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  • Home
  • Where To Eat & Drink
    • Where To Eat - Google Map
    • Pop Up Cafes/Restaurants
    • Recommendations
    • Pizzas
    • Fish & Chips
    • Where To Eat - Omnivorous
    • Meal Delivery
    • Vegan Food In Camden
    • Raw Food
    • Where To Drink
    • Where To Eat In Brighton
  • Where To Shop
    • Shoes clothing and Accessories
    • Caterers & Cookery Classes
    • Cakes
    • Health Food Stores
    • Skincare & Hairdressing
    • Other Online Stores
    • Supplements
  • Events Listing
  • Where To Stay
  • Articles
    • Buffets
    • Afternoon Tea
    • Veganuary
  • Vegan Jobs Noticeboard
  • Videos
  • Links & Resources
    • Tourist Information
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • London Groups

Tourist Information

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Visiting London
If you are visiting London you're sure to have a great time with so many places to visit and so much to see and do.

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If you want to stay close to vegan/vegetarian cafes/restaurants then the options are:
Central London: anywhere within easy reach of Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road Tube Stations and the multitude of veggie places in Central London
North London: Camden Town (Purezza, Mildreds, DouDou cafe, Rudi's Dirty Vegan Diner, and the numerous vegan stalls in Camden Market, plus Whole Foods)
East London: Bethnal Green (Gallery Cafe), Hackney (Black Cat Cafe, Temple of Hackney, Cook Daily
) or Shoreditch (What The Pitta, Mooshies, Vurger and lots more)
West London: West Kensington (222 Vegan Cuisine, GreenBay supermarket)
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Vegan Food Tours London : https://www.veganfoodtours.com/london These are run by a group of young and inspired 'veggie-munchers' with a new concept to discover 100% vegan routes and to show people (local and tourist) how delicious vegan meals could be. Currently their trip just covers the Shoreditch area.
Food - Cafes & restaurants
You'll find details of the vegan friendly restaurants on our Where To Eat & Drink page.


If you fancy a tour round Central London's vegan eateries then www.veganfoodtours.com/ may be of interest to you.

Food - supermarkets
If you're wanting to buy food in supermarkets, all sell plant milks, and the major supermarkets sell vegan cheese and other vegan products.
​Some Hovis bread, available at most supermarkets, is labelled as suitable for vegans. Most supermarkets sell vegan hummus.

There are lots of Health Food stores scattered around London. Holland & Barrett is the largest chain of such stores, but there are many independent health foods stores, as well as larger stores Whole Foods Market and Planet Organic. 

Below are links to some resources that may help make your stay in London easier.


Travel
Public Transport

London Transport home page for online tube maps, bus maps, details of service, how to get around London
You can use your contactless credit/debit card to pay for journeys on the buses or on the tube (London Underground) or alternatively buy a travel card or Oyster Card.


Train Timetables or Book train tickets online

Driving

The AA if you are driving in the UK
Download the Waze app if you have a smartphone. It's the best free sat-nav


What's On
For vegan events please look at our dedicated events page


Resources
See  
VisitLondon.com for details of events on in London
BBC - London news - go find the weather forecast and what's happening in our city.
The Metro Newspaper - Free Morning newspaper - you will often find hard copies of these at Tube stations or on the tube
The Standard Newspaper Free daily evening paper (weekdays only) handed out at tube stations
London Tourist Board The official web page
Museums in London
Art Galleries in London
Visitor Attractions eg London Eye, Changing of the Guard
London's Markets eg Camden Town; Spitalfields organic fruit market
Historic London eg Buckingham Palace
London Cinema and Film Guide

Theatre Tickets - Last minute theatre tickets, with detail of offers.

Brighton is a haven for vegans and vegetarians. Located on the coast, less than 1 hour train ride from London (Victoria station), it boasts many vegan and vegan-friendly cafes and restaurants, and is the home of Vegetarian Shoes.

For details of some of the vegetarian cafes and restaurants in Brighton, click here.
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