London Attractions and Nearest Tube Stations
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Below is an All major London attractions list with nearest tube stations. Have also given a short description of the place and opening and closing hours.
Sight / Attraction | Nearest tube to the place to see | Notes |
Admiralty | Charing Cross | Whitehall. Headquarters of the Civil Service. |
Albert Memorial | South Kensington | Kensington Gardens. Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, took 20 years to build. |
Bank of England and Museum | Bank | Threadneedle St. Open Mon-Fri 1000-1800, Sat & Sun (summer season only) 1000-1800. |
Banqueting House | Charing Cross/Westminster | Whitehall. Built by Inigo Jones in 1622. Contains the famous ceiling painting by Rubens. Admission charge. Open Tues-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1400-1700. |
Barbican | Barbican | A modern complex housing theatres, art gallery, cinemas and a library. |
Big Ben | Westminster | Westminster. The name of the bell which strikes the hours in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. |
Bond St | Bond St | World famous shopping street running from Piccadilly to Oxford St. |
British Museum & British Library | Russel Square | Great Russell St. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1430-1800. Tel 020 7 636 1555 |
Broadcasting House | Oxford Circus | Portland Place. Home of BBC sound. |
Buckingham Palace | Green Park/St James Park | Guards change 1130 daily. |
Cabinet War Rooms | Westminster | Clive Steps, King Charles St. WWII bunkers used by Churchill. |
Carnaby Street | Oxford Circus/Piccadilly Circus | Fashion centre of the 1960’s. |
Cenotaph | Charing Cross/Westminster | Whitehall. Memorial to the dead of both World Wars. |
Central Criminal Court | St Pauls | Old Bailey. Court 1 has a Public Gallery in Newgate St. |
Christies | Green Park | 8 King St. Auctioneers of paintings, jewellery etc. Tel 020 7 839 9060. |
Cleopatras Needle | Embankment | Victoria Embankment. Egyptian obelisk. |
College of Arms | Blackfriars | Queen Victoria St. Also known as Heralds College. Open Mon-Fri 1000-1600. |
Commonwealth Institute | Kensington High Street | Kensington High St. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1400-1700. |
Covent Garden Market | Covent Garden | Bustling pedestrianised market area with shops, cafes, etc. |
Design Centre | Piccadilly Circus | 28 Haymarket. Open 1000-1800, Sun 1300-1800. |
Dirty Dicks | Liverpool Street | 202 Bishopgate. Named after 18th century dandy Nathaniel Bentley. |
Downing St | Westminster | Whitehall. Home of the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
Earls Court | Earls Court | Warwick Rd. Exhibition Halls & Royal Tournaments. |
Faraday Museum | Green Park | Royal Institution, 20 Albermarie St. Displays of the life and work of Michael Faraday. Open 1300-1600 Tues & Thur only. |
Fleet St | Temple/Blackfriars | Used to be the home of British newspapers. |
Florence Nightingale Museum | Westminster/Waterloo | Lambeth Palace Road. Includes a life size recreated ward in the Crimea. Admission charge. Open Tues-Sun 1000-1600. |
Geological Museum | South Kensington | Exhibition Rd. Displays of rocks, fossils and minerals. Open 1000-1800, Sun 1100-1800. |
Green Park | Green Park/Hyde Park Corner | Covers an area of 53 acres. |
Guildhall | Bank | Gresham Street. Centre of civic government in the City for over a thousand years. Open May-Sept only, Mon-Sat 1000-1700. |
Guinness World of Records | Piccadilly Circus | Trocadero Centre. Exhibition designed to transform the Book of Records into a 3D presentation. Admission charge. Open 1000-2200 daily. |
Hamleys | Oxford Circus | World famous toy shop. |
Harrods | Knightsbridge | World famous department store. |
Hatton Garden | Chancery Lane | Holborn. Important centre of the worlds diamond trade. |
Houses of Parliament | Westminster | Parliament Square. Strangers gallery via St. Stephen’s Entrance. |
Hyde Park | Hyde Park Corner | On Sundays, is the place to listen to soap box speakers near Marble Arch. |
Imperial War Museum | Lambeth North/Elephant & Castle | Lambeth Rd. Display of all aspects of both World Wars. Open 1000-1800 daily. Admission charge. Tel 020 7 416 5000. |
Jewish Museum | Euston/Russell Square | Upper Woburn Place. Open Sun & Tue-Fri 1000-1600, April-Sept. |
Kensington Gardens | High St Kensington | Woodland park including the Round Pond. |
Kensington Palace | High St Kensington | Kensington Gardens. The London home of the Prince & Princess of Wales. Open 0900-1700, Sun 1100-1700. |
Kew Gardens | Kew Gardens | Royal Botanic Gardens. Museums, palm house, lily house etc. Tel 020 8 940 1171. |
Lambeth Palace | Westminster | The home of the Archbishop of Cantebury. |
Laserium | Baker St | Marylebone Road. London Planetarium. Laser display. Tel 020 7 486 2242. |
Lloyds | Aldgate/Bank/Monument | Lime Street. International insurance market and world centre of shipping intelligence. Houses Lutine Bell. Open to pre-booked groups Mon-Fri 1000-1430. |
London Bridge | London Bridge | Replaced the bridge now residing in Arizona. HMS Belfast. |
London Dungeon | London Bridge | Tooley St. Exhibitions of events from dark ages. Open 1000-1730. |
London Planetarium | Baker Street | Marylebone Rd. Open 1100-1800 (admission charge). |
London Toy & Model Museum | Paddington/Bayswater | 21-23 Craven Hill. Display of toys, working models, rides and a restaurant. Open 1000-1730 Mon-Sat 1100-1730 Sun. Tel 020 7 402 5222. |
London Transport Museum | Covent Garden | Covent Garden. Open 1000-1800. Tel 020 7 379 6344. |
London Zoo | Camden Town/Regents Park | Regents Park. Open Mar-Oct 1000-1730 Nov-Feb 1000-1700. |
Madam Tussauds | Baker St | Marleybone Rd. World famous waxworks. Open 1000-1730. |
Marble Arch | Marble Arch | Oxford St. Originally an entrance into Buckingham Palace. |
Museum of London | Barbican | Part of the Barbican complex, it shows the complete history of London. Open Tue-Sat 1000-1800, Sun 1400-1800. |
Museum of the Moving Image | Waterloo/Embankment | History of film and television. Open 1000-1800 daily. Admission charge. Tel 020 7 401 2636. |
National Gallery | Embankment | Trafalger Square. Opened in 1824, it houses an important collection of European art. Open 1000-1800, Sun 1400-1800. |
National Portrait Gallery | Leicester Square | St Martins Place. Open Mon-Fri 1000-1700 Sat-Sun 1000-1800. |
Natural History Museum | South Kensington | Cromwell Rd. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1800, Sun 1100-1800. |
New Scotland Yard | St James’s Park | Metropolitan Police headquarters. |
Olympia | Kensington Olympia | Hammersmith Road. Exhibitions and shows. |
Oxford Street | Bond Street/Marble Arch/Oxford Circus/Tottenham Court Road | One of the main shopping streets in London. |
Petticoat Lane | Aldgate East | Middlesex Street. Lively street market. |
Pollocks Toy Museum | Goodge St | 1 Scala Street. Admission charge. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1700. |
Portobello Road Market | Ladbroke Grove | Famous street market. |
Public Record Office | Chancery Lane | Chancery Lane. Open Mon-Fri 0930-1700, last call for documents 1530. |
Regent Street | Oxford Circus/Piccadilly Circus | Important shopping street linking Regents Park with the West End. |
Rock Circus | Piccadilly Circus | London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus. Exhibition of rock and pop music from the 1950’s to the present day. Admission charge. Open 1100-2100. |
Royal Academy of Arts | Piccadilly Circus/Green Park | Burlington House, Piccadilly. Annual exhibition by living artists. Admission charges vary. Open 1000-1800 daily. |
Royal Albert Hall | South Kensington | Kensington Gore. The largest concert hall in London. |
Royal Mint | Tower Hill | Silver and bronze coins were struck here between 1811 & 1970. Formed part of the Tower of London prior to 1811. |
Royal Opera House | Covent Garden | Home of British opera. |
Science Museum | South Kensington | Exhibition Road. Open 1000-1800 Sunday 1100-1800. |
Selfridges | Marble Arch | 100 Oxford St. |
Shakespear Globe Museum | London Bridge | 1 Bear Gardens. Exhibition of Shakespearean theatre and Bankside history. Open 1000-1700 Mon-Sat. Admission charge. |
Sherlock Holmes Museum | Baker Street | 221b Baker Street. Open 1000-1800 daily. Admission charge. |
Smithfield | Barbican | Meat market. |
Sothebys | Bond St | 34-35 New Bond Street. Fine art auctioneers. Tel 020 7 493 8080. |
South Bank Arts Centre | Embankment/Waterloo | Illustrates the development of British architectural design between construction of the Royal Festival Hall in 1951 and the National Theatre in 1976. |
St Bartholomews Hospital | St Pauls | The oldest hospital in London, founded in 1123 during the reign of Henry 1. |
St James Park | St James Park | Famous for water birds. |
St Pauls Cathedral | St Pauls | Ludgate Hill. Built by Sir Christopher Wren to replace the old Cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Open 0915-1800. |
Stock Exchange | Bank | Old Broad Street. Market for stocks and shares. |
Tate Gallery | Pimlico | Millbank. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1750 Sun 1400-1750. |
Telecom Tower | Warren St/Goodge St | Maple St. A 620ft communications tower. |
The Old Cheshire Cheese | Blackfriars | 145 Fleet Street. Old and authentic Inn still frequented by prominent journalists. Famed for its pudding! Open Mon-Fri 1130-1500 & 1700-2100. |
Tower of London | Tower Hill | Open 1000-1800 Sun 1400-1800. Jewel house closed Feb. |
Trafalgar Square | Charing Cross | Nelsons column, War memorial. |
Victoria & Albert Museum | South Kensington | Cromwell Rd. Incorporates the National Art Library. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1750, Sun 1430-1750. |
Victoria Embankment | Embankment | 1 mile tree lined thoroughfare stretching from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars Bridge. |
Victoria Tower Gardens | Westminster | Millbank. Views of Lambeth Palace and Church across the river, statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the womens suffrage movement. |
Westminster Abbey | Westminster | Parliament Square. Contains the famous Poets Corner and Abbey Museum. Open daily. |
Westminster Cathedral | Victoria | Ashley Place. The main Roman Catholic Church in England. Open 0700-2000. |
Whitehall | Charing Cross | Horse Guards Mon-Sat 1100 Sun 1000. |
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