British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries.
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
www.bl.uk |
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British Museum
World famous collection of antiquities from around the world.
The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DG
www.british-museum.ac.uk
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Buckingham Palace
www.royal.gov.uk
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City of London Festival
Presenting a diverse array of art forms within the City of London.
London
www.colf.org |
Courtauld Institute of Art
Renowned collection of Western Art.
The Institute is a part of the University of London and has
extensive research resources.
Courtauld Institute of
Art
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 0RN
www.courtauld.ac.uk
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Cutty Sark Clipper Ship
"She bore a name that was to become famous throughout the world and was
destined to win a place in the hearts of British seamen second only to Nelson's immortal Victory
herself. Her name was the Cutty Sark."
King William Walk in Greenwich,
London
SE10
www.cuttysark.org.uk |
Dickens House Museum
Home of Charles Dickens where he wrote Oliver
Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. Site features a virtual tour of the museum.
48 Doughty Street
London
WC1N 2LX
www.dickensmuseum.com
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Dulwich Picture Gallery
Home to a significant collection of European
old master paintings of the 1600s and 1700s.
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
London
SE21 7AD
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
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Handel House Museum
25 Brook Street
Mayfair
London W1K 4HB
www.handlehouse.org
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Hayward Gallery
Gallery of modern art located on the south bank
of the Thames.
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX
www.hayward-gallery.org.uk |
Houses of Parliament
www.parliament.uk |
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Imperial War Museum
London
Featuring British and Commonwealth conflicts since 1914.
Imperial War
Museum London
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
www.iwm.org.uk
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Imperial
War Museum, HMS Belfast
A second world war battle cruiser moored in the Thames.
HMS
BELFAST
Morgan's Lane
Tooley Street
London
SE1 2JH
www.iwm.org.uk |
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Institute of Contemporary Arts
The latest ideas across the Arts.
ICA
The Mall
London
SW1Y 5AH
www.ica.org.uk
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London Transport Museum
"Covering a wide spectrum of materials and media, including vehicles,
rolling stock, posters, signs, uniforms, photographs, ephemera, maps and engineering
drawings, the Museum's collections make up the most
comprehensive record of urban mass transit in the world."
London Transport Museum
39 Wellington Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7BB
www.ltmuseum.co.uk |
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Johnson's
House
A prominent figure of the 18th century Samuel Johnson compiled the first
comprehensive English Dictionary here.
Dr. Johnson's House
17 Gough Square
London
EC4A 3DE
www.drjohnsonshouse.org
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Keats House Museum
"This is the house
where John Keats lived from 1818 to 1820, and is the setting which
inspired some of Keats’s most memorable poetry. Here, Keats wrote ' Ode
to a Nightingale', and fell in love with Fanny Brawne, the girl next
door."
Keats Grove
Hampstead
London
NW3 2RR
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk |
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London Eye
London Eye
South Bank
www.londoneye.com |
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London Film Festival
The London Film Festival presents some of the very best in world cinema.
London
www.lff.org.uk
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London Zoo
London Zoo
Regents Park
www.zsl.org
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Madame Tussauds
"London's most famous
tourist attraction."
Madame Tussauds
Marylebone Road
London
www.madame-tussauds.co.uk |
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Museum of London
Featuring London from prehistoric times to the present.
Museum of London
London Wall
London
EC2Y 5HN
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
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National Army Museum
Telling the story of the Army from Agincourt in the fifteenth century to the
present day.
Royal Hospital Road
Chelsea
London
SW3 4HT
www.national-army-museum.ac.uk |
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National Gallery
The national
collection of western European painting.
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 5DN
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
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National Maritime Museum
Historical collections of ships and all things nautical.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich,
London
SE10 9NF
www.nmm.ac.uk |
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National Museum of Science and Industry
Recording scientific, technological and medical change since the eighteenth
century.
The Science Museum
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2DD
www.nmsi.ac.uk
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Natural History
Museum
Collections spanning 300 years of scientific collecting.
Natural
History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
www.nhm.ac.uk |
London Aquarium
County Hall
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7PB
www.londonaquarium.co.uk |
Promenade Concerts
Season of the Henry Wood concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
Albert Hall
London
www.bbc.co.uk
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Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD
www.royalacademy.org.uk |
Royal Air Force Museum
The Museum houses a world-class collection
of aircraft, aviation artifacts and memorabilia.
Royal Air Force Museum London
Grahame Park Way
London
NW9 5LL
www.rafmuseum.org.uk
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Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
www.rbgkew.org.uk.
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Royal Greenwich
Observatory
"Part of the National
Maritime Museum and the home of the Prime Meridian of the World."
www.rog.nmm.ac.uk |
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St Paul's Cathedral
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren to replace the Old Saint Paul's destroyed in the
Great Fire of London in 1666. The resting place of Wren and other notable English men and
women.
The Chapter House
St Paul's Churchyard
London
EC4M 8AD
www.stpauls.co.uk
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Science Museum
The Science Museum
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2DD
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
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Shakespeare's Globe
"The Globe
Theatre is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse
designed in 1599, where Shakespeare worked and for which he wrote
many of his greatest plays."
Shakespeare's Globe
21 New Globe Walk
Bankside
London
SE1 9DT
www.shakespears-globe.org |
Spencer House
Spencer House was built in 1756-66 for
John, first Earl Spencer, an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales
(1961-97).
www.spencerhouse.co.uk |
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Tate Britain
The national gallery of British art from 1500 to
the present day.
Tate
Britain
Millbank
London SW1P 4RG
www.tate.org.uk |
Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
www.tate.org.uk |
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Tower Bridge
Tower bridge built in 1894 is open to visitors.
Tower Bridge
London
www.towerbridge.org.uk
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Tower of London
Official site of The Historical Royal Palaces brings you the Crown
Jewels, Yeomen of the Guard and 900 years of history.
HM Tower of London
London
EC3N 4AB
www.hrp.org.uk |
Victoria and Albert Museum
"The V&A is the greatest museum of applied and
decorative arts in the world."
V&A South Kensington
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
www.vam.ac.uk |
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Wallace Collection
Remarkable collections of 17 and 18th century
paintings, porcelain and furniture.
The Wallace Collection
Hertford House
Manchester Square
London
W1U 3BN
www.wallacecollection.org
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Westminster
Abbey
The oldest parts of the abbey date from 1245, the nave was completed in the 16th
century and the towers in the 18th century. Poet's Corner and the Shrine of Edward the
Confessor are just two of the many historical attractions in the abbey.
Westminster Abbey
London
SW1P 3PA
www.westminster-abbey.org |
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Whitechapel Art Gallery
"The Whitechapel Art Gallery is one of Europe's
premier public art galleries, presenting an international program of
contemporary and 20th century art."
Whitechapel Art
Gallery
80-82 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 7QX
www.whitechapel.org |