Greater London

10 Downing Street

Home of the British Prime Minister, Number 10’s very ordinary address and the modest terraced façade are deceptive, giving little clue to the real size and grandeur within.

2 Willow Road, Hampstead

Visit the former home of architect Erno Goldfinger and his wife, the artist Ursula Blackwell, which he designed and built in 1939. Their inspirational home, the middle of 3 terraced houses, is one of the few modern movement houses, complete with its original contents, open to the public.

Abbey Road Studios

The inconspicuous Abbey Road, in the district of St. John’s Wood in northwest London, was made world famous by the Beatles. Abbey Road is of course home to the legendary Abbey Road Studios and the Abbey Road crosswalk.

Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

See the laboratory in which Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and changed the course of history. Penicillin has affected the lives of everyone.

Arts Culture Harrow

A great venue with great entertainment all year round and something for all tastes and ages. The centre also manages a medieval heritage site at Harrow Museum.

Banqueting House

Escape to this haven of tranquillity amidst the bustle of Westminster. The Banqueting House is all that survives of the great palace of Whitehall, which was destroyed by fire in 1698.

Barking Abbey

Barking Abbey is situated a short distance from Barking town centre between Abbey Road and Broadway. Today only the ruins remain of this once great Abbey together with the Curfew Tower (picture opposite) alongside the surviving St Margaret’s Parish Church.

Battersea Arts Centre

The Battersea Arts Centre is the second largest arts centre in the country, and receives over one quarter of a million visitors annually, as well as playing host to over 1,000 performances.

Battersea Park Children’s Zoo

Children’s zoo situated in 5 acres of pleasant surroundings with a gift shop, paddock areas, farmyard animals, flamingos, otters and monkeys along with animal contact areas aviaries, deer enclosure and reptile and amphibian house.

Big Ben

Contrary to popular belief, the name Big Ben actually refers to the bell inside this famous landmark in London, not the tower or the clock itself. The clock tower is 316 ft.

Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace has seen such momentous events as the death of George II and birth of Queen Victoria. Multi-language sound guides lead the way through the magnificent State Apartments.

Kenwood House

With its beautiful neo classical architecture, landscaped grounds and stunning art collection, Kenwood House has something for everyone. See famous works by Rembrant, Vermeer, Turner and Gainsborough amongst others, take the meandering pathways, through 112 acres of woodland and lakes and discover sculptures by Henry More and Barbara Hepworth..

London Canal Museum

Discover the story of London’s canals, the people who lived and worked on them and their boats and horses. Set in an old ice warehouse bedside a canal basin the story of the former natural ice trade is also featured..

London Eye

British Airways London Eye is the world’s highest observation wheel and offers passengers amazing views of Britain’s capital city. The Eye takes guests on a 30-minute flight, rising to 450 feet above the River Thames, in 32 high tech, fully enclosed capsules..

London Zoo

In the heart of London, on the north side of Regent’s Park, is London Zoo. When London Zoo opened in 1828 it housed a collection of exotic animals that were studied by eminent scientists of the day.

Madame Tussaud’s Waxworks Museum

The shear life-like brilliance of Tussaud’s wax figures will amaze you. But the secrets of how they are created are known only to few - our own craftspeople and the celebrities who enter their studios.

Marble Arch

John Nash designed the Marble Arch, like much else of elegance in London. It was built in 1828 as the chief entrance to Buckingham Palace, but when the Palace was extended in 1851, the Arch was moved to its current site as an entrance to Hyde Park.

Marble Hill House

A magnificent Thames-side Palladian villa, Marble Hill House was built in the 1720s for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk and mistress of King George II.

Millennium Dome

The new millennium officially started in Greenwich, England on 1st January 2001; the world’s biggest dome was built on the Meridian Line in Greenwich to celebrate this historic event.

Museum of Rugby

Whether you are a rugby supporter or not, you will love Britain’s top sporting museum - The Museum of Rugby and Twickenham Stadium Tours offer a behind the scene look at the home of England rugby and the history of the game.

Wellington Arch

One of the most splendid landmarks in London, Wellington Arch is now open to the public for the first time in history. Originally designed in 1825 as a grand entrance to Buckingham Palace, the Arch has had a fascinating history of both attention and neglect, praise and ridicule, and was last home to London’s smallest police station.

Westminster Abbey

Throughout the world people feel that ’The Abbey’, as Westminster Abbey is affectionately known, is theirs. It is indeed many different things: burial place of kings and queens, the setting for coronations and other royal events, a sculpture gallery of world importance, the home of the Order of the Bath, and a symbol of the Christian faith at the heart of the nation’s government.

Whitehall

Whitehall is a continuous-jettied timber-framed house built c. 1500; features include original timbering with wattle and daub. It is newly refurbished with permanent displays, including medieval Cheam pottery, Nonsuch Palace and a focus on the social history of the house.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Visit the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum for a glimpse of how the gentle game of lawn tennis, once all the rage on the lawns of Victorian England and with origins that go far back to medieval royal tennis, has become a multi-million dollar professional sport, played all over the world.