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Westminster Abbey: Henry VII Chapel 
Westminster Abbey GB - London
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Built at Henry VII’s behest in the early 16C, this magnificent chapel is a fine example of the Perpendicular style. The pillars support magnificent fan vaulting on projecting keystones separated by a network of slender ribs. The entrance has bronze g..
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Westminster Abbey: Chapel of Edward the Confessor 
Westminster Abbey GB - London
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Beyond the walkway, head through the oratory, resting place of Henry V, hero of Agincourt. At the centre, the tomb of St Edward who died in 1066, is surrounded by those of five kings and three queens. The gilded reliquary rests on a magnificent mar..
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Parliament Square
Parliament Square GB - SW1 London
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Designed by Charles Barry (1795-1860), modified in 1950, Parliament Square consists of a neat patch of lawn in the centre decorated with statues of important statesman from the Victorian era (Viscount Palmeston by Thomas Woslner in 1876) and more rec..
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Palace of Westminster
Abingdon Street GB - SW1 London
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With Big Ben soaring above it, the Palace of Westminster bewitched Monet, who was inspired to paint one of his most famous series of paintings by the combination of monumental stonework, river and sky. Cradle of British democracy, it is composed of t..
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Palace of Westminster: House of Lords
Palace of Westminster GB - London
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Undoubtedly the most richly decorated chamber of the Palace of Westminster , the House of Lords bears witness to the exuberant neo-Gothic imagination of Pugin. It has red leather benches to accommodate 1 200 lords (or peers), constituting the upper ..
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Westminster Hall 
Palace of Westminster GB - London
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Of imposing dimensions, Westminser Hall was the largest of its kind (unsupported by columns) in the world. Its magnificent oak-beamed ceiling was constructed between 1394 and 1402 at Richard II’s behest. It was initially used for gatherings of parlia..
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St Margaret's Church
20 Dean's Yard GB - SW1P3PA London
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Little remains today of the original building which fell into extreme disrepair before being entirely rebuilt between 1482 and 1523, and subsequently restored during the 19C in the neo-Gothic style. St Margaret's has long been the church for the Hous..
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Westminster Abbey
20 Dean's Yard GB - SW1P3PA London
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Necropolis of sovereigns, pantheon of national glories, masterpiece of Gothic art, Westminster Abbey's twin towers push up into the London sky and have looked down for centuries on the setting of great royal ceremonies. Its dimensions are impressive ..
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Chapter House (Westminster Abbey)
Dean's Yard GB - SW1P3PA London
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The Chapter House is set in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. St Faith Chapel , the old sacristy, is reserved for private prayer (southern transept). The octagonal Chapter House was finished in 1253 and has since been restored. It was used as th..
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Abbey Museum
Dean's Yard GB - SW1P3PA London
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The Abbey Museum is part of Westminster Abbey and is reached by a dark vaulted passageway. It is housed in the six bays of a Norman undercroft . The museum contains historical documents, reproductions of royal insignia, gold plates, and wax, wood an..
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Cabinet War Rooms
King Charles Street GB - SW1A2AQ London
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This shelter, designed to protect Churchill, his war cabinet and the general staff, was the Prime Minister's headquarters during the Second World War. The nineteen rooms still have their furniture and complement of bureaucratic fixtures and fittings...
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Big Ben
Bridge Street GB - SW1 London
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The Clock tower or St Stephen's Tower is 96 m high and was finished in 1858-1859. On top a clock with four 7m diameter faces is joined to a bell weighing 13 tonnes popularly known as Big Ben . If you need to reset your watch then do it here for th..
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Scottish Office and Welsh Office
Parliament St. GB - SW12AU London
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Two fine 18C houses open to the street. The only ornament of Gwydyr House is a Venetian window above a tripartite door. Dover House has an advanced porch which was designed in 1787 for the then owner.
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Victoria Tower
Abingdon Street GB - SW1 London
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The Victoria Tower is higher (102.5 m) than the clock tower and it was built to house Parliament's archives. The House of Lords Records Office currently contains 3 million documents marking out the history of the kingdom.
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The Cenotaph
Parliament Street GB - SW1 London
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This very simple Lutyens monument was erected in 1919 in memory of British soldiers who died during the First World War. A ( Remembrance Day ) service, attended by the Queen, is held here every year.
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Downing Street
Downing Street GB - SW1 London
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G. Downing, diplomat and general, had four or five houses built in this cul-de-sac around 1680. «10 Downing Street» has been the Prime Minister's official residence (as well as his office) since Walpole moved there in 1731. No. 11 houses the Chancell..
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Victoria Tower Gardens
Abingdon Street GB - SW1 London
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Victoria Tower Gardens stretch out alongside the River Thames and the Palace of Westminster. The statuary in the gardens includes a bronze cast of the famous group by Rodin, The Burghers of Calais , and a figure of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, wh..
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Richmond Terrace
Richmond Terrace GB - SW1 London
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To the south of the Ministry of Defence, Thomas Chawner designed this terrace in 1822. Its façade has been restored and its decorated rooms refurbished.
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Old Treasury
Whitehall GB - SW1 London
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Barry created The Old Treasury dates from the 16C, but the present façade in 1845. This marked the beginning of the construction of official buildings, which continued into the next century.
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Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge GB - SW1 London
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The engineer Thomas Page built the current Westminster Bridge, made up of seven cast-iron Arches, 353 m long, from 1856 to 1862. The previous bridge, built between 1736 and 1750 was for more than half a century the only other Bridge in London apart f..
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