Currency: Pounds Sterling - issued by the bank of Scotland or England
only.
Cash points (ATMs) are widely available and provide the best rate
for cash withdrawals.You can also ask for 'Cashback' when making
purchases at supermarkets.

Traffic: In UK driving is on the left and Its right hand driving vehicle,
which means you should look right when crossing a road. This still
catches many tourists out every year. At a crossing,vehicle have to stop
if you set foot on the road. You will need your licence and a credit card
if you want to hire a car .

Languages: English everywhere. Welsh spoken only in Wales.
American English Slightly differs from british English.

Opening Hours Most shops open at about 09:30 and stay open
throughout the day until 19:00. Thursday night is usually later opening,
and shops will stay open til 21:00 or later. On Saturdays shops often
close a little earlier, and many open again on Sunday from about
11:00-17:00 in the major shopping areas.

Offices run 09:30 to 17:30 and the large number of commuters
creates an unholy rush hour between 17:30 and 19:00, and
08:00 to 09:30. Government offices often shut at 16:00, and
banks at 16:30, to deal with paperwork.

Pubs open traditionally 11:00 to 15:00 and 17:00 to 23:00
and after that you can't buy alcohol except in a club or restaurant.
Alcohol can be brought in an 'off-licence' (liquor store) at those
times too. It is illegal to sell fish and chips on a Sunday.

The LondonPass admits you to a series of attractions., but its transport
option is more expensive than buying the relevant travelpass.and some
of the attractions it lists are free anyway. That said if you visit a number
of attractions on the same day it can work out cheaper.

Travelcards: London's underground is the most expensive in the world,
and if the quality of service matched, then a lot of the daily grumbles of
Londoners would evaporate overnight. If you anticipate making more
than three tube trips or four bus trips a day then you'd be better off
buying a travelcard - daily, weekend, or weekly.
The London Transport website has details. For train travel, including
between Stanstead, Gatwick or Luton, there's a Network Southeast
Card, which gives you cut-price travel throughout the south east. One
card covers four people - you can buy them at the airport's train station.
Details from London Transport.

Book your tickets in advance: there are horrific queues outside most
of the top attractions in London, but ticket holders can short circuit the
waiting process by booking in advance. We've included the websites
of all the attractions here, so you can do so.

Buy combined tickets You can buy a ticket to attractions like the
Tower, Hampton Court, and to several other popular attractions at an Underground station in combination with a ticket or pass - see the
London Transport website for details, or ask at any tube station.

Buy an A-Z streetmap book Londoners can't do without a pocket
edition of one of the London A-Z streetmap guides - London streets
are laid out haphazardly, and the road may not be near the street,
crescent or place of the same name.