Discover London’s 200 best City Conqueror spots for your trip

Royal Albert Hall

★ 4.8 · 47,842 reviews

Discover the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, an iconic red-brick, glass-domed rotunda dating back to 1871. Admire the striking exterior for free, or catch a concert inside during the BBC Proms to experience its celebrated acoustics and atmosphere firsthand.

The View from The Shard

★ 4.6 · 8,174 reviews

Discover The View from The Shard, perched on floors 68 to 72 of Western Europe's tallest building. Take in floor-to-ceiling windows and an open-air deck stretching over the Thames and City skyline, with clear days revealing views well beyond London.

Victoria and Albert Museum

★ 4.8 · 68,143 reviews

Step into the V&A, the world's leading museum of art and design. Wander galleries of fashion, jewellery, photography, and sculpture spanning 5,000 years, then explore its ornate Victorian courtyard.

Buckingham Palace

★ 4.5 · 194,516 reviews

Discover Buckingham Palace, the monarch's working London residence. Watch the red-coated Foot Guards and marching band perform the Changing of the Guard, or admire the grand neoclassical facade from St James's Park.

Borough Market

★ 4.6 · 129,478 reviews

Discover Borough Market, London's legendary food hub near London Bridge. Graze your way past stalls of fresh oysters, paella, artisan cheese, and baked goods, arriving early to beat the lunchtime crowds.

The British Museum

★ 4.4 · 1,287 reviews

Step inside the British Museum, one of the world's great encyclopedic collections. Wander beneath the glass-roofed Great Court to see the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, and the Parthenon Marbles, all free to explore.

Covent Garden Market

★ 4.6 · 393 reviews

Step inside Covent Garden's Victorian glass-and-iron halls in the heart of the West End. Browse boutiques and craft stalls, catch street performers on the piazza, and wander over to colorful Neal's Yard nearby.

Richmond Park

★ 4.8 · 31,439 reviews

Escape to Richmond Park, London's largest Royal Park and a true wilderness on the city's edge. Walk or cycle among free-roaming deer, then head to Pembroke Lodge for a clear sightline stretching to St Paul's Cathedral.

St James's Park

★ 4.7 · 63,522 reviews

Discover St James's Park, London's oldest Royal Park, where a lake bridge frames views of Buckingham Palace and Whitehall. Stroll past resident pelicans near Duck Island, fed daily since Charles II received them as a gift in 1664.

Tower Bridge

★ 4.8 · 184,425 reviews

Discover Tower Bridge from the inside, not just the postcard view. Walk the high-level glass floor 42 metres above the Thames, then descend into the Victorian engine rooms that once powered its raising mechanism.

Big Ben

★ 4.6 · 99,558 reviews

Discover Big Ben, London's most unmistakable silhouette above the Thames. Snap photos of the Elizabeth Tower's neo-Gothic dials and, if you're there on the hour, catch the Great Bell's famous chimes.

Trafalgar Square

★ 4.6 · 140,096 reviews

Discover Trafalgar Square, London's buzzing civic heart. Snap photos with Nelson's Column and its bronze lions, watch street performers, and use it as your base for walks to the National Gallery, Covent Garden, and Whitehall.

Science Museum

★ 4.6 · 76,620 reviews

Explore the Science Museum in South Kensington, a hands-on trip through space, aviation, and computing history. Get up close to the Apollo 10 command module and historic steam engines through interactive exhibits made for curious minds of all ages.

Westminster Abbey

★ 4.6 · 52,111 reviews

Step inside Westminster Abbey, coronation site for every English monarch since 1066. Wander the fan-vaulted Lady Chapel and Poets' Corner, tracing the graves of Newton, Darwin, and centuries of royals along the way.

White Cliffs of Dover and Canterbury Day Trip

★ 4.6 · 3,106 reviews

Escape London for the day on a journey to England's dramatic southeast coast. Walk along the chalk-white cliffs of Dover with views toward France, then wander Canterbury's medieval streets and its UNESCO-listed cathedral.

Piccadilly Circus

Step into Piccadilly Circus, London's neon-lit crossroads at the edge of Soho and the West End. Snap photos beside the winged Shaftesbury Memorial statue as the illuminated screens light up the curved corner building after dark.

London Eye

★ 4.5 · 203,441 reviews

Discover London from above aboard the South Bank's giant observation wheel. Enjoy a slow 30-minute rotation in a glass capsule, taking in Big Ben, the Palace of Westminster, and views stretching to Windsor on clear days.

Palace of Westminster

★ 4.7 · 5,932 reviews

Discover the Palace of Westminster, home to the UK Parliament since medieval times. Stroll along the Thames to admire the Victorian Gothic Revival facade and the Elizabeth Tower, best appreciated at a slow, unhurried pace.

Kensington Gardens

★ 4.7 · 30,644 reviews

Explore Kensington Gardens, the elegant former private grounds of Kensington Palace. Wander past the Italian Gardens' fountains and the Round Pond, spot the Peter Pan statue, and watch swans glide across the Serpentine.

Churchill War Rooms

★ 4.6 · 15,806 reviews

Step into the underground bunker where Churchill ran Britain's war effort. Wander through the Cabinet Room and Map Room exactly as they were left in 1945, guided by an in-depth audio tour.

The Regent's Park

★ 4.7 · 49,620 reviews

Explore The Regent's Park, John Nash's Regency masterpiece spread across 395 acres. Wander through Queen Mary's rose gardens, row across the Boating Lake, or catch a show at the open-air theatre.

Soho

Wander Soho, London's tangled hub of theatres, bars, and late-night energy. Stroll Old Compton Street's LGBTQ+ scene, browse Berwick Street's record stalls, and drift into Chinatown's edge on Gerrard Street after the West End curtains fall.

Westminster Bridge

★ 4.6 · 11,646 reviews

Step onto Westminster Bridge, London's classic green-painted crossing over the Thames. Snap that iconic view of Big Ben and Parliament on one bank with the London Eye slowly turning on the other.

Natural History Museum

★ 4.6 · 37,688 reviews

Step into the Natural History Museum's cathedral-like halls in South Kensington. Wander beneath Hope the blue whale skeleton, explore dinosaur galleries and mineral collections, and take in the ornate terracotta architecture around you.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

★ 4.7 · 54,240 reviews

Explore Kew Gardens, home to the largest living plant collection on Earth. Wander the steamy Palm House, cross the Treetop Walkway 18 metres up, and wander themed gardens shifting with the seasons.

The National Gallery

★ 4.8 · 62,817 reviews

Step into one of the world's great painting collections, right on Trafalgar Square. Wander grand galleries lined with Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Turner's seascapes, and masterworks of Dutch and Italian Renaissance art, all free to explore.

Harrods

★ 4.4 · 127,561 reviews

Step inside Harrods, London's grandest department store behind its illuminated Knightsbridge facade. Wander the tiled Edwardian food halls and multiple floors of luxury fashion, soaking up the spectacle even if you don't buy a thing.

Covent Garden

Explore Covent Garden's Victorian market hall, now a lively piazza ringed by cafes and shops. Watch jugglers, opera singers, and escapologists perform on the cobbles, then wander into Neal's Yard and Seven Dials for independent finds.

Imperial War Museum

★ 4.7 · 30,847 reviews

Step into the Imperial War Museum, housed in a former Lambeth psychiatric hospital. Walk beneath tanks and aircraft suspended in the atrium, explore galleries on the World Wars and the Holocaust, and hear personal testimony brought to life through volunteer-led talks.

St. Paul's Cathedral

★ 4.7 · 57,158 reviews

Discover St. Paul's Cathedral, Christopher Wren's baroque masterpiece that survived the Blitz to define London's skyline. Climb to the Whispering Gallery for its acoustic trick, then higher still for sweeping City views, before visiting the crypt to see Wren's, Nelson's, and Wellington's tombs.