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Tate Modern

 (33 Ratings)

Modern and contemporary art housed in a sexy old power station

Shut in 1981, the monolithic Giles Gilbert Scott-designed mid-century power station Bankside re-opened in 2000...

Southeast London · Bankside, London


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British Museum

 (22 Ratings)

History and culture on a grand scale

One of Britain's most vital and visited attractions is not, as the name suggests, British-specific. In fact very...

Central London · Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London


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Barbican Centre

 (18 Ratings)

Major arts destination

An impressive if infuriatingly convoluted brutalist-style arts complex, the Barbican Centre (opened in 1982) was...

East London · Silk St, London


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Victoria and Albert Museum (aka the V&A)

 (16 Ratings)

Seriously darling institution dedicated to the decorative arts

The V&A, as it is commonly known, boasts the world's largest collection of decorative arts and design, with 4.5 million...

Southwest London · Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London


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Westminster Abbey

 (11 Ratings)

Mostly gothic church with important people buried in it

Major, spectacular and cherished church with a convoluted past, Westminster Abbey was built in the 13th, 16th and...

Central London · 20 Dean's Yard, London


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The National Gallery

 (11 Ratings)

Britain's unmissable encyclopaedic collection of paintings

Stately but somehow not grand in its position perched above Trafalgar Square — and seemingly oblivious to the...

Central London · Trafalgar Square, London


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Royal Opera House

 (9 Ratings)

World-class opera and ballet

The grander of London's two major opera houses, Covent Garden [as it is commonly known] attracts international...

Central London · Covent Garden, London


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Cineworld Leicester Square (formerly Empire Leicester Square)

 (10 Ratings)

The bigger picture

Along with its competitive neighbour the Odeon Leicester Square, the Cineworld experience offers big-budget movies...

Central London · 5–6 Leicester Square, London


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BFI Southbank

 (10 Ratings)

World-class institution devoted to international film culture

A beloved riverside hot spot situated between the National Theatre and the Southbank Centre art-and-music complex,...

Central London · Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London


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The Photographers' Gallery

 (8 Ratings)

Britain's first independent gallery devoted to photography

Started in 1971 on Great Newport St as a space for photographers to display, discuss and sell their work and to promote...

Soho · 16–18 Ramillies St, London


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