Be inspired by these photos, taken by Londoners, to stay up late and see some quintessential city sights when they’re quiet and crowd-free. London’s 24-hour transport can take you there.
We love the emerald green tiles at Embankment tube station.
Photo: @abbie_sampson
Tube: Embankment (Bakerloo, Northern, Circle and District lines)
Check out the Lyceum and One Aldwych from a very empty Strand.
Photo: @jonnygarland
Tube: Temple (Circle and District lines)
One gorgeously illuminated London Eye by night.
Photo: @jonnygarland
Tube: Waterloo (Bakerloo, Jubilee and Northern lines)
An illuminated Tower Bridge over a moodily dark River Thames.
Photo: @londonbota
Tube: Tower Hill (Circle and District lines)
The steps at Clapham Common tube in glorious greyscale.
Photo: @tasimbaradzwa
Tube: Clapham Common (Northern line)
Look, no crowds! Just a bus on the horizon, making an early morning start on Oxford Street.
Photo: @sunnysrai
Tube: Oxford Circus (Victoria, Bakerloo and Central lines)
Russell Square: a slice of Parisian beauty in central London.
Photo: @londonperiodical
Tube: Russell Square (Piccadilly line)
Cockpit Steps even have their own ghost story (watch out for a headless lady).
Photo: @rarrafakina
Tube: St James’s Park (Circle and District lines)
Pick a seat, any seat. Or dance around the carriage. Go on, no one’s watching.
Photo: @_rowanbeth_
Tube: Jubilee line
Until you’ve seen and experienced London at night, you haven’t really seen London. Luckily, TfL’s night services are making it easier than ever to do just this.
