The Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum is all about discovering the natural world around us and attracts all age brackets. One extremely popular sight is the enormous Blue Whale. This is outrageous to check out as you really can't picture how large a life-size model must be until you walk underneath it. Also remember to checkout 'The Power Within' where you can experience what an earthquake feels like! It is one of three significant museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum).

Its most important frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The museum houses life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five major collections: Botany, Entomology,Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is known as a world-renowned centre of exploration, specializing in taxonomy, identification and conservation.

Visit Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square was designed by John Nash in the 1820s and constructed in the 1830s is both a tourist attraction and the main focus for political demonstrations. Every December, Norway donates a marvelous Christmas tree, to thank Britain for liberation from the Nazis.Trafalgar Square itself has many interesting sights including: Nelson's Column, The National Gallery, and St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

You can see these and more on this short walking tour. On the north side of the square you can visit the National Gallery and just around the corner on St. Martin's Lane is the National Portrait Gallery. Both have both permanent displays and special exhibitions so check what's on before you go.

Check out the Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements, the building is 108 metres long across the front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high.  

It is one of the few working royal palaces remaining in the world today. During the summer, visitors can tour the nineteen State Rooms, which form the heart of the Palace. These magnificent rooms are decorated with some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection, including paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Canaletto and sculpture by Canova.