A mini guide to
Places worth your time in Westminster & Whitehall
Top places
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the neighbourhood.
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The coronation church since 1066, and the resting place of monarchs, poets and scientists. Poets' Corner and the Henry VII Lady Chapel are the highlights.
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Home of the Houses of Parliament, rebuilt in Gothic Revival style after the 1834 fire. The Elizabeth Tower, which holds Big Ben, rises at its northern end.
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The underground bunker where Churchill's war cabinet met during the Second World War, kept as it was, with the Map Room intact.
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Lutyens's plain white stone memorial in the middle of Whitehall, where the national Remembrance Sunday ceremony takes place each November.
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A narrow riverside park beside Parliament, with Rodin's Burghers of Calais and a Gothic drinking fountain. A calm place to look back at the Palace.
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A baroque former church turned concert hall, set in a quiet Westminster square. Lunchtime and evening concerts are the draw.
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The Prime Minister's official residence. The street is gated, but you can see the famous black door from the Whitehall railings.
Inigo Jones's Palladian hall on Whitehall, with a ceiling painted by Rubens. Charles I was executed on a scaffold outside in 1649.
Uniforms, medals and battle relics of the Foot Guards regiments, in the basement of Wellington Barracks on Birdcage Walk.
A walk-through horror show of London's darker history, with actors, sets and rides. Best for teenagers and adults with a taste for gore.
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The giant observation wheel on the Thames, with a slow half-hour rotation and views over Parliament, St Paul's and beyond on a clear day.
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The story of the founder of modern nursing, told with her belongings and the Crimean War lamp, inside St Thomas' Hospital.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury's London home, a Tudor gatehouse and old brick palace on the south bank, best admired from outside.
A museum of gardens and gardening inside a deconsecrated church beside Lambeth Palace, with a small garden and café on site.
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