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| Name | Category | Location |
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Golden Hinde.
The Golden Hinde . Famed Elizabethan explorer Sir Francis Drake... |
Nautical Sites | South Bank |
Apsley House (Wellington Museum) 
The mansion built by Robert Adam and presented to the Duke of... |
Museums / Galleries | St. James's and Mayfair |
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Banqueting House
James I commissioned Inigo Jones, one of England's great architects... |
Castles / Palaces | Westminster and Royal London |
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Bevis Marks Synagogue
This is Britain's oldest synagogue still in use and certainly... |
Religious Sites | East End |
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Bond Street
This world-class shopping haunt is divided into northern "New"... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | St. James's and Mayfair |
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British Library
This collection of around 18 million volumes, formerly in the... |
Libraries | Bloomsbury and Legal London |
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British Museum
With a facade like a great temple, this celebrated treasure house... |
Museums / Galleries | Bloomsbury and Legal London |
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Buckingham Palace
It's rare to get a chance to see how the other half—well... |
Castles / Palaces | Westminster and Royal London |
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Burlington Arcade
Perhaps the finest of Mayfair's enchanting covered shopping alleys... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | St. James's and Mayfair |
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Cabinet War Rooms & Churchill Museum
It was from this small warren of underground rooms—beneath... |
Museums / Galleries | Westminster and Royal London |
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Clarence House
The London home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother for nearly... |
Houses / Mansions | Westminster and Royal London |
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Clock Tower Antiques Market
The weekend Clock Tower Antiques Market on Greenwich High Road... |
Markets / Bazaars | Greenwich |
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Courtauld Institute Gallery
One of London's most beloved art collections, the Courtauld is... |
Museums / Galleries | Soho and Covent Garden |
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Covent Garden Piazza
Once home to London's main flower market, and former stomping... |
Squares | Soho and Covent Garden |
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Dennis Severs' House
Dennis Severs (1948-99), a performer-designer-scholar from Escondido... |
Houses / Mansions | East End |
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Discover Greenwich
Intended as a kind of anchor point for Greenwich's big three... |
Museums / Galleries | Greenwich |
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Fashion and Textile Museum
The bright yellow and pink museum (it's hard to miss) designed... |
Museums / Galleries | South Bank |
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Geffrye Museum
Here's where you can explore the life of London' middle class... |
Museums / Galleries | East End |
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Greenwich Market
Established as a fruit-and-vegetable market in 1700, and granted... |
Markets / Bazaars | Greenwich |
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Hampstead Heath
For an escape from the ordered prettiness of Hampstead, head... |
Parks | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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Highgate Cemetery
Highgate is not the oldest cemetery in London, but it is probably... |
Cemeteries | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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Houses of Parliament
If you want to understand some of the centuries-old traditions... |
Government Buildings | Westminster and Royal London |
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Keats House
It was in February 1820 that John Keats (1795-1821) coughed blood... |
Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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Kenwood House
This gracious Georgian villa was first built in 1616 and remodeled... |
Houses / Mansions | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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London Eye
To mark the start of the new millennium, architects David Marks... |
Viewpoints | South Bank |
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London Transport Museum
Housed in the old flower market at the southeast corner of Covent... |
Museums / Galleries | Soho and Covent Garden |
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London Zoo
The zoo, owned by the Zoological Society of London (a charity)... |
Zoos / Aquariums | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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Marble Arch
John Nash's 1827 arch, moved here from Buckingham Palace in 1851... |
Architectural Sites | St. James's and Mayfair |
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Marylebone High Street
A favorite of newspaper style sections everywhere, this street... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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Monument
Commemorating the "dreadful visitation" of the Great Fire of... |
Memorials / Monuments | The City |
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Museum of London
If there's one place to absorb the history of London, from 450,000... |
Museums / Galleries | The City |
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National Gallery
Standing proudly on the north side of Trafalgar Square is one... |
Museums / Galleries | Westminster and Royal London |
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National Maritime Museum
From the time of Henry VIII until the 1940s Britain was the world's... |
Museums / Galleries | Greenwich |
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National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 with a single... |
Museums / Galleries | Westminster and Royal London |
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Old Royal Naval College
Begun by Christopher Wren in 1694 as a rest home for ancient... |
Educational Institutions | Greenwich |
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Piccadilly Circus
The origins of the name "Piccadilly" relate to a humble 17th-century... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | St. James's and Mayfair |
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The Queen's Gallery
The former chapel at the south side of Buckingham Palace is now... |
Museums / Galleries | Westminster and Royal London |
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Regent's Park
Cultivated and formal, compared with the relative wildness of... |
Parks | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! contains five floors of curiosities:... |
Museums / Galleries | St. James's and Mayfair |
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Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House was originally built in 1664, with later Palladian... |
Museums / Galleries | St. James's and Mayfair |
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Royal Observatory
Greenwich is on the prime meridian at 0° longitude, and the... |
Observatories / Planetariums | Greenwich |
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Royal Opera House
London's premier opera and ballet venue was designed in 1858... |
Arts / Performance Venues | Soho and Covent Garden |
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Selfridges
With its row of massive Ionic columns, this huge store was opened... |
Stores / Malls | St. James's and Mayfair |
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
This spectacular theater is a replica of Shakespeare's open-roof... |
Architectural Sites | South Bank |
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Sir John Soane's Museum
Sir John (1753-1837), architect of the Bank of England, bequeathed... |
Museums / Galleries | Bloomsbury and Legal London |
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Somerset House
In recent years this huge complex—the work of Sir William... |
Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions | Soho and Covent Garden |
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Southbank Centre
The public has never really warmed to the Southbank Centre's... |
Arts / Performance Venues | South Bank |
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Southwark Cathedral
Pronounced "Suth-uck," this is the oldest Gothic church in London... |
Religious Sites | South Bank |
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Spitalfields Market
This large restored Victorian market hall covered by a glass... |
Markets / Bazaars | East End |
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St. James's Church
Blitzed by the German Luftwaffe in 1940 and not restored under... |
Religious Sites | St. James's and Mayfair |
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St. James's Park
With three palaces at its borders (the Palace of Westminster... |
Parks | Westminster and Royal London |
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St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's is simply breathtaking. The structure is Sir Christopher... |
Museums / Galleries | The City |
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The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, the highest court of appeal in the U.K., is... |
Government Buildings | Westminster and Royal London |
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Tate Britain
The stately neoclassical institution may not be as ambitious... |
Museums / Galleries | Westminster and Royal London |
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Tate Modern
This spectacular renovation of a mid-20th-century power station... |
Museums / Galleries | South Bank |
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Tower Bridge
Despite its medieval, fairy-tale appearance, this is a Victorian... |
Museums / Galleries, Bridges / Tunnels | The City |
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Tower of London
Nowhere else does London's history come to life so vividly as... |
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces | The City |
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Trafalgar Square
This is literally the center of London: a plaque on the corner... |
Squares | Westminster and Royal London |
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V&A Museum of Childhood
The East End outpost of the Victoria & Albert Museum—in... |
Museums / Galleries | East End |
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Wallace Collection
This exquisite labyrinth of an art gallery is housed in Hertford... |
Museums / Galleries | Regent's Park and Hampstead |
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Wellington Arch
Opposite the Duke of Wellington's mansion, Apsley House, this... |
Memorials / Monuments | St. James's and Mayfair |
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Westminster Abbey
A monument to the nation's rich—and often bloody and scandalous—history... |
Religious Sites | Westminster and Royal London |
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Whitechapel Art Gallery
Founded in 1901, this gallery has expanded into fabulous new... |
Museums / Galleries | East End |
