316 Places to Visit in London | Directory
The attractions of London are famed the world over and offer something for everyone. From the glories of buildings lime St Pauls and Westminster Abbey to some of the small parks dotted around like Chiswick and Bishops, River activities, Museums Galore. Sporting venues beyond comparison and a night life second to none
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Day, Barry Norman, Boy George, David Essex, Lily Allen, Terence Stamp, Stirling Moss, Daley Thompson, Steve Davis, Zara Phillips, Kate Beckinsale, Kathy Burke, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Jason, Gary Oldman, Daniel Radcliffe, Oliver Reed, Alfred Hitchcock, Lawrence Dallaglio, Joe Calzaghe, Jo Brand, Marc Bolan, Charlie George, George III, George IV, George V, George Brown, Mark Gertler, Edward Gibbon, Charles Gibbs-Smith, Carl Giles, James Gillray, Thomas Girtin, Herbert Gladstone, James Glaisher, Kitty Godfree, Noele Gordon, Anthony Gormley, Lawrence Gowing, Robert Graves, Joan Greenwood, John Gregory, Nigel Gresley, Beryl Grey, James Halliwell, Richard Hamilton, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Caroline Ahern, Clive Anderson, Jeffrey Archer, Leslie Ash, Jane Asher, Cheryl Baker, Danny Baker, Michael Barrymore, Jeremy Beadle, Eric Bristow, Fern Britton, Garry Bushell, Julian Clary, Martin Clunes, Jim Davidson, Jermaine Defoe, Chris Eubank, Vanessa Feltz, Samantha Fox, Trisha Goddard, Leslie 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Rotten), Steve Rider, Gary Rhodes, Johnny Briggs, Mischa Barton, Amy Winehouse, Phillips Idowu, Jade Johnson, Christine Ohuruogu, Edward Alleyn, Bill Wyman, Bernard Montgomery, Charles Barry, David Linley, E H Shepard, Charles George Gordon, Henry Holland, John Betjeman, Lord Byron, Oliver Postgate, GK Chesterton, Thomas Cromwell, Spencer Perceval, Lord North, Beau Brummell, Joseph Chamberlain, Charles Cornwallis, Edward Fox, W S Gilbert, Alexander McQueen, Henry Wood, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Cecil Beaton, Emma Forbes, Fearne Cotton, Jimmy Carr, Andi Peters, Claudia Winkleman, Christian Jessen, Ed Miliband, Giles Coren, Jackie Collins, Jemima Khan, Keeley Hawes, Kelly Osbourne, Omid Djalili, Simon Mayo, Tim Lovejoy, Victoria Coren, Ben Miller, Sharon Osbourne, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jack Osbourne, Charlie Boorman, Sue Perkins, Ben Bradshaw, David Miliband, Margherita Taylor, Russell Kane, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Stephen Mangan, Sian Williams, Michael McIntyre, David Schneider, 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Louloudis, Damian Lewis, Ozwald Boateng, Kim Wilde, Adam Ant, Daniella Westbrook, George Lamb, Kate Nash, Larry Lamb, Louise Mensch, Paloma Faith, Patsy Palmer, Professor Green, Reggie Yates, Nicholas Winton, Theo Walcott, Nathaniel Clyne, Mica Paris, Scott Maslen, Naomie Harris,
Acton
Bankside
Barbican
Barnes
Barnet
Battersea
- Battersea Dogs Home
- Battersea Park
- Battersea Park Children's Zoo
- Couper Collection
- De Morgan Foundation
- Pump House Gallery
- Puppet Centre Trust
- Vauxhall Saint Peter's Heritage Centre
Bayswater
Belgravia
Bethnal Green
Blackheath
Bloomsbury
- British Museum
- British Postal Museum & Archive
- Building Centre
- Cartoon Museum
- Department of Earth Sciences Geology Collections
- Foundling Museum
- Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
- Gray's Inn
- Museum and Archives, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
- The Charles Dickens Museum
Bow
Brentford
- Boston Manor House
- London Museum of Water and Steam
- Musical Museum
- Syon House and Gardens
- Tropical Zoo
Brixton
Bromley-by-Bow
Camberwell
Camden
Canonbury
Charing Cross
Charlton
Chelsea
- Carlyle's House
- Chelsea Physic Garden
- Chelsea Stadium Tours
- National Army Museum
- Royal Hospital Chelsea
- Saatchi Gallery (The)
- Tate Britain
Chingford
Chiswick
City
Clapham
Clerkenwell
- Bunhill Fields
- Clerk's Well
- Honourable Artillery Company Museum
- Marx Memorial Library
- St. John's Gate
- Suttons Hospital in Charterhouse
- Wesley's Chapel, House and Museum of Methodism
Covent Garden
- Benjamin Franklin House
- Hunterian Museum
- Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Museum
- Lincoln's Inn
- London Brass Rubbing Centre (The Crypt)
- London Silver Vaults
- London's Transport Museum
- National Museum of the Performing Arts
- Photographers' Gallery
- R S A
- Theatre Museum
- Twinings
Croydon
Crystal Palace
Dalston
Docklands
Dulwich
Ealing
Eltham
Enfield
Euston
Feltham
Finchley
Fitzrovia
Fleet Street
Forest Hill
Fulham
Golders Green
Greenford
Greenwich
- City Cruises
- Cutty Sark
- Fan Museum
- Greenwich Park
- National Maritime Museum
- Old Royal Naval College
- Queen's House
- Royal Observatory Greenwich
- Wernher Collection at Ranger's House
Hackney
Hampstead
- 2 Willow Road
- Fenton House
- Freud Museum
- Hampstead Heath
- Hampstead Museum
- Keats House
- Kenwood House (The Iveagh Bequest)
Hampton Court
Harrow
Hayes
Hendon
Highgate
Holborn
Hyde Park Corner
Isleworth
Islington
- Crafts Council Gallery
- Deluxe Gallery
- Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
- Freightliners City Farm
- Japanese Gallery Islington
- White Cube 2
Kensington
- Commonwealth Institute
- Japanese Gallery Kensington
- Kensington Palace
- Leighton House Museum
- Linley Sambourne House
- Serpentine Gallery
Kew
Kings Cross
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Leyton
Liverpool Street
London Bridge
Marylebone
Mayfair
- Contemporary Applied Arts
- Fleming Collection
- Hamiltons Gallery
- Handel House Museum
- Pollock's Toy Museum
- RIBA Gallery
Monument
Moorgate
North Kensington
Notting Hill
Orpington
Paddington
Peckham
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
Putney
Regents Park
- Centre for the Magic Arts
- Diorama Gallery
- Elvisly Yours
- London Zoo
- Royal Academy of Music York Gate Collections
- Royal College of Physicians Library
- Sherlock Holmes London Tour
- Sherlock Holmes Museum
- Wellcome Trust
Rotherhithe
Shepherds Bush
Shoreditch
Soho
South Bank
- Bankside Gallery
- Clink Prison Museum
- Dali Universe
- Floatworks
- Golden Hinde Sailing Ship
- London Aquarium
- Namco Station
South Kensington
- Baden-Powell House
- Museum of Instruments
- Natural History Museum
- Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum
- Royal College of Art
- Science Museum
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Southwark
- Kirkaldy Testing Museum
- London Fire Brigade Museum
- Rose Theatre Exhibition
- Southwark Cathedral
- Winchester Palace
St James's
- Buckingham Palace
- Clarence House
- Guards Museum (The)
- Mall Galleries
- Royal Mews
- The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
St Johns Wood
St Pauls
Stamford Hill
Stepney
Strand
Stratford
Temple Place
Tooting
Tottenham
Tower Bridge
Tower Hill
Trafalgar Square
Twickenham
- Marble Hill House
- Orleans House Gallery
- Strawberry Hill House St Mary's Stawberry Hill
- Twickenham World Rugby Museum & Stadium Tours
Upminster
Uxbridge
Vauxhall
Walthamstow
Walworth
Waterloo
- Fashion and Textile Museum
- Golden Hinde Educational Museum
- Hayward Gallery
- Imperial War Museum
- Llewellyn Alexander Gallery
- London Bicycle Tours
- London Bridge Experience
- Movieum of London
- Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garret
- Vinopolis
Wembley
West Brompton
West End
- Blewcoat School Gift Shop and Information Centre
- British Red Cross Museum and Archives
- European Academy and Accademia Italiana
- L. Ron Hubbard House
- Millennium Bridge
- National Gallery
West Norwood
West Smithfield
Westminster
- British Airways London Eye
- Chapter House
- Churchill War Rooms
- City Cruises
- Doctor Who London Tour
- Harry Potter Walk Tour
- Houses of Parliament Public Galleries
- Jewel Tower
- Westminster Abbey
- Westminster Cathedral
Whitechapel
- britart
- Centre of the Cell
- Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum
- Severs House
- Whitechapel Art Gallery
- Women's Library
Whitehall
Whitton
Willesden
Wimbledon
- Buddhapadipa Temple (Thai Temple)
- Southside House
- Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
- Wimbledon Museum of Local History
- Wimbledon Windmill Museum
Woolwich
- Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum
- Greenwich Heritage Centre
- North Woolwich Old Station Museum
- Thames Barrier Information Centre
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