I’ve been in love with our capital city since childhood. Dad worked in the heart of the city at one time, and I loved exploring London on trips with my Auntie. I’m not sure I could ever live there, but I never tire of visiting. It’s a love I share with my 7 year old son, who always gets excited when we visit the big city. Welcome to London is the kind of book that’s great as an introduction to our capital for younger children, but also as a discussion point for children my son’s age and beyond.
The 60 page hardback picture book features 30 illustrations teaching children about the city and the people you might see on a visit. We’ve been to London a number of times but none of us have seen a Pearly Queen yet – have you? We have however been to Trafalgar Square and Monkey knows all about Lord Nelson, he’s often wondered how many pigeons visit too.
There are a couple of pages showing the different bridges across the river Thames which is quite fascinating as well as illustrations of the various trees you might find in Hyde Park. The pages featuring the art galleries have made me realise we haven’t taken Monkey to see any of the galleries in London yet. We’ve been past Harrods and Liberty on an open top bus tour, but I haven’t taken him inside. Something else I need to remedy this summer I think.
A visit to Chinatown has been on our to do list for ages and Welcome to London has reminded us that we really do need to visit there too. Kew Gardens is somewhere we know and love and the book brought back memories for both of us as we looked through this book.
Welcome to London is a little different, I love the Marcos Farina illustrations and the fact that it doesn’t just show the best known sites of our city. Priced at £10.99 I’ve included my Amazon Affiliate link below for your reference.
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My favourite is the London eye, it’s just so striking on the London skyline.
My favourite is Big Ben – I always refer to the old clock as a ‘he’! A big Gentle Ben! I love Grandfather clocks and Big Ben is like a gigantic outdoor Grandfather clock!
I love seeing the London Eye, probably because I want to go on it, but haven’t managed it yet!
It’s been years since I last went to London.i think my favourite would have to be Buckingham Palace because it’s so impressive.
Like Big Ben, such a classic landmark
Houses of parliament they are fantastic
After having worked in London for years I have to choose Victoria Train Station when I catch my train back home!!! Everything else is just normal to me
Houses of parliament -great architecture and just AMAZING to see
I don’t think it counts as a landmark but I just love London Zoo. I remember going when I was young and being taken in by all the animals xx
Tower Bridge, I have always loved it, fab architecture a real London landmark
Westminster Abbey. It’s an amazing, Gothic church with very old tradition.
I love The London Eye so impressive.
Buckingham Palace as love to go see the Queen!
I love Buckingham palace to see the changing of the guards xxx
I love London Bridge and all the history associated with it!
I love Big Ben. Its so eyecatching and has so much history!
The natural history museum, educational for the kids & always a fabulous day out
,My favorite is The National Gallery so full of amazing paintings
We love looking at Big Ben whenever we go up to visit family
big ben
So many to choose from. I will pick Big Ben as I enjoy walking along Westminster and enjoying the view.
i like big ben because of the size of it
natural history museum. one of my favourite places to visit
I like the houses of parliament, really impressive building
The London Eye, I have fond memories of riding it when I was younger!
London eye, for great views
I love Big Ben, only saw it for the first time this year
The Tower of London , with all its history and crown jewels
Big Ben. Iconic. Regularly seen on tv :- such as when news being introduced, and at New Year. New Year being a time when we are welcoming the start of a New Year, and wishing each other much Happiness etc in the coming year / future. Also keeps us accurate in regards to time.
The houses of Parliament, such a lovely building.
I love Big Ben because it is iconic. Everyone from far and wild recognise Big Ben
The Houses of Parliament as it is so iconic
The Gherkin building,a very unique building
I have not been yet but my daughter would love to go visit
I love the Tower of London – seeing all those tourists amazed by our history makes me so proud!
London Eye-its great to see the whole of London
The Gherkin because its original and fun
the Tower of London because of all its history and love seeing the crown jewels x
I love the tower of London as it has so much history and i find it so fascinating!
Tower Bridge is my fave London icon. It may not be the biggest in the world but surely amongst the most famous?
Big Ben, it’s so iconic!
The London Eye, modern and fun
The Tower of London – so much interesting history
National History Museum – the building is just beautiful!
I love Hyde Park, a beautiful green space and it’s free!
I love hyde park
Big Ben because it’s so iconic xxx
Whenever i go to London i love to go to the Natural History Museum. It’s such a beautiful building and we all love the Dinosaur exhibits.
Big ben – its just not like anything else!
Tower Bridge because it’s an amazing feat of engineering!
The London Eye, it’s like it’s always been there. Part of the landscape
The London Eye. An iconic part of the skyline.
The River Thames, so much going on and so varied
I love The Shard as it is beautiful and gives you the chance to view London from above!
The shard, as thats where i got engaged.
London Eye – you get to see fantastic views over London
Madame Tussauds – great for al the family
Never been but would love to Buck Palace
The London Eye, it’s perfect views
I always enjoyed visiting the Tower of London. Not only is the building itself very interesting to view, it’s colourful history is fascinating.
Has to be Big Ben as i’ve seen it so many times on TV but when i seen it with my own eyes it was beautiful
Big ben – its amazing
Big Ben, because it’s been there so long
tower of london all the grizzly history
London Bridge is beautiful
i like big ben because i have an obsession with time
The Tower of London, so much history, love, betrayal and royal lives all crammed in.
The tower of London. on our first ever London trip we stayed in an hotel overlooking it and it looked magnifient at night
The london eye as it’s a fantastic way of seeing over London
Buckingham palace still mesmerizes us, especially seeing the guards!
The Tower of London and the nearly 1000 years of history.
Has to be the London Eye.
I told my husband we were expecting our baby girl when we were on it.
I love Big Ben, as it’s such a classic landmark.
The great Tower of London is ours took my 8yr old last year. Love hearing about the history of the place.
Tower of London, always learn new bits about its amazing history on every visit
Buckingham Palace because I have visited inside and it is beautiful.
My favourite London landmark is the Tower of London. It is a place so filled with history and atmosphere. I never, ever get bored of visiting and every time, it still fills me with awe.
HMS Belfast as it was the first place we did on a scout trip to London.
The Tower of London, so much history and myth – love it xxx
The Big Ben, reminiscence of growing up and the news at 10 with the Big Ben on it
Tower Bridge because it’s so interesting. I’ll admit that I initially thought it was London Bridge.
Big ben! when i think of London, Big ben is the first thing i think of, it just screams ‘London’
I love the Tower of London because it was the first landmark I visited so it makes me think of when I was young. (Angela Kelly)
I like Southward Cathedral and all that area as whilst I never lived their my family come from their originally so it’s like I’m walking in their footsteps.