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Admiralty Arch
Gateway to the Mall—no, not an indoor shopping center but...
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Banqueting House
Built on the site of the original Tudor Palace of Whitehall...
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Buckingham Palace
It's rare to get a chance to see how the other half—well...
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Cabinet War Rooms & Churchill Museum
It was from this small warren of underground rooms—beneath...
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Carlton House Terrace
Architect John Nash designed Carlton House, a glorious example...
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Clarence House
The London home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother for nearly...
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Downing Street
Looking like an unassuming alley but for the iron gates at both...
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Horse Guards Parade
Once the tiltyard of Whitehall Palace, where jousting tournaments...
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Household Cavalry Museum
Horse lovers can see working horses belonging to the British...
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Houses of Parliament
If you want to understand some of the centuries-old traditions...
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Institute of Contemporary Arts
Behind its incongruous white-stucco facade on the Mall next to...
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The Mall
This stately, 115-foot-wide processional route sweeping from...
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National Gallery
Standing proudly at the top of Trafalgar Square is one of the...
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National Portrait Gallery
A suitably idiosyncratic collection that presents a potted history...
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The Queen's Gallery
The former chapel at the south side of Buckingham Palace is now...
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Royal Mews
Fairy-tale gold-and-glass coaches and sleek Rolls-Royce state...
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St. James's Palace
With its solitary sentry posted at the gate, this surprisingly...
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St. James's Park
With three palaces at its borders (the Palace of Westminster...
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St. Margaret's Church
Dwarfed by its neighbor, Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret's was...
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St. Martin-in-the-Fields
One of London's best-loved and most welcoming of churches, has...
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Tate Britain
Although the building is not quite as awe-inspiring as Tate Modern...
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Trafalgar Square
This is literally the center of London: a plaque on the corner...
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Wellington Barracks
These are the headquarters of the Guards Division, the Queen's...
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Westminster Abbey
A monument to the nation's rich—and often bloody and scandalous—history...
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Westminster Cathedral
Amid the concrete jungle of Victoria Street lies this remarkable...
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