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Buckingham Palace

If Buckingham Palace were open year-round, it would be by far the most visited tourist attraction in Britain; as it is, the Queen’s main residence...

National Gallery

Anyone with even a passing interest in art will want to put this near the top of their to-do lists while visiting London, for it is truly one...

National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 with a single aim: to gather together portraits of famous (and infamous) Britons throughout...

St. James's Park

There is a story that, many years ago, a royal once enquired of a courtier how much it would cost to close St. James's Park to the public. ...

Tate Britain

First opened in 1897, and funded by the sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate, this stately neoclassical institution may not be as ambitious as its South...

Westminster Abbey

Steeped in millennia of rich and often bloody history, Westminster Abbey is one of England's most iconic buildings. An abbey has stood here...

Apsley House

Apsley House was built by Robert Adam in the 1770s and was bought by the Duke of Wellington two years after his famous victory over Napoléon...

Burlington Arcade

With ceilings and lights now restored to how they would have looked when it was built in 1819, Burlington Arcade is the finest of Mayfair's...

Royal Academy of Arts

Burlington House was built in 1664, with later Palladian additions for the 3rd Earl of Burlington in 1720. The piazza in front dates from 1873...

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