Embankment Attractions - London

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Arches Shopping Centre

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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Battle of Britain Monument

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's House

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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Cleopatra’s Needle and Sphinxes

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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Embankment Pier

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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Entrance to City of London

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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Golden Jubilee Bridges

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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HMS President

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's House

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's House

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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King George V Memorial

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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Memorial to Lord Cheylesmore

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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Memorial to W.S. Gilbert

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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Memorial to the Camel Corps

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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Monument from Belgium

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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RAF Memorial

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's House

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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Statue of Alfred Lawson

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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Statue of Baron Portal

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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Statue of James Bartle Frere

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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Statue of James Outram

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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Statue of Robbie Burns

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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Statue of Trenchard

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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Statue of William Forster

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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Statue of William Tyndale

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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Submariner's War Memorial

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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T.S. Queen Mary

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

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

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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Victoria Embankment Bandstand

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

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

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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