LISTINGS
ATTRACTIONS
IN PICTURES: 10 DOWNING STREET
CHARLES DICKENS MUSEUM
48 Doughty Street, WC1N 2LX.
Russell Square
T: 020 7405 2127.
www.dickensmuseum.com
The only surviving London home of Dickens
(from 1837 until 1839), it has many items
relating to the life of the great Victorian
novelist and social commentator.
CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN
66 Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4HS.
Sloane Square
T: 020 7352 5646.
www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
Britain’s second-oldest botanical garden,
founded in 1673, houses the oldest English
rock garden devoted to alpine plants. It
also researches the properties, origins and
conservation of more than 5,000 species.
CHINATOWN
Gerrard Street, W1.
Leicester Square
T: 020 7437 6888.
www.chinatownchinese.co.uk
Focal point for London’s Chinese community,
with a number of Chinese restaurants,
supermarkets and souvenir shops.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE
Victoria Embankment, SW1.
Embankment
Presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by
the Turkish Viceroy of Egypt, this 60ft-high
granite obelisk dates back to 1475BC.
CUTTY SARK
Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BG.
DLR Cutty Sark
T: 020 8858 2698.
www.cuttysark.org.uk
The 1869-built tea clipper is the only survivor
of its kind. Following a fi re in May 2007, it’s
undergoing a �25 million restoration and is
closed to the public until summer 2010.
10 DOWNING STREET
SW1A 2AA.
Westminster
www.number10.gov.uk
With its unassuming stone front step and
black entrance door, Number 10, as it’s
known, is perhaps the most famous address
in London. The house is the centre of the
British government, physically and politically.
Not only is Number 10 the Prime Minister’s
place of work, it’s his home.
HAMPSTEAD HEATH
/ Hampstead/Hampstead Heath
www.cityofl ondon.gov.uk
A green oasis within the boroughs of Camden
and Barnet in the north of the city, with 791
acres of parkland, an art gallery housed
in a stately home and outdoor ponds for
swimming in on a summer’s day.
HAMPTON COURT PALACE
Surrey, KT8 9AU.
Hampton Court
T: 0844 482 7777. www.hrp.org.uk
Set in 60 acres of world-famous gardens, it’s
a living tapestry of history from Henry VIII to
George II. From the restored 18th-century
Privy Garden to the Tudor kitchens, visitors
are taken back through the centuries.
HMS BELFAST
Morgan’s Lane, SE1 2JH.
/ London Bridge
T: 020 7940 6300.
www.iwm.org.uk
Explore the Royal Navy warship that served in
World War II, the largest surviving example of
Britain’s 20th-century naval power.
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT/BIG BEN
Westminster Place, SW1A 0AA.
Westminster
T: 0870 906 3773.
www.parliament.uk
The ingenious design by amateur horologist
Edmund Beckett Denison keeps Big Ben
ticking on time while politicians meet below.
HYDE PARK
W2 2UH.
Lancaster Gate/Marble Arch/
Hyde Park Corner/Knightsbridge
T: 020 7298 2100.
www.royalparks.gov.uk
London’s best-known park fi lls 350 acres.
The Peter Pan statue is a tribute to author
J. M. Barrie, who used to stroll there.
JEWEL TOWER
Westminster, SW1P 3JX.
/ Charing Cross/Westminster
T: 020 7222 2219.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
One of two original Palace of Westminster
buildings to survive the fi re of 1834, it houses
the ‘Parliament Past and Present’ exhibition.
Number 10 is perhaps the most
famous address in London
Big Ben and
the Houses of
Parliament
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