Attraction
1. British Museum
Britain's great museum of world history and culture in Bloomsbury, with free entry to a permanent collection spanning two million years of human civilisation.
View details — British MuseumThe best attractions in London include royal palaces, centuries-old churches and free national museums, along with viewpoints over the Thames.
10 places · Updated October 23, 2026
Attraction
Britain's great museum of world history and culture in Bloomsbury, with free entry to a permanent collection spanning two million years of human civilisation.
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Nearly a thousand years of royal history on the Thames, home to the Crown Jewels, the White Tower and the famous Yeoman Warders.
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The nation's collection of Western European paintings on Trafalgar Square, with free entry to works from the 13th to the early 20th century.
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The Gothic church beside Parliament where English and British monarchs have been crowned for centuries, full of royal tombs and memorials.
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A cathedral-like Victorian museum in South Kensington with free galleries of dinosaurs, minerals, wildlife and earth sciences.
View details — Natural History MuseumAttraction
Britain's national gallery of modern and contemporary art, set in a former power station on the South Bank with free collection displays.
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Sir Christopher Wren's domed cathedral in the City of London, with climbable galleries offering views over the capital.
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The V&A in South Kensington is a free museum of art, design and performance, covering fashion, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery and more.
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One of London's eight Royal Parks, with the Serpentine lake, Speakers' Corner and miles of paths between Mayfair and Kensington.
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London's Victorian bascule bridge, where a ticketed visit takes you along high-level glass-floored walkways and into the original engine rooms.
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