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Embankment Attractions
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The Arches shopping centre offers a full shopping and entertainment experience to the tens of thousands of commuters and tourists that pass by every day. The centre is situated...
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This large monument is one of the most imposing along the river bank in central London. Inscribed with Churchill’s famous words; “Never before in the field of human conflict,...
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the most prominent of the early American statesmen. Far more than a politician, Franklin was a writer, inventor and student of science, commended for...
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A bronze sphinx sits on each side of Cleopatra’s Needle, a 60 ft Egyptian granite obelisk dating from well before Cleopatra’s time. It was presented to the British by the...
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The Embankment Pier provides a point for commuters to get easily across the Thames, as well as being a stop for tourist cruises. Embankment Pier provides easy access for Embankment...
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The entrance to the city of London is as significant today as it always has been. On one side of the lions is the City of Westminster and on...
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The Golden Jubilee Bridges are two interesting modern footbridges that were built to commemorate the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The footbridges have been attached to the existing...
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One of the last examples of a Royal Navy 'Sloop' HMS President was built between 1917 and 1918 at the end of the First World War. The ship was...
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Heinrich Heine was a German poet who came to London because it offered a great deal of literary opportunities. He enjoyed living in this house close to the centre...
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Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1809. He had a strange career, writing novels throughout his life, starting extremely popular as an author but his name...
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This memorial was constructed in memory of King George V in a place that was by all accounts very special to him, close to the River Thames. George V...
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This is one of the largest memorials to a single individual to be found on the Victoria Embankment. It marks the life and times of a great statesman and...
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William Gilbert is one of Britain's best ever known musical composers and dramatists. Perhaps alone he was well known, but when he got together with professional writing partner Sir...
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The Camel Corps is one of the bravest and most unsung divisions of the British Army. For well over a hundred years men have fought in the deserts for...
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This large stone memorial faces the River Thames close to Embankment Station. It was presented to the British people by the government of Belgium after the Second World War...
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This small but elegant golden monument was originally designed to commemorate those brave airmen who died in the skies during the First World War. The known as an...
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Rudyard Kipling lived in this fine old house close to the River Thames for many years after returning from the Raj. Kipling is recognised as one of the 19th...
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Alfred Lawson was an American by birth but was well known in the United Kingdom and across the world. In fact he started his professional life as a baseball...
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Baron Portal of Hungerford was a relatively new peerage to be created at the end of the Second World War in 1945 in commemoration of Charles Portal, commander in chief...
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Whitehall is the home of administration in Britain, the place where the civil service carry out those decisions made by politicians in Westminster. It is quite appropriate therefore that...
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This fine looking statue stands in the shadow of Big been and the Houses of Parliament on the banks of the River Thames. It commemorates one of Britain's most...
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Widely regarded as the poet of Scotland, Robert Burns is without a doubt one of the most famous poets and songwriters ever to have come from Great Britain let alone...
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Hugh Trenchard was the founder of the Royal Air Force in 1918. A brave airman during the First World War, Trenchard quite rightly believed that the airborne division of...
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William Edmund Forster was born in England but went with his family to Australia when he was only 11 years old. He grew up considering Australia to be his...
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William Tyndale was without a doubt a great Englishman and that is why he has been celebrated so prominently in the capital by this magnificent statue. The 16th Century's...
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The National Submariner's War Memorial was erected on the banks of the River Thames in 1922 as a sparse yet moving monument to all those brave men who have given...
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The Queen Mary was built in 1933 by Wm. Denny's of Dumbarton in Scotland. The boat served for many decades as a cruise ship out of Bridge Wharf in...
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Temple Place is a beautiful riverside garden close to Temple Station and Temple on the Victoria Embankment. The gardens are a popular place for tourists to stop and take...
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Temple Place is a raised garden above Temple Underground Station on the Victoria Embankment in central London. The gardens are simple in design but offer a place of rest...
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This bandstand is used primarily in the summer months at which time the local authority distribute deck chairs and organise performances by a variety of different musicians. There are...
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Westminster Millennium Pier is a large river landing point on the Victoria Embankment of the River Thames close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge. The pier is...
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Whitehall Gardens are a set of beautifully landscaped gardens set just back from the banks of the River Thames between Embankment Station and Westminster. They extend along the river...
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