Below is a list of over 120 London
Attractions with links to Maps and
Reviews.
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closest to London centre from the Palace
of Westminster, listed in order so they
are ideal for walking tours. You can
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London Attractions around the Palace of
Westminster
Palace of
Westminster . SW1A 0AA -
1860s Palace now Parliament Buildings
Westminster
Abbey . SW1P 3PA - 960s
gothic church with many famous tombs
St Margaret's
Church . SW1P 3JX -
1100s church at Westminster
Jewel Tower .
SW1P 3JY - 1365
tower with Edward III’s
treasures
Victoria Tower
Gardens . SW1P 3JA - by
Palace of Westminster
Tate Britain .
SW1P 4RG - top
art gallery west of the Palace
Churchill War
Rooms . SW1A 2AQ - WWII
Churchill rooms
10 Downing
Street . SW1A 2AB -
1680s Prime Minister home
Banqueting
House . SW1A 2ER -
remains of Palace of Whitehall
Horse Guards
Parade. SW1A 2ET -
military buildings & parade ground
Household Cavalry
Museum . SW1A 2AX -
history of regiment
The Old Admiralty Building is next to Horse
Guards Parade
Northwest of the Palace of Westminster
around St James Park
St James's Park
. Map - with a
Lake
The Mall road runs alongside St James's Park
for Parades
St James's
Palace . SW1A 1BQ -
1500s home to some Royals
Clarence House
. SW1A 1BA -
Royal home to some Royals
Spencer House.
SW1A 1NR -
Princess Diana ancestral home some visits
Buckingham
Palace . SW1A 1AA- 1850s
Queens residence visits
Guards Museum .
SW1E 6HQ -
story of 5 regiments form 1500s
Guard's Chapel
. SW1E 6HQ -
1830s Grecian military chapel
Westminster
Chapel . SW1E 6BS -
1860s Evangelical Church
Westminster
Cathedral . SW1P 1LT - 1903
top Catholic church in England
Apsley House .
W1J 7NT - 1770s
townhouse Dukes of Wellington
Faraday Museum
. W1S 4BS - 200
years of science & electro
Handel &
Hendrix in London . W1K 4HB - 2
musicians homes
Kensington
Palace . Hyde Park -
SW8 4PX - 1600s
Royal home
Royal Albert
Hall . SW7 2AP - 1871
concert hall 5,272 seats
Science Museum
. SW7 2DD - for
historic inventions and more
Natural History
Museum . SW7 5BD - of
animals and natural
Victoria &
Albert Museum . SW7 2RL -
decorative arts, design
Leighton House
Museum . W14 8LZ -
painter Frederic Leighton
Design Museum.
W8 6AG -
displays and hands on learning
Sambourne House
. W8 7BH - Punch
magazine Edward Linley home
Kyoto Garden .
W11 4UA -
Japanese Garden in Holland Park
Museum of Brands .
W11 1QT -
12,000 original packagings
East of the Palace of Westminster towards
St Paul's Cathedral
Trafalgar
Square . WC2N 5DN -
1840s square Nelson's Column
The National
Gallery . WC2N 5DN - art
gallery at Trafalgar Sq
St
Martin-in-the-Fields . WC 2N 4JJ -
1720s church by Trafalgar
St Paul's
Church . WC2E 9ED - 1633
church like Roman temple
Covent Garden .
WC2E 8RF -
famous shopping and markets
London Transport
Museum . WC2E 7BB - for
London transport
London Film
Museum . WC2E 7BN - the
British film industry
Royal Opera
House . WC2E 9DD -
1700s building opera ballet
Museum of
Freemasonry . WC2B 5AZ -
history
Somerset House
. WC2R 1LA -
1770s building for art & events
Cleopatra's
Needle . WC2N 6PB -
Ancient Egyptian obelisk
Roman Baths .
WC2R 1AP -
unclear if they are Roman or not
St Clement
Danes . WC2R 1DH - 1682
Christopher Wren church
Royal Courts of
Justice . WC2A 2LL - 1882
Gothic building
Two Temple
Place . WC2R 3BD - 1895
building art gallery
Temple Church .
EC4Y 7BB -
***1100s built by Knights Templar
Hunterian
Museum . WC2A 3PE - for
7& half foot Irish giant
Sir John Soane's
Museum. WC2A 3BP -
famous 1800s architect
Dr Johnson's
House . EC4A 3DE -
1700s home of the writer Samuel Johnson
St Bride's
Church . EC4Y 8AU - 1672
Christopher Wren design
City Of London
Distillery . EC4Y 8DT - 1672
Gin distillery with a bar & shop
Attractions around St Paul's Cathedral
St Andrew by the
Wardrobe . EC4V 5DE - Wren
church damaged in the Blitz
St. Paul's
Cathedral . EC4M 8AD -
1700s Horatio Nelson tomb
One New Change .
EC4M 9AF - mall
for shops & restaurants
St Mary-le-Bow
. EC2V 6AU - Wren
Church in Cockney area
Barts Pathology
Museum . EC1A 9DD -
weird open certain days
St Bartholomew's
Hospital Museum . EC1A 7BE -
small free medical museum
WIlliam Wallace
Memorial . EC1A 7AQ -
Scottish freedom fighter execution spot
St Bartholomew the
Great . EC1A 9DS -
1100s Anglican church
Saint
Etheldreda's . EC1N 6RY -
1200s Catholic Church
St Peter's Italian
Church . EC1R 5DL -
1860s Basilica-style
Museum of Order of
St John . EC1M 4DA - Holy
Land Knights
Museum of
London . EC2Y 5HN -
London from prehistoric time
London Wall /
Roman . EC2Y 5HN -
London from AD 100
Barbican Centre
. EC2Y 8DS - art,
concerts, cinema, orchestra
Guildhall .
EC2V 7HH -
1400s, art, library, Roman remains
Bank of England
Museum . EC2R 8AH - the
banks history
Mansion House .
EC4N 8BH -
1750s residence of Lord Mayor
London
Mithraeum . EC4N 8AA -
Roman Temple remains
Attractions Around the Tower of London
Monument to the
Great Fire of London . EC3R 8AH -
202ft high great views from top
St Magnus The
Martyr Church . EC3R 6DN -
1600s Wren church with a high steeple
St Mary-At-Hill
Church . EC3R 8EE -
1600s Wren church area of narrow lanes
Sky Garden . EC3M 8AF -
Garden & Bar high up in skyscraper
All Hallows By The
Tower . EC3R 5BJ - 600s
church Roman ties
London Wall .
EC3N 4DJ -
remains of Roman wall Londinium
Tower of London
. EC3N 4AB - 1078
castle with Crown Jewels
Tower Hill
Garden . EC3N 4AB - high
point for executions
St Olave's
Church. EC3R 7NA -
1450s small with sculls on gates
30 St Mary Axe
. EC3A 8BF -
Gherkin skyscraper & restaurant half of a
mile north
St Katharine Docks .
E1W 1LA -
shops, restaurants and marina
London Blitz
Memorial a short walk east of the docks
Tower Bridge .
SE1 2UP - 1894
famous bridge for tours
Attractions on the South Side of the River
Thames from Tower Bridge
City Hall .
SE1 2AA - 2002
building Mayor of London offices
Unicorn Theatre
. SE1 2HZ for
younger audiences 2 - 21
Fashion and Textile
Museum . SE1 3XF -
fashion and jewellery
View from The
Shard . SE1 9SG -
highest building for views
Hay's Galleria
. SE1 2HD -
converted warehouse shops & cafes
HMS Belfast.
SE1 2JH - WWII
warship a permanent museum
London Bridge
Experience . SE1 2SY - scary
London's past
Southwark
Cathedral -. SE1 9DA
earliest parts from the 1100s
Golden Hinde II
. SE1 9DE -
reconstruction Francis Drake ship
Winchester
Palace . SE1 9DN - 1100s
Bishops townhouse
Clink Prison Museum .
SE1 9DG - 1100s
prison gruesome past
Shakespeare's
Globe . SE1 9DT -
reconstruction 1600s Theatre
Tate Modern .
SE1 9TG -
modern art gallery opened in 2000
National
Theatre . SE1 9PX - top
UK performing arts venue
Royal Festival
Hall -. SE1 8XX 1951,
2,500-seat concert venue
BFI IMAX .
SE1 8XR - 1999
building, a top London cinema
London Eye .
SE1 7PB - 443ft
Ferris Wheel opened in 2000
London Eye River
Cruises . SE1 7PB - trips
on Thames River
The London Dungeon .
SE1 7PB - 1000
years of London history
Shrek's
Adventure . SE1 7PB family
attraction based on film
SEA LIFE London
Aquarium . SE1 7PB - also
robotic fish
Florence
Nightingale Museum . SE1 7EP -
famous during Crimean War
Lambeth Palace
. SE1 7JU -
residence Archbishop of Canterbury
Garden Museum .
SE1 7LB -
church now a museum of gardens
Imperial War Museum
London . SE1 6HZ - WWI
to today
Cinema Museum .
SE11 4TH -
history of the cinema in the UK
Attractions North of Palace of Westminster
around the British Museum
It is just over a one mile walk between the
Palace of Westminster and British Museum. Some
tour buses visit this area.
Oxford Street .
WC1A 1AZ -
Europe's busiest shopping street
Cartoon Museum
. WC1A 3AE -
British cartoons, comic strips
Museum of
Comedy . WC1A 2SR -
artefacts of iconic comedians
British Museum
. WC1B 3DG -
1850s building Egyptian Roman
Pollocks Toy Museum .
W1T 2HL - may
be closed
Brunei Gallery
SOAS. WC1B 5DQ -
Asia, Africa, MiddleEast art
Euston Church .
WC1H 0AG -
1850s top church in area
Petrie Museum of
Egyptian Archaeology . WC1E 6BT -
1892
Grant Museum of
Zoology . WC1E 6DE -
natural history
BT Tower.
W1T 4JZ - 627ft
tower with great views over London
Wellcome
Collection . NW1 2BE -
medical displays and art
Foundling
Museum . WC1N 1AZ -
first UK home for abandoned children
Charles Dickens
Museum . WC1N 2LX -
1800s author's home
The Postal
Museum . WC1X 0DA - from
1838
Novelty
Automation . WC1R 4AY -
home-made machines
Attractions Northwest of the British Museum
around Regents Park
Wallace
Collection - W1U 3BN
townhouse with fine art
Sherlock Holmes
Museum . NW1 6XE -
official Sherlock home
Madame Tussauds
London . NW1 5LR -
famous waxworks
One Marylebone
. NW1 4AQ - 1828
church defeat of Napoleon
Regent's Park .
NW1 4NR - 1835
open air theatre, boating, cafes
ZSL London Zoo .
NW1 4RY - 1847
large zoo in Regent's Park
Lord's Cricket
Ground . NW8 8QN - has
oldest sports museum
Abbey Road
Studios . NW8 9AY - open
1931 Beatles, Pink Floyd
Puppet Theatre
Barge - at Little Venice .
W9 2PF 3
miles
Alexander Fleming
Laboratory - W2 1NY at St.
Mary's Hospital
Jewish Museum
London . NW3 6ET -
British Jewish life, history
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