The great bell inside the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament — though almost everyone uses the name for the tower…
Landmarks and AttractionsThe thirty-odd crossings of the Thames in London, from medieval stone to Victorian iron — and the two most famous of which…
Landmarks and AttractionsThe fortified strongholds built across Britain from 1066 onwards — around 4,000 of them, ranging from complete royal palaces to grassy mounds…
Landmarks and AttractionsThe charity that cares for over 400 historic sites in England, from Stonehenge to Roman forts, and the body behind the blue…
Landmarks and AttractionsThe 73-mile Roman frontier wall across northern England, begun in AD 122, and the most substantial Roman monument in Britain.
Landmarks and AttractionsThe great Tudor palace on the Thames west of London, seized by Henry VIII from Cardinal Wolsey and later half-rebuilt in baroque…
Landmarks and AttractionsThe Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in south-west London: a 300-acre botanical garden and the most important plant science institution in the…
Landmarks and AttractionsA prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, built in stages from around 3000 BC, and the most famous ancient monument in Britain.
Landmarks and AttractionsA 900-year-old fortress on the Thames that has been a royal palace, prison, mint, zoo and execution site, and now houses the…
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