LONDON GEEK

This page will attempt to list all he geekey scifi/ fantasy related things to do and see in my home town London.

(This page is a work in progress)....

Shopping

 

Forbidden Planet
The first point of call for all things fantasy , scifi, geek, and horror.2 floors dedicated to  tv, film, books and comics. This store is a haven for fans selling merchandise such as replica Harry potter wands and various  movie swords, lightsabers, sonic screwdrivers, character models, busts and toys;anime, manga, magazines galore. A must for geek visitors to London, and local usually need a regular fix.
Runs regular author signings and often has presigned items for sale too.




Orcs Nest is a cool little specialist gaming store.For the aficionados of all types of board games, table top games, eg: DnD, and accessories. two small but packed floors of books, and related paraphernalia, miniatures, dice, and more!
I'm not really into gaming but they have a really groovey logo t-shirt and mug for sale too!

Gosh Comics


Museumss, etc...

Science Museum
Natural History Musuem-incl dawin house ext...
V&A
Kew Steam musuem
Pollacks toy museum and shop
Dinosaur park at crystal palace
Grant Museum of Zoology
cartoon museum
Sherlock Holmes museum
royal observatory greenwich , cinemea niteshttp://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory/science-fiction/
dr who experience


Regular and one off conventions and events


Sci-fi- London Annual Festival of science fiction and Fantasic Film .May. nto just a time and placew to see great new and classic scif, but to get involved in projects , forum and blogs...

Kapow Comic Convention  this new convention only started last year!

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Places , Film and TV locations, weirds and wonderful places to visit and more..

This may be all you need...an interactive site where people add there nerd day trips to the site directly.
http://www.nerdydaytrips.com/


 Dr Who film locations
 http://www.doctorwholocations.net/

Harry Potter film locations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_in_Harry_Potter#Filming_locations.







Authors/filmakers/directors/actors/personalitys/characters

George Orwell 

The George Orwell FreeHouse
An Islington themed Pub, may not actually have anything to do with Orwell, though he may have drunk there considering he did live in Islington at one point.

http://www.zardoz.net/orwell/london.html
Photographs of places related to Orwell

H.G.Wells


H.G.Wells lived here

The weird ,wacky, quirky ,and unusual 
 Not necessarily scifi , but may be worth  look.

http://boingboing.net/2010/01/11/secret-london-guide.html

http://www.paulkavanagh.com/en/Weird-Strange-London-Facts.html http://www.livinginlondonguide.com/weird-londositen/

http://www.insider-worldwide.com/strange_weird_london_tours/

http://www.shadyoldlady.com/theme.php?theme=Quirky

Science


Science related places to visit -by shadyoldlady website
http://www.shadyoldlady.com/theme.php?theme=science