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Ham House and Garden
Return to the 17th century
A spendid red-brick 1610 house (expanded in the 1670s) that was largely the vision of Elizabeth Murray, Countess of...
West London · Ham Street, Ham, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey
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Apsley House (Wellington Museum)
Paintings in the middle of traffic
London's most most sadly situated museum is sandwiched between Hyde Park and traffic-aggressive Hyde Park...
Central London · 149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London
Regent's Canal
Nine miles of towpath with a view of olde-worlde canal-side London
As an antidote to culture and shopping overload, you might consider a walk along all or part of this 19th-century canal...
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The London Eye
Europe's tallest ferris wheel happens to be in London
Staked at a southside edge of the Thames in a seemingly precarious but imposing position halfway between the Palace of...
Central London · Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, London
Chiswick House and Gardens
Historic house and gardens worth going slightly west for
A magnet for architecture and garden lovers, Chiswick House (1729) is one of London's finest examples of...
West London · Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London
Sky Garden (at 20 Fenchurch St aka the Walkie Talkie)
Atop the Walkie-Talkie
One of London's more maligned skyscrapers, the so-called Walkie-Talkie (20 Fenchurch St) devotes its top three...
East London · 20 Fenchurch St, The City, London
The View from the Shard
You can't miss it
Towering above all other buildings in London (and Western Europe) is Renzo Piano's erect 95-storey glass...
Southeast London · Joiner St, London Bridge, London
Royal Albert Hall
Iconic concert hall in the round
Namechecked by the Beatles in 1967 ("A Day in the Life"), the resplendent Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen...
West London · Kensington Gore, Knightsbridge, London
The Royal Parks
5,000 acres of historic urban parkland
Technically in the domain of the Crown, with no real legal right of access for the general public, London's impeccably...
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ZSL London Zoo
World's oldest scientific zoo
Opened since 1828, the zoo is home to more than 15,000 animals from more than 700 different species, from meerkats to...
North London · Outer Circle, Regent's Park, London
