London Attractions

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