Tips 1 - 10 of 24 London Things to Do
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One of the most famous buildings n London, proud bearer of the capital’s largest church dome, St Paul’s Cathedral has seen a lot in its 300-plus years. Ticket price is 6 pounds per person, open 8.30am-4pm (last entry) Monday – Saturday
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Phone: 0 20 7236 4128
Address: St Pauls Churchyard, EC4
Directions: St Pauls tube
Website: http://www.stpauls.co.uk
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Tower Bridge is the symbol of London. Its towers built in neo-Gothic style in 1894. It is possible to go inside the towers and to see the exhibition about the history of Tower Bridge.
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Phone: 0 20 7626 3065
Address: Tower Bridge Road, EC3/SE1
Directions: Tower Hill or London Bridge tubes
Website: http://www.towerbridge.org.uk
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City Hall nicknamed “the egg” or “The testicle” because of its globular shape. The building opens of the year, during which visitors can tread the halls of power – or a few of them at least. Real architecture fans might also want to return to see the building illuminated at night. Admission free, open usually two weekends a month.
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Address: The Queen’s Walk, SE1
Directions: The underground station Tower Hill/London Bridge.
Website: www.london.gov.lv
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The tower is one of London’s four World Heritage Sites (the orders are Westminster Abbey, Kew Gardens and Maritime Greenwich). The White tower at its heart was the original Norman building around which two walls and inner all with 13 towers and outer wall with five. Ticket price is 12 pounds per person. Open 9am-6pm Monday-Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday during March-October, 10am-4pm Sunday and Monday during November-February
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Phone: 0 20 7709 0765
Address: Tower Hill, EC3
Directions: Tower Hill tube
Website: http://www.armouries.org.uk/tower/
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On the north-eastern flank of the plaza is the gleaming, redeveloped – and practically new – Royal Opera House. Ticket is 8 pounds per person, tours 10.30am, 12.30pm Monday-Saturday.
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Address: Bow St WC2
Directions: the underground station Covent Garden
Website: http://www.royal.gov.uk
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Westminster Abbey is one of the most sacred and symbolic places in England. First, it is the church where every sovereign has been crowned. The Abbey built in Gothic style. Abbey has never been a cathedral – it is administered directly by the Crown. Tickets for adults 6 pounds, children under 11 – free. Open 9.30am-4.45pm every day and 6pm-7pm on Mondays and Fridays, 9.30am-2.45pm on Saturdays. Underground station Westminster (District of Circle Line).
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Phone: 0 20 7654 4900
Address: Deans Yard, SW1
Directions: St James's Park tube
Website: http://www.westminster-abbey.org
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The interior is chock-a-block with small chapels, elaborate tombs of monarchy and monuments to various luminaries from down to ages.
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Phone: 0 20 7654 4900
Address: Deans Yard, SW1
Directions: St James's Park tube
Website: http://www.westminster-abbey.org
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The Jewel Tower was built in 1365 to house the treasury of Edward III and is one of the last vestiges of the medieval Palace of Westminster. Today Jewel Tower’s exhibitions describing the history and procedures of Parliament. Ticket price is 2 pounds per person, open 10am-6pm from April to September, 10am-4pm from October to March.
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Address: Abingdon St SW1
Directions: Across the road from the Houses of Parliament
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The House of Commons and House of Lords are housed here in the Palace of Westminster. It was built in 1840 when neo-Gothic style was all the rage in London. St.Stephen’s Entrance, St. Margaret St SW1, admission free 230pm-7.30 from Monday to Wednestday, 11.30am-7.30pm Thursday, 9.30am-3pm Friday, The underground station Westminster Parliament (District of Circle Line).
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Address: Parliament Square, SW1
Directions: Westminster tube
Website: http://www.parliament.uk
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The most famous feature outside the Houses of Parliament is the Clock Tower also known as Big Ben. The real Ben, a bell named after Benjamin Hall, who was commissioner of works when the tower was completed in 1858. The best view to Big Ben and Houses of Parliament is from the eastern side of Lambeth Bridge.
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Address: Parliament Square, SW1
Directions: Westminster tube
Website: http://www.parliament.uk
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