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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Living In London – Which Side Are You On?- Image via Wikipedia
With 118 postcodes or neighborhood’s to explore, you’ll never run out of things to do. The biggest question facing you when you are moving to London however is going to be which one of those postcodes are you going to live in. When you’re choosing your rental, your first decision is going to be whether you’re ‘North’ or ‘South’.
The Great North vs. South Debate
Throughout history there has always been friction between the North and the South. In every country and in many cities there is an imaginary line dividing North and South. As an American moving to London you’ll know all about the Civil War between the North and South that divided America and still does to a certain extent.
While there are no actual battles between the North and South in London, you’ll find that it is a hotly debated issue everywhere. People are convinced that their area is the best and although there is never a resolution, you might want to get in on the debate while you are deciding where you are going to be living.
You’ll have to listen to both sides of the argument before you make a decision. Be sure that you also get some objective advice on the pros and cons of living in the North or the south of this massive city.
Essentially, the city of London is divided by the River Thames, which winds its way through the city. North London includes the east and west of London, because they are definitely north of the river. There are some north London areas that have south London postcodes, just to confuse you in traditional British fashion.
Most Americans moving to London tend to settle in North London and by north London we actually mean West London but there is much to be said for living south of the mighty Thames. The best advice you can get is to explore all the areas of London that will give you fast access to your job and will fulfill your requirements as to amenities.
The only problem is that both the North and the South have it all!
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
Living In London – London Neighborhoods – North London- Image via Wikipedia
We’re up to north again and this area is the choice of many Americans moving to London. North London is a massive area with dozens of postcodes and suburbs. Mostly residential, many people who work in the city have chosen to live in North London for schools, amenities and the feeling of being slightly out of the city, even if you’re right in the thick of things.
North London – Hampstead
Hampstead is one of the greenest suburbs in London. It is also a suburb that has a village atmosphere and quaint shops and streets surrounding the magnificent green area of Hampstead Heath. This atmosphere comes at a price though. A London flat in this neighborhood can cost you anywhere from £1000 -£ 4000 per week. Houses are even more expensive.
Council Information: Hampstead falls under the Council Borough of Camden with annual taxes ranging from £900 – £2700.
Transport: Hampstead Station falls under Transport Zone 2 and is located on the Northern Line of the London Underground. The Hampstead Heath Station serves the overland trains and there are several buses from Hampstead into London, including the N5 night bus right to Trafalgar Square.
Shopping: Hampstead offers a number of excellent grocery stores that offer home delivery like Tesco Express and Waitrose but the real treat of living in Hampstead are the smaller shops that line the streets of this residential neighborhood. Specialty grocery stores and health shops, as well as boutiques and excellent restaurants can be found in this area. Hampstead is one of the suburbs in London where being seen out and about is more about celeb spotting than anything else!
Doctors: there are a number of excellent local GP’s in the area as well as the Royal Free Hospital which has an A&E as well as being an excellent maternity hospital. If you’re looking for a pharmacy in the area then you can find Boots on Hampstead high Street which is one of the biggest chains of pharmacies in the country.
Other Amenities: There are a number of excellent schools in the area from kindergartens to post graduate colleges. The borough of Camden has a large number of independent schools and international schools.
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Friday, April 29th, 2011
Living In London – London In-Depth By Area – North London Part III- Image via Wikipedia
If you’re moving to London, one of the first things you’ll realize about the city is that your entire life will be governed for the most part by which area you live in. You’ll need to establish what you needs are before you begin living in London to give you a good idea of where you should live. For the next couple of weeks I’m going to delve a little deeper into the amenities and services as well as the average prices in the more popular residential areas and what they can off the international Londoner.
North London – St. John’s Wood
This is one of the more expensive suburbs in London, with rentals ranging from £1000 per week for a studio apartment to £10,000 per week for a luxury four bedroom home on one of the better streets. It’s popular with expats and a few celebs. The proximity to central London is an excellent reason to choose a London rental in this neighborhood.
Transport: Located northwest of central London, the tube station is called St. John’s Wood which is found on the Jubilee Line of the London Underground. A trip into the very centre of London is going to take you about ten minutes so it’s great for commuters if you need to be centrally located. There is a 24 hour bus service into Oxford (number 189) or to Victoria (number 82) during the day.
Council Information: St. John’s Wood falls under the Council Borough of Westminster and you can expect your annual council taxes to range from £500 to about £1400.
Shopping: There is a Tesco metro and Tesco Express in St. John’s Wood, but Marks and Spencer’s or Waitrose are located outside of this suburb. Great news though – you can have your groceries delivered right to your kitchen counter from many of the large grocery stores.
Doctors: You can find NHS doctors at The Abbey Medical Centre and St. John’s Wood Medical Surgery.
Other Amenities: You’re close to Regents Park and Primrose Hill and there is an excellent public library on Circus Road – the St. John’s Wood Library. There are a several excellent restaurants and bars in the suburb and you’ll have problem finding a local watering hole. The international mix of residents has meant that there are a number of very good state schools and public schools in the area.
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Friday, March 18th, 2011
Living in London – Out and About- Image via Wikipedia
Author: Belinda
London is considered to be one of the best and most beautiful capital cities in the world. Given the history and the advanced engineered structure of the city, even Julius Caesar wanted to relocate to London in 55 BC, its small wonder that people from all over the world are attracted to it.
There are various tales from the pages of history about the city of London and it is a centre point of tourist’s attraction as it has almost 2000 years of history. Every time you visit London, you will find something new, rewarding and interesting that will inspire you to visit London sights repeatedly. There are beautiful streets, various museums and historical monuments in London that are to be seen. Young or old, first time visitor or seasoned Londoner: the city has a new treasure for you to discover every day.
London is also a paradise and a world-class destination for food-lovers having multi-storied restaurants, marvelous pubs and bars along with nightclubs that provide wholesome entertainment. The choices are staggering but there really is something to suit all tastes. The Lord Mayor building which is situated next to the Hay Galleria is an architect’s wonder. The building is in the shape of a golf ball and you are able to view the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge from the top.
Hampstead is another mesmerizing place located in North London, with its lush greenery it is a peaceful and relaxed spot to visit in London. Belsize Park and Primrose Hill are far-flung from the hustle and bustle of the city and have become a visitor’s paradise. Many historical monuments as well as breathtaking view sites are found in Hampstead and one should not miss this area when getting out and about.
London is continually changing every day and you will never want for something to do, somewhere to go and some place to see. Living in London is like living in the world’s biggest playground, so get out of your new London rental and discover your world.
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
Author: Colleen
Knock-knock.
Who’s there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad I’m not going to write about UK taxes this week?
(Whoa boy…UK taxation might be preferable to resurrecting hideous knock-knock jokes from childhood, huh…)
Sorry about that. My brain is trying to get out of weekend-mode and not having a little difficulty doing so…not that telling bad jokes is how I spend my weekends….In truth, though, my weekends might not shape up to anything much cooler than curling up with a book on the sofa. I know there’s a marvelous city out there with limitless options of things to do, but sometimes a gal needs a weekend when London can wait. Yesterday in particular, however, for having not emerged from my cozy London flat all day, I sure felt like I had traversed the entire city, from the touristed parts to the off-the-beaten path. It was an adventure of the mind and a very fun way of revisiting many places I’ve been.
Actually, for as fantastical as it is, parts of this novel almost read like a tutorial in relocating to London. The book is Her Fearful Symmetry, written by Audrey Niffenegger and set in London’s Highgate Cemetery. Not many average tourists are keen to make that trek up the Northern Line to the North London Highgate/Hampstead area, but I encourage you to do so, especially if you’re moving to London and will have the time. It is so lovely up there, green and residential with a village feeling, yet with convenient access to central London.
In any case, Niffenegger herself (author of Time Traveler’s Wife, if the name isn’t ringing a bell) is an American expat living in London. When she began this second novel, she at first intended to set it in one of Chicago’s most historic cemeteries, but the the cemetery became such a dominant aspect of the plot that she realized it needed to be the end-all-be-all of cemeteries in the world. So she came to London and, more specifically, Highgate! As part of her research, she became a volunteer for the Friends of Highgate Cemetery, and to this day if you take the tour of the West Cemetery, you may get a tour guide named Audrey 
. Throughout the novel, she lends her American perspective to her two female protagonists, naive twins originating from Chicago, Illinois’s Lake Forest suburb. It is comical to read how they acquaint themselves with the London flat they’ve inherited (demonstrating their surprise to find a washing machine behind a cabinet door in the kitchen, just as I’ve written about before in my “Crouching Tenant, Hidden Dishwasher” post) as well as try to learn the local lingo. They familiarize themselves with London public transportation, suffering the crowds of the Tube at rush hour and learning what an *ouch* black taxi fare is from Heathrow to North London. They find the great neighborhoods for shopping like Sloane Square and Knightsbridge, which stores to shop at for practical needs like groceries and toiletries, and how to register with NHS. They also learn the histories of London’s Magnficent Seven cemeteries that were established in the mid-eighteenth century to accommodate the overcrowding of the dead in the city’s churchyards.
Oh, and did I mention their flat is haunted? Ah yes, ’tis a bit of a ghoulish read that is perfect for this time of year as we approach Halloween. Another modern-day book I’ve read that comes to mind about an American staying in a haunted London flat is Gregory Maguire’s Lost (again, if the name isn’t familiar, he’s the author of Wicked). Now that I think of it, perhaps I should compile a haunted London literature list for you at some point this month to get you in the mood for the season and your new, utterly atmospheric city if you’re moving to London soon. I’ll keep you posted!
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Okay, so one of the not-so cool things about moving to London is the higher taxes you will have to pay.
Buuuut, one of the oh-so cool things about moving to London is the quantity of free museums thanks to the higher taxes you will have to pay 
(Obviously, the non-UK tax-paying tourists are the ones who win in this situation…)
In any case, since promptly after your London relocation you will need to learn to accept the huge chunk of your paycheck that will not be going into your personal bank account, the bright side is that you’ll save £££ on your museum visits—this is especially useful when you’re entertaining visitors and possibly going to the same places again and again.
Among the favorite free London museums are:
British Museum
Imperial War Museum
Kenwood House
Museum of London
National Gallery & National Portrait Gallery
National Maritime Museum & Royal Observatory *
Natural History Museum
Science Museum *
Tate Modern & Tate Britain Museums
Victoria & Albert Museum
* (I just discovered a fun new London blog that gives an expat’s personal perspective on these museums: Emm in London)
For a more comprehensive listing of free museums, visit the Days Out Guide.
Even when a London point of interest charges admission or could otherwise sell you something, though, there are still ways of seeing some of them free. For instance, if you’re keen to see the inside of cathedrals like Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s, consider attending either a morning service or the afternoon evensong. Sneak a peek inside St. Paul’s crypt at its Crypt Cafe; rest on a bench overlooking the Tower of London; ride the elevators up and down Harrod’s department store; play with the toys in Hamley’s of London; mosey through the markets like Portobello Road, Borough, Smithfields, and Camden; watch the street performers at Covent Garden or on the South Bank; explore the grounds of Kensington Palace; stroll through St. James’s Park and view Buckingham Palace. Other free ways to soak up London’s atmosphere: sit by the fountains in Trafalgar Square; collect artifacts on the Thames bank; walk or cycle through Hyde Park; picnic in Hampstead Heath; watch the sun set from Primrose Hill…the list goes on and on of all that is free in London to explore and stretch that pound further—it’s just a matter of doing your research and being creative.
Dear readers, if you have any good freebies that you’d like to add, please post them in your comments to spread the wealth!
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Before I continue yammering on about Americans relocating to London, allow me to bid our fine Canadian expats a happy Canada Day! Festivities in London are underway: http://www.canadadaylondon.com/
And now, to conclude my brief series on where Americans like to live in London:
(This excerpt is adapted from my 17 May guest post on Anglotopia.net, a brilliant, comprehensive resource on all things UK that I highly recommend to all Anglophiles!)
St. John’s Wood
Perhaps the most blatant draw to St. John’s Wood for Americans is the American School in London (ASL). The only American school located within the city of London itself, ASL’s American curriculum automatically attracts families relocating from the United States to provide children with continuity in their education.
Regardless if one’s child is not enrolled in ASL or one does not have children at all, the neighborhood has a ready network of Americans (the St. John’s Wood Women’s Club being one resource) and meets a high standard of living. It is certainly one of the more expensive areas to live (Paul McCartney lives there), with a gorgeous brass-fixtured Tube station and darling cafes and shops to wander around in a safe, quiet, and family-friendly environment.
Perhaps one of the more fun features of SJW is Lord’s cricket ground, the “Home of Cricket.” American sports enthusiasts can attend a match there and figure out first-hand whether cricket moves more slowly than baseball
(And since this post first published on Anglotopia.net, a helpful commenter added that Panzers Deli is a big draw to the neighborhood for its American foods!)
Islington
Now, this is not one of the more obvious choices for Americans, but I would be remiss not to mention Islington as a neighborhood of growing attraction. It has an edgy, artsy feel mixed with increasing gentrification (think Chicago’s Bucktown/Wicker Park or New York’s Greenwich/West Villages), so its great social scene (commencing immediately along Upper Street just outside of Angel Tube station) ranges from super-casual pub to super-swank club.
In addition to the nightlife, this North London neighborhood’s closer proximity to the city center renders it desirable by expats wanting a shorter commute to work.
Moving to London
Regardless of where you decide to live in London, opportunities to network with other Americans abound. The expat community is spirited and open-minded, so you’ll be deeply enriched by the global experiences of others who have relocated like yourself.
While this empathy is great (and vital for some), a major part of the expat experience is also to cast off a bit of what you knew at home to take on the new challenges and joys of a different cultural environment. In this case, don’t worry that living in a popular American neighborhood will mean sheltering yourself from the international community—such couldn’t possibly happen in a city as diverse as London!
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
The weather is SO gorgeous outside, my recommended day-touring on a day like this would be to head North. Catch the Northern Line to either Archway or Highgate tube stations and catch the afternoon tour at Highgate Cemetery. You can tour the East cemetery on your own for £3, seeing notable graves such as that of Karl Marx, then partake in the guided tour of the cemetery’s atmospherically overgrown West cemetery, also the resting place of reputable people such as the Rossetti family. Under the shade of the immense trees (a few of which are Redwoods from America’s West coast), you’ll meander through the lush vegetation and look on the chipped and eroded outcroppings of Victorian-style gravestones; perhaps the most unexpected part of this tour is the “Egyptian Avenue,” crypts fashioned after ancient Egyptian burials, which was the vogue thing to do in 19th-century England, evidently.
From Highgate Cemetery, you are in walking distance of the nearly 800 green acres of Hampstead Heath. Tour this immense park at your leisure, hiking the hills, sitting by the duck ponds, or even swimming in the designated human ponds A great pub located just outside the Northwest edge of the heath is the Spaniards Inn, where you don’t yet have to forego the outdoors when you seat yourself in the sunshine of their beergarden. Otherwise, make your way to the high street for any assortment of sidewalk cafes and boutiques. From here, you can hop the tube at either Hampstead or Belsize Park stations.
Depending on how your day is progressing, you can close it out here or perhaps take advantage of the extended summer daylight hours and make your way to the darling village of Primrose Hill (via tube to Chalk Farm or walking) for dinner and to watch the sunset from Primrose Hill itself, which, like Hampstead Heath, offers an outstanding city view.
This is a trek that not many tourists make, but when you actually move to London, make a point to explore these serene, residential Northern villages.
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
A couple girlfriends of mine mentioned that they’re meeting up in Camden this afternoon to wander the markets, so I thought I’d give a shout-out.
If you hop the Northern Line to the Camden Town tube station, a brief walk toward the canal will take you past assorted colorful, eclectic urban shops and pubs (which play far better music than I ever get to hear in the more mainstream Kensington venues…while on the topic, might I recommend the Dublin Castle as an atmospheric pub with live music in back, the very
stage where the band Madness got its start—and, yes, they had a lot more hits than just “Our House“! To call them a one-hit wonder is a myth…). Cross the canal to wander into the Camden Lock Market and, just beyond it, the Stables Market. What you’ll find here is a variety of clothing, jewelry, art, decor and whatnot—a much more alternative scene than you’ll find on the usual high streets—with an old London aesthetic as you walk on brick pavement amidst the industrial buidings of yesteryear. In the Stables Market is the multi-faceted Proud Camden, which encompasses art galleries and a low-key-by-day pub located within what were once actually stables for the horses that pulled the barges along the canal; by night, then, it becomes a live music venue with a more clubby ambiance. Another bar that comes highly recommended is the Ice Wharf, which has a spacious beer garden out on the water.
And this is random, but I recently learned of the spookishly named Camden Catacombs, a series of Victorian subterranean tunnels that run from Primrose Hill to Camden Lock; evidently, they were also used as stables for horses. Much to my chagrin, they are not accessible by the public, so my dreams of spelunking through Victorian London have been dashed…it’s still neat somehow knowing that they’re there, though
This is honestly an area that I need to explore more of myself, so when I do so (as well as hear back from how my friends’ day goes), I’ll give you the heads-up on more must-sees there. In the meantime, follow this link to the Best of Camden guide that details other markets to be had as well as the Camden Lock Village open on weekend days.
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
Instead of posting a London-related poem today, I thought I’d share a snippet from The Fallen Monkey blog, which had this to say about last week’s Highgate Cemetery event with authors Audrey Niffenegger and Tracy Chevalier:
“Imagine my delight during a dull workday afternoon when I received the phone call that my wait-listed arse had 
scored a last-minute opening for last night’s lecture. Located in the 19th-century chapel of 
London’s Highgate Cemetery, the event began with a cocktail-half-hour of wine and milling about the gateway to Highgate’s West Cemetery (where poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti are buried, among other notable deceased–Karl Marx is buried in the East counterpart). Filing into the intimate confines of the chapel, we were treated to readings from each author’s novel as well as explanations as to how they came to chance upon Highgate Cemetery and become inspired to build their literary projects around its historic, overgrown, and elegantly morose splendor.
Both American women had merely visited as tourists that first time, but the impression upon both was immediate, and they subsequently became volunteer tour guides as a means of interacting with this enchanting garden of flora and headstones as well as unearthing more of its history than any texts could reveal (Niffenegger continues to conduct tours here, and Chevalier lives just down the hill from the site). Following their brief “lectures” (which were structured as interviews between the two authors themselves), the floor was opened to a Q&A session with the audience…”
Read the rest of this post, “Marveling Over the Macabre” at thefallenmonkey.com!
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
Aaaahhh…London has been rescuscitated back to life with the onset of real Spring weather. Hurray! I honestly have to laugh at myself and how much I comment on the weather here in our blog and on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Hopefully that’s not a sign of how boring I’m becoming—if it is, then it applies to everyone else I know here. I think talking about the weather is mandatory for local residents; you’ll see for yourself if and when you’re relocating to London.
The logic is as such: increasing duration of daylight + higher proportion of that daylight that is sunshine + warmer temperatures = an awakening of the senses, rotation of the wardrobe, and overall higher motivation to get out there and do everything worthwhile doing outdoors. I, for one, went for a wander yesterday with my husband over to Battersea Park, just south of the Thames from Chelsea. This substantial bit of green space gets overshadowed by more touristed parks like Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park, and St. James’s Park, so I recommend it as a more local spot of tranquility. One can rent cycles, paddle boats, and row boats there, visit the children’s zoo and pagoda, play cricket, tennis, and other favorite sports, or just lie about on the flat expanses or little hills and watch the dogs dart about at full speed while the herons stand perfectly still. Not too far a walk toward the main roundabout is a relaxed pub named The Masons Arms that offers a healthy menu, unlike most pubs, and provides a low-key place to chat or read amid good music and local artwork. The walk across Albert Bridge in itself is a treat (though mind the construction that is presently diverting motor traffic).
I’m also in the midst of brainstorming our next London Living social, tentatively scheduled for later this month. Sunshine and ever-greener trees makes me yearn for pints in a proper biergarten, so some possibilities I’ve offered up to our Londonistas are the The Spaniards Inn in Hampstead and Stein’s Bavarian Restaurant in Richmond for a chance to visit non-central areas with great charm. For something more central, there is Henry J. Bean’s on the Kings Road in Chelsea. I actually just hung out there on Saturday after the Grand National horse race; while the interior of the venue as well as its menu are blatantly American-inspired, it does have a large and atmospheric beer garden in the back. Another hot spot you might hit for enjoying your libations out of doors would be the Ice Wharf in Camden, located right on the canal—this one comes highly recommended by my colleague
Whatever meets your fancy outside this Spring, make sure your indoor space does as well by entrusting your London flat-search to London Relocation Ltd.
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
Author: Colleen
The tube stop is within stumbling distance of Angel's buzzing day and night scene.
It is sheerly coincidence that I go from writing about Heaven and Hell in my last blog post to now move onto angels. What I speak of is Angel (singular), rather, as in the Angel Islington neighbourhood north of the City. My friends and I partook in a crawl of sorts last weekend along Upper Street just outside the Angel tube station, my first time ever hanging out in this area. While this main strip does encompass many of the chain restaurants to be found on any neighbourhood’s high street, there was nonetheless an endless supply of venues with more unique character that bridge the gap between super-casual pub and super-swank club. Sometimes you do just want that in-between. Our favourites along this strip include Pitcher and Piano, Keston Lodge, Lucky Voice (sheerly for my amusement over mistaking the door to a private karaoke room for the one to the loo and thus accidentally walking in on a pack of women belting out “All the Single Ladies” with frightening zeal), and the Grand Union. When you relocate to London, don’t take as long as I did to finally visit this area (if you aren’t lucky enough to live there already)–London Relocation Ltd. will get you situated into your new home fast enough to leave plenty of time to explore this cornucopia of pleasure.
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Author: Anthony
Kensington High street at night
This summer has been excellent so far on the weather front. London reminds me of Spain right now. People are staying out till all hours of the night to enjoy every last second of the good weather. Pubs and restaurants are staying open later and later to accommodate people who want to lounge. With this in mind, take advantage of Kensington High Street, Chelsea Market, and Portobello Road Market. All of these places have excellent places to hang out.
Kensington High Street has many places to sit and eat and with Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens just nearby, it proves to be a winner on a long Sunday.
Portobello Road has the edge if that’s what you’re looking for, with hints of posh and trendy shops just nearby on Westbourne Grove.
Chelsea Market is a wonderful place to sit and then browse through the shops. The Kings Road is a wonderful street, and you’ll probably need more time to go back, as there are so many cool shops from Sloane Square to World’s End.
Speak soon!!
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