Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Westminster, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 9.7 km
Ascend 185 m
Descend 186 m

Explore Westminster in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in WestminsterIndividual Sights in Westminster

Sight 1: Italian Cultural Institute

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The Italian Cultural Institute, London is based at 39 Belgrave Square in Belgravia, London. The institute promotes Italian culture and organises events at its own premises including exhibitions, concerts and meetings. It also supports the learning of Italian language through the set-up of group lessons. It deals with many activities elsewhere in UK. There are a library, an internal café and other facilities available for those who are involved in its activities. Various types of membership are available for individuals and organisations.

Wikipedia: Italian Cultural Institute, London (EN), Website, Heritage Website

1390 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Royal Court Theatre

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The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, London, England. In 1956 it was acquired by and remains the home of the English Stage Company, which is known for its contributions to contemporary theatre and won the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities in 1999.

Wikipedia: Royal Court Theatre (EN), Website

1998 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 3: Queen's Gallery

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Queen's Gallery Wei-Te Wong / CC BY-SA 2.0

The King's Gallery, previously known as the Queen's Gallery, is a public art gallery at Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British monarch, in London. First opened to the public in the reign of Elizabeth II in 1962, it exhibits works of art from the Royal Collection on a rotating basis. Enlarged in the early 21st century, the gallery has its own separate public access entrance built in a 'new' classical style and typically displays about 450 works, mainly paintings and drawings.

Wikipedia: Queen's Gallery (EN), Website

1327 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 4: Memorial to the Siege of Cádiz

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The Cádiz Memorial, also known as the "Prince Regent's Bomb", is an early 19th-century French mortar mounted on a brass monster, located in Horse Guards Parade in Westminster, London. It was first "exposed to public view" on 12 August 1816 and has been classified as a Grade II listed building since 1 December 1987. The monument was a feature of many satirical verses and cartoons in the early 19th century, mainly because the word "bomb" – pronounced "bum" – gave it an immediate association with the notoriously profligate Prince Regent's sizeable backside.

Wikipedia: Cádiz Memorial (EN)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Monument to the 2002 Bali bombings

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The Bali Bombings Memorial is a permanent memorial in central London to victims of the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia. It was designed by Gary Breeze and the carving was undertaken by Martin Cook and Gary Breeze. It was unveiled on 12 October 2006, the fourth anniversary of the bombings, by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, at a ceremony attended by relatives and friends of the 28 British victims.

Wikipedia: Bali Bombings Memorial, London (EN)

853 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Dean's Yard

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Dean's Yard, Westminster, comprises most of the remaining precincts of the historically greater scope of the monastery or abbey of Westminster, not occupied by its buildings. It is known to members of Westminster School as Green. It is a large gated quadrangle, closed to public traffic, chiefly a green upon which the pupils have the long-use acquired exclusive rights to sit, read and to play games such as football. For some centuries until a point in the early seventeenth century it was a third of its present size, since to the south stood the Queen's Scholars' dormitory, which was in monastic times the granary. Its stones support Church House.Adjoining buildingsEast: school buildings South: Church House, a conference centre and offices of the Church of England West: school buildings and Westminster Abbey Choir School North: flanking archway to the Great Sanctuary: Abbey offices and part of the Deanery.

Wikipedia: Dean's Yard (EN)

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Ashburnham House, Library and Lecture Room

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Ashburnham House, Library and Lecture Room

Ashburnham House is an extended seventeenth-century house on Little Dean's Yard in Westminster, London, United Kingdom, which since 1882 has been part of Westminster School. It is occasionally open to the public, when its staircase and first floor drawing-rooms in particular can be seen.

Wikipedia: Ashburnham House (EN), Heritage Website

303 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: College Green

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College Green is a public park in the City of Westminster in Central London. It is east of Westminster Abbey including Westminster Abbey Gardens and across a road from the gardens of the Houses of Parliament. The gardens are not enclosed and are accessible at all times. For many months of 2019, during the Brexit deadlock, it exclusively hosted TV broadcasts and radio and media interviews.

Wikipedia: College Green, London (EN)

713 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Battle of Britain Memorial

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The Battle of Britain Monument in London is a sculpture on the Victoria Embankment, overlooking the River Thames, which commemorates the individuals who took part in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Battle of Britain Monument, London (EN)

120 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Royal Air Force Memorial

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Royal Air Force Memorial

The Royal Air Force Memorial is a military memorial on the Victoria Embankment in central London, dedicated to the memory of the casualties of the Royal Air Force in World War I. Unveiled in 1923, it became a Grade II listed structure in 1958, and was upgraded to Grade II* in 2018. It is considered to be the official memorial of the RAF and related services.

Wikipedia: Royal Air Force Memorial (EN)

266 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Chindit Memorial

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The Chindit Memorial is a war memorial in London, England, that commemorates the Chindit special forces, which served in Burma under Major General Orde Wingate in the Second World War. The memorial was erected in Victoria Embankment Gardens in 1990, near the Ministry of Defence headquarters, and also commemorates Wingate, who died on active service in Burma in 1944. It became a Grade II listed building in August 2020.

Wikipedia: Chindit Memorial (EN)

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Iraq & Afghanistan Memorial

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The Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London commemorates British citizens, including both military personnel and civilians, who participated in the Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. In these three conflicts, which took place between 1990 and 2015, 682 British service personnel died. A work by the sculptor Paul Day, the memorial is situated in Victoria Embankment Gardens, between the River Thames and the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, in the vicinity of monuments commemorating the Second World War and the Korean War.

Wikipedia: Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial (EN)

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Ministry of Defence

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The Ministry of Defence is the department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by His Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

Wikipedia: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) (EN), Website, Heritage Website

9 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Fleet Air Arm Memorial

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The Fleet Air Arm Memorial, sometimes known as Daedalus, is a war memorial in London, commemorating the service of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm from their establishments in 1914 and 1924 respectively, in the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Falklands War and the Gulf War, including over 6,000 killed in all conflicts. The service of the Fleet Air Arm is also commemorated at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, at the former base of the Fleet Air Arm at HMS Daedalus in Lee-on-the-Solent, and at the Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton.

Wikipedia: Fleet Air Arm Memorial (EN)

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: National Liberal Club

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The National Liberal Club (NLC) is a London private members' club, open to both men and women. It was established by William Ewart Gladstone in 1882 to provide club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners among the newly enlarged electorate following the Third Reform Act in 1884, and was envisioned as a more accessible version of a traditional London club.

Wikipedia: National Liberal Club (EN), Website, Heritage Website

873 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 16: London Eye

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The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. It has made many appearances in popular culture.

Wikipedia: London Eye (EN), Website

627 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Hayward Gallery

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Hayward Gallery The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the Southbank Centre in central London, England and part of an area of major arts venues on the South Bank of the River Thames. It is sited adjacent to the other Southbank Centre buildings and also the National Theatre and BFI Southbank repertory cinema. Following a rebranding of the South Bank Centre to Southbank Centre in early 2007, the Hayward Gallery was known as the Hayward until early 2011.

Wikipedia: Hayward Gallery (EN), Website

403 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 18: BFI IMAX

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BFI IMAX Matt Brown / CC BY 2.0

The BFI IMAX is an IMAX cinema in the South Bank district of London, just north of Waterloo station. It is owned and operated by the British Film Institute. From 2012 until 2022, it was operated by Odeon Cinemas.

Wikipedia: BFI IMAX (EN), Website

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