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Hampstead Heath is one of the largest and most popular green spaces in the Greater London area. It is only 4 miles from central London but it feels like 4,000 miles from the bustle of the city. The Heath covers roughly 790 acres (about 360 hectares) and runs along a sandy ridge between Highgate to the east and Hampstead to the south-west. The park includes popular recreational facilities, including three open-air swimming pools. It is extremely popular as a place to fly kites, and you can usually see several kites flying (or crashing to the ground) at Parliament Hill. In fact, so popular is kite-flying here that the hill is sometimes known as Kite Hill.
Satisfaction: 84% | See Reviews |The British Museum in London is a museum of archaeology and ancient art, and a leading institution dedicated to human civilizations from all over the world.
Satisfaction: 89% | See Reviews |Cheddar is the ideal destination for a weekend break in the UK. The gorge itself is over 450 feet tall, making up the UK’s largest inland limestone cliffs. It is also home to quite a few show caves, including where the famous ‘Cheddar Man’ skeleton was found (at 9,000 years old he’s the oldest complete skeleton in the UK). Plus, it is a perfect place to position yourself if you want to explore day trips in Somerset.
Satisfaction: 78% | See Reviews |Stonehenge, on Salisbury plain in England, is one of the most recognizable monuments of the Neolithic world and one of the most popular, with over one million visitors a year. People come to see Stonehenge because it is so impossibly big and so impossibly old; some are searching for a connection with a prehistoric past; some come to witness the workings of a massive astrological observatory.
Satisfaction: 74% | See Reviews |The London eye is London's newest major tourist attraction. It is a huge wheel designed to celebrate the Millennium year 2000. It stands at Millennium pier, on the south Bank of the River Thames, close to the south end of Westminster Bridge, and within an easy walk of the Houses of parliament and Big Ben.The eye was built between 1998 and 2000. The design of the Eye is essentially a huge wheel with a hub at the centre.
Satisfaction: 88% | See Reviews |The Shard stands at 310m tall and when the project began, no one in the UK had ever worked at that height before. Add to this a tight timescale of 38 months, and Mace was forced to re-think the basic principles of construction and use innovative techniques to deliver the project.
Satisfaction: 88% | See Reviews |The Pembrokeshire coast is a beautiful and rugged part of the UK, offering stunning countryside and breathtaking sea vistas. From its abundant wildlife to its historic sites, this national park covers over 600 sq. kilometres of spectacular cliffs, sandy beaches, and wild hills. Perfect for anyone looking for a fantastic holiday in the great outdoors, the Pembrokeshire coast is just waiting to be explored.
Satisfaction: 82% | See Reviews |Oxford Street is home to a number of major department stores and flagship retail outlets, containing over 300 shops as of 2012. It is the most frequently visited shopping street in Inner London, attracting over half a million daily visitors in 2014, and is one of the most popular destinations in London for tourists, with an annual estimated turnover of over £1 billion. It forms part of a shopping district in the West End of London, along with other streets including Covent Garden, Bond Street and Piccadilly.
Satisfaction: 86% | See Reviews |Hyde Park is a Grade I-listed major park in Central London. It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace.
Satisfaction: 92% | See Reviews |Buckingham Palace, the London home of Queen Elizabeth , is open for tour (except for the queen's private quarters, of course) in the summers and select dates during the winter and spring. On the tour, you'll have access to the 19 State Rooms where the queen and members of the royal family host guests for state, ceremonial and official affairs. Opulently accented with chandeliers, candelabra, paintings by Rembrandt and Rubens, and exquisite English and French furniture, these rooms display some of the most magnificent pieces from the Royal Collection.
Satisfaction: 81% | See Reviews |The Tower of London has been represented in popular culture in many ways. As a result of 16th and 19th century writers, the Tower has a reputation as a grim fortress, a place of torture and execution.
Satisfaction: 79% | See Reviews |Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Tate Britain is the world centre for the understanding and enjoyment of British art and promotes interest in British art internationally. Unrivalled displays show the development of art in Britain from Tudor times to the present day.
Satisfaction: 94% | See Reviews |Tate Modern is the jewel in the crown of modern art galleries in London. It holds the nation’s collection of modern art from 1900 to the present day. With 5.7 million visitors it is in the top ten most visited museums and galleries in the world. The collection holds masterpieces of international and British modern art. From Picasso’s “The Three Dancers”, to Dali’s “Autumnal Cannibalism”, to Rothko’s “The Seagram Murals”, to Duschamp’s “Fountain”, to Parreno’s “Anywhen”, Tate Modern is a one stop shop for modern art lovers.
Satisfaction: 82% | See Reviews |Piccadilly Circus station, which sits under Piccadilly Circus itself, is one of the only stations on the network to exist entirely underground. When it was built in 1906, a surface level ticket office existed, but when the station was revamped in the 1920s, it was demolished. The station building is Grade II listed.
Satisfaction: 81% | See Reviews |Westminster Abbey is one of the most famous religious buildings in the world, and it has served an important role in British political, social and cultural affairs for more than 1,000 years. In spite of its name, the facility is no longer an abbey, and while it still hosts important religious activities, it no longer houses monks or nuns. Westminster Abbey has been the site of royal coronations since 1066, and has been a working facility for religious services since the 10th century.
Satisfaction: 83% | See Reviews |Tower Bridge is one of London's iconic landmarks, often used on postcards and other London souvenirs, and a hotspot for tourists visiting the city. In fact it's used by more than 40,000 people every day, including motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, whether it's people paying a visit to the city or simply going to work.
Satisfaction: 82% | See Reviews |Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster; the name is frequently extended to also refer to the clock and the clock tower. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower; it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.
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