London places of interest
London is a great city witch attracts millions of tourists every year. The capital of England, London, has its own history, traditions and people that live there and want to be a part of it.
There are lots of interesting and unfamiliar places in London. But there are also some that every tourist plans to see and visit while being in London.
In short we will describe most popular places of interest. It is Covent Garden, Leicester Square, The London Dungeon, London Eye, Tower Bridge, British Museum, Big Ben and Parliament and Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Covent Garden is a place of Greater London where street entertainers can show there performances to people. Usually there are lots of people walking on Covent Gardens streets when suddenly artists come and assemble the whole crowd of people in order to show their performances. It is very interesting and attractive.
There are lots of other attractions in Covent Garden. You can go to the theatre, watch Opera, or even enjoy a Ballet. More about Covent Garden attractions and history you can find on official website.
 
Leicester Square attracts more people than any other place of London. Day or night time you can meet big crowd of people. Street musicians and artists entertain tourists with impromptu songs and jokes about politicians. You can get Turkish kebabs and Deep pan picas almost on every corner of the square.
Leicester Square is also the biggest cinema centre in London. You can watch latest movie premier and attend presentations where you can meet your favourite movie stars and probably if are lucky take an autograph. Detailed information about whats showing on Leicester Square biggest screens you can find on Odeon's website.
 
The London Dungeon is one of the scariest attractions of London. From the first step inside dungeons you will see how horrible inquisitions were.
However London Dungeon museum not only about inquisitions as you also will meet live actors and will be able to play role of prisoner in the old court.
Actors will guide you through all dungeons. They will tell you horrible history of London. You will meet Jake the Rippers victims, the great fire of 1666 and long years of plague in London.
There are many more tourist attractions inside the dungeons. It is a boat trip and movies about history of London.
Do not miss the chance to visit The London Dungeon museum. It is based on 28-34 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2SZ.
 
London Eye is based in Westminster- Londons political and tourist centre. It is British Airways project that allows people see Westminster from 140 meters height.
Observation wheel has 32 hi-tech capsules made from steel and glass witch allow people see spectacular 360 degree panorama.
Admission charge is usually about 12 GBP per person, but prices can vary. For more information please visit official London Eye's website.
Tower bridge history begins in the end of 19th century. Construction of the bridge started in 1886 and took 8 years. Traditional bridges cannot be built because it would cut off access to the Londons port facilities.
At the tower bridge you can enjoy great view from Walkway bridge connection which is 56 meters above Thames River.
Bellow the bridge are Victorian Engine Rooms. They where build to maintain the Tower Bridge.
You can visit Tower Bridge from 10:00 till 18:00. In order to fin more information about prices and location of Tower Bridge visit the website.
The British Museum is probably the most interesting museum in London. In one place you can find and enjoy the cultures that were built by people thousands and thousands of years ago.
The British Museum has collections from Africa, Americas, Asia, Britain, Egypt, Europe, Greece, Japan, Near East, Pacific and Rome cultures.
Most of the exposition parts are originally brought here from around the word.
Museum admissions are free of charge for all; however you can make a donation to The British Museum. Please find more information about museum on there website.
Big Ben is a name of the Clock Tower of the Place of Westminster in London. This Clock Tower is located in north-western end of the building. There are few theories why it is called Big Ben. One of them says that the bell is named after Sir Benjamin Hall. Another,that at the time anything which heaviest of its kind was called Big Ben. The tower is also sometimes called a St. Stephens Tower.
The tower was raised, after the old Place of Westminster was destroyed by fire on October 1834.
The clock in the tower was the biggest in the world. The clock mechanism was completed by 1854, but the tower was fully constructed only after 1858.
The Palace of Westminster, known as the Houses of Parliament, is where House of Lords and the House of Commons conduct their sittings.
The Palace of Westminster originally served as royal residence, but no monarch has lived in it since the 16th century. The Palace contains over 1000 rooms. It is libraries, committee rooms, lobbies, bars, dining-rooms and gymnasiums.
The Palace is opened for tourist admissions. It is heavily secured by the police, because every visitor can see work of the Parliament live.
 
The Royal Observatory is a home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian line. It is one of the most important historic scientific sites in the world. Observatory was founded in 1675 by Charles II.
The Observatory was built to improve navigation at the sea.
The Royal Observatory is also the source of the Prime Meridian of the world, Longitude 0° 0' 0''. Every place on the Earth is measured in terms of its distance east or west from this line. The line itself divides the eastern and western hemispheres of the Earth - just as the Equator divides the northern and southern hemispheres.
Visitors to the Observatory can stand in both the eastern and western hemispheres simultaneously by placing their feet either side of the Prime Meridian - the centre of world time and space.
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