- Buckingham Palace - Buckingham Palace Road. www.royalcollection.org.uk. Home of
the royal family, built in the early 1700s. Also home to the Queen's
Gallery and the Royal Mews.
- Greenwich - East of London. www.oldroyalnavalcollege.org. Home
of Old Royal Naval College, Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory, the National Maritime
Museum and the Queen's House.
- Hampton Court Palace - Hampton Court, East Molesey, Surrey.
www.hrp.org.uk. Tudor palace built by
Cardinal Wolsey on 60 acres. Later the residence of King Henry VIII.
- London Aquarium - County Hall, Riverside Building,
Westminster Bridge Road. www.londonaquarium.co.uk. Daily 10:00 - 18:00 One of
Europe's largest exhibits of aquatic life with over 30,000 fish.
- London Dungeon - 28-34 Tooley St. www.thedungeons.com.
- London Eye - Jubilee Gardens, South Bank. www.londoneye.com. Daily 9:30 - 20:00 At
443 feet the eye is the world's tallest observation wheel.
- London IMax Cinema - 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, South Bank. www.imax.com. Biggest screen in Britain, 66 by 85
feet.
- London Wetland Center - Queen Elizabeth's Walk. www.wwt.org.uk. 105 acre reserve.
- London Zoo - Regent's Park. www.londonzoo.co.uk.
- National Archives - Kew, Richmond. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. One
of the world's largest archival collections spanning over 1000 years of British
history.
- Tower of London - Tower Hill. www.hrp.org.uk.
- Westminster Abbey - Broad Sanctuary. www.westminster-abbey.org.
Consecrated in 1065, it is the crowning and burial site of most English monarchs.
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