# London - Neighbourhoods with a character of their own

> London is a city of villages, from Greenwich to Hampstead and Notting Hill. A guide to the neighbourhoods that are worth a proper wander on your trip.

Web page: https://parkoni.com/en/reiseziele/london-neighbourhoods-to-explore

[Parkoni editorial team](https://parkoni.com/en/ueber-parkoni) · Published 6 November 2026

London is so big that it is easy to lose your bearings. It helps to remember how the city grew: out of many separate villages that eventually merged and still keep their own character today.

Instead of a marathon of sights, we suggest enjoying two or three neighbourhoods at leisure. Here are some that are particularly rewarding.

## Greenwich: time and time travel

Greenwich lies on the south bank of the Thames and is famous for the Prime Meridian. The district has a large park with a hilltop view, historic ships, museums and a small market. From the rise you can see the city skyline across the river. A trip here feels almost like a day in the countryside.

## Hampstead: green and cosy

In the north lies Hampstead, with its village feel, narrow lanes and cafés. Next door, Hampstead Heath is a sprawling area of natural parkland in the middle of the city, and its hills offer a wide view over London. It is ideal if you need a break from the bustle.

## Notting Hill and Kensington

Rows of pastel-coloured houses, pretty gardens and antique shops define Notting Hill. In Kensington you find the great museums and elegant streets. Both areas are made for strolling, especially in the morning.

- Set off early while it is still quiet.
- Wander down the side streets too, where the prettiest facades are.

## Shoreditch and the East End

The East End shows young, creative London. Street art, vintage shops, galleries and small restaurants fill the streets. The mix of old brick warehouses and modern offices is typical of the new London.

## South Bank and Borough

On the south bank of the Thames a broad riverside path passes theatres, galleries and markets. Borough Market is one of the oldest food markets in the city. From here you can walk to Tower Bridge and other famous bridges.

## Camden and Regent's Canal

Camden is colourful, loud and full of music. Along Regent's Canal runs a calm towpath that makes a pleasant walk. It links Camden with other districts and shows London at its quieter.

Between neighbourhoods it pays to switch modes of transport: a stretch by Tube, a stretch on foot, a stretch on the water. That way you see the city from several perspectives.

The Tube, buses and trains link the neighbourhoods reliably. On many routes you are just as quick on foot, or by boat on the Thames. Plan about half a day per neighbourhood.

If your time is short, choose a neighbourhood to suit your taste: Greenwich and Hampstead for nature and views, Notting Hill and Kensington for elegance, Shoreditch and Camden for creativity and music, the South Bank for culture by the river. Take time for a break in a cafe or a pub, because that is where you meet Londoners in their daily lives. In the evening a walk along the Thames is rewarding, when the bridges and buildings are lit up.

London is at its best when discovered in parts. Choose a few neighbourhoods and you will come home with impressions that go beyond the usual.

## Nonstop to London

Nonstop flights there leave from these airports, among others: [Dublin Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub), [Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alicante-elche-miguel-hernandez-airport-alc) and [Amsterdam Airport Schiphol](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-ams).

- [Dublin Airport \(DUB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub): Ryanair, year-round
- [Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport \(ALC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alicante-elche-miguel-hernandez-airport-alc): Jet2.com, Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Amsterdam Airport Schiphol \(AMS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-ams): easyJet, year-round
- [EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg \(BSL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/euroairport-basel-mulhouse-freiburg-airport-bsl): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Kraków John Paul II International Airport \(KRK\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/krakow-john-paul-ii-airport-krk): Jet2.com, Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport \(BCN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/josep-tarradellas-barcelona-el-prat-airport-bcn): Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport \(BRI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bari-karol-wojtyla-airport-bri): Ryanair, year-round
- [Berlin Brandenburg Airport \(BER\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/berlin-brandenburg-airport-ber): Ryanair, year-round
- [Bilbao Airport \(BIO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bilbao-airport-bio): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport \(BLQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bologna-guglielmo-marconi-airport-blq): Ryanair, year-round
- [Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport \(BOD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bordeaux-merignac-airport-bod): Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [M. R. Štefánik Airport \(BTS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/m-r-stefanik-airport-bts): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Bremen Airport \(BRE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bremen-airport-bre): Ryanair, year-round
- [Brindisi Airport \(BDS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brindisi-airport-bds): Ryanair, year-round
- [Brno-Tuřany Airport \(BRQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brno-turany-airport-brq): Ryanair, year-round
- [Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport \(BUD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/budapest-liszt-ferenc-airport-bud): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport \(BZG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ignacy-jan-paderewski-bydgoszcz-airport-bzg): Ryanair, year-round
- [Cagliari Elmas Airport \(CAG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/cagliari-elmas-airport-cag): Ryanair, year-round
- [Carcassonne Salvaza Airport \(CCF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/carcassonne-salvaza-airport-ccf): Ryanair, year-round
- [Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport \(VRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/verona-villafranca-valerio-catullo-airport-vrn): Jet2.com, Ryanair, TUI Airways, year-round
- [Turin Airport \(TRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/turin-airport-trn): Ryanair, TUI Airways, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Catania-Fontanarossa Airport \(CTA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/catania-fontanarossa-airport-cta): Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport \(CLJ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/avram-iancu-cluj-airport-clj): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport \(LYS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lyon-saint-exupery-airport-lys): Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Region of Murcia International Airport \(RMU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/region-of-murcia-airport-rmu): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Dortmund Airport \(DTM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dortmund-airport-dtm): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport \(FAO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/faro-gago-coutinho-airport-fao): Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Milan Malpensa International Airport \(MXP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/milan-malpensa-airport-mxp): Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Florence Airport, Peretola \(FLR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/florence-peretola-airport-flr): British Airways, year-round
- [Frankfurt-Hahn Airport \(HHN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/frankfurt-hahn-airport-hhn): Ryanair, year-round
- [Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport \(GDN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/gdansk-lech-walesa-airport-gdn): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport \(GOA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/genoa-cristoforo-colombo-airport-goa): Ryanair, year-round
- [Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport \(HAM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/hamburg-helmut-schmidt-airport-ham): Ryanair, year-round
- [Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport \(RZE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rzeszow-jasionka-airport-rze): Ryanair, year-round
- [Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport \(KTW\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/katowice-wojciech-korfanty-airport-ktw): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Kaunas International Airport \(KUN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/kaunas-airport-kun): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Cologne Bonn Airport \(CGN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/cologne-bonn-airport-cgn): Ryanair, year-round
- [Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport \(SUF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lamezia-terme-sant-eufemia-airport-suf): Ryanair, year-round
- [Larnaca International Airport \(LCA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/larnaca-airport-lca): Cyprus Airways, EasyJet, Jet2.com, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport \(LIS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lisbon-humberto-delgado-airport-lis): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport \(LCJ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lodz-wladyslaw-reymont-airport-lcj): Ryanair, year-round
- [Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport \(MAD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas-airport-mad): Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport \(AGP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/malaga-costa-del-sol-airport-agp): Jet2.com, Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Marseille Provence Airport \(MRS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/marseille-provence-airport-mrs): Ryanair, year-round
- [Memmingen Allgau Airport \(FMM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/memmingen-allgau-airport-fmm): Ryanair, year-round
- [Nantes Atlantique Airport \(NTE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nantes-atlantique-airport-nte): Ryanair, year-round
- [Naples International Airport \(NAP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/naples-airport-nap): Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport \(NCE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nice-cote-d-azur-airport-nce): British Airways, Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Warsaw Modlin Airport \(WMI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/warsaw-modlin-airport-wmi): Ryanair, year-round
- [Nuremberg Airport \(NUE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nuremberg-airport-nue): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Il Caravaggio International Airport \(BGY\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/il-caravaggio-airport-bgy): Ryanair, year-round
- [Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport \(OTP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bucharest-henri-coanda-airport-otp): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Falcone-Borsellino Airport \(PMO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/falcone-borsellino-airport-pmo): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Palma de Mallorca Airport \(PMI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/palma-de-mallorca-airport-pmi): Jet2.com, Ryanair, TUI Airways, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Charles de Gaulle International Airport \(CDG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/charles-de-gaulle-airport-cdg): Jet2.com, easyJet, year-round
- [Abruzzo Airport \(PSR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/abruzzo-airport-psr): Ryanair, year-round
- [Pisa International Airport \(PSA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/pisa-airport-psa): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport \(OPO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/francisco-de-sa-carneiro-airport-opo): Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Poznań-Ławica Airport \(POZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/poznan-lawica-airport-poz): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Václav Havel Airport Prague \(PRG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vaclav-havel-prague-airport-prg): Jet2.com, Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Târgu Mureş Transilvania International Airport \(TGM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/targu-mures-transilvania-airport-tgm): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport \(FKB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/karlsruhe-baden-baden-airport-fkb): Ryanair, year-round
- [Ciampino-G. B. Pastine International Airport \(CIA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ciampino-g-b-pastine-airport-cia): Ryanair, year-round
- [Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport \(FCO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rome-fiumicino-leonardo-da-vinci-airport-fco): Jet2.com, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Rotterdam The Hague Airport \(RTM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rotterdam-the-hague-airport-rtm): Transavia, year-round
- [Salzburg Airport \(SZG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/salzburg-airport-szg): EasyJet, Jet2.com, Ryanair, year-round
- [Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport \(SCQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/santiago-rosalia-de-castro-airport-scq): Ryanair, year-round
- [Seville Airport \(SVQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/seville-airport-svq): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Sibiu International Airport \(SBZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/sibiu-airport-sbz): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Sofia Airport \(SOF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/sofia-airport-sof): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport \(ATH\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/athens-eleftherios-venizelos-airport-ath): Jet2.com, Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Stockholm-Arlanda Airport \(ARN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/stockholm-arlanda-airport-arn): Ryanair, year-round
- [Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport \(TSR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/timisoara-traian-vuia-airport-tsr): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Treviso Airport \(TSF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/treviso-airport-tsf): Ryanair, year-round
- [Valencia Airport \(VLC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/valencia-airport-vlc): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport \(ZAG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/zagreb-franjo-tudjman-airport-zag): Ryanair, year-round
- [Venice Marco Polo Airport \(VCE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/venice-marco-polo-airport-vce): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Vienna International Airport \(VIE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vienna-airport-vie): Jet2.com, Ryanair, year-round
- [Vilnius International Airport \(VNO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vilnius-airport-vno): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Warsaw Chopin Airport \(WAW\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/warsaw-chopin-airport-waw): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Copernicus Wrocław Airport \(WRO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/copernicus-wroclaw-airport-wro): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport \(LJU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ljubljana-joze-pucnik-airport-lju): easyJet, year-round
- [Alghero-Fertilia Airport \(AHO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alghero-fertilia-airport-aho): Ryanair, seasonal
- [Almería Airport \(LEI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/almeria-airport-lei): Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet, seasonal
- [Ibiza Airport \(IBZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ibiza-airport-ibz): British Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair, TUI Airways, easyJet, seasonal
- [Munich Airport \(MUC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/munich-airport-muc): Lufthansa, easyJet, seasonal
- [Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport \(OLB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/olbia-costa-smeralda-airport-olb): British Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet, seasonal
- [Reggio Calabria Airport \(REG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/reggio-calabria-airport-reg): Ryanair, seasonal
- [Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport \(QSR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/salerno-costa-d-amalfi-airport-qsr): Ryanair, seasonal
- [Split Saint Jerome Airport \(SPU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/split-saint-jerome-airport-spu): EasyJet, Jet2.com, Wizz Air, seasonal

Routes as listed on Wikipedia from the airlines' schedules; the airline's current timetable is authoritative.

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