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Indeed, where to start.
The usual history visits are enough of a choice...deserve time.
In London however there is also another side of life here that your daughter may be interested in...its a growing national pasttime.. enjoyed by millions, every week end...its called shopping...
As a way of seeing people rather than things its a worth while task...so try the Kings Road (in Chelsea, starting from Sloane Square) nad wnader down.. playing spot the celeb if you want...wander down from the tube 'til you get to the Fire Station and then a bus back up...
Or Camden Markets at the week end... see a seedier side of London... but one with great atmosphere and diversity...you can spend hours just wandering around....get there early, have breakfast at the Camden Lock Market and go from there...
If you want posh shops.. Oxofrd Street and Bond Street, prices to make even Rodeo Drive blush....
Once you have done that... personnlay it should take, say 5 mins in all..you can then get down to some serious hard core activites...the Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington. The British Museum is worht a wander as well.
Outside you should try not to miss Brooklands, for both the cars and the planes.. not only is it the world's frist purpose buitl race circuit, there is a spanking new MBZ centre there... they uilt parts of Concorde there and they have one you can visit...plus a vast amount of other 'anorak stuff'...
The RAF Museum at Hendon is OK.. not a patch on NASM or Wirght Pat.. but interesting nonetheless....
Duxford, near Cambridge (take the M25 northbound to the M11) a coupel of hours drive away has a better aircraft museum....
Also Farnborough has its own small museum on site (FAST) and being the one of the most important global locations in aviation history has its own charm and interest.
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