#1 of 30 Things To Do in London
Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament)
City of Westminster
~0.03 miles from London city center
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http://www.parliament.uk/about/history/building.cfm
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in London
Big Ben (Clock Tower)
London
~0.04 miles from London city center
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Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and is often extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. Big Ben is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in May 2009 (the clock itself first ticking on 31 May),during which celebratory events took place.
The nearest London Underground station is Westminster on the Circle, District and Jubilee lines.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in London
Westminster Abbey
City of Westminster
~0.11 miles from London city center
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Westminster Abbey, whose formal name is the Collegiate Church of St Peter, is a Gothic monastery church that is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. God is worshipped daily at Westminster Abbey, continuing a 1400 year tradition at this church. http://www.westminster-abbey.org/
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in London
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
City of Westminster
~0.13 miles from London city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in London
Cabinet War Rooms
London
~0.15 miles from London city center
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The Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms is a museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. The Cabinet War Rooms are an underground complex that had been used as an operational command and control centre by the British government throughout the Second World War. Located beneath the Treasury building in the Whitehall area of Westminster, the facilities were abandoned in August 1945 after the surrender of Japan. The Rooms were opened to the general public in 1984, having previously been managed by the Department for the Environment. Following a major expansion in 2003, the Rooms were reopened in 2005 as the rebranded Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, with the additional space developed as a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in London
Victoria Tower
London
~0.15 miles from London city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in London
Westminster Bridge
London
~0.20 miles from London city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in London
London Eye
City of Westminster
~0.21 miles from London city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in London
Banqueting House
London
~0.32 miles from London city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in London
The London Aquarium
City of Westminster
~0.34 miles from London city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in London
London Aquarium
London
~0.37 miles from London city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in London
Lambeth Bridge
London
~0.40 miles from London city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in London
Florence Nightingale Museum
London
~0.40 miles from London city center
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The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas' Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames in central London, England. It is open to the public seven days a week.
The museum tells the story of the life and work of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing in the United Kingdom. In 1860, four years after her famous involvement in the Crimean War, Nightingale founded the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St. Thomas' Hospital.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in London
Admiralty Arch
The Mall Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square London SW1A 2WH London - +44 (0)20 7276 1800
~0.47 miles from London city center
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Admiralty Arch was designed in 1910 by Sir Aston Webb (who also worked on Buckingham Palace and the Victoria and Albert Museum) to provide an elegant ceremonial passage from the hectic Trafalgar Square towards Buckingham Palace.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in London
Lambeth Palace
London
~0.47 miles from London city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in London
Trafalgar Square
City of Westminster
~0.50 miles from London city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in London
Benjamin Franklin House
London
~0.51 miles from London city center
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In the heart of London, just steps from famed Trafalgar Square, is Benjamin Franklin House, the world's only remaining Franklin home. For nearly sixteen years between 1757 and 1775, Dr Benjamin Franklin - scientist, diplomat, philosopher, inventor, Founding Father of the United States and more - lived behind its doors.
Benjamin Franklin House, built circa 1730, is now open to the public as a dynamic museum and educational facility.
The Historical Experience presents the excitement and uncertainty of Franklin's London years using rooms where so much took place as staging for a drama which seamlessly integrates live performance, cutting edge lighting, sound and projection technology.
School visitors explore the Student Science Centre featuring hands-on experimentation with Franklin's London scientific discoveries, juxtaposing past and present knowledge.
The top floor Robert H. Smith Scholarship Centre is a focal point in Europe for Franklin and Franklin-related study, featuring a full set of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, as catalogued by Yale University, and an active symposia programme.
While lodging at 36 Craven Street, Franklin's main occupation was mediating unrest between Britain and America, but he also served as Deputy Postmaster for the Colonies; pursued his love of science (exploring bifocal spectacles, the energy-saving Franklin stove); explored health (innoculation, air baths, cures for the common cold); music (inventing the delightful glass armonica for which Mozart, Bach and Beethoven composed) and letters (articles, epitaphs, and his witty Craven Street Gazette), all while forging a hearty social life and close friendships with leading figures of the day.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in London
Nelson's Column
London
~0.51 miles from London city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in London
Royal Opera House
City of Westminster
~0.58 miles from London city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in London
St. James Park
London
~0.59 miles from London city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in London
Cleopatra's Needle
London
~0.60 miles from London city center
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Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in London, Paris, and New York City during the nineteenth century. The London and New York ones are a pair, while the Paris one comes from a different original site where its twin remains. Although the needles are genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisks, they are somewhat misnamed as they have no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and were already over a thousand years old in her lifetime. The Paris "needle" was the first to be moved and re-erected, and the first to acquire the nickname.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in London
St. James Palace
London
~0.60 miles from London city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in London
Waterloo Station
City of Westminster
~0.60 miles from London city center
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Waterloo Station is a major railway terminus in London, England. It is the UK's largest station, covering an area of 24.5 acres.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in London
St. Martin in the Fields
London
~0.61 miles from London city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in London
Her Majesty's Theatre
London
~0.62 miles from London city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in London
Buckingham Palace
City of Westminster
~0.62 miles from London city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in London
Westminster Cathedral
London
~0.63 miles from London city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in London
Victoria Embankment Gardens
London
~0.63 miles from London city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in London
Tate Museum Britain
City of Westminster
~0.64 miles from London city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in London
Edith Cavell Memorial
London
~0.65 miles from London city center
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Following her death, many memorials were created around the world to remember Cavell. One of the first was the one unveiled in October 1918 by Queen Alexandra on the grounds of Norwich Cathedral, near a home for nurses which also bore her name. On May 19, 1919, her body was interred near the memorial
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