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) but it is a great city of culture 
Just need to be as careful as any other big city WRT personal safety and security!
but if you flash that honker on your finger, you should be allowed in, I reckon
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The Underground is generally safe - one of the 'joys' of living in Britain nowadays is that every single bloody shop has CCTV, along with buses, taxis, the Tube, most busy streets in London... 'just in case'.
, which means even main roads have pointlessly, painfully slow 20mph speed liimts on them at all times of the day and night. lol and although you can use a debit card to 'tap in' and 'tap out' when you join and leave the Underground, I'm not sure if you'll also incur currency conversion costs with every trip if you're using an American debit card. (I'm not sure if you can use a Credit Card, but the same potential issues apply.) I believe you can get Oyster cards from newsagents, but I'm not certain. There are instances of mugging, of course, as in any big city, but I don't believe it happens very often in the main tourist areas in the centre. Away from the centre, in the, er, 'less socioeconomically successful' areas, shall we say, it pays to have one' wits about oneself, but then we should probably be doing that anyway, wherever we are, lol. haha) but there must also be a million people a day travelling on them without incident, so just common sense stuff like mentioned above should be fine, I reckon. but it's really not - I always (99.9% of the time) feel safe in London, even in busy crowds, and as long as one is aware of one's surroundings and the sort of techniques that can be used to gain advantage over you, as mentioned above, and have some ability to 'read' people that are around you (to assess if they may be up to no good or looking out for opportunities to take advantage of people), then we can only do the best we can to avoid being a victim of any kind. I hope you enjoy your trip and I am not creating unnecessary worry - there is so much to see and do that you could plan something for every day of a six week trip and eat in a different restaurant for every meal, and you'd still have lots you couldn't get done! lol so I hope some of the ladies on here can also chime in with their viewpoints and experiences!
Wow, they've got some serious nice and eclectic stuff on their website!
The Underground is generally safe - one of the 'joys' of living in Britain nowadays is that every single bloody shop has CCTV, along with buses, taxis, the Tube, most busy streets in London... 'just in case'.
Does CCTV prevent crime? The statistics suggest not IIRC, it's more a case of having some evidence to start from in any attempt to solve a crime
Anyway, I am cynical about such things and wish people would behave in an appropriate manner in the first place! lol
re: not driving, be glad - I do drive there myself fairly regularly, and it's a complete PITA nowadays - so much space has been reallocated to pedestrians and cyclists, and most cut-throughs have been blocked off, meaning all through-traffic that doesn't live in an area is funneled into one or two main arteries and is just stuck there if its busy. (grrr...)
There are also an abundance of traffic cameras - speed cameras, red light cameras, bus lane cameras, yellow box junction cameras, Congestion Charge cameras (£12.50 a day to drive in the central area) - as well as insane parking charges in the central areas, so unless you're hyper-aware, it's easy to inadvertently pick up a 60 quid fine here and there or, worse, points on your licence. The latter even more so now that, apparently, "20s plenty"
I do still enjoy driving in London, the cut-and-thrust is quite fun, but then I am a masochist like that
If you're not a regular to the area, driving is probably best left to Black Cabs, Ubers and the bus drivers!
You may need to pick up an Oyster card if you want to travel on the Underground or the bus network - IIRC buses don't take cash onboard anymore
I personally don't like the fact that Oyster means they can track your trips across the network and capture your image as you go through barriers, so I usually pay in cash for a (paper) One Day Travelcard at a machine in a station entrance foyer. I can't remember the costs right now but, naturally, it is more expensive that way than to use Oyster or a debit card
Have a look at the Transport for London website for details, I reckon - it is pretty useful generally.
WRT safety, you should be just fine.
I have not seen a lot of big (diamond) bling on my travels in London but I have occasionally seen clearly-well-heeled ladies on the Underground, and expensive watches on men are fairly common in the City. I think that it would make sense to wear your hair down and turn any big stone towards your closed palm on public transport if you are wearing 2ct+ studs and a honker on you finger, but if you are travelling with friends/family then I think risk is reduced - safety in numbers and all that.
I'm not entirely sure about buses - you hear about some bad things happening on buses (and they are usually full of weirdos
Distraction-technique theft can take place in busy areas and at cashpoints/ATMs, especially places like Oxford Street etc., so I would recommend a small purse worn across the body with the zip to the front and underneath a coat, if the weather allows. Take care waving a mobile phone about in busy places and when standing by the side of the road (because of passing mopeds occasionally being used for snatch-and-grab theft!) and perhaps invest in some earphone things that you can leave plugged into the phone and maybe wear one loosely in one ear (so you can still hear out of it but can answer a call) and leave the other one out, to save having to get your phone out in public. In restaurants etc., don't leave anything out on a table (especially if you're next to a walkway or near a door) and take it with you when you visit the ladies!
All of this makes it sound like London is the wild west
If you're staying and travelling in the very centre then I think any risk level is minimal with the application of common sense and some basic mitigation techniques
I do, of course, caveat all the above with the fact that I am a male of the species, who is fairly tall, fairly broad, and average-looking to the point of invisibility
and pretty much everything is walkable - this map gives you walking distances between stations, so you can always stride out and see some of the city rather than hiding under it!
Pffft - it's 11 degrees today and I drove 50 miles with the roof down - it's not that cold over here
Canary Wharf itself is crazy-expensive for housing so you should be just fine in terms of safety around there, but the surrounding areas are perhaps less well-off, so the usual caution should be exercised.
The Docklands Light Railway should get you to Stratford for the Westfield Shopping Centre (go early, avoid weekends!) and you can travel the other direction to take you to Bank, which is not far from Liverpool Street.
https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/
All the stations are well connected, really, so you'll have no issues getting around on the Underground
http://content.tfl.gov.uk/walking-tube-map.pdf
In fact, there are a lot of walking tours available, such as these:
http://www.walks.com/our-walks/secret-london
and there are even ones like a Harry Potter tour, which is pretty cool!
I did actually find this Hatton Garden tour - I've only just stumbled on it and have no idea on quality (or if you'll get 'the hard sell' at the end, but might be worth a look?
http://www.lauriewickwire.com/lecturer/hatton-garden-tour/
) to historic Stratford-upon-Avon for a day (to see Shakespeare's house etc.)
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