Sights & Attractions in London

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Name	Category	Location

Cutty Sark This sleek, romantic clipper was built in 1869, one among fleets...	Nautical Sites	Greenwich

The Adam Houses Only a few structures remain of what was once a regal riverfront...	Neighborhoods / Streets, Historic Districts / Sites	Soho and Covent Garden

Admiralty Arch This stately gateway to the Mall (rhymes with 'shall') is one...	Architectural Sites	Westminster and Royal London

Bank of England The country's top vault has been central to the British economy...	Financial Institutions	The City

Bankside Gallery Two artistic societies—the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers...	Museums / Galleries	The South Bank


Barbican Centre The Barbican is an enormous 1980s concrete maze that Londoners...	Arts / Performance Venues	The City

Benjamin Franklin House This architecturally significant 1730 house is the only surviving...	Museums / Galleries, Historic Districts / Sites	Soho and Covent Garden

Berkeley Square As anyone who's heard the old song knows, the name rhymes with...	Squares	St. James's and Mayfair

The Blind Beggar Salvation Army founder William Booth preached his first sermon...	Historic Districts / Sites, Restaurants	East End

Camden Market What started as a small group of clothing stalls in the 1970s...	Markets / Bazaars	Regent's Park and Hampstead

Carlton House Terrace Architect John Nash designed Carlton House, a glorious example...	Architectural Sites	Westminster and Royal London

Charles Dickens Museum This is one of the few London houses Charles Dickens (1812-70)...	Museums / Galleries	Bloomsbury and Holborn

Christ Church, Spitalfields This is the 1729 masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren's associate...	Religious Sites	East End

The Clink Prison Museum The reason why the term clink became slang for jail, this was...	Local Interest-Sight, Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites	The South Bank

Design Museum This was the first museum in the U.K. to place everyday contemporary...	Museums / Galleries	The South Bank

Downing Street Looking like an unassuming alley but for the iron gates at both...	Government Buildings	Westminster and Royal London

Dr. Johnson's House This is where Samuel Johnson lived between 1748 and 1759. Built...	Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions	The City

Dulwich Picture Gallery Famed for its regal Old Master painting collection, the Dulwich...	Museums / Galleries	The South Bank

Estorick Collection West of Hoxton, towards the eastern end of Islington, is this...	Museums / Galleries	East End

Fan Museum An arcane but frequently alluring marriage between art and function...	Museums / Galleries	Greenwich

Fenton House Hampstead's oldest surviving house, a National Trust property...	Houses / Mansions	Regent's Park and Hampstead

Florence Nightingale Museum Compact, highly visual, and engaging, this museum is dedicated...	Museums / Galleries	The South Bank

Freud Museum The father of psychoanalysis lived here for a year, between his...	Museums / Galleries	Regent's Park and Hampstead

The Garden Museum This rather unassuming museum was created in the mid-1970s after...	Museums / Galleries, Gardens / Arboretums	The South Bank

Gray's Inn Although the least architecturally interesting of the four Inns...	Architectural Sites	Bloomsbury and Holborn

Grosvenor Square Pronounced Grove-na, this leafy square was laid out in 1725-31...	Squares	St. James's and Mayfair

Guildhall The Corporation of London, which oversees The City, has ceremonially...	Architectural Sites, Government Buildings	The City

Handel House Museum The former home of the composer, where he lived for more than...	Museums / Galleries	St. James's and Mayfair

HMS Belfast. At 613.5 feet, this is one of the last remaining big-gun armored...	Nautical Sites	The South Bank

Horse Guards Parade Following its brief transformation into the beach volleyball...	Squares	Westminster and Royal London

Household Cavalry Museum Horse lovers can see working horses belonging to the British...	Museums / Galleries	Westminster and Royal London

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) You would never suspect that behind the stately white-stucco...	Arts / Performance Venues	Westminster and Royal London

Jewish Museum This fascinating museum on the history of the Jewish people in...	Museums / Galleries	Regent's Park and Hampstead

Leicester Square Looking at the neon of the major movie houses, the fast-food...	Squares	Soho and Covent Garden

Lincoln's Inn There's plenty to see at one of the oldest, best preserved, and...	Architectural Sites	Bloomsbury and Holborn

London Canal Museum This quirky little museum, based in a former icehouse, is dedicated...	Museums / Galleries	Regent's Park and Hampstead

London Dungeon Here's the goriest, grisliest, most gruesome attraction in town...	Museums / Galleries, Amusement Parks	The South Bank

Lord's Cricket Ground & Museum If you can't manage to lay your hands on tickets for a cricket...	Museums / Galleries, Sports	Regent's Park and Hampstead

Madame Tussauds One of London's busiest tourist attractions, this is nothing...	Museums / Galleries	Regent's Park and Hampstead

The Mall This stately, 115-foot-wide processional route sweeping from...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Westminster and Royal London

Old Bailey This is the place to watch the real-life drama of justice in...	Government Buildings	The City

Old Operating Theatre Museum This rare example of a 19th-Century operating theater, the oldest...	Museums / Galleries, Hospitals	The South Bank

Old Truman Brewery The last East End brewery still standing—a handsome example...	Pedestrian Malls	East End

Ranger's House and the Wernher Collection This handsome, early-18th-century villa, which was the Greenwich...	Houses / Mansions	Greenwich

Regent's Park Open-Air Theatre The theater has mounted productions of Shakespeare every summer...	Arts / Performance Venues	Regent's Park and Hampstead

Royal Courts of Justice Here is the vast Victorian Gothic pile of 35 million bricks containing...	Government Buildings	Bloomsbury and Holborn

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) An art deco gem in elegant Portland Place, RIBA was built by...	Architectural Sites	Regent's Park and Hampstead

Royal Mews Fairy-tale gold-and-glass coaches and sleek Rolls-Royce state...	Museums / Galleries	Westminster and Royal London

Sea Life London Aquarium The curved, colonnaded, neoclassic former County Hall that once...	Zoos / Aquariums	The South Bank

Sherlock Holmes Museum Outside Baker Street station, by the Marylebone Road exit, is...	Museums / Galleries	Regent's Park and Hampstead

Spencer House Ancestral abode of the Spencers—Diana, Princess of Wales's...	Houses / Mansions	St. James's and Mayfair

Spitalfields City Farm An oasis of rural calm in an urban landscape, this little community...	Farms	East End

St. Bartholomew the Great This is one of London's oldest churches. Construction on the...	Religious Sites	The City

St. Bride's According to legend, the distinctively tiered steeple of this...	Religious Sites	The City

St. James's Palace Commissioned by Henry VIII, this Tudor brick palace was the residence...	Castles / Palaces	Westminster and Royal London

St. James's Square One of London's oldest and leafiest squares was also the most...	Squares	St. James's and Mayfair

St. Margaret's Church Dwarfed by its neighbor, Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret's was...	Religious Sites	Westminster and Royal London

St. Martin-in-the-Fields One of London's best-loved and most welcoming of churches is...	Religious Sites	Westminster and Royal London

St. Mary-le-Bow Various versions of this church have stood on the site since...	Religious Sites	The City

St. Paul's Church If you want to commune with the spirits of Vivien Leigh, Noël...	Religious Sites	Soho and Covent Garden

Temple Church As featured in The Da Vinci Code (both book and film), this church...	Religious Sites	Bloomsbury and Holborn

Thames Barrier Visitors' Centre Learn what comes between London and its famous river—a...	Information Centers	Greenwich

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane This is London's best-known auditorium and almost its largest...	Arts / Performance Venues	Soho and Covent Garden

University College London Founded in 1826 the college is set in a classical edifice designed...	Educational Institutions	Bloomsbury and Holborn

Vinopolis Spread over 2.5 acres next to Borough Market, Vinopolis allows...	Wineries / Breweries	The South Bank

Wellington Barracks These are the headquarters of the Guards Division, the Queen's...	Military Sites, Government Buildings	Westminster and Royal London

Westminster Cathedral Amid the concrete jungle of Victoria Street lies this remarkable...	Religious Sites	Westminster and Royal London
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