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Around town
Around London |
British Museum
The British Museum in Bloomsbury, home to some of the world's most famous antiquities such as the 'Elgin Marbles' from the Parthenon in Greece and the Rosetta Stone. |
City of London
The City forms just one square mile around the oldest part of London, and is the center of the financial industry today. |
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Kensington and Chelsea
The Royal Boroguh of Kensington and Chelsea is a more well-to-do district of London west of Buckingham Palace. |
Kew
Kew in West London is the site of the royal palace where 'mad' King George lived during his illness, and home to the world famous Kew Gardens. |
London Eye
The London Eye was only supposed to be a temporary attraction for the Millennium, but has proved so popular that its run is being extended. |
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People
People around and about London. |
South Bank
The South Bank is the area south of the Thames and opposite Westminster and Whitehall. |
St Paul's Cathedral
Wren's best known church stands at the western edge of the City of London proper. |
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Temple Church
Temple Church is now firmly on the London tourist map thanks to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. A remarkable building, it is more than 900 years old and has survived the crushing of the Templars by the Roman catholic church, the reformation, the great fire of London and world-war two bombs. The only remaining Romanesque building in London, it is famous for its effigies of Templar knights. |
Tower Bridge
The famous bascule swing bridge, often mistaken for London Bridge. |
Tower of London
The Tower of London is one of the oldest buildings still standing in London, dating from the 11th century. It has served as palace and a jail, and now houses the Crown Jewels. |
