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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gina Jackson

The most beautiful places in London you have to visit – from museums to parks and gardens

London is a city that hums with indefatigable energy: its winding, warren-like streets and sprawling neighbourhoods are steeped in history and pomp, shaped by characters as infamous as Jack the Ripper and as iconic as Winston Churchill. Amid the movement and noise, there are plentiful pockets of beauty: stately homes and grand buildings serving as museums, carefully tended parks that feel far removed from the city’s hustle, and elevated viewpoints offering sweeping panoramas of the ever-shifting skyline. It’s a city where centuries-old history collides with the contemporary: every alley and square whispers a different story, offering an inexhaustible number of things to see, do and explore.

Whether you’re a lifelong Londoner or visiting for the first time, you’ll no doubt have an endless list of sights to tick off.

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