Cultural Advantage
With over 200 museums and galleries, 5 world-class symphony orchestras, 2 opera houses and 150 theatres London offers an exceptionally rich cultural experience.
London is the most incredible backdrop for business studies at London Business School. The city is world-renowned for the arts, media and sport. Take advantage of our extraordinary city!
By day, there are so many postcard-perfect moments from which to sample: the throngs of people rushing up and down Oxford Street; a stroll through the stately grandeur of Notting Hill and its columned row houses; soaking in the assortment of hawkers and buskers that collects in Covent Garden; or the serene splendour of Hyde Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon. By night the community revels in the open air between interludes spent in the city's cosmopolitan collection of clubs, pubs, theatres, cinemas and restaurants.
London Business School is developing a relationship with the Royal Opera House, which will include research projects, shadowing, teaching, career opportunities, conferences, and events at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
Find out more about our city:
Maps:
Streetmap - maps, directions and local information
London Transport - maps & schedules for underground trains and buses
Leisure:
The London Business School's Travel Office can obtain theatre and other tickets for our students and participants of executive programmes. Football and Rugby tickets can be obtained, sometimes through an agency if it's a special game, but can be quite expensive. The Travel Office will get up-to-date information for students and participants of executive programmes, and ticket prices for particular games.
Contact: travel@london.edu or x7815 from any internal phone.
TimeOut - London's entertainment magazine
Please see the weekly publication Time Out for art/music/visitor attraction programmes and event listings (available from local newsagents).
Ascot Racecourse is delighted to announce that Royal Ascot will return to its Berkshire Home in 2006 after refurbishment.
Goodwood is situated 60 miles from London on the outskirts of Chichester. Home of the Famous Motor Racing.
Henley Regatta was first held in 1839 and has been held annually ever since, except during the two World Wars. Originally staged as a public attraction with a fair and other amusements, the emphasis rapidly changed so that competitive amateur rowing became its main purpose.
Kenwood Lakeside and Marble Hill Twickenham Outdoor Concerts
This is a highly civilised way to enjoy classical music during the balmy evenings of Summer. Both venues are within reasonable travel distance of the School. Go along on a Saturday night with a picnic and a bottle of wine. The setting is perfect – sitting on one side of the Lake/in an attractive park listening to the orchestra or band, as dusk descends. Some events feature fire-work displays.
Lord's has long been the 'home of Cricket' and the game's spiritual 'headquarters'. But its importance is not merely historical. In practice it remains, to this day, perhaps the most important single place in World Cricket. Lord's is situated five minutes walk from School.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, South Bank, London
Shakespeare's Globe is a unique theatre dedicated to the work of Shakespeare with performances run much as they would have been in the Bard's day.
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
Please be aware that is impossible to obtain advance booked tickets at short-notice as demand to attend the Wimbledon is so high that tickets are issued in a lottery system and you have to apply in January for them each year. However, if you are visiting London and wish to go, Wimbledon offers returned tickets from 4pm daily but please be aware that queues start forming early for these.
The Philharmonia Orchestra - Resident at the Royal Festival Hall, London
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Poems on the Underground: The website
Events at the Royal Academy of Music
Accommodation:
News:
This is London: The Evening Standard
The Times Higher Education Supplement
