Arts & Culture in London · Page 2

Stately jewel with a masterful art collection and a view

Perched at the northern most tip of Hampstead Heath — the most northern part of London you need (and should)...

North London · Hampstead Lane, Hampstead, London

• art gallery

Inspiring botanical landmark

Formally known as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this hugely popular London destination spreads itself across 300...

Southwest London · Kew Rd, Richmond, Surrey

Gay-friendly — and often gay — theatre in the heart of Soho

Founded in 1969 and settled in its present home since 2000, Soho Theatre showcases new writers and promotes...

Soho · 21 Dean St, London

• mixed gay/straight
• theater

Mammoth collection housed in an architectural wonder

Home to botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology collections containing around 70 million items...

Southwest London · Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London

• museum

Icon of icons

Also known as the Houses of Parliament, this mostly 1850s gothic-style beauty by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin is...

Central London · St Margaret's, 20 Dean's Yard, London

18th-century institution still going strong

A privately funded artist-and-architect-led institution devoted to the visual arts through exhibitions, education...

Central London · Burlington House, Piccadilly, London

• art gallery

Renowned theatre showcasing new writers

In the vein of Covent Garden's Donmar Warehouse and Islington's Almeida Theatre, the Royal Court is a hip...

Southwest London · 51 Sloane Square, Chelsea, London

• theater

Buzzy trendy starry not-for-profit central London theatre

With a capacity of just 250, the Donmar Warehouse is a fringe-theatre-sized and hugely popular West End venue which...

Central London · 41 Earlham St, Covent Garden, London

• theater

The East End's original art gallery

Less critical to the local Whitechapel community than it once was, the publicly funded Whitechapel Gallery nevertheless...

East London · 80 Whitechapel High St, London

• art gallery

Out-of-the-way treasure of European masters

Described by the Sunday Telegraph as "the most beautiful small art gallery in the world", this south-of-the-river jewel...

South London · Gallery Rd, Dulwich, London

• art gallery