| Sight |
Nearest tube |
Notes |
| Admiralty |
Charing Cross |
Whitehall. Headquarters of the Civil Service. |
| Albert Memorial |
South Kensington |
Kensington Gardens. Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, took 20 years to build. |
| Bank of England and Museum |
Bank |
Threadneedle St. Open Mon-Fri 1000-1800, Sat & Sun (summer season only) 1000-1800. |
| Banqueting House |
Charing Cross/Westminster |
Whitehall. Built by Inigo Jones in 1622. Contains the famous ceiling painting by Rubens. Admission charge. Open Tues-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1400-1700. |
| Barbican |
Barbican |
A modern complex housing theatres, art gallery, cinemas and a library. |
| Big Ben |
Westminster |
Westminster. The name of the bell which strikes the hours in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. |
| Bond St |
Bond St |
World famous shopping street running from Piccadilly to Oxford St. |
| British Museum & British Library |
Russel Square |
Great Russell St. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1430-1800. Tel 020 7 636 1555 |
| Broadcasting House |
Oxford Circus |
Portland Place. Home of BBC sound. |
| Buckingham Palace |
Green Park/St James Park |
Guards change 1130 daily. |
| Cabinet War Rooms |
Westminster |
Clive Steps, King Charles St. WWII bunkers used by Churchill. |
| Carnaby Street |
Oxford Circus/Piccadilly Circus |
Fashion centre of the 1960's. |
| Cenotaph |
Charing Cross/Westminster |
Whitehall. Memorial to the dead of both World Wars. |
| Central Criminal Court |
St Pauls |
Old Bailey. Court 1 has a Public Gallery in Newgate St. |
| Christies |
Green Park |
8 King St. Auctioneers of paintings, jewellery etc. Tel 020 7 839 9060. |
| Cleopatras Needle |
Embankment |
Victoria Embankment. Egyptian obelisk. |
| College of Arms |
Blackfriars |
Queen Victoria St. Also known as Heralds College. Open Mon-Fri 1000-1600. |
| Commonwealth Institute |
Kensington High Street |
Kensington High St. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1400-1700. |
| Covent Garden Market |
Covent Garden |
Bustling pedestrianised market area with shops, cafes, etc. |
| Design Centre |
Piccadilly Circus |
28 Haymarket. Open 1000-1800, Sun 1300-1800. |
| Dirty Dicks |
Liverpool Street |
202 Bishopgate. Named after 18th century dandy Nathaniel Bentley. |
| Downing St |
Westminster |
Whitehall. Home of the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
| Earls Court |
Earls Court |
Warwick Rd. Exhibition Halls & Royal Tournaments. |
| Faraday Museum |
Green Park |
Royal Institution, 20 Albermarie St. Displays of the life and work of Michael Faraday. Open 1300-1600 Tues & Thur only. |
| Fleet St |
Temple/Blackfriars |
Used to be the home of British newspapers. |
| Florence Nightingale Museum |
Westminster/Waterloo |
Lambeth Palace Road. Includes a life size recreated ward in the Crimea. Admission charge. Open Tues-Sun 1000-1600. |
| Geological Museum |
South Kensington |
Exhibition Rd. Displays of rocks, fossils and minerals. Open 1000-1800, Sun 1100-1800. |
| Green Park |
Green Park/Hyde Park Corner |
Covers an area of 53 acres. |
| Guildhall |
Bank |
Gresham Street. Centre of civic government in the City for over a thousand years. Open May-Sept only, Mon-Sat 1000-1700. |
| Guinness World of Records |
Piccadilly Circus |
Trocadero Centre. Exhibition designed to transform the Book of Records into a 3D presentation. Admission charge. Open 1000-2200 daily. |
| Hamleys |
Oxford Circus |
World famous toy shop. |
| Harrods |
Knightsbridge |
World famous department store. |
| Hatton Garden |
Chancery Lane |
Holborn. Important centre of the worlds diamond trade. |
| Houses of Parliament |
Westminster |
Parliament Square. Strangers gallery via St. Stephen's Entrance. |
| Hyde Park |
Hyde Park Corner |
On Sundays, is the place to listen to soap box speakers near Marble Arch. |
| Imperial War Museum |
Lambeth North/Elephant & Castle |
Lambeth Rd. Display of all aspects of both World Wars. Open 1000-1800 daily. Admission charge. Tel 020 7 416 5000. |
| Jewish Museum |
Euston/Russell Square |
Upper Woburn Place. Open Sun & Tue-Fri 1000-1600, April-Sept. |
| Kensington Gardens |
High St Kensington |
Woodland park including the Round Pond. |
| Kensington Palace |
High St Kensington |
Kensington Gardens. The London home of the Prince & Princess of Wales. Open 0900-1700, Sun 1100-1700. |
| Kew Gardens |
Kew Gardens |
Royal Botanic Gardens. Museums, palm house, lily house etc. Tel 020 8 940 1171. |
| Lambeth Palace |
Westminster |
The home of the Archbishop of Cantebury. |
| Laserium |
Baker St |
Marylebone Road. London Planetarium. Laser display. Tel 020 7 486 2242. |
| Lloyds |
Aldgate/Bank/Monument |
Lime Street. International insurance market and world centre of shipping intelligence. Houses Lutine Bell. Open to pre-booked groups Mon-Fri 1000-1430. |
| London Bridge |
London Bridge |
Replaced the bridge now residing in Arizona. HMS Belfast. |
| London Dungeon |
London Bridge |
Tooley St. Exhibitions of events from dark ages. Open 1000-1730. |
| London Planetarium |
Baker Street |
Marylebone Rd. Open 1100-1800 (admission charge). |
| London Toy & Model Museum |
Paddington/Bayswater |
21-23 Craven Hill. Display of toys, working models, rides and a restaurant. Open 1000-1730 Mon-Sat 1100-1730 Sun. Tel 020 7 402 5222. |
| London Transport Museum |
Covent Garden |
Covent Garden. Open 1000-1800. Tel 020 7 379 6344. |
| London Zoo |
Camden Town/Regents Park |
Regents Park. Open Mar-Oct 1000-1730 Nov-Feb 1000-1700. |
| Madam Tussauds |
Baker St |
Marleybone Rd. World famous waxworks. Open 1000-1730. |
| Marble Arch |
Marble Arch |
Oxford St. Originally an entrance into Buckingham Palace. |
| Museum of London |
Barbican |
Part of the Barbican complex, it shows the complete history of London. Open Tue-Sat 1000-1800, Sun 1400-1800. |
| Museum of the Moving Image |
Waterloo/Embankment |
History of film and television. Open 1000-1800 daily. Admission charge. Tel 020 7 401 2636. |
| National Gallery |
Embankment |
Trafalger Square. Opened in 1824, it houses an important collection of European art. Open 1000-1800, Sun 1400-1800. |
| National Portrait Gallery |
Leicester Square |
St Martins Place. Open Mon-Fri 1000-1700 Sat-Sun 1000-1800. |
| Natural History Museum |
South Kensington |
Cromwell Rd. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1800, Sun 1100-1800. |
| New Scotland Yard |
St James's Park |
Metropolitan Police headquarters. |
| Olympia |
Kensington Olympia |
Hammersmith Road. Exhibitions and shows. |
| Oxford Street |
Bond Street/Marble Arch/Oxford Circus/Tottenham Court Road |
One of the main shopping streets in London. |
| Petticoat Lane |
Aldgate East |
Middlesex Street. Lively street market. |
| Pollocks Toy Museum |
Goodge St |
1 Scala Street. Admission charge. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1700. |
| Portobello Road Market |
Ladbroke Grove |
Famous street market. |
| Public Record Office |
Chancery Lane |
Chancery Lane. Open Mon-Fri 0930-1700, last call for documents 1530. |
| Regent Street |
Oxford Circus/Piccadilly Circus |
Important shopping street linking Regents Park with the West End. |
| Rock Circus |
Piccadilly Circus |
London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus. Exhibition of rock and pop music from the 1950's to the present day. Admission charge. Open 1100-2100. |
| Royal Academy of Arts |
Piccadilly Circus/Green Park |
Burlington House, Piccadilly. Annual exhibition by living artists. Admission charges vary. Open 1000-1800 daily. |
| Royal Albert Hall |
South Kensington |
Kensington Gore. The largest concert hall in London. |
| Royal Mint |
Tower Hill |
Silver and bronze coins were struck here between 1811 & 1970. Formed part of the Tower of London prior to 1811. |
| Royal Opera House |
Covent Garden |
Home of British opera. |
| Science Museum |
South Kensington |
Exhibition Road. Open 1000-1800 Sunday 1100-1800. |
| Selfridges |
Marble Arch |
100 Oxford St. |
| Shakespear Globe Museum |
London Bridge |
1 Bear Gardens. Exhibition of Shakespearean theatre and Bankside history. Open 1000-1700 Mon-Sat. Admission charge. |
| Sherlock Holmes Museum |
Baker Street |
221b Baker Street. Open 1000-1800 daily. Admission charge. |
| Smithfield |
Barbican |
Meat market. |
| Sothebys |
Bond St |
34-35 New Bond Street. Fine art auctioneers. Tel 020 7 493 8080. |
| South Bank Arts Centre |
Embankment/Waterloo |
Illustrates the development of British architectural design between construction of the Royal Festival Hall in 1951 and the National Theatre in 1976. |
| St Bartholomews Hospital |
St Pauls |
The oldest hospital in London, founded in 1123 during the reign of Henry 1. |
| St James Park |
St James Park |
Famous for water birds. |
| St Pauls Cathedral |
St Pauls |
Ludgate Hill. Built by Sir Christopher Wren to replace the old Cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Open 0915-1800. |
| Stock Exchange |
Bank |
Old Broad Street. Market for stocks and shares. |
| Tate Gallery |
Pimlico |
Millbank. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1750 Sun 1400-1750. |
| Telecom Tower |
Warren St/Goodge St |
Maple St. A 620ft communications tower. |
| The Old Cheshire Cheese |
Blackfriars |
145 Fleet Street. Old and authentic Inn still frequented by prominent journalists. Famed for its pudding! Open Mon-Fri 1130-1500 & 1700-2100. |
| Tower of London |
Tower Hill |
Open 1000-1800 Sun 1400-1800. Jewel house closed Feb. |
| Trafalgar Square |
Charing Cross |
Nelsons column, War memorial. |
| Victoria & Albert Museum |
South Kensington |
Cromwell Rd. Incorporates the National Art Library. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1750, Sun 1430-1750. |
| Victoria Embankment |
Embankment |
1ÿ mile tree lined thoroughfare stretching from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars Bridge. |
| Victoria Tower Gardens |
Westminster |
Millbank. Views of Lambeth Palace and Church across the river, statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the womens suffrage movement. |
| Westminster Abbey |
Westminster |
Parliament Square. Contains the famous Poets Corner and Abbey Museum. Open daily. |
| Westminster Cathedral |
Victoria |
Ashley Place. The main Roman Catholic Church in England. Open 0700-2000. |
| Whitehall |
Charing Cross |
Horse Guards Mon-Sat 1100 Sun 1000. |
