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Covent Garden – London’s Best Historic Places to Visit.

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Covent Garden – London’s Best Historic Places to Visit. Covent Garden is within the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden, and the parliamentary constituencies of Cities of London and Westminster and Holborn and St Pancras. Continue reading →

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East India Docks – London’s Historic Places

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

The East India Docks was one of London’s most famous Historic Places. They were a group of docks in Blackwall, east London, north-east of the Isle of Dogs. Before 1800, the Thames river was overcrowded with ships. Continue reading →

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Household Cavalry Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

The Household Cavalry Museum – One of London’s best places to visit. The Household Cavalry Museum is within Horse Guards in Whitehall, London, UK. The historic building is one of London’s oldest, dating from 1750, and is still the working headquarters of the Household Division. Continue reading →

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London Canal Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

London Canal Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit London Canal Museum Logo Brick Warehouse containing Canal Museum Situated at King’s Cross, London, UK, it’s definitely one of the most fascinating museums to visit. The museum has two themes. It shows the history of London’s waterways and it’s also an industrial museum which tells the little known story of the ice industry in London. Canals in London have a fascinating past and at the museum you can learn how they came to be built and how they work and also see the lives of the workers, the cargoes, and the horses. Painted … Continue reading →

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Buckingham Palace – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Buckingham Palace – one of London’s Best Places to Visit. Buckingham Palace has been the official main residence of the British monarch since the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The building is based on a large town house of 1703 which was enlarged in the 19th century to form three wings around a central courtyard. Continue reading →

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Victoria and Albert Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, UK. The Museum was established in 1852, following the enormous success of the Great Exhibition the previous year. Its founding principle was to make works of art available to all, to educate working people and to inspire British designers and manufacturers. Continue reading →

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