The work of journalist Peter Watts, the Great Wen may not be the most stylish-​​looking London blog but it’s one of the more informative and well written, covering a wide range of subjects, often of a cultural nature

Updated almost every day, the London Historians blog should satisfy even the most voracious appetite for musings and miscellania about London

Penny Blood’s Black Book is mostly devoted to quirky places to eat, drink and shop; the photo­graphs are mouth­wa­tering even when there’s no food in sight

A lovely blog-​​style website dedicated to celeb­rating and supporting London’s market culture

“An insight into all things secret, quirky and wonderful about London and sometimes beyond – be it secret speakeasys, supper clubs, curious shops, quirky theatres, creative markets, beautiful archi­tecture or hideaways”

This new website allows you to search digital resources relating to early modern and 18th-​​century London, and to map the results on to John Rocque’s 1746 map – but it’s not for the techno­lo­gically faint-​​hearted

An excellent site about exploring London on foot

A collection of small historic houses that tell the stories of fascinating and famous former residents

“Life viewed from London E3”. Probably London’s best individually written blog – and certainly the most informative (but maybe not for those with a short attention span)

News, information, previews, reviews, opinion and more

Free or heavily discounted sample sessions for all sorts of activities and courses in London

The category killer in the what’s on in London market

You might not guess it from their minimalist masthead, but this is Visit London, the offical website for London tourism

An enter­taining, informative and well-​​illustrated blog-​​style guide devoted to London events, sights, books and more

Almost everything you need to know about travelling in London, with some useful journey planning tools

Good commercial site for making arrangements for your visit – even longstanding Londoners can benefit from the expertise and information arrayed here

A pleasing and informative site, although its strapline could be misleading at first glance: it’s an alternative to other London guides, rather than a guide to alternative London

London’s weekday newspaper – much improved under its new ownership

Regardless of your opinion of the newspaper itself, you’ll be impressed by the London section of the Telegraph’s travel guide

“A London photo every day. Some pictures will be there for their own sake, some because they are places you may like to see, all because they are part of what makes London what it is”

Bed and breakfast accom­modation at relatively reasonable prices, considering the site specialises in some of the nicest parts of London

City Hall’s reader-​​friendly site about almost every aspect of life in London, going far beyond what you might expect from the mayor and the London Assembly

Wonderfully detailed notes on London’s local history

“Subject guides on everything London, by London people”

“A kind of database, kind of review site, used for documenting inter­esting places in London”. It’s collab­orative and commercial-​​free

An aggregate site for news from 40 of London’s local papers

Planning and preparing for emergencies in London

A blog about exploring London and beyond (sometimes well beyond, all over England)

More than 1000 no-​​frills photos of charac­terful London shops, cafés, etc.

“A site dedicated to songs about London. As simple as that. The only rules are that the songs must be brilliant and that the blindingly obvious numbers are excluded. The songs may be explicitly about London or obliquely about the city in some way. This is a project that was delib­erately designed to last for one year. It will remain live for people to explore.”

A marvellous photoblog consisting entirely of views from upstairs on London buses