| n is a vast, exciting city with absolutely masses to | | | | spot. If it’s not winter time, roller-skating |
| do. In fact, there is so much going on that | | | | is a good alternative - Hyde Park is a good place |
| deciding on a London dating venue can be a little | | | | to show off your skills. |
| overwhelming. Don’t wimp out and take | | | | Best for drinking: Cheshire Cheese |
| your dating partner to the local pub for your first | | | | If you must settle for pub drinks, Ye Olde |
| night of dating in London. Pick of these | | | | Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street is a charmingly |
| outstanding London dating destinations instead! | | | | gloomy place to take your dating partner for a |
| Best for live music: Proud Galleries Camden | | | | genuinely atmospheric pub experience. On the site |
| Proud Galleries is set in Stables Market, Camden. | | | | of an old monastery, the cellar dates back to the |
| Live music is held around the rooms of the | | | | 13th century, the rest of the pub was built in |
| 200-year-old Grad II Listed Horse Hospital. The | | | | 1538 and was rebuilt shortly after the Great Fire |
| venue has developed a cult celeb following with | | | | in 1666. Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Samuel |
| regulars including Amy Winehouse, The Arctic | | | | Johnson and Charles Dickens were all regulars. |
| Monkeys and Sadie Frost. A perfect London | | | | Best for history: Tower of London |
| Dating location for trendy dates! | | | | The site where Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn |
| Best for food: Chinatown | | | | executed, Guy Fawkes was interrogated and the |
| Chinatown, in the heart of London, has around 80 | | | | ‘princes in the tower’ disappeared |
| restaurants with cuisines including Chinese, | | | | is also home place to the Crown Jewels (insert |
| Cantonese, Szechuan, Mongolian and Malaysian. | | | | lewd dating joke here). Founded by William the |
| The area is famous for its huge variety of | | | | Conqueror, the destination holds almost 1,000 |
| authentic food, making it a superb spot for dinner | | | | years of British history within its walls |
| dating in London. | | | | Best for theatrical dating: Globe |
| Best for wandering: Portobello Market | | | | The Globe theatre was originally built in 1599 by |
| Even those who aren’t big shopping fans | | | | Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord |
| will enjoy wandering the two-mile Portobello Road | | | | Chamberlain's Men. The modern reconstruction, |
| Market in West London. This is one of the best (if | | | | ‘Shakespeare's Globe’, opened in |
| not THE best) street markets in the world, and | | | | 1997 and now puts on Shakespeare’s |
| also benefits from the trendy surroundings of | | | | plays to packed audiences |
| Notting Hill. Activities for Dating in London’s | | | | Most Bling London Dating Venue: Buckingham |
| Portobello market can include browsing the | | | | Palace |
| antiques, clothes and bric a brac or just sitting in a | | | | The official London residence of Her Majesty the |
| cafe and people-watching. | | | | Queen offers tours of the Queen's Gallery, Royal |
| Best active dating venue: Natural History Museum | | | | Mews and the State Rooms. This year’s |
| Ice Rink | | | | Summer Opening of the State Rooms will have a |
| In the winter there are a number of outside ice | | | | musical theme, with historic fancy-dress |
| rinks in London, the one in front of the Natural | | | | costumes, musical instruments and manuscripts, |
| History Museum is a particularly magical-looking | | | | photographs and souvenirs. |