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…
The Gherkin, City of London
Arguably one of the great things about the capital is the ever-changing and slightly irreverent London skyline. Along with The Shard, The Cheesegrater and The Scalpel, The Gherkin is probably…
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