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12.7milesWaltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey, EN91XQ
Although the church is now a shadow of its former grandeur, it is still considered to be one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the country. It also attracts lovers of Victorian art and architecture, having been heavily restored in the mid-1800s by William Burghes and Edward Poynter.
1.3milesChurchill War Rooms
Clive Steps, King Charles Street, SW1A2AQ
Shortly after becoming Prime Minister in May 1940, Winston Churchill visited the Cabinet War Rooms to see for himself what preparations had been made to allow him and his War Cabinet to continue working throughout the expected air raids on London. It was there, in the underground Cabinet Room which had been prepared for him, that he announced 'This is the room from which I will direct the war'.
14.6milesChessington World of Adventures
Chessington, KT92NE
Come to a place where tales of family fun never end. With a major new themed land specially for 2-8 year olds, a great new family spinning coaster and a park crammed full of activities, attractions and rides suitable for under 12s, it's strictly families first at Chessington World of Adventures in 2004.
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1.8milesLondon Dungeon
28-34 Tooley Street Bridge, SE12SZ
Deep in the heart of London, buried beneath the paving stones of historic Southwark, lies the world's most chillingly famous horror attraction. The London Dungeon brings more than 2,000 years of gruesomely authentic history vividly back to life.
1.2milesLondon Aquarium
County Hall, Riverside Building, Westminster, SE17PB
We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the underwater world covering two-thirds of our planet. With over 50 living displays and a host of underwater life, join the London Aquarium on a journey into this great unknown.
1.9milesBuckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace Road, Green Park, SW11AA
George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte to use as a comfortable family home close to St James's Palace, where many court functions were held. Buckingham House became known as the Queen's House, and 14 of George III's 15 children were born there.
1.5milesMadame Tussauds
Marylebone Road, NW15LR
Join a host of the worlds' most famous celebritites at Madame Tussauds waxworks. Watch the Warriors SHow as Alexander the Great & Achilles armies fight the battle of battles.
18.4milesThorpe Park
Staines Road, Chertsey, KT168PN
ColossusRiders flung into a record breaking 10 loops of fear at 65 kph. 120 jockey wheels of NASA-developed materials tenaciously grip 850 metres of proximity-sensor monitored track.
1.9milesZSL London Zoo
Regentīs Park, NW14RY
ZSL London Zoo really is one of the greatest days out on offer in London. Spanning 36 acres of Regent's Park, the Zoo is home to over 650 species of animal.
2milesTower of London
Tower Hill, EC3N4AB
The Tower of London has been an integral part of British Royal history for nearly one thousand years. Only at the Tower of London can you marvel at the breathtaking Crown Jewels, stand on the execution site of three English queens, and hear the myths and legentds that make a visit to the Tower 'a day out to die for'.
10milesHam House
West of A307 between Kingston and Richmond, TW107RS
Spectacular 17th-century house with original interiors and formal garden. Ham House is unique in Europe as the most complete survival of 17th-century fashion and power.
0.2milesSir John Soane's Museum
13 Lincoln Inn Fields, WC2A3BP
Soane was born in 1753, the son of a bricklayer, and died after a long and distinguished career, in 1837.Soane designed this house to live in, but also as a setting for his antiquities and his works of art.
0.3milesBritish Museum
Great Russell Street, WC1B3DG
A series of collections which trace the story of Britain from prehistory to the present day, including fine collections covering the prehistoric period, the Bronze and Iron Ages. Highlights include a section of the Sweet Track, the oldest of the prehistoric trackways in Britain, and the body of Lindow Man, which has been preserved in a peat bog since the mid-1st century AD.
0.4milesMuseum of the Royal College of Surgeons
35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields, Holborn, WC2A3PE
The Hunterian Museum collections, brought together over four centuries by a cast of colourful characters including John Hunter (1728-1793), are a fascinating mix of comparative anatomy and pathology specimens; complete skeletons, bones, skulls and teeth; dried preparations, corrosion casts and wax teaching models; historical surgical and dental instruments together with modern surgical instruments and technologies; as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture.At the entrance to the museum visitors can trace the story of the College from its roots in the mediaeval Guild of Barber-Surgeons to the present day in a new introductory gallery.
0.5milesLondon Transport Museum
The Piazza, Covent Garden, WC2E7BB
Covering a wide spectrum of materials and media, including vehicles, rolling stock, posters, signs, uniforms, photographs, ephemera, maps and engineering drawings, the Museum's collections make up the most comprehensive record of urban mass transit in the world. The Museum preserves and displays important collections reflecting all aspects of the history of public transport in London.
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0.5milesTheatre Museum
Russell Street, Covent Garden, WC2E7PR
In 1974 the Theatre Museum was formed by combining the Enthoven and Beard Collections with the holdings of two external organisations. These were the British Theatre Museum Association, which collected and displayed theatre material from 1957 as a way of lobbying for a state-funded theatre museum, and Richard Buckle's Friends of the Museum of Performing Arts who purchased at auction in 1968 much Ballets Russes material for a projected performing arts museum.
0.6milesDr Johnsons House
17 Gough Square, Blackfriars, EC4A3DE
Dr Johnson's House is one of the few residential houses of its age still surviving in the City of London Built in 1700, it was a home and workplace for Samuel Johnson from 1748-1759, and it was here that he compiled the first comprehensive English Dictionary. Now restored to its original condition, the house contains panelled rooms, a pine staircase, and a collection of period furniture, prints and portraits.
0.7milesPollocks Toy Museum
1 Scala Street, Goodge Street, W1T2HL
Pollocks Toy Museum Is Now Closed.Benjamin Pollock was probably the only a shop-keeper in Hoxton, once a down-trodden district of East London, to get a Times obituary.
0.7milesPetrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Malet Place, University College London, WC1E6BT
The Petrie Museum houses an estimated 80,000 objects, making it one of the greatest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world. It illustrates life in the Nile Valley from prehistory through the time of the pharaohs, the Ptolemaic, Roman and Coptic periods to the Islamic period.
0.8milesMuseum of the Order of St John
St Johns Gate, St Johnīs Lane, Clerkenwell, EC1M4DA
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, more commonly known as the Order of St.
0.8milesTours Of L. Ron Hubbard's Fitzroy House
37 Fitzroy Stret, W1T6DX
Set in the heart of Fitzrovia, famed for its writers and artists, Fitzroy House was built in 1791 shortly after development was undertaken of this area. Formerly inhabited by Playwright George Bernard Shaw, Fitzroy House is also where writer and philosopher L.
0.9milesRipleys Believe It Or Not!
1 Piccadilly Circus, W1J0DA
Welcome to the world of Ripley's Believe it or Not, London's biggest new attraction.Situated in the heart of the West End at 1 Piccadilly Circus, the attraction houses over 800 authentic, original and unbelievable exhibits spread over 5 floors, from a four-metre long model of Tower Bridge made out of matchsticks, the World's Smallest Car and an upside down tea party to the world's tallest man and a Mini Cooper encrusted with 1,000,000 Swarovski crystals.
1milesLondon Canal Museum
12/13 New Wharf Road, Kings Cross, N19RT
At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. The museum is an attraction housed in a former ice warehouse built in about 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, the famous ice cream maker, and features the history of the ice trade and ice cream as well as the canals.
1milesSt Pauls Cathedral
The Chapter House, St Pauls Churchyard, EC4M8AD
A Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has overlooked the City of London since 604AD, a constant reminder to this great commercial centre of the importance of the spiritual side of life. As the Cathedral of the capital city, St Paul's is the spiritual focus for the Nation.
1milesMuseum of London
150 London Wall, Barbican, EC2Y5HN
The Museum of London Group represents a quarter of a million years of history and over seven million modern Londoners. Our collections include over a million items.
1.1milesBanqueting House - Whitehall Palace
Whitehall, SW1A2ER
Set in the heart of historic Whitehall, the Banqueting House is one of London's hidden treasures. Whether visiting during the day or enjoying a unique evening event, visitors will be enthralled by the history and splendour of this magnificent building.
1.2milesHandel House Museum
25 Brook Street, W1K4HB
The Handel House Museum was home to the baroque composer George Frideric Handel from 1723 until his death in 1759. The Museum celebrates Handel's life and works, displaying portraits of Handel and his contemporaries in finely restored Georgian interiors and bringing live music back to his house.
1.3milesShakespeares Globe
21 New Globe Walk, SE19DT
Throughout the year a fascinating guided tour of the Globe Theatre is included in your visit to Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition.Founded by the pioneering American actor and director Sam Wanamaker, Shakespeare's Globe is a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of performance and education.
1.4milesFlorence Nightingale Museum
Gassiot House, 2 Lambeth Palace Rd, SE17EW
Florence Nightingale was a legend in her lifetime but the Crimean War years which made her famous were just two out of a life of ninety years. A collection of artefacts and other material connected with Florence Nightingale has been preserved from the early years of the twentieth century at St Thomas' Hospital and the Nightingale Training School.
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