London Trip Overview
If you are short on time, then this is the perfect way to see all the major sights of London, and get a small taster of what this fantastic city has to offer, all from the comfort of an iconic electric air conditioned London Black Cab, complete with complimentary WiFi, with a qualified tour guide, who also happens to be a bona fide London Black Cab Driver who has completed the world famous ‘knowledge of London’
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
If you are short on time, then this is the perfect way to see all the major sights of London, and get a small taster of what this fantastic city has to offer, all from the comfort of an iconic electric air conditioned London Black Cab, complete with complimentary WiFi, with a qualified tour guide, who also happens to be a bona fide London Black Cab Driver who has completed the world famous ‘knowledge of London’
Itinerary
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Pass By: Buckingham Palace, Spur Road, London SW1A 1AA England
Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of the UK’s sovereigns since 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch.
Today, Buckingham Palace is very much a working building and the centrepiece of the UK’s constitutional monarchy, it serves as the venue for many royal events and ceremonies from entertaining foreign Head of States to celebrating achievement at Investitures and receptions.
Pass By: Houses of Parliament, Parliament Square, London SW1A 0AA England
The Palace of Westminster, to give it its official name, serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Both Houses work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day.
Pass By: Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3PA England
The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066, and is the final resting place of 17 monarchs, as well as the scene of 16 Royal weddings. The church we see today was begun by Henry III in 1245. It’s one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country, and has the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint at its heart.
Today it is still a church dedicated to regular worship and to the celebration of great events in the life of the nation. Neither a cathedral nor a parish church, Westminster Abbey (or the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster to give it its correct title) is a “Royal Peculiar” under the jurisdiction of a Dean and Chapter, subject only to the Sovereign and not to any archbishop or bishop.
Pass By: St. James’s Palace, Marlborough Rd, St. James’s, London SW1A 1BS England
St. James’s Palace has been the setting for some of the most important events in Royal history, having been a residence of Kings and Queens of England for over 300 years until the reign of Queen Victoria.
As the home of several members of the Royal Family and their household offices, St James’s Palace today hosts up to 100 receptions each year for charities associated with members of the Royal Family.
Pass By: St. Paul’s Cathedral, St Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD England
For more than 1,400 years, a Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has stood at the highest point in the City.
Frequently at the centre of national events, traditions have been observed here and radical new ideas have found expression under the iconic dome. In many cases these events have left some physical record as well as echoes in the intangible memory of the building.
The present Cathedral, the masterpiece of Britain’s most famous architect Sir Christopher Wren, is at least the fourth to have stood on the site. It was built after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and services began in 1697.
This was the first Cathedral to be built after the English Reformation in the sixteenth-century, when Henry VIII removed the Church of England from the jurisdiction of the Pope and the Crown took control of the life of the church.
Pass By: Tower of London, St Katharine’s & Wapping, London EC3N 4AB England
A Palace, a Prison, a place of Execution! An Armoury, an Observatory, and a Royal Zoo.
3 Queens of England lost their heads here – Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey.
The Tower is where the Crown Jewels are kept (used in all coronations of our Kings and
Queens).
Pass By: Big Ben, Parliament Sqaure Elizabeth Tower – Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA England
Big Ben is probably the world’s most famous clock. That iconic silhouette is instantly recognisable and is one of the most Instagrammed landmarks on the planet.
Pass By: London Eye, Westminster Bridge Road Riverside Building, County Hall, London SE1 7PB England
Erected to mark the millennium, Its glass pods take 32 minutes to do complete one revolution, each pod has a capacity for
32 people – there are 32 boroughs in London.
It has become one of London’s top tourist attractions, and is also the focal point for Londons New Years celebrations.
Pass By: Marble Arch, Park Lane, London W1H 7EJ England
Marble Arch stood as a formal gateway to Buckingham Palace for seventeen years, but it was overshadowed by Blore’s enlarged Buckingham Palace and seen as unsatisfactory.
In 1850 the decision was taken to move the Arch to its current location of Cumberland Gate where it would form a grand entrance to Hyde Park in time for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The stone by stone removal and reconstruction of the Arch was overseen by architect Thomas Cubitt who completed the entire complex process in just three months.
Pass By: Hyde Park Corner, The Mall / Piccadilly / Grosvenor Place Hyde Park, London England
The very first ‘one way system’ in the world was created at Hyde Park Corner in 1927 where it was called a ‘gyratory system’.
Pass By: Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 2UP England
Tower Bridge has become a recognisable London landmark. It is sometimes confused with London Bridge, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream, which has led to a popular urban legend about an American purchasing the wrong bridge. Several stunt pilots have flown underneath the bridge.
