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1. Apsley House
Mayfair | House/Mansion/VillaApsley 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...Read More
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2. Benjamin Franklin House
Covent Garden | House/Mansion/VillaThis architecturally significant 1730 house is the only surviving residence of American statesman, scientist, writer, and inventor Benjamin...Read More
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3. Buckingham Palace
St. James's | Castle/Palace/ChateauIf 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...Read More
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4. Churchill War Rooms
Westminster | Museum/GalleryIt was from this small warren of underground rooms—beneath the vast government buildings of the Treasury—that Winston Churchill and his team...Read More
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5. Covent Garden Piazza
Covent Garden | Historic District/SiteOnce home to London's main flower market, where My Fair Lady's Eliza Doolittle peddled her blooms, the square around which Covent Garden pivots...Read More
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6. Cutty Sark
Greenwich | Historic District/SiteThis sleek, romantic clipper was built in 1869, one among a vast fleet of tall-masted wooden ships that plied the oceanic highways of the 19th...Read More
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7. Hampton Court Palace
Castle/Palace/ChateauThe beloved seat of Henry VIII's court, sprawled elegantly beside the languid waters of the Thames, Hampton Court is steeped in more history...Read More
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8. Houses of Parliament
Westminster | Government BuildingThe Palace of Westminster, as the complex is called, was first established on this site by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. William...Read More
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9. IWM London
South Bank | Museum/GalleryDespite its name, the cultural venue formerly known as the Imperial War Museum (one of five IWM branches around the country) does not glorify...Read More
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10. Kensington Palace
Kensington | Castle/Palace/ChateauThis is a rare chance to get a glimpse into the more domestic and personal side of royal life. Neither as imposing as Buckingham Palace nor...Read More
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11. Kenwood House
Highgate | House/Mansion/VillaThis largely Palladian villa offers an escape to a gracious country house with a magnificent collection of Old Masters and beautiful grounds...Read More
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12. Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage
Kew | Castle/Palace/ChateauThe elegant redbrick exterior of the smallest of Britain's royal palaces seems almost humble when compared with the grandeur of, say, Buckingham...Read More
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13. Lord's
St. John's Wood | Sports VenueLord's Cricket Ground, home of the venerable 1787 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), has been hallowed cricketing turf since 1814, and MCC rules...Read More
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14. National Maritime Museum
Greenwich | Museum/GalleryFrom the time of Henry VIII until the 1940s, Britain was the world's preeminent naval power, and the collections here trace half a millennia...Read More
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15. National Portrait Gallery
Westminster | Museum/GalleryThe National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 with a single aim: to gather together portraits of famous (and infamous) Britons throughout...Read More
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16. Newburgh Quarter
Soho | Pedestrian MallWant to see the hip style of today's London? Find it one block east of Carnaby Street—where the look of the '60s "Swinging London" was born...Read More
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17. Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich | Historic District/SiteBuilt by Sir Christopher Wren between 1696 and 1751 as a rest home for ancient mariners, the college became a naval school in 1873. A small...Read More
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18. Royal Observatory
Greenwich | Museum/GalleryGreenwich is on the prime meridian at 0° longitude, and the ultimate standard for time around the world has been set here at the Royal Observatory...Read More
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19. Somerset House
Covent Garden | Museum/GalleryThis huge complex—the work of Sir William Chambers (1723–96), and built during the reign of George III to house offices of the Navy Board—has...Read More
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20. St. Bartholomew the Great
City of London | Religious Building/Site/ShrineOriginally founded in 1123 as part of an Augustinian monastery, this is one of the oldest churches in London and one of the city's few surviving...Read More
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