Editor’s selection
Iconic British attractions
The places that define Britain — UNESCO World Heritage sites, royal palaces, the most-photographed natural landmarks and the spots every visitor recognises.
398 iconic places.
★ Iconic📷 10Botanic gardens · London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The world's most celebrated botanic garden — UNESCO, 50,000 plants, 1759.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Barking Abbey
Barking Abbey — building in London, England, UK.
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★ Iconic📷 10Historic houses · London
Borough Market
London's oldest food market — 1,000 years of trading under London Bridge.
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Bushy House
Bushy House — former royal residence in Teddington in South West London.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Chertsey Abbey
Chertsey Abbey — Benedictine monastery.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Convent Of St Mary At The Cross
Convent Of St Mary At The Cross — convent in Barnet, London, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Museums · London
Fan Museum
Fan Museum — museum in London, England, United Kingdom.
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★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace — historic royal palace in Richmond, Greater London.
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace — royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, London, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Kew Palace
Kew Palace — Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 5Museums · London
Old Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College — architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Palace of Placentia
Palace of Placentia — English royal palace at Greenwich.
★ Iconic📷 10Open-air theatres · London
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
London's only permanent outdoor theatre — 1,300 seats, summer-only seasons since 1932.
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Richmond Palace
Richmond Palace — former royal residence in London, England, UK.
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★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
St Mary-at-Hill
St Mary-at-Hill — Anglican parish church in the Ward of Billingsgate, City of London.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Stratford Langthorne Abbey
Stratford Langthorne Abbey — Cistercian abbey in Stratford, London, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Cathedrals · London
The Former Ark Of The Covenant
The Former Ark Of The Covenant — Georgian Orthodox church in Upper Clapton, London.
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Theobalds House
Theobalds House — ruined stately home and palace near Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 10Historic bridges · London
Tower Bridge
The Victorian Gothic bascule bridge across the Thames.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Waltham Abbey Church
Waltham Abbey Church — church in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, UK.
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★ Iconic📷 10Cathedrals · London
St Paul's Cathedral
Wren's masterpiece — the seat of the Bishop of London.
★ Iconic📷 10Abbeys & priories · London
Westminster Abbey
Coronation and burial church of British monarchs since 1066.
★ Iconic📷 10Memorials & monuments · London
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)
The Great Bell of the Palace of Westminster — and its 96 m tower.
★ Iconic📷 10Viewpoints · London
The London Eye
135 m observation wheel on the South Bank.
★ Iconic📷 10Viewpoints · London
The Shard
Renzo Piano's 309 m tower — the tallest building in the UK.
★ Iconic📷 10Memorials & monuments · London
Trafalgar Square
Nelson's Column and the public square at the centre of London.
★ Iconic📷 10Towns & cities · London
Covent Garden
Former market hall + piazza in London's West End.
★ Iconic📷 10Theatres · London
Shakespeare's Globe
1997 reconstruction of Shakespeare's open-air Globe playhouse.
★ Iconic📷 10Palaces · London
Houses of Parliament
Charles Barry's Gothic Revival meeting place of the UK Parliament.
★ Iconic📷 10Family attractions · London
Madame Tussauds London
London's 1884 wax museum — the original Madame Tussauds, with 250 figures and the Chamber of Horrors.
★ Iconic📷 10Zoos & aquariums · London
ZSL London Zoo
World's oldest scientific zoo, opened in 1828 in Regent's Park.
★ Iconic📷 10Museums · London
Sir John Soane's Museum
The architect's own preserved house — Hogarth, the Sarcophagus of Seti I, kept since 1833.
★ Iconic📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · London
Royal Museums Greenwich
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Royal Observatory, Queen's House, Painted Hall, Cutty Sark.
★ Iconic📷 12Historic pubs · London
The Black Friar
London's only complete art-nouveau pub, with bronze friars and 1905 mosaics.
★ Iconic📷 10Historic pubs · London
The Lamb and Flag
Covent Garden's oldest pub — Dickens drank here, Dryden was attacked outside.
★ Iconic📷 12Historic pubs · London
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Fleet Street's 1667 sawdust-floor pub — Johnson, Dickens, Twain all drank here.
★ Iconic📷 10Lidos & outdoor pools · London
Tooting Bec Lido
Britain's largest freshwater pool (1906) — 100 yards, year-round unheated swimming.
★ Iconic📷 10Stadiums · London
Lord's Cricket Ground
Cricket's spiritual home, in St John's Wood since 1814 — the Ashes urn lives here.
★ Iconic📷 10Stadiums · London
All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
The world's most famous tennis venue, hosting Wimbledon since 1877.
★ Iconic📷 10Viewpoints · London
BT Tower
London's 191m Grade-II-listed 1964 telecoms tower; reopening as hotel.
★ Iconic📷 10Military museums · London
Churchill War Rooms
Churchill's WWII underground cabinet bunker, preserved exactly as he left it in 1945.
★ Iconic📷 10Museums · London
The Royal Mews
Buckingham Palace's working royal stables — home of the Gold State Coach (1762).
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · London
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace — a palace in england-london, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 5Cathedrals · London
St Margaret's Church, Westminster
St Margaret's Church, Westminster — a Grade I-listed cathedral in england-london, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 10Towns & cities · South East England
Canterbury
Canterbury — cathedral city in Kent, England.
★ Iconic📷 10Gardens · South East England
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Vita Sackville-West's 1930s garden in Kent — the most-imitated White Garden in Britain.
★ Iconic📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 10Memorials & monuments · South East England
Battle Abbey & Battlefield
The 1066 battlefield that ended Anglo-Saxon England.
★ Iconic📷 5Hill forts · South East England
Durrington Walls
Durrington Walls — the site of a large Neolithic settlement, village; also it enclosed several hedges;.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Minster Abbey
Minster Abbey — historic abbey and Grade I listed building in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Netley Abbey
Netley Abbey — abbey in Hampshire, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Old Quarr Abbey
Old Quarr Abbey — monastery on the Isle of Wight, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Quarr Abbey
Quarr Abbey — monastery on the Isle of Wight in southern England.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey — ruined abbey in the English town of Reading, founded in 1121 by King Henry I.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Robertsbridge Abbey
Robertsbridge Abbey — church in East Sussex, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Palaces · South East England
Royal Pavilion
Royal Pavilion — former royal residence located in Brighton, England, United Kingdom.
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★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
St Albans Church
St Albans Church — church building in West Leigh, Hampshire.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
St Radegund's Abbey, Poulton
St Radegund's Abbey, Poulton — abbey in Hougham Without, Kent, England, UK.