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Top London Attractions
Подготовила: Бурносова А.С.,
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London is one of the culture capitals of the world and is brimming with exciting things to see and do. Take a breathtaking trip on the London Eye, explore the amazing collections in museums as diverse as the Tate Modern and Natural History Museum or immerse yourself in the history of the city at Westminster Abbey or the Tower of London. Our presentation has selected the pick of the attractions to suit all ages and tastes.
The Bank of England
Mansion House - the official residence of the Lord Mayor
The City of London

Conceived and designed by Marks Barfield Architects, the London Eye is a feat of modern engineering, both beautiful to look at and beautiful to look from. It is the tallest observation wheel in the world, allowing you to see one of the world’s most exciting cities from a completely new perspective. With amazing views to the edge and beyond the capital, it reveals parts of the city, which are simply not visible from the ground. For Londoners and visitors alike, it has become an essential port of call: relaxing, fascinating and inspiring, the Eye has become a definitive part of London.
London Eye
When the Millennium Commission announced their intention to build an observation wheel that would stand 135 metres over the city of London, people were initially cynical. But the British Airways London Eye has turned out to be the finest and most popular new attraction in London since Queen Victoria’s Great Exhibition. The London Eye now welcomes between 3.5 and 4 million guests every year.

The density of London varies, with high employment density in the central area, high residential densities in inner London and lower densities in the suburbs. In the dense areas, most of the concentration is achieved with medium-rise and high-rise buildings. London's skyscrapers such as the notable "Gherkin", Tower 42, the Broadgate Tower and One Canada Square are usually found in the two financial districts, the City of London and Canary Wharf. Other notable modern buildings include City Hall in Southwark with its distinctive oval shape, the British Library in Somers Town/Kings Cross, and the Great Court of the British Museum.
The Gherkin

These are the three tallest skyscrapers as of 2008 in Canary Wharf as viewed from Cabot Square. It is home to such companies as the HSBC and Clifford Chance.

Trafalgar Square is at the heart of the capital, the heart of the nation, and, at one time, the heart of an empire.
Fantastic free outdoor events are held here in summer, highlighting the best of London's multicultural music and dance scene. The Square also acts as the traditional end point for protest marches. It is the centre of London's bus network, and an essential stage on any Night Bus trip home. It is also often the final stage in any night out in London.
In all these ways, Trafalgar Square has retained its status as the heart of London, and one of every Londoner's most treasured spots.
Trafalgar Square

The column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Nelson's Column
Master tactician, inspirational leader, patriotic martyr, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson is one of England's great heroes. His statue is at the very heart of London. From his position on Trafalgar Square he gazes out towards the Thames where his fleet once lay, and down which his body was carried after he was killed by one of the last shots fired at his greatest victory, the Battle of Trafalgar.

National Gallery
The National Gallery is visible in its full glory in the heart of the newly pedestrianised Trafalgar Square. Its permanent collection houses some of the world’s most important paintings from as far back as the 13th century. Gaze upon the works of greats such as Titian, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Raphael and Van Gogh.
Built in 1832-1833, in an attempt to outshine Paris’s Louvre, it aspires to make art accessible to all with free admission, a central location and extended opening hours. The important thing in planning your visit is not to try and see everything. You could spend a week wandering through its hallowed halls, and still miss many of the greatest works of European art.

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet. The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to other government buildings in Whitehall.
Palace of Westminster

BIG BEN
The tower also houses five bells, which strike the Westminster Chimes every quarter hour. The largest and most famous of the bells is Big Ben (officially The Great Bell of Westminster), which strikes the hour. This is the third heaviest bell in England, weighing 13.8 tonnes . Although Big Ben properly refers only to the bell, it is often colloquially applied to the whole tower.
At the north-eastern end of the Palace is the most famous of the towers, the Clock Tower, which is 96.3 metres tall. The Clock Tower houses a large, four-faced clock—the Great Clock of Westminster

Traditional coronation and burial site for English monarchs: Elizabeth I, Mary I, Mary II, Edward the Confessor, Edward I, Edward III, Edward VI, Henry III, Henry V, Henry VII, James I, George II, Richard II, Charles II and William III are buried in this medieval masterpiece. The setting for every coronation since 1066, the abbey has also formed the burial ground for statesmen, scientists, musicians and poets.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
3300 people are said to have been buried in the church, including Chaucer, Newton, Laurence Olivier and Charles Dickens. Gothic architecture, the fascinating literary history represented by Poets' Corner, the artistic talent that went into the statues, paintings and tombs combine to make Westminster Abbey the most attractive of London’s churches and a treasure of royal history.

A great many monuments pay homage to people and events in the city. The Monument in the City of London provides views of the surrounding area while commemorating the Great Fire of London, which originated nearby. Marble Arch and Wellington Arch, at the north and south ends of Park Lane respectively, have royal connections, as do the Albert Memorial and Royal Albert Hall in Kensington.

St.Paul's Cathedral
Sir Christopher Wren’s mighty cathedral draws the eye like nothing else in London, even though the City’s skyscrapers now tower above it. The centrepiece of the great reconstruction of London after the great fire of 1666, it is still the spiritual focus of Great Britain.
Royal weddings and birthdays, the funerals of Britain’s leaders and services to celebrate the ends of wars all take place beneath the famous dome. The cathedral has always served as an inspirational symbol of British strength in the nation's darkest hour. St Paul’s is both a fascinating store of British history and an architectural triumph.

The original Tate Gallery, now renamed Tate Britain




The interior is a glorious, unpretentious playground of modern art, as appealing to children and amateurs as it is to adults and art experts. Permanent collections includes works by Bacon, Matisse, Rothko and Andy Warhol as well as the best of contemporary British art.
Tate Modern is London’s most visited and innovative gallery, housed in a former power station the space itself is as much as an attraction as its collections and exhibitions. The journey there is an adventure in itself, take the tube to Blackfriars, cross the river on the Blade of Light Millennium Bridge, and admire the startling contrast between historic St Paul's Cathedral and this uber modern art gallery.
Tate Modern

TOWER OF LONDON


The tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). It has also served as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, the Royal Mint, a public records office, an observatory, and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic monument in central London, on the north bank of the River Thames.

TOWER BRIDGE

The bridge consists of two towers which are tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways.
Tower Bridge is the main bridge in London, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London.
Tower Bridge is one of several London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Trust.

Founded in 1753, the British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than 7 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. The British Museum’s charter insists that it be open free of charge "to all studious and curious persons."
British Museum

Natural History Museum



Originally designed as an offshoot of the British Museum, the Natural History Museum is a fascinating and impressive place to visit. This beautiful gothic building houses one of the world’s largest collection of dinosaur skeletons. These fantastic creatures dominate the main halls, towering above the awed faces of visitors and are a source of endless fascination to all ages.

As well as these the museum offers exhibitions and activities, a collection of over 70 million natural history specimens, some of which are kept on display to the public, and the revamped geology museum, with its exciting interactive displays. Great fun for adults and a must see for kids.

Parks and gardens
The largest parks in the central area of London are the Royal Parks of Hyde Park and its neighbour Kensington Gardens at the western edge of central London and Regent's Park on the northern edge. This park contains London Zoo, the world's oldest scientific zoo, and is located near the tourist attraction of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Closer to central London are the smaller Royal Parks of Green Park and St. James's Park. Hyde Park in particular is popular for sports and sometimes hosts open-air concerts.
Hyde Park

Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park.

The park is famous to generations of British schoolchildren as the setting of J.M. Barrie's book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, a prelude to the character's famous adventures in Neverland. Both the book and the character are honored with the iconic Peter Pan statue located in the park.

Regent's Park
The park has an outer ring road called the Outer Circle (4.3 km) and an inner ring road called the Inner Circle, which contains the most carefully tended section of the park, Queen Mary's Gardens. The south, east and most of the west sides of the park are lined with elegant white stucco terraces of houses designed by John Nash. Running through the northern end of the park is Regent's Canal.
The north-east end of the park contains London Zoo.

Green Park
Green Park (officially The Green Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. Covering an area of about 53 acres, it lies between London's Hyde Park and St. James's Park. Together with Kensington Gardens and the gardens of Buckingham Palace, these parks form an almost unbroken stretch of open land reaching from Whitehall and Victoria station to Kensington and Notting Hill.

St. James's Park is a 23 hectare park in Westminster, the oldest of the Royal Parks of London.
The park has a small lake, St. James's Park Lake, with two islands, Duck Island (named for the lake's collection of waterfowl), and West Island. A bridge across the lake affords a Westward view of Buckingham Palace framed by trees and fountains.
St. James's Park

Buckingham Palace

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703. It was enlarged over the next 75 years, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction.

Madame Tussauds
One of the greatest tourists attractions is Madame Tussauds Museum. It is a famous wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was set up by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud.
Today's wax figures at Tussauds include historical and royal figures, famous writers and poets, film stars, sports stars and famous murderers.

Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941.

Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from every kind of performance genre have appeared on its stage. Each year it hosts more than 350 performances including classical concerts, rock and pop, ballet and opera, tennis, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and lavish banquets.
The Royal Albert Hall is one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, recognisable the world over.

Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium is a stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, and its primary use is for home games of the England national football team, and the main English domestic football finals. It is also used for pop concerts and other sporting events.

With 90,000 seats the stadium has the second largest capacity in Europe, and the largest in the world with every seat under cover. Immediately following its opening, it was often referred to as the "new Wembley Stadium" to distinguish it from the original stadium. The stadium is also the most expensive stadium ever built.

London Underground
The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in England, and is both the world's oldest underground railway and the oldest rapid transit system. It is usually referred to as the Underground or the Tube - the latter deriving from the shape of the system's deep-bore tunnels - although about 55% of the network is above ground.

London's bus network is one of the biggest in the world, running 24 hours, with 8,000 buses, 700 bus routes, and over 6 million passenger journeys made every weekday. In 2003, the network's ridership was estimated at over 1.5 billion passenger trips per annum which is more than the Underground.[213] Around £850 m is taken in revenue each year and London has the largest wheelchair accessible network in the world and, from the 3rd quarter of 2007, became more accessible to hearing and visually impaired passengers as audio-visual announcements were introduced. The buses are internationally recognised, and are a trademark of London transport along with black cabs and the Tube.[214][215]
The modern Enviro400 double-decker bus operating services on route 24
Buses

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