RUSSIAN SUBMARINE FOXTROT U-475

RUSSIAN SUBMARINE FOXTROT U-475

Thames Barrier, Woolwich, London SE18. Telephone: (0208) 855 7560. BR: Charlton. Daily 10.00-17.00.
At 92 metres in length, the rubber-coated Foxtrot was the Soviet Navy's largest conventional submarine. U-475 was built in 1967 and was in active service until 1976

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW

Kew Green, Kew, Richmond, Surrey. Telephone: (0208) 940 1171. Tube: Kew Gardens. Daily 09.30-16.00.
As well as being famous world-wide as a botanical research centre, the gardens offer beautiful displays of plants and trees.

HAY'S GALLERIA

HAY'S GALLERIA

London Bridge City, Tooley Street, London SE1. Tel: (0207) 403 5939. Tube: London Bridge.

A beautiful conversion of one of London's most famous wharfs, now fully restored and crowned by a soaring barrel-vaulted roof. Provides a lovely riverside setting for eating, shopping and relaxing near other famous attractions.

No 11 Bus

Finally not strictly free but still a bargain if you have a travelcard, the No 11 Bus goes past many of London's top sights. The route starts at Liverpool Street and goes past St Paul's Cathedral and along the Strand to Trafalgar Square (for the National Gallery), down Whitehall past Horseguards and Downing Street to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Cathedral, on to Victoria and the shops along King's Road in Chelsea.

SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE THEATRE EXHIBITION

SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE THEATRE EXHIBITION

New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1. Telephone: (0207) 928 6406. Tube: London Bridge. Daily 10.00-17.00.
The fascinating story of the re-creation of Shakespeare's Globe. Opportunity of seeing an Elizabethan theatre building being reconstructed using materials, techniques and craftsmanship of 400 years ago.