Days · London
London in 3 days
Westminster at opening, the free museums in the middle, and the last day ends with the bags already on the Elizabeth line.
Days
3
Plan status
draft
Walking
3km
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Your constraints
Day 1 — Westminster at opening, a 13:00 lunch table
leave byLeave Westminster Abbey by 12:05 to keep the 13:00 last seating.Leave Westminster Abbey by 12:05 PM to keep the 1:00 PM last seating.
52 min of buffer left.
- 08:30–08:50Tube or bus (tap in with a contactless card)
- 08:50–09:10Parliament Square and the Big Ben view
- 09:10–09:13Walk
- 09:13–10:43Westminster Abbey
- 10:43–10:58Tube or bus (tap in with a contactless card)
- 10:58–13:00Buffer / wander near Your reserved lunch (Covent Garden)
- 13:00–14:00Lunch table 13:00 (Covent Garden)hard
Switches if the ground changes
- rain Westminster Abbey → Café near Westminster (AC, field-verify) (4′)
- heat Westminster Abbey → Café near Westminster (AC, field-verify) (4′)
Why this route?
DFL 1.9 = PFL 0.2 + OFL 1.7 · walk 200 m (0.1 mi)0.1 mi (200 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 52′ · relax L0 · yield 15 · option value 1.43
Deadline: last seating 13:00 → latest arrival 12:50, slack 27′
trace: generated 8 · rejected none · frontier 2 · seed 2398520097 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Afternoon: the National Gallery, then Soho and Covent Garden streets after 16:00.
Day 2 — British Museum, the National Gallery and a Dishoom dinner
- 09:30–09:35Walk
- 09:35–11:40British Museum
- 11:40–11:59Walk
- 11:59–13:39National Gallery
- 13:39–13:47Walk via Garrick Street
- 13:47–14:32Covent Garden Piazza and Market
- 14:32–14:36Walk
- 14:36–15:56Dishoom Covent Garden
Switches if the ground changes
- heat British Museum → Café on Museum Street (AC, field-verify) (5′)
- rain British Museum → Café on Museum Street (AC, field-verify) (5′)
- rain National Gallery → Café at the National Gallery (AC, WC) (2′)
- heat Covent Garden Piazza and Market → Café at the National Gallery (AC, WC) (0′)
- rain Covent Garden Piazza and Market → Café at the National Gallery (AC, WC) (0′)
Why this route?
DFL 2.9 = PFL 2.6 + OFL 0.3 · walk 2.6 km (1.6 mi)1.6 mi (3 km) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L0 · yield 26.8 · option value 2.17
trace: generated 56 · rejected no_edge×1 · frontier 6 · seed 2398520097 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Late: a glass at Gordon's Wine Bar near Embankment.
Day 3 — St Paul's, Elizabeth line to Heathrow at 12:30
leave byLeave St Paul's Cathedral by 11:35 to keep the 12:30 boarding.Leave St Paul's Cathedral by 11:35 AM to keep the 12:30 PM boarding.
35 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at St Paul's Cathedral stays under 40 min.
- 09:00–09:19Tube or bus (tap in with a contactless card)
- 09:19–10:44St Paul's Cathedral
- 10:44–11:03Tube or bus (tap in with a contactless card)
- 11:03–12:30Buffer / wander near Collect bags → Elizabeth line to Heathrow
- 12:30–13:30Leave for Heathrow at 12:30hard
What this plan gives up
- L2Skip Millennium Bridge and the river walk (optional) — protects: Leave for Heathrow at 12:30.Skip Millennium Bridge and the river walk (optional) — protects: Leave for Heathrow at 12:30 PM.
- L2Skip Tate Modern (optional) — protects: Leave for Heathrow at 12:30.Skip Tate Modern (optional) — protects: Leave for Heathrow at 12:30 PM.
Switches if the ground changes
- rain St Paul's Cathedral → Café at Paternoster Square (field-verify) (2′)
- heat Tate Modern → Café at Paternoster Square (field-verify) (0′)
- rain Tate Modern → Café at Paternoster Square (field-verify) (0′)
Why this route?
DFL 1.3 = PFL 0 + OFL 1.3 · walk 0 m (0 ft)0 ft (0 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 35′ · relax L2 · yield 8 · option value 0.83
Deadline: boarding 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 24′
trace: generated 6 · rejected no_edge×2 · frontier 5 · seed 2398520097 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Heathrow: allow 3 h before an international departure.