Museum of Brands, Lancaster Road
Branding dominates our lives. Few of us could see a specific shade of red and yellow and not know immediately what fast-food brand it represented, or hear the notes of…
Garden Museum, Lambeth
This quirky museum celebrating all things flora is tucked away behind Lambeth Palace. Don’t expect to see any actual plants, other than those in a pretty courtyard garden, but come…
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich
Located in the bucolic surroundings of Dulwich Village, the Dulwich Picture Gallery was the first museum to bring art to the masses when it opened in 1817. It plays host…
Barbican Centre of Arts London
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. When opened in 1982 by Queen Elizabeth II, as a gift from the City of London Corporation to the…
National Gallery Trafalgar Square
There is only one National Gallery in London. As a child this is where you come to discover art. The work here stretches from the mid-13th century to 1900. If…
London Transport Museum Covent Garden
The London Transport Museum (or LTM) is located in Covent Garden in the heart of London, with the main entrance on the Piazza. The museum has the dual function of…
Florence Nightingale Museum
Almost every schoolchild has learned about Florence Nightingale – also known as the lady with the lamp – and how she travelled to a war zone nearly 3,200km (2,000 miles)…
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
The V&A, or the Victoria and Albert Museum, is one of the leading museum’s devoted to design and art in the world. Its more than two million objects span a…
The Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill
The largest central London park, The Regent’s Park is best frequented in the summer months when the ample green spaces are filled with people relaxing in the sun or playing…
St James’s Park, Westminster
Small but perfectly proportioned St James’s Park is our editor’s favourite central London park. Situated between Westminster and Buckingham Palace, and running alongside the Mall, it is the first part…
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
With its distinctive Italianate architectural design, the Royal Albert Hall is both one of the landmark buildings in London, and venue for many concerts and other cultural events, as well…
Kensington Gardens London
Kensington Gardens is a continuation of Hyde Park, just across the Serpentine bridge. Indeed the two royal parks used to be one until 1728 when they were separated so as…
Hyde Park London
The largest of the four Royal Parks that form the Green Lung from St James’s Park to Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park is a popular venue for major festivals, such as Winter…
Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea
One of the more diminutive of the many London parks, the 54-acre Holland Park stands on the grounds of a 17th century mansion in west London. Initially called Cope Castle…
Hampstead Heath, North London
Situated in the London Borough of Camden, Hampstead Heath is a sprawling area of ancient heath, ideal for walking. It is first mentioned in 986 when Ethelred the Unready referred…
Greenwich Park, Greenwich
The 180-acre Royal Park is part of Greenwich World Heritage Site and possesses one of the finest views across London from near the Royal Observatory Greenwich. It is this building…
Green Park, Westminster London
Green Park is the smallest of the Royal Parks in London. Measuring only 47 acres it forms a triangle stretching from Buckingham Palace to Piccadilly and Hyde Park. It is…
Epping Forest, Epping Essex
Epping Forest is a personal favourite of our editor who used to live just across the road from it, and used to go on runs through its all-enveloping mud in…
Bushy Park, Hampton Middlesex
Situated just to the north of the magnificent Hampton Court, Bushy Park is the second largest – and perhaps least known – of London’s eight Royal Parks. The thousand acres…
ZSL London Zoo, Regent’s Park
Opened in 1828 for fellows of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) the London Zoo is the oldest scientific zoo in the world. Now called the ZSL London Zoo, and…
Westminster Abbey, Westminster
Located across Parliament Square from the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey is where the UK’s kings and queens have their coronation and are buried. A Benedictine abbey was first built…
Tower Bridge, London
Along with Big Ben, Double Decker buses and the red telephone box, Tower Bridge is one of the most iconic images of London. It is the only bridge across London…
Tower of London
Nowhere in London is more steeped in history and pageantry than the Tower of London. The Princes in the Tower, Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey all met their fate…
The Shard London Bridge
The tallest building in London, and the tallest in western and central Europe, The Shard towers just over a thousand feet (309.6 metres) above the London skyline. Inaugurated in July…
