Destination Guide Refined by Sightseeing + Tours Name: B Attraction Arts (2) Monuments + Museums (5) Title Keyword
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Baden-Powell House 65-67 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, SW7 5JS |
Right across the street from the Natural History Museum is this spacious concrete building, erected in 1961 in memory of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement. Throughout the year, thousands of scouts and ... more
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Balham Mosque 47a Balham High Road, London, SW12 9AW |
Balham Mosque stands within a beautiful old Victorian town house on the main shopping street in the busy multi-ethnic cultural melting pot that is the community of Balham in south London. The house was converted to a mos... more
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Bank of England Museum Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH |
The Museum is housed within the Bank of England, at the heart of the City of London. It traces the history of the Bank - also known as the Old Lady - from its foundation by Royal Charter in 1694 to its role today as the ... more
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Banqueting House Whitehall - Main Building, London, SW1A 2HB |
The Banqueting House, the only remaining part of Whitehall Palace, has a magnificent Ruben ceiling. It was designed by Inigo Jones for James I in 1619, for banquets, dances and plays. The palace was the backdrop for Char... more
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Barnard Park Copenhagen Street, London, N1 0 |
Barnard Park is a 9 acre park in Islington near to Angel Tube. It is a large open park containing a good size playground with paddling pool and sand pit. There is also an adventure playground and redgra football pitch. I... more
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Battersea Park Between Albert Bridge and Chelsea Bridge, South of River Thames, London, SW11 4NJ |
Plenty happens at this royal park, opened in 1859 by Queen Victoria - there are funfairs on bank holidays, tennis courts, a boating lake, a children's zoo, playgrounds, bicycle tracks and a cafe. It's a lovely place to c... more
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Battersea Power Station 188 Kirtling Street, Battersea, London, SW8 5BP |
Why I nominated this site: A true icon of the modern times. Its initial structure was built in 1939. One of the few buildings built in modern times that have become a true icon. Conceived by the London Power Station the ... more
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Bear Gardens Bear Gardens, London, SE1 9 |
Bear baiting were immensely popular during the Elizabethan era and this bloodthirsty entertainment consisted of trained bulldogs or mastiffs attacking tethered bears. Bear baiting at the Bear Garden would be conducted ac... more
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Benjamin Franklin House 36 Craven Street, London, WC2 |
During his London tenure Franklin was also Postmaster for the Colonies, pursued science (the energy-saving Franklin stove, daylight savings time, the Gulf Stream and designs for the lightning rod); health (inoculation, a... more
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Bevis Marks Synagogue 2 Heneage Lane, London, EC3A 5DQ |
The Bevis Marks Synagogue was for more than a century the religious center of the Anglo-Jewish world, and served as a clearing-house for congregational and individual troubles all the world over; such as the appeal of th... more
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