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 Are you dreaming of a holiday in London?

This page will be an entry to information about London, and suggestions of places not to miss and more
We hope this will be a comprehensive introduction for you to visit before you travel to London!
We plan to link to further information from this page and add a map of London plus useful links to more visitor information
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LONDON TRANSPORT
UNDERGROUND MAP
OFFICIAL LONDON THEATRE GUIDE
PRINTS of ART FROM LONDON GALLERIES - look at these pages BEFORE you visit the Gallery!
BUY RAIL TICKETS (GB) - check timetables, reserve seats and buy your train tickets through QJUMP
- online booking service where you can plan your train journey, check fares, reserve seats and purchase
 tickets for any National Rail journey. Tickets can be delivered by first class post to UK addresses,
or collected from a range of stations
Visit our page Little Known Museums in and near London also

 

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ENGLISH TOURS WITH MUSEMENT
 MUSEMENT has  a wonderful site with information about over  350 destinations in 50+ countries worldwide.  
They offer fascinating Tours in all these destinations. Do Click here to see all the tours available and click their banner above to read all their suggestions for tours, museums and countries to visit.
Save 10%: WWII Secrets of Westminster, Churchill’s War Rooms & Museum Walking Tour
Save 10%: Skip the Line: Kensington Palace and Afternoon Tea
Save 10%: National Gallery Highlights Tour
Save 10%: Hampton Court Palace
Save 10%: British Museum Highlights Tour
Save 10%: Skip the Line: Buckingham Palace Tour including the Changing of the Guard and Royal Afternoon Tea
Windsor Castle Tour from 54€
 Trips from London from just 54€ (Charming medieval villages, mysterious prehistoric sites, quaint countryside, renowned academic centers, and locations of famous movies; you’ll find this and so much more in the surrounding areas of London)
Tower of London: Skip the Line Ticket from 24€

LONDON's FAVORITE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Buckingham Palace
Home of the Queen - we have a special page here
The State Rooms and garden are only open in August and September - but thro the year you can visit the Royal Mews and the Queens Gallery.
www.royal.gov.uk

Tower of London
The Ravens are the famous residents of the Tower with the legend being that the kingdom will fall if they leave the tower. Begun in 1078 the tower is the home of the Crown Jewels and a collection of armour.
The cemony of the Keys happens at exactly 9.53 each evening when the Yeoman Warders begin the process of locking the Tower's entrances.  The public assembles at the West Gate at 9.00pm and follow the ceremony around each gate until its all over at about 10.00pm and the Last Post sounds.  You will need to apply for tickets at least 2 months in advance.
 www.hrp.org.uk/toweroflondon/whatson/ceremonyofthekeys.aspx
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Houses of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster has been the seat of both Parliaments wince 1512. Building started in 1042, the Great Fire of London destroyed part of it and the present building was completed in 1870 Designed by Sir Charles Barry they were badly damaged in the second World War, the House of Commons was almost totally destroyed in 1941.
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Royal Palace of Windsor

CHURCHES

Westminster Cathedral
Byzantime building designed by John Francis Bentley for the Catholic diocese and finished in 1903. The organ is one of the finest in Europe and concerts are held here every second Tuesday from June - September
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SW1

Westminster Abbey
Begun in 1050 by Edward the Confessor with a new abbey to designs of Henry of Rheims begun in 1245
There are free organ recitals at Westminster Abbey every sunday evening fm 5.45 - 6.15.
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SW1


St. Pauls from Ludgate
 St Pauls
After the original Cathedral was ruined in the Great Fire of London in 1087 Christopher Wren's first design for the Cathedral met with resistance and a simpler plan was accepted in 1675. The Inner and Outer Domes is the 2nd biggest in the world after St Peters in Rome, the Towers were not in Wrens original plan but he added them in 1707
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St James Piccadilly
has free recital programs every monday, wednesday and friday at 1.10pm  A 3 pound donation is suggested.

St Mary le Strand
St Mary Woolnoth
St Stephen Walbrook
Southwark Cathedral
Temple Church

Brompton Oratory
Italianate monument to the English Catholic revival of the late 19th century, the present building being opened in 1884. This building was opened in 1884 the dome and facade being added later
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SW7

St Martin in the Fields
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WC2

St Paul's Covent Garden
All Souls
Designed by John Nash in 1824 with an unusual round frontage and fine
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W1

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

British Museum
No. 1 attraction with over 6 million visitors a year. And its FREE!
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WC1

Madame Tussaud's
waxworks museum with lif-like models of historical and modern-day figures. Don't miss the chamber of horrows!
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NW1

Victoria and Albert Museum
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SW7

Courtauld Institute
in the Strand has some wonderful paintings by impressionists as well as Botticelli, Breugal and Rubens.
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WC2


Tate Gallery
Tate Modern
You can take a boat from the Marks and Barfield Millbank Pier (Tate Britain) to Bankside Pier (Tate Modern) every 20 minutes during the day   www.thamesclippers.com
Prints of Art from the TATE GALLERY
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National Gallery
There are several series of informative free talks  incluuding lunchtime lectures (1pm from Tuesday to Saturday)
Prints of Art from the NATIONAL GALLERY
in Trafalgar Square with over 2000 paintings from the 13th to 20th century. Admission is FREE
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National Portrait Gallery
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stages regular themed exhibitions.

Wallace Collection
was bequeathed to the government in 1897 it was the private collection of 4 generations of the Hertford family.
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Royal Academy of Arts
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Royal Albert Hall
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Science Museum
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Victoria & Albert
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Natural History Museum
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Pollock's Toy Museum
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W1

Museum of the Moving Image
London Canal Museum
Imperial War Museum
National Maritime Museum
in Greenwich. Nelsons Uniform which he wore when he died at the Battle of Trafalgar - interactive gallery where you can send a signal in More Code or with flags.
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Design Museum
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SW1

Museum of London
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EC2

Sherlock Homes Museum
Museum of London
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Theatre Museum
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WC2

Adelphi Theatre
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WC2

The Old Curiosity Shop
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WC2

Petticoat Lane
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E1


Big Ben
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Tower Bridge
10 Downing Street
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Horse Guards Whitehall
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Piccadilly Circus
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St James Palace
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Burlington Arcade
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W1

Clarence House
Now the Home of Prince Charles
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SW1

Royal Mews
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Trafalgar Square WC2
The smallest police station in London is hidden away in a lamp pillar in the south-east corner of Trafalgar Square!  Its a one-man auxiliary police station

London Zoo
is in the NE corner of Regents Park was opened in 1828

GARDENS AND SQUARES

During Open Squares weekend which is held in the middle of June these city oases usually hidden behind high laurel hedges are opened to the public.  There are around 200 gardens and s1uare to choose fom.
www.opensquares.org

Hampstead Heath
900 acres
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NW3


Kew Gardens
Our page for Kew Gardens

Richmond Park
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At the top of King Henry V111's mound in Richmond Park (Henry used to hunt in the park) you can view all the way to St Paul's Cathedral in the city to the east.  The view is protected and nothing can be built to obstructs the ten-mile sightline.
www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond
SW15

Regent's Park
has a boating lake, an open-air theatre, a bandstand and wonderful rose-garden John Nash designed the garden
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NW1

Hyde Park
Rotten Row - swim in the Serpentine's open-air Lido during the summer
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W2

Kensington Gardens
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 W8

Belgrave Square SW1 is a four-acres garden with statues and a tennis court

Greenwich Park
Green Park
Battersea Park

THEATRES & CONCERT HALLS, BALLET

Royal Opera House
There are free lunchtime concerts starting at 1pm, music ranges from Debussy to Wagner. Check the website for the current programme.
Restricted view seats for the opera start fro 7 pounds while some audience members have paid 195 pounsds to see the same opera!
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WC2

London Coliseum
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WC2

Sadler's Wells
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EC1

South Bank Centre
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SE1

Barbican Concert Hall
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EC2
 

Royal Albert Hall
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SW7

Wigmore Hall
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W1

Queen Elizabeth Hall
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SE1

Festival Hall
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SE1

Windsor Castle
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Hampton Court Palace
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The Millennium Bridge
is London's newest bridge and it connects St Paul's Cathedral on one side, the Tate Modern Gallery and Globe Theatre on the other side. Enjoy wonderful views of the thames, especially at night!

Harrods

Walking Haunted London:
24 Original Walks Exploring London's Ghostly Past
Across the cobblestones comes a spine-tingling sound -- could it be the footsteps of the notorious butcher, Jack the Ripper?
Hywell Williams has a fascinating site which is all about the "ghost Stations" of London's Underground System. - some of which have been out of use since 1932.
Used for movie sets (the latest Bond Movie) they are classic examples of the architecture and decor of their time.
This is a fascinating site!

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