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London
Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s and the Tower, royal palaces, the London Eye, and days out to Windsor and the Studio Tour.
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In the city
Royal history and river views.
Walk the nave and royal chapels of Westminster Abbey, where monarchs have been crowned since 1066, climb to the galleries of Wren’s dome at St Paul’s Cathedral and see the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London. Ride the London Eye above the Thames, visit Kensington Palace in Kensington Gardens and Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace south-west of the centre, board the Golden Hinde, a full-size reconstruction of Francis Drake’s galleon, at Bankside, and stand beneath Thornhill’s Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. SEA LIFE London, Madame Tussauds and ZSL London Zoo in Regent’s Park make good family days, and further out are Windsor Castle and the Warner Bros. Studio Tour, where the Harry Potter films were made.
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Abbey & coronations
Westminster Abbey
The Gothic church of coronations, royal tombs and Poets’ Corner, beside Parliament Square.
from £64per adult
Cathedral & dome
St Paul’s Cathedral
Christopher Wren’s domed cathedral on Ludgate Hill, with its galleries and crypt.
from £54per adult
Fortress & Crown Jewels
Tower of London
The Norman fortress on the Thames, with the Crown Jewels, the White Tower and the Yeoman Warders.
from £76per adult
Observation wheel & views
London Eye
A 135-metre wheel on the South Bank, with glass capsules and views over the Thames and Westminster.
from £78per adult
Royal palace
Kensington Palace
The royal home of William and Mary and Queen Victoria’s birthplace, in Kensington Gardens.
from £38per adult
Royal palace
Hampton Court Palace
Henry VIII’s Tudor palace and Wren’s Baroque apartments, with gardens and a maze, on the Thames.
from £66per adult
Aquarium & ocean life
SEA LIFE London Aquarium
Sharks, a coral reef, jellyfish and penguins in County Hall, beside the London Eye.
from £78per adult
Wax museum
Madame Tussauds London
Wax figures of famous faces in themed zones on Marylebone Road, near Baker Street.
from £78per adult
Zoo & wildlife
ZSL London Zoo
The world’s oldest scientific zoo, with gorillas, big cats and penguins in Regent’s Park.
from £71per adult
Historic ship & museum
Golden Hinde
A full-size reconstruction of Francis Drake’s Elizabethan galleon, moored at Bankside by London Bridge.
from £12per adult
Baroque painted hall
Painted Hall
Sir James Thornhill’s Baroque painted hall, in Wren’s Old Royal Naval College by the Thames.
from £38per adult
Castle & royal residence
Windsor Castle
The State Apartments and St George’s Chapel in a royal castle founded by William the Conqueror.
from £72per adult
Film & studios
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
Original sets, costumes and props from the Harry Potter films, at the studio where they were made.
from £122per adult
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Oxford
Blenheim Palace, the Baroque home of the Dukes of Marlborough, in its park at Woodstock near Oxford.
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Salisbury
The prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain and its visitor centre.
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Warwickshire
A castle above the River Avon and the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare was born.
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Chester
A conservation charity’s zoo of more than 130 acres near Chester.
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York
One of the great Gothic cathedrals, completed in 1472, with a climb up its Central Tower.
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Edinburgh
A royal palace and a camera obscura on the Royal Mile, the former Royal Yacht in Leith and a zoo on Corstorphine Hill.
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Belfast
The story of RMS Titanic, told beside the slipways where she was built.
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- London Eye, Westminster Bridge, County Hall by Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.
- Westminster Abbey - London (51764590919) by Mark from Brighton, CC BY 2.0.
- Inside of St. Paul's Dome by -JvL-, CC BY 2.0.
- La Torre, Londres, Inglaterra, 2022-11-26, DD 140 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Pods of the London Eye, London SE1 - geograph.org.uk - 5206622 by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- King's Drawing Room, King's State Apartments, Kensington Palace - wide shot by APK, CC BY 4.0.
- Hampton Court - 36911005166 by Dmitry Djouce, CC BY 2.0.
- Underwater Walk of Sea Life London Aquarium by ʘx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 2017 Madame Tussauds London 01 by Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Gorilla and Baby At The London Zoo by Gary J Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Golden Hind replica, London 1 by Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Greenwich - Old Royal Naval College 1712 Sir Christopher Wren - Painted Hall 1708-24 by Sir James Thornhill - The Lower Hall - Triumph of Peace & Liberty over Tyranny, William & Mary in the centre 05 by TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Windsor Castle Upper Ward Quadrangle 2 - Nov 2006 by Diliff, CC BY 3.0.
- Studio Tour - geograph.org.uk - 6257736 by Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Blenheim Palace 2014 by Blenheim Palace, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Stonehenge, Condado de Wiltshire, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 02 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Warwick Castle south-east facade by DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Asian Elephant at Chester Zoo 3 by Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- York Minster, from the City Walls (6885169694) by Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
- Edinburgh skyline from the rooftop of the Camera Obscura by Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Belfast Titanic by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0.
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