10 Downing Street

emmsj

Attraction?? 11th September 2008

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I wouldn't really call this a sightseeing attraction since you aren't even allowed to see it! Number one, its pretty hard to find, and even if you do manage to find it it's not really worth the trip. The street is blocked off by security which is really the only thing that gives it away that you have found the right street. You can't see the famous black front door that you see on TV; all you can see are blockades and security guards. You are also very very unlikely to see the prime minister! I wouldn't really recommend that you go out of your way to find it - there are plenty of other things to spend your time doing if you have some time to spend in London!

deadleg21

not really an attraction 22nd August 2008

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If your in london for the day i wouldn't bother wasting your time to try and get a glimpse of downing street as it is completly cut off. I only visited as i was passing the area and to be honest there isn't really anything you can see. the road is sectioned off with a large gate and police presence and i don't know of any periods in which tours etc are available or it is open to the public.
to be honest the prime ministers living quarters actually extends into 11 downing street, so if they did open up number 10 you would probably only get a glimpse of meeting rooms etc and not a window into the lives of our leaders.

NikoTheFinn

The PM's digs 26th September 2006

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While not having been inside the Prime Minister's house, i can however assert with confidence that the outside is quite a disappointment. You can't get anywhere near the front door, there's a big gate blocking off the entire street and you can't even get a half-decent picture of the damn thing. And Tony squats down for craps inside this building. Not pleasant.

walid at 26/09/06

EXCELLENT!!!!

Buraco at 26/09/06

Are you kidding me Vuori?? Talk about scraping the barrell. As if that weren't bad enough, its factually inaccurate as well. Mr Blair and family utilise the ablutions facilities of 11 Downing Street, since the well documented house-swap with the Browns next door. Oooh the irony. Fix up boyo.

NikoTheFinn at 26/09/06

my bad, my bad. forgot about the house swap. but i'm sure that tony pops over to gordon's for a quick douglas hurd every now and then. but scraping the barrel? this is a key london tourist attraction, well worth a mention, surely!

sokratis at 26/09/06

i think you have to be invited to get in. A friend of mine tried to have a look inside once, but nearly got arrested.
And yes, cant believe that you don't know it's GB who lives at 10 and TB at 11.
Next I'm expecting a review on the houses of parliament!

herrylaw at 26/09/06

This is the most juvenile, pointless review ever. I will check out of this site forever if I find any more like this.

sokratis at 26/09/06

Herry,
we would love to keep you on the site - I think your reviews are great. This is a bit of tongue in cheek from NikotheFinn, who is an excellent contributor to the TrustedPlaces community. I hope you appreciate the frivolous side of this review and the banter around it.

NikoTheFinn at 27/09/06

Sorry to hear you didn't like the review, herry, and i agree with you that it is perhaps not the most useful. However, i feel that this site will be at its best when people feel free to combine useful reviews with light-hearted, frivolous banter. Sometimes this frivolous banter will be juvenile, but i don't see any harm in that. The point of this site is to both help inform eating, drinking and entertainment decisions, and to bring people together in a fun, enjoyable community, where we are free to joke, make fun and yes, sometimes be juvenile, crude or even a little vulgar. The community can only thrive if nobody takes themselves, or others, too seriously - after all, people of all ages and backgrounds come together here, and none of us are professional critics or journalists. So, i hope you will indulge those amongst us who want to mix a little bit of innocent fun with the more serious task of providing useful and informative reviews for the benefit of the community.

Buraco at 28/09/06

the defence rests its case your honour...

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