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Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NF

0.48km

18th-century house where Benjamin Franklin lived for 16 years, exhibits on his life, science activitiesRead more

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Handel House Museum
Handel House Museum
Handel House Museum, 25 Brook Street, London, W1K 4HB

0.55km

18th century period townhouse, home of baroque composer George Frideric HandelRead more

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Spencer House, London
Spencer House
Spencer House, London, 27 Saint James's Place, London, SW1A 1NR

0.58km

18th-century mansion with restored state rooms and gardenRead more

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Clarence House
Clarence House
Clarence House, London, SW1A 1BA

0.61km

Official residence of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of CornwallRead more

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Banqueting House, Whitehall
Banqueting House, Whitehall
Banqueting House, Whitehall, Whitehall, Westminster, London, SW1A 2ER

0.61km

17th century ornate building used for entertaining, designed by Inigo Jones, only remaining component of the Palace...Read more

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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA

0.85km

Official London residence of the British monarch, public tours of the state rooms, includes Queen's Gallery and Royal...Read more

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Queen's Gallery
Queen's Gallery
Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1A 1AA

0.96km

Exhibitions of items from the Royal Collection, located at Buckingham PalaceRead more

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Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, London, SW1P 3JX

1km

Operated by English Heritage, one of only two surviving sections of the mediaeval royal Palace of Westminster,...Read more

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Apsley House
Apsley House
Apsley House, 149 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NT

1.01km

Operated by English Heritage, also known as Wellington Museum, home of The Duke of Wellington, significant...Read more

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Charles Dickens Museum
Charles Dickens Museum
Charles Dickens Museum, 48 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LX

1.06km

Mid-19th century period house with original papers, furniture and items relating to author Charles DickensRead more

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Dr Johnson's House
Dr Johnson's House
Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE

1.09km

18th-century townhouse home of 18th-century English writer Samuel JohnsonRead more

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Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace, London, SE1 7JU

1.28km

Tours of the official London residence of the Archbishop of CanterburyRead more

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Mansion House, London
Mansion House
Mansion House, London, Walbrook, London, EC4N 8BH

1.87km

Guided tours of the public rooms of the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London, includes city...Read more

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Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House, Carlyle's House, London, SW3

2.5km

Operated by the National Trust, Victorian period townhouse home of historian and philosopher Thomas CarlyleRead more

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18 Stafford Terrace
Stafford Terrace
18 Stafford Terrace, 18 Stafford Terrace, London, W8 7BH

2.85km

Also known as Linley Sambourne House, home of the Victorian Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne, features much...Read more

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575 Wandsworth Road
575 Wandsworth Road
575 Wandsworth Road, 575 Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 3JD

2.96km

Operated by the National Trust, 18th century terrace house with interiors designed by Kenyan poet and civil...Read more

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London's China Town is located in central London around Gerrard Street, close to Leicester Square. The nearest tube stations are Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus.


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Blue Plaques in London

George Gilbert Scott Brown Plaque - Sir George Gilbert Scott 1811-1878 architect lived here
Nicholas Wiseman Black Plaque - Cardinal Wiseman, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster lived here 1858 – 1864.
Dylan Thomas Blue Plaque - Dylan Thomas 1914-1953 poet lived here
Sun Yat-Sen Black Plaque - Sun Yat-Sen 1866-1925 father of the Chinese Republic lived in a house on this site while a political exile from his country
Will Hay Blue Plaque - Will Hay 1888-1949 comic actor and astronomer lived here 1927-1934
John Maria Gatti , Adelphi Theatre Restaurant, London, Agostino Gatti, And Rocco Joseph Stefano Gatt - Site of the Adelphi Theatre Restaurant owned by the Swiss-Italian Gatti family, restaurateurs, music hall, theatre and electricity supply entrepreneurs.  Sir John Gatti served as Lord Mayor of Westminster, 1911-12

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