Learning London geography

I know this sounds daft, but trial and error has always worked reasonably well for me. Just look up where you want to go before you depart and as long as you've got a decent sense of direction you'll be fine and dandy. Alternatively just ask a cab driver at one of the green hut things when you're purchasing a well-priced bacon roll.

might try this, i am trying to find a route from regents park to strand that doesn't involve regents street, but i basically can only remember to the end of great portland street then get lost in the one way streets, so may just keep heading south until i remember which way i went.