London Things to Do

If you’re looking to get away from the mass of people coming to London for the Olympics, here are a few options.

Beaches:

1) Southend-on-Sea, Essex

This is a lovely seven-mile stretch of beaches not far from London, with the pick being Shoeburyness East Beach because of its windsurfing area, grassy headland and long sand beach. Southend has the world’s longest leisure pier, The Southend Pier. The train from Liverpool Street Station to Southend takes about an hour.

Scholars might still argue about whether William Shakespeare himself actually wrote all those plays, but no-one quibbles about just how good the plays are, nor about where William Shakespeare was born. Thanks to the power of storytelling, Stratford-upon-Avon has become one of the most visited towns in England.