Historical Places of Note in London
- London Bridge
- Tower of London
- Houses of Parliament
- Buckingham Palace
- The City
- St. Paul's Cathedral
- Westminster Abbey
- Alexandra Palace
- Battersea Power Station
- Croydon Airport
- The Royal Greenwich Observatory
- Hyde Park, London
- The Monument
- Parliament Hill
- Royal Society
- Royal Institution
- Thames Barrier
- Tyburn
- Waterloo International
- Vauxhall Cross
- Vauxhall Station
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