London- Natural History Museum and Camden Town

During this second day in London, we wanted to visit the Natural History Museum and walk in the streets of London. From Trafalgar Square we walked to the museum. On the way we found Fortum and Mason shop, and I could not help getting in to buy some tea. Spreading over 3-4 floors, the Fortum and Mason store is amazing and full of treasures for all purses. Matthieu found a whisky at £ 9000 the bottle, his dream. As for me I bought two bags of loose leave tea (a Gunpowder tea and a Smoked Earl Grey tea). If you want to buy some tea there, I advise you to go directly to the tea counter and not to take the packets already prepared because they are more expensive.

Following this tea break, we continued towards the Natural History Museum. The Natural History Museum situated in Kensington area is free and has a collection of approximately 70 million items. The objects are divided into five collections which are: Zoology, Entomology, Palaeontology, Mineralogy and Botany. This museum opened in 1881 in this magnificent neo-Romanesque building built by Alfred Waterhouse. It takes about 2-3 hours to get a good overview of the museum but of course you could spend whole days there before seeing everything. Matthieu adored their exhibition on dinosaurs and in particular the display of the whole skeletons. For my part, it is more the architecture of the building and the decorations of the walls with the frescoes so detailed that amazed me. 

Find all the information to visit the Natural History Museum here.

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Oxford Circus

After the museum, we decided to walk towards Camden town. It was still early in the day and we wanted to walk a bit so the 6 km between the museum and Camden town did not scare us. But you can take public transport if you do not want to walk as much. In order to reach Camden Town, we had to cross the parks of Hyde Park and Regent’s Park and pass in front of 221b Baker Street, home of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Both parks are very interesting to see and allow you to relax and escape the crowds of downtown London. Regent’s park is more flowery than Hyde Park which is composed of immense expanse of grass.

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Natural History Museum
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Once in Camden Town we headed to Camden Market for a late lunch. Camden Market is a more or less covered market that includes stalls of handicrafts, clothing, music, and food. That day I wanted to test a vegetarian hot dog made from soy sausage while Matthieu took a vegetarian burger that was excellent. Camden Market is a very touristy place as there are shops / restaurants for all tastes. It is a very lively place that we really enjoyed visiting.

Find more information to visit Camden Market here.

At the end of the afternoon, we decided to go for tea in the Mei Leaf tea room.

Find Mei Leaf Tearoom website here.

This second day in London was busy, we walked about 20 km and had time to get a good look at London.

Have you ever visited the Natural History Museum? Do you know Camden market?


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13 thoughts on “London- Natural History Museum and Camden Town

      1. Is that what made it so expensive, or was it stolen from Napoleon or something? I am curious, since i have a bottle or two of whiskley that cost maybe US$ 100 but I do not know whiskey THAT expensive and wonder why–

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  1. C’est vrai que le bâtiment du musée d’histoire naturelle est très impressionnant !
    J’adore Camden Market, un endroit plein de surprises 🙂 Si vous y retournez je vous recommande de faire une balade sur le fleuve, c’est sympa !

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  2. Dis donc, il rigole pas ce T-Rex en fin d’article 😀 A une époque, j’avais énormément d’a priori à l’idée de visiter un Museum d’Histoire Naturelle et c’est vrai que c’est extrêmement intéressant et qu’on pourrait y passer des heures (perso, j’ai un faible pour la zoologie – les pierres et moi, on est définitivement pas copines 😛 ) !
    Merci pour la suggestion de 221B Baker Street, je viens de l’ajouter à ma liste de choses à voir à Londres (est-ce que c’est vraiment comme dans Sherlock, dis 😀 ???) et je suis ravie de lire que nous ne sommes pas les seuls à préférer la marche dans les grandes villes. Je trouve que l’on ne s’ennuie jamais, il y a toujours quelque chose à observer !

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    1. Le T-rex était animé en plus. Nous sommes juste passés devant la maison et vu la queue qu’il y avait nous n’allions pas visiter ce jour-là. La rue est très jolie et la façade de la maison aussi.

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  3. Je suis heureuse d’être tombée sur votre blog! J’adore l’Angleterre, vous allez me donner de nouvelles idées de visites 😊. J’aime beaucoup Camden et la balade le long du canal. Dernièrement, j’ai visité Brick Lane mais j’ai tout de même préféré Camden!

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