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1 London Welcome to our city

2 Lets see the sights Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace The British Museum The British Museum City of London City of London Houses of Parliament Houses of Parliament The London Eye The London Eye Tower Bridge Tower Bridge The Tower of London The Tower of London Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square St Pauls Cathedral St Pauls Cathedral Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus

3 Buckingham Palace This is the official London residence of HM Queen Elizabeth II. After being developed from a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703, the palace eventually became the official royal palace of the British monarch in 1837 and is now the world’s largest "working" royal palace.

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5 The British Museum The British Museum, Europe’s most famous museum, and London’s most popular attraction is a must see for any visitor to London. Ninety four galleries of archeological finds, prints, coins, antiquities and more. Disabled facilities available

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7 City of London The oldest part of London and yet with its towering sky scrapers the most modern, the City of London also known as ’The City’ and ’The Square Mile’ is now London’s chief financial district and along with Tokyo and New York City forms the world’s three most important financial centres.

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9 Houses of Parliament For nearly 1000 years The Palace of Westminster, also known as The Houses of Parliament, is where new laws have been debated and agreed by the Chambers of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

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11 The London Eye You can see up to 25 miles in each direction with views over some of the world's most famous sights, including St Paul's, the Palace of Westminster and Windsor Castle.

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13 Tower Bridge An archetypal icon of London, especially when illuminated at night, Tower Bridge was opened after 8 years of construction in 1894 by the then Prince of Wales, following a massive industrialisation of East London.

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15 The Tower of London More formally known as Her Majesty’s Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London is most famously known as a prison and execution site for high-profile criminals, usually accused of high treason. Enemies of the state were brought to it along the Thames, entering through ’Traitor’s Gate’.

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17 Trafalgar Square The statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson, who was buried at St Paul’s Cathedral, stands high above the traffic at Trafalgar square. Originally created to commemorate Nelson’s famous victory at the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic wars, the statue is flanked by four bronze lions said to have been cast from the metal of reclaimed cannons from the French fleet.

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19 St Pauls Cathedral The site on Ludgate Hill has been the home of a cathedral to St Paul since the seventh century. The present St Paul’s Cathedral was completed in 1708 and was perhaps Sir Christopher Wren’s most famous architectural gift to the city of London.

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21 Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus is London’s answer to New York’s Times Square. Ablaze with neon advertisements, noise and traffic, Piccadilly Circus is a popular meeting place for all and sundry. Traffic swirls around the Statue of Eros, oblivious to passing pedestrians - be advised to use the subways where possible.

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