United Kingdom Tourist Attractions

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of Londons West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. In this context a circus from the Latin word meaning circle is a round open space at a street junction.

Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London it has smaller museums in a number of other major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud in 1835. It used to be spelled as Madame Tussauds the apostrophe is no longer used. Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction in London displaying the waxworks of famous and historical figures as well as popular film and tele

London Eye

The London Eye or the Millennium Wheel is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europes tallest cantilevered observation wheel and is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3 million visitors annually and has made many appearances in popular culture.

Tower of London

The Tower of London officially Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 a

Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London the name is frequently extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II Queen of the United King

St Paul cathedral

British Museum Co Ltd operates as a museum. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in London United Kingdom. It was formerly known as British Museum Publications Limited and changed its name in 1995. British Museum Co Ltd operates as a subsidiary of The Trustees Of The British Museum.

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster Central London established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. The Squares name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar.

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and mourning.

St. Pauls Cathedral

St Pauls Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London United Kingdom which as the cathedral of the Bishop of London serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade I listed building. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site founded in AD 604. The present cathedral dating from the late 17th century was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction completed in Wrens lifetime was part of a major rebuilding programme in the City after the Great Fire of London. The earlier Gothic cathedral largely destroyed in the Great Fire was a central focus for medieval and early modern London including Pauls walk and St Pauls Churchyard being the site of St Pauls Cross. The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London. Its dome framed by the spires of Wrens City churches has dominated the skyline for over 300 years. At 365 feet high it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1963. The dome remains among the highest in the world.

Houses Of Parliament

If you are looking to visit the Houses of Parliament the Information Office should be contacted beforehand. Visitors are more likely to get in quickly if they queue for the afternoon sessions. Tours are available from 7th August to the 16th September when both houses are in recess. Groups and educational visits are warmly invited. Disabled facilities are available and guide dogs are als

Hyde Park

Hyde Park is a Grade I-listed major park in Central London. It is the largest of four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park past the main entrance to Buckingham Palace. The park is divided by the Serpentine and the Long Water lakes.

St Pauls Cathedral

St Pauls Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London United Kingdom which as the cathedral of the Bishop of London serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade I listed building. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site founded in AD 604. The present cat

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become a world-famous symbol of London. As a result it is sometimes confused with London Bridge about half a mile upstream. Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the B

The Houses Of Parliament

If you are looking to visit the Houses of Parliament the Information Office should be contacted beforehand. Visitors are more likely to get in quickly if they queue for the afternoon sessions. Tours are available from 7th August to the 16th September when both houses are in recess. Groups and educational visits are warmly invited. Disabled facilities are available and guide dogs are als

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family and embodies almost 1000 years of architectural history.

National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh Scotland was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland with collections relating to Scottish antiquities culture and history and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum with collections covering science and technology natural history and world cultures. The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Ch

Princes Street Gardens

Princes Street Gardens are two adjacent public parks in the centre of Edinburgh Scotland lying in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. The Gardens were created in two phases in the 1770s and 1820s following the long draining of the Nor Loch and building of the New Town beginning in the 1760s.

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of Edinburgh the capital city of Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century an

York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum is a museum located in York North Yorkshire England on the site of York Castle which was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The museum itself was founded by John L. Kirk in 1938 and is housed in prison buildings which were built on the site of the castle in the 18th century the debtors prison and the female prison.

One Hyde Park

One Hyde Park is a major residential and retail complex located in Knightsbridge London. The development includes three retail units totalling 385000 sq ft and 86 residential properties marketed with prices starting at around 20 million.

Old St Pauls Cathedral

Old St Pauls Cathedral was the cathedral of the City of London that until 1666 stood on the site of the present St Pauls Cathedral. Built from 1087 to 1314 and dedicated to Saint Paul the cathedral was perhaps the fourth church at Ludgate Hill.

Belfast City Hall

Belfast City Hall is the civic building of Belfast City Council located in Donegall Square Belfast Northern Ireland. It faces North and effectively divides the commercial and business areas of the city centre. It is a Grade A listed building.

Titanic Belfast

Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012 a monument to Belfasts maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the citys Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built. It tells the stories of the Titanic which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912 and her sister ships RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. The building contains more than

Ulster Museum

The Ulster Museum located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast has around 8000 square metres of public display space featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art archaeology ethnography treasures from the Spanish Armada local history numismatics industrial archaeology botany zoology and geology. It is the largest museum in Northern Ireland and one of the comp

Crumlin Road Courthouse

The Crumlin Road Courthouse is a former judicial facility on Crumlin Road in Belfast Northern Ireland.

Belfast Castle

Belfast Castle is set on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park Belfast Northern Ireland in a prominent position 400 feet above sea level. Its location provides unobstructed views of the city of Belfast and Belfast Lough.

Stormont

Giants Causeway And Causeway Coast

The Giants Causeway is an area of about 40000 interlocking basalt columns the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland about three miles northeast of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers the Giants Causeway was named the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal although there are also some with four five seven or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres high and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places. Much of the Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Ireland receiving over 998000 visitors in 2019. Access to the Giants Causeway is free of charge it is not necessary to go via the visitors centre which charges a fee.

Palm House

St Anne's Cathedral Belfast

St Annes Cathedral also known as Belfast Cathedral is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Donegall Street Belfast Northern Ireland. It is unusual in serving two separate dioceses. It is the focal point of Belfasts Cathedral Quarter.

Tynwald Hill

St Patrick's Cemetery (RAF Jurby)

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster is a large mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster London England just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdoms most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and later British monarchs. The build

St Georges Chapel Windsor Castle

St. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a chapel built in high-medieval Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter. It is located in the Lower Ward of the castle. St. Georges castle chapel was originally founded in the 14th century by King Edward III and extensively enlarged in t

Camera Obscura And World Of Illusions

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions is a major tourist attraction in the Old Town Edinburgh Scotland located on Castlehill section of the Royal Mile close to Edinburgh Castle. Founded by entrepreneur Maria Theresa Short in 1835 and a key site in Patrick Geddes development of regional planning. This visitor attraction is now home to over 100 interactive exhibits including the origin

Holyrood Palace

The Palace of Holyroodhouse commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland Queen Elizabeth II. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle Holyrood Palace served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 16th century and is now a setting for state occa

Calton Hill

Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh Scotland situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the citys UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of and from the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.

Jupiter Artland

Jupiter Artland is a contemporary sculpture park and art gallery in Edinburgh Scotland. Jupiter Artland Foundation is a registered charity that is subsidized by classes workshops events ticket sales and donations.

Glasgow Cathedral

Glasgow Cathedral also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Kentigerns or St Mungos Cathedral is the oldest cathedral on mainland Scotland and is the oldest building in Glasgow. Since the Reformation the cathedral continues in public ownership within the responsibility of Historic Environment Scotland. The congregation is part of the Church of Scotlands Presbytery of Glasgow an

Maid Of The Forth

Inverness Cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew

Inverness Castle

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art ceramics metalwork jewellery natural history archaeology ethnography local history and industrial history.

National Sea Life Centre

The National Sea Life Centre is an aquarium with over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life in Brindleyplace Birmingham England. Its ocean tank has a capacity of 1000000 litres of water and houses giant green sea turtles blacktip reef sharks and tropical reef fish with the only fully transparent 360-degree underwater tunnel in the United Kingdom. The building was designed by Sir

Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire England situated on a bend of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-and-bailey castle was rebuilt in stone during the 12th century. During the Hundred Years War the facade opposite the town was refortifie

Cadbury World

Cadbury World is a visitor attraction in Birmingham England featuring a self-guided exhibition tour created and run by the Cadbury Company. The tour tells the history of chocolate and of the Cadbury business.

Great Western Arcade

Anfield

Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield Liverpool Merseyside England which has a seating capacity of 53394 making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool Football Club since their formation in 1892. It was originally the home of Everton from 1884 to 1891 before they moved to Goodison Park after a dispute with the club president.

Merseyside Maritime Museum

The Merseyside Maritime Museum is a museum based in the city of Liverpool Merseyside England UK. It is part of National Museums Liverpool and an Anchor Point of ERIH The European Route of Industrial Heritage. It opened for a trial season in 1980 before fully opening in 1984 and expanding in 1986. The museum occupies warehouse block D at the Albert Dock along with the Pie

Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool built on St Jamess Mount in Liverpool and the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool. It may be referred to as the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool or the Cathedral Church of the Risen Christ Liverpool being dedicated to Christ in especial remembrance of his most glorious Resurrection. Liverpool Cathedral is the

Museum of Liverpool

The Museum of Liverpool in Liverpool England is the newest addition to the National Museums Liverpool group having opened in 2011 replacing the former Museum of Liverpool Life. National Museums Liverpool intention is for the new venue to tell the story of Liverpool and its people and reflect the citys global significance. The museum is housed in a new purpose-built building on the

Shakespeares Birthplace

Shakespeares Birthplace is a restored 16th-century half-timbered house situated in Henley Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire England where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and spent his childhood years. It is now a small museum open to the public and a popular visitor attraction owned and managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. It ha

Stafford Castle

Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated two miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire England. From the time of the Norman Conquest and as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was the seat of the powerful Anglo-Norman Stafford family feudal barons of Stafford later Barons Stafford by writ Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham. The 14th-cent

William Brown Library and Museum

The William Brown Library and Museum is a Grade II listed building situated on the historic William Brown Street in Liverpool England. The building currently houses part of the World Museum Liverpool and Liverpool Central Library.

Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum is a museum displaying works of archaeology anthropology and natural history and is owned by the University of Manchester in England. Sited on Oxford Road at the heart of the universitys group of neo-Gothic buildings it provides access to about 4.5 million items from every continent. It is the UKs largest university museum and serves both as a ma

Manchester Town Hall

Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building faces Albert Square to the north and St Peters Square to the south with Manchester Cenotaph facing its southern entrance.

Library of Birmingham

The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square beside the Birmingham Rep and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013 it replaced Birmingham Central Library. The library which is estimated to have cost 188.8 million is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship

Roman Baths

The Roman Baths are well-preserved thermae in the city of Bath Somerset England. A temple was constructed on the site between 6070 AD in the first few decades of Roman Britain. Its presence led to the development of the small Roman urban settlement known as Aquae Sulis around the site.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire England two miles west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones each around 13 feet high seven feet wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England including several hundred tumuli.

Longleat

Longleat Safari and Adventure Park in Wiltshire England was opened in 1966 as the first drive-through safari park outside Africa.

Bath Abbey

Bath Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath Somerset England. Founded in the 7th century it was reorganized in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.

Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort. The castle was commissioned either by William the Conqueror or by Robert Fitzhamon and formed the heart of the medieval town of Cardiff and the M

The Tank Museum

The Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset South West England. It is about 1 mile north of the village of Wool and 12 miles west of the major port of Poole. The collection traces the history of the tank. With almost 300 vehicles on exhibition from 26 countries it is the largest collection of tanks and the third largest collection of armoured v

National Museum Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff Wales. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales. Entry is kept free by a grant from the Welsh Government however they do ask for donations throughout the museum.

Longleat Priory

Longleat Priory was a priory near Warminster Wiltshire in the south of England. A short-lived priory was established and dissolved near to Longleat in the 12th century. The main priory was established before 1233 and was under the control of the Dean of SLongleat Priory was a priory near Warminster Wiltshire in the south of England. A short-lived priory was established and dissolved near Longleat in the 12th century. The main priory was established before 1233 and was under the control of the Dean of Salisbury until its dissolution in 1529.

Wookey Hole Caves

Wookey Hole Caves are a series of limestone caverns a show cave and a tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset England. The River Axe flows through the cave. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for both biological and geological reasons.

Royal Crescent

The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath England. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774 it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a Grade I listed building.

Royal Albert Dock Liverpool

Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo is a zoo at Upton by Chester in Cheshire England. Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family. It is one of the UKs largest zoos at 51 hectares. The zoo has a total land holding of approximately 160 hectares.

Blackpool Tower

Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool Lancashire England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. When it opened Blackpool Tower was the tallest man made structure in the British Empire. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris it is 518 feet tall and is the 125th-tallest freestanding tower in the world. Blackpool Tower is also the common name for the Tower Buildings

British Museum

The British Museum in the Bloomsbury area of London United Kingdom is a public institution dedicated to human history art and culture. Its permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence having been widely sourced during the era of the British Empire. It documents the story of human culture from its beginning

The National Gallery

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster in Central London. Founded in 1824 it houses a collection of over 2300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the worlds largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design as well as sculpture housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the Science Museum Group. The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.

York Minster

The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York commonly known as York Minster is the cathedral of York North Yorkshire England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe.

The Shambles

The Shambles is a historic street in York England featuring preserved medieval buildings some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. The street is narrow with many timber-framed buildings with jettied floors that overhang the street by several feet.

York city walls

York has since Roman times been defended by walls of one form or another. To this day substantial portions of the walls remain and York has more miles of intact wall than any other city in England. They are known variously as York City Walls the Bar Walls and the Roman walls. The walls are generally 13 feet high and 6 feet wide.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

The Yorkshire Wildlife Park commonly referred to as YWP is a wildlife park located in Doncaster South Yorkshire in England. It was built on a former riding school which closed to the public in November 2008.

Royal Mile

The Royal Mile is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W M Gilberts Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century ...with its Castle and Palace and the royal mile between and was further popularised as the title of a guidebook published in 1920.

HMY Britannia

Her Majestys Yacht Britannia also known as the Royal Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in service from 1954 until 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660 and is the second royal yacht to bear the name the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. During her 43-y

Arthurs Seat

Arthurs Seat is an extinct volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh Scotland which form most of Holyrood Park described by Robert Louis Stevenson as a hill for magnitude a mountain in virtue of its bold design. It is situated just to the east of the city centre about 1 mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. The hill rises above the city to a height of 250.5 m provid

Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station

Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station serves the Blackpool Pleasure Beach theme park. It is the penultimate station before Blackpool South on the Blackpool South to Colne line. There are no free tickets or other concessions for passengers wishing to visit the Pleasure Beach. Pleasure Beach Station is located about 300 metres from Burlington Road West tram stop on the Bla

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is an amusement park situated on Blackpools South Shore in the county of Lancashire North West England. The park was founded in 1896 by A.W.G. Bean and his partner John Outhwaite and has been family owned and operated since its inception. The current Managing Director is Beans great-granddaughter Amanda Thompson.