Not sure you are talking about the same kind of backpacking, since London is a city and not sure there is a lot of wilderness left in the UK - this forum is about putting all your gear in a pack plus food and going into the wilds for days at a time, not putting clothes in a pack and riding or walking around from hostel to hostel, aka European backpacking.
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