The word is full of wonders, Aesthetic and ornamental places .London, the capital city of England, is the most populous city in the United Kingdom with a metropolitan area of over 13 million residents, standing on the River Thames, has been a major arrangement for two millennia and city with tremendously beautiful attracting, eye catching, inspiring places that we wish to visit to see historic museums, majestic waterfalls, parks, libraries of the ancient times etc.
10. Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal place located at Windsor in Berkshire (English country), the oldest, the largest and the longest residential palace in the world covering almost 13 acres, built in the 11th century by the Conqueror William. The castle is considered as the finest and the most complete sketch of the later Georgian savor, architected by Jeffry Wyatville, Anthony Salvin, Edward Blore, Hugh May, Giles Downes, Henry Emlyn and inhabited by more the five hundred people. Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) , George VI, George V and many successors of the royal family spent their lives here. The royal building is associated with the 15th-century St George’s Chapel which is regarded as one of the supreme achievements of English Perpendicular Gothic design by historian John Martin Robinson, state rooms, the red-coated guards and even the royal kitchens.
9. Houses of Parliament
Houses of Parliament or The palace of Westminster featured with iconic Big Ben is where the two Houses i.e., the House of Lords and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom meet to carry out their business, situated in the London borough, City of Westminster, adjacent to other government buildings in Whitehall, basically built for monarchs yet not inhabited by a single ruler since 16th century, rebuilt after 1834 by , Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin, a model of Gothic upturn and a well known tourist attraction. The Palace enclosed over 1,000 rooms (the Chambers of the House of Lords, the House of Commons etc), committee rooms, libraries, lobbies, dining-rooms, bars and gymnasiums. Parliamentary offices surplus into nearby buildings such as Portcullis House, and Norman Shaw Buildings.
8. British Museum
Ranked first nationally and second in the list globally, British Museum also known as Universal Museum was established 261 years ago in 1753 in the reign of George II opened on 15 January 1759, located in Great Russell Street, London, United Kingdom between 51.519459°N to 0.126931°W, visited by approximately 6701, 036(2013) people, comprising museum of antiquities and national library in the same building. The Museum is dedicated to human culture, cultural art, history and antiquities,, comprising a great rang of collection approx. 8 million objects; some of the largest and most venerated collections in the world, from Babylonian stonework to artefacts from the Roman Empire and world-famous Egyptian collection. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and as with all other national museums in the United Kingdom, has been directed by Neil MacGregor since 2002.
7. Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle was built in 1119 in Kent,England by Robert de Crevecoeur as a Norman stronghold,recognized as internationally important structure, opened for the public in 1976.The Eye-catching Norman castle listed Grade I building in 1952, offers some of the majestic sights inside and or on the ground as maze, a grotto, a golf course and the world’s only museum of dog collars. In 1998 Leeds Castle was one of 57 heritage sites in England visited by more than 200,000 visitors and in 2010 nearly 560,000 according to Association of Leading Visitor Attraction. The castle was used as a weapon store and a prison house during the war in 17th and 18th centuries and in 20th century owned Hon. Olive, Lady Baillie, daughter of Almeric Paget.
6. St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral is a Church of England, house of worship, a significant place in the national identity of the English population, completed in 1675-1720 designed by Sir Christopher Wren in English Baroque style, the place of the Bishop of London, mother church of the Diocese of London located at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London. The characteristics features of famous church are Whispering Gallery, known for its mysterious acoustics, as well as its burial crypt, its dome which is among the highest domes of the world, its height-365(tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962), and regarded as second largest church building on account of its area in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.
5. Buckingham Palace
The palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality in the City of Westminster, London, originally known as Buckingham House, a main workplace and residence of the rulers in United Kingdom, built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham24m tall having 77,000 m² floor space designed by John Nash, Aston Webb William Winde, Edward Blore in Neoclassicism style, focused by the people at the times of national elation. The official building was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence, enlarged in 19th and 20th century, home for Goring House, Arlington House etc inhabited by Queen Victoria, the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace in 1837.
4. Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker
Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker or The Secret Nuclear Bunker is an enormous Cold War nuclear station to be found at Kelvedon Hatch, in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, is a large 125(38m) underground trench retained during the cold war as a potential regional government headquarters originally built as an air defense station between1952–53 as part of ROTOR now been repaired and made into a museum focusing on its cold war history and tourist attraction. The tunnel constituents a labyrinth of underground tunnels, plotting boards and telecommunications apparatus and BBC studio.
3. Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey was known formerly the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster in the City of Westminster, London, first church in England built in the Norman Romanesque style, located to the west of the Palace of Westminster, is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place where ceremonies like crowning a sovereign, royal weddings are to be held i.e., two were of reigning monarchs (Henry I and Richard II). The abbey is a Royal Peculiar, consecrated on 28 December 1065, had the status of a cathedral between 1540 and 1556, no longer an abbey nor cathedral however, having instead the status of a “Royal Peculiar” since 1560.
2. The London Royal Air Force Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum London, RAF a non-departmental public body is an Aviation museum located on the former Hendon Aerodrome and was established in15 November 1972, Colindale, London, United Kingdom The museum is housed of five major buildings and hangars devoted to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force and sponsored by the Ministry of Defense and a registered charity featured by a second collection of exhibits and aircraft restoration facilities at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, five miles northwest of Wolverhampton.
1. The Tower of London
Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress so called The Tower of London was founded at the end of 1066, as part of the Norman Conquest of England, indeed, as the site of many executions over the centuries reveals most horrific past events, located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, commissioned by William. Tower is one of the most popular places in London to be visited has been provided for armory, a treasury, a menagerie, the home of the Royal Mint, a public records office, and the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
Top 10 Best Places To Visit in London
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