Trafalgar Square
London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, has made the once-congested and pigeon-infested Trafalgar Square a 'World Square', pedestrianising more of this famous space and banning seed-sellers, in an attempt to stop what he considers a nuisance.
The pedestrianisation links Nelson's Column in the centre with the north side of the square, where one of the world's greatest galleries, the National Gallery, is to be found.
Round the corner, the National Portrait Gallery displays the country's famous, infamous and forgotten in the media of oil, watercolour, marble and photography. The new Ondaatje Wing includes a lecture theatre and restaurant.
Opposite the gallery is the beautiful 18th century neoclassical church, St Martin-in-the-Fields, which hosts regular concerts and has a cafe in the crypt.
Trafalgar Square is also a good place on which to start a 'Heritage Route' on one of London's famous red 'Routemaster' double-decker buses.
