Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in London, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 5.1 km
Ascend 72 m
Descend 65 m

Experience London in United Kingdom in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in LondonIndividual Sights in London

Sight 1: RHS Chelsea Flower Show Pavilion

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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. Held at Chelsea since 1912, the show is attended by members of the British royal family.

Wikipedia: Chelsea Flower Show (EN)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: The Royal Hospital Chelsea

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The Royal Hospital Chelsea is an Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse, the ancient sense of the word "hospital", it is a 66-acre (27 ha) site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London. It is an independent charity and relies partly upon donations to cover day-to-day running costs to provide care and accommodation for veterans.

Wikipedia: Royal Hospital Chelsea (EN)

606 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: National Army Museum

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The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the Chelsea district of central London, adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". The museum is a non-departmental public body. It is usually open to the public from 10:00 to 17:30, except on 25–26 December and 1 January. Admission is free.

Wikipedia: National Army Museum (EN), Website

265 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Chelsea Physic Garden

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The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. This four acre physic garden, the term here referring to the science of healing, is among the oldest botanical gardens in Britain, after the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. Its rock garden is the oldest in Europe devoted to alpine plants and Mediterranean plants. The largest fruiting olive tree in Britain is there, protected by the garden's heat-trapping high brick walls, along with what is doubtless the world's northernmost grapefruit growing outdoors. Jealously guarded during the tenure of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, the garden became a registered charity in 1983 and was opened to the general public for the first time.

Wikipedia: Chelsea Physic Garden (EN), Website

747 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More

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The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, also referred to as Holy Redeemer Church, is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chelsea, London. it was built in the 19th century and opened on 23 October 1895. It was designed by Edward Goldie. It is situated on the corner of Upper Cheyne Row and Cheyne Row, next to Carlyle's House in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.

Wikipedia: Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea (EN), Heritage Website

81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Carlyle's House

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Carlyle's House, in Cheyne Row, Chelsea, central London, was the home of the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane from 1834 until his death. The home of these writers was purchased by public subscription and placed in the care of the Carlyle's House Memorial Trust in 1895. They opened the house to the public and maintained it until 1936, when control of the property was assumed by the National Trust, inspired by co-founder Octavia Hill's earlier pledge of support for the house. It became a Grade II listed building in 1954 and is open to the public as a historic house museum.

Wikipedia: Carlyle's House (EN), Website, Opening Hours

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Thomas Carlyle

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A statue of Thomas Carlyle by Joseph Edgar Boehm stands in Chelsea Embankment Gardens in London. Erected in 1881 and unveiled in 1882, it stands close to 24 Cheyne Row where Carlyle lived for the last 47 years of his life. The statue became a Grade II listed building on 15 April 1969.

Wikipedia: Statue of Thomas Carlyle (EN)

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Chelsea Old Church

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Chelsea Old Church, also known as All Saints, is an Anglican church, on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3, England, near Albert Bridge. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England. Inside the Grade I listed building, there is seating for 400 people. There is a memorial plaque to the author Henry James (1843–1916) who lived nearby on Cheyne Walk, and was buried in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To the west of the church is a small public garden containing a sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein.

Wikipedia: Chelsea Old Church (EN), Website, Heritage Website

805 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 9: Cremorne Gardens

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Cremorne Gardens

Cremorne Gardens were popular pleasure gardens by the side of the River Thames in Chelsea, London. They lay between Chelsea Harbour and the end of the King's Road and flourished between 1845 and 1877; today only a vestige survives, on the river at the southern end of Cheyne Walk.

Wikipedia: Cremorne Gardens, London (EN)

358 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Chelsea Theatre

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Chelsea Theatre is an independent studio theatre located on the Kings Road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. After a major renovation, Chelsea Theatre returned in 2020, reborn as a state-of-the-art creative and community hub, serving the World’s End, Cremorne and beyond. Its mission is to act as an incubator of creativity and culture for, and from, all parts of the community, Greater London and the rest of the world.

Wikipedia: Chelsea Theatre (EN)

1759 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 11: Our Lady of Dolours

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Our Lady of Dolours, also known as the Servite Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church run by the Servite Order in Chelsea, central London. The building was designed in Gothic Revival style by J. A. Hansom in 1873. It is Grade II listed with Historic England. It stands next to St Mary's Priory, at 264 Fulham Road close to the South Lodge entrance to Brompton Cemetery in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. There is a mixed Roman Catholic primary school adjacent to the church and priory.

Wikipedia: Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea (EN), Website, Heritage Website

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