Best places: Tourist attractions in Westminster, United Kingdom

Green space with a lake with daily pelican feeding, a grass-roofed cafe and ceremonial displays.

Imposing gallery with historic and contemporary British art, notable for its JMW Turner collection.

Red-&-white striped Victorian cathedral in Byzantine style with gold, mosaics & marble interior.

Formal gardens & gates surround a grand monument to Queen Victoria with marble & bronze statues.

16-storey Gothic clocktower and national symbol at the Eastern end of the Houses of Parliament.

Grand, 19th-century, state reception chambers, including the palace throne room.

Protestant abbey hosting daily services and every English and British coronation since 1066.

Spacious park with deckchair-scattered lawns, mature trees and views of regal local neighbours.

Secret underground headquarters where Prime Minister Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII.

Simple, stone war memorial unveiled in 1920 & site of the annual National Service of Remembrance.

Neo-Gothic masterpiece & seat of the UK government. Guided tours on Saturdays & in the summer.

Tranquil park offering river views & a playground as well as memorial statues & structures.

👍👍 The enormous oak timbers of Westminster Hall's hammerbeam roof are awesome. However, current conservation work on the ancient stone walls is revealing a structure, long forgotten but just as fascinating.

Visitors can tour the palace's opulent private and state rooms or watch the changing of the guard.

16-storey Gothic clocktower and national symbol at the Eastern end of the Houses of Parliament.

A wide-range of Royal Collection treasures, including Lucian Freud's portrait of the Queen.

Striking 16th-century palace, housing royal apartments and offices. Setting for Trooping The Colour.

👍👍 A scenic bridge in the heart of London that draws many agape photographers. Here is my contribution.

Iconic sculpture of Britain's WWII prime minister, on a plinth beside the houses of parliament.

👍 CANADA GATE or LA PUERTA DE CANADA, is the most impressive entrance to the GREEN PARK, an immense gate with spectacular structures and hardware, this is one of the eight royal parks, this one dedicated to QUEEN VICTORIA, who died in 1901, La Puerta of Canada was commissioned, in 1905, along with th...