Landmarks and Attractions

Big Ben, Stonehenge, castles and the places visitors come to see.

Big Ben

The great bell inside the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament — though almost everyone uses the name for the tower…

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Bridges of London

The thirty-odd crossings of the Thames in London, from medieval stone to Victorian iron — and the two most famous of which…

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Castles of Britain

The fortified strongholds built across Britain from 1066 onwards — around 4,000 of them, ranging from complete royal palaces to grassy mounds…

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English Heritage

The charity that cares for over 400 historic sites in England, from Stonehenge to Roman forts, and the body behind the blue…

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Hadrian’s Wall

The 73-mile Roman frontier wall across northern England, begun in AD 122, and the most substantial Roman monument in Britain.

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Hampton Court Palace

The great Tudor palace on the Thames west of London, seized by Henry VIII from Cardinal Wolsey and later half-rebuilt in baroque…

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Kew Gardens

The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in south-west London: a 300-acre botanical garden and the most important plant science institution in the…

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Stonehenge

A prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, built in stages from around 3000 BC, and the most famous ancient monument in Britain.

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The Tower of London

A 900-year-old fortress on the Thames that has been a royal palace, prison, mint, zoo and execution site, and now houses the…

Landmarks and Attractions

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