London

26 places · United Kingdom

market

Borough Market

market

Food market near London Bridge, one of the city's oldest, with produce stalls and street food.

Camden Market

market

Busy market complex beside Regent's Canal, with stalls selling clothes, crafts and street food.

Portobello Road Market

market

Street market in Notting Hill known for antiques and bric-a-brac, with pastel-coloured houses along the road.

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British Museum

museum

Museum of world history and culture in Bloomsbury, with the Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon sculptures among its highlights.

National Gallery

museum

Art gallery on Trafalgar Square with Western European paintings from the 13th to the early 20th century.

Natural History Museum

museum

Museum in South Kensington with dinosaur skeletons and a vast natural history collection in a Victorian building.

Tate Modern

museum

Gallery of modern and contemporary art in the former Bankside Power Station.

Victoria and Albert Museum

museum

Museum of art and design in South Kensington, with fashion, ceramics, sculpture and furniture from around the world.

landmark

Buckingham Palace

landmark

The monarch's official London residence, with a famous forecourt and balcony.

Palace of Westminster and Big Ben

landmark

The Houses of Parliament on the Thames, with the clock tower popularly known as Big Ben.

Shakespeare's Globe

landmark

Reconstruction of the open-air Elizabethan theatre where Shakespeare's plays were staged, on the South Bank.

Tower of London

landmark

Historic castle on the north bank of the Thames and home of the Crown Jewels.

neighborhood

Covent Garden

neighborhood

Shopping and entertainment district around the old market hall, known for street performers.

Greenwich

neighborhood

Maritime district in south-east London and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the Cutty Sark, the Old Royal Naval College and Greenwich Park.

palace

Hampton Court Palace

palace

Tudor royal palace on the Thames in south-west London, closely associated with Henry VIII, with a famous maze and gardens.

park

Hyde Park

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One of London's largest royal parks, with the Serpentine lake and Speakers' Corner.

Regent's Park

park

Royal park in north-west London with formal gardens, a boating lake and London Zoo.

St James's Park

park

Royal park between Buckingham Palace and Whitehall, with a lake, flower beds and resident pelicans.

garden

Kew Gardens

garden

The Royal Botanic Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage botanic garden in south-west London, with glasshouses including the Palm House.

attraction

London Eye

attraction

Giant observation wheel on the South Bank of the Thames, opposite the Houses of Parliament.

Royal Observatory Greenwich

attraction

Observatory on a hill in Greenwich Park, home of the Prime Meridian line.

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St Paul's Cathedral

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Christopher Wren's domed cathedral on Ludgate Hill. Visitors can climb the dome for views over the City.

Westminster Abbey

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Gothic abbey church beside the Houses of Parliament, the traditional coronation church of English and British monarchs and the burial place of many of them.

bridge

Tower Bridge

bridge

Combined bascule and suspension bridge over the Thames, with high-level walkways.

square

Trafalgar Square

square

Public square with Nelson's Column, fountains and the lion statues, in the centre of London.