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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a bit in awe of someone planning this type of trip less than a month out. I would have been planning this for much longer personally.

A stroller is not going to be practical many places so take that into consideration. If you do have to being one make it the lightest, most compact-able one you have (i.e. umbrella type).  You haven’t really said what your kids or family enjoy so hard to recommend things. I would however figure out your must see things and get those booked ASAP.[/quote]

The only thing we have planned is Wimbledon.

We have both been so have a rough idea of what we will do.

London:
Day on on off red bus
Piccadilly Circus
Harrods
Harry Potter tour
Tate modern 
Buckingham Palace 
Stonehenge

Hope to book hotel today.[/quote]

Harry Potter studio tour you better book ASAP.  The optimal times go fast, sometimes 3+ months in advance.

Buckingham Palace tour won't be available in less than a month.  The tour dates are July 22-Oct 2.  [/quote]

This is WAY too ambitious. You can see Piccadilly Circus from the bus, Harrods is easy enough, the Harry Potter studio is a full day, it’s a trek from central London and not worth it if you have a short trip, same with Stonehenge. And you can see the palace from the outside only at this point. [/quote]

OP here. I was just going to see the palace from outside, not a tour. I guess we will pick either Harry Potter or Stonehenge but not both. I would ideally book a half day tour to Stonehenge.

I am late in booking hotels. Plus it is Wimbledon time. [/quote]

Harry Potter studio tour is MUCH closer to London than Stonehenge.  HP studio involves a 20 minute train ride from Euston station to Watford Junction, than a 15 minute bus ride to the studio.  Stonehenge is 1:30 train ride from Waterloo, then a 35 minute bus ride.  It's physically impossible to go to Stonehenge as a half day tour because the transit alone will be 2:30 minimum in each direction.[/quote]

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