' by Vermeer and Rembrandt's 'Self Portrait'.

Kew Bridge Steam Museum

Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 0EN Tel: +44 (0)20 8568 4757 All the steam engines are powered by REAL steam and can be seen in action every weekend. The 1846 Grand Junction 90 inch engine, described by Charles Dickens as 'a monster', is the world's largest working beam engine.

London Wetland Centre

The Lodge, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, London, SW13 9WT Tel: +44 (0)20 8409 4400 One of Europe's most ambitious and exciting wildlife projects was opened by WWT in the spring of 2000. London Wetland Centre, created out of a disused Victorian reservoir site adjacent to the Thames, is now a haven for wildfowl and other wetland wildlife.

Pollock's Toy Museum

1 Scala Street, London, W1 Tel: +44 (0)20 7636 3452 Pollock's Toy Museum is named after Benjamin Pollock, a famous printer of toy theatres at the turn of the century. This fascinating museum, opened in 1956, is dedicated to the traditional English toy theatre, and displays the puppets and stages that were used.

Wernher Collection at Ranger's House, The

Chesterfield Walk, Blackheath, London, SE10 8QX Tel: +44 (0)20 8853 0035 Ranger's House, an elegant red-brick villa on the edge of Greenwich Park, is the new home of the Wernher Collection - a magnificent collection of international importance that brings together an astounding array of paintings and works of art.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Church Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5AE Tel: +44 (0)20 8946 6131 Visit the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum for a glimpse of how the gentle game of lawn tennis, once all the rage on the lawns of Victorian England and with origins that go far back to medieval royal tennis, has become a multi-million dollar professional sport, played all over the world.

Fashion & Textile Museum

The Fashion and Textile Museum (FTM), founded by British designer Zandra Rhodes, is the first exhibition space in London solely dedicated to recognising and celebrating the achievements of a global industry.

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