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7.9milesWaltham 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.
9.3milesChurchill 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'.
9.6milesLondon 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.
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9.3milesLondon 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.
9.7milesBuckingham 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.
7.7milesMadame 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.
6.9milesZSL 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.
9.5milesTower 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'.
14.7milesHam 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.
1milesMuseum of Domestic Design and Architecture
Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, EN48HT
The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) houses what is widely regarded as one of the world's most comprehensive collections of nineteenth and twentieth century decorative arts for the home. MoDA is also a resource for focusing on other subjects, such as Science, Geography and problem-solving activities.
2milesTrent Country Park
Cockfosters Road, Barnet, EN40PS
Trent Country Park - Amusement Park in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Contact venue on telephone number 02084498706 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractions/rides available at this park.
2.9milesJewish Museum
Sternberg Centre, 80 East End Rd, Finchley, N32SY
Experience our stunning collections, changing exhibitions, and lively programmes. Explore Jewish history, cultire and religion in Britain and beyond.
4.4milesKenwood House
Hampstead Lane, Hampstead, NW37JR
On the northern fringes of Hampstead Heath lies Kenwood House, one of the most glorious country houses in London. Set in splendid grounds beside Hampstead Heath, this outstanding neoclassical house holds one of the most important collections of paintings ever given to the nation.
5.3milesFenton House
Windmill Hill, Hampstead, NW36RT
Set in the winding streets of Hampstead village, this late 17th-century house contains an outstanding collection of porcelain, 17th-century needlework pictures and Georgian furniture, and the Benton Fletcher collection of early keyboard instruments, most of which are in working order. The delightful walled garden includes fine displays of roses, an orchard and a working kitchen garden.
6milesFreud Museum
20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, NW35SX
The Freud Museum, at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. It contains Freud's remarkable collection of antiquities: Egyptian; Greek; Roman and Oriental.
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7.2milesLondon 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.
7.7milesPetrie 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.
7.8milesTours 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.
8milesPollocks 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.
8.1milesGeffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, E28EA
The Geffrye Museum is one of London's best-loved museums. It shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day.
8.2milesBritish 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.
8.3milesMuseum 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.
8.3milesDe Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre
Salisbury Hall Colney, AL21EX
The De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre is the oldest of it's type in Britain today, which was opened in 1959 to display the De Havilland Mosquito prototype. There is a comprehensive collection of 20 de Havilland aircraft, along with related memorabilia.
8.4milesSir 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.
8.5milesHandel 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.
8.5milesMuseum 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.
8.6milesMuseum 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.
8.6milesDr 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.
8.7milesLondon 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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