Sights and Attractions near Taking Sides
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London > Attractions > Museums
Covent Garden Piazza, London, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 2 minutes walk from Taking Sides
After a two-year, £22 million refurbishment the London Transport Museum reopened on 22 November 2007 revealing more exhibition space than before. The museum travels back... More
London > Attractions > Museums
45 Wellington Street, London, WC2E | 2 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The London Film Museum, located on the site of the Theatre Museum in the original Flower Cellars in the heart of Covent Garden, is the... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 4 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Manet's 'Bar at the Folies-Bergeres', Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear' and Renoir's 'La Loge' are just a few of the celebrated artworks displayed... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Strand, London, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 4 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Somerset House, once the site of a spectacular Tudor palace, now includes a magnificent 18th century art gallery housing celebrated collections belonging to the Courtauld Institute... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Strand, London, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 4 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Opened on 24th April 2008, the Embankment Galleries at Somerset House offer 750 square metres of exhibition space where the Hermitage Rooms used to be.... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Bedford Street, London, Covent Garden, London WC2E | 5 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Affectionately known as "The Actors' Church", St Paul's in Covent Garden is in the heart of theatreland and has long been associated with the theatre... More
London > Attractions > Museums
Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 6 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The home of the Royal College of Surgeons boasts a host of enlightening, permanent and temporary, galleries and exhibitions. Housed in the college, the Hunterian... More
London > Attractions > Museums
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 6 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The Hunterian Museum within the Royal College of Surgeons boasts a host of enlightening, permanent and temporary, galleries and exhibitions. Housed in the college, the... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Strand, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 7 minutes walk from Taking Sides
A stunning example of Gothic architecture, London's Inns of Court date back to before the 14th century. It is here that barristers train and traditionally... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
32 John Adam Street, London, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 7 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Alex Proud started out as a Japanese antiques dealer but a twist of fate led Proud to switch to photography. The impetus for change came... More
London > Attractions > Museums
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 8 minutes walk from Taking Sides
An appealingly higgledy-piggledy treasure trove of artefacts, the extraordinary Sir John Soane's Museum elegantly located on Lincoln's Inn Fields is well worth an exploratory rummage.... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Middle Temple Lane, London, Holborn, London EC4Y | 9 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Middle Temple Hall, completed in 1574, is late-Gothic in style. Its attractions are a rare double-hammer beam roof, an intricately carved screen (which, although heavily... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Trafalgar Square, London, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 9 minutes walk from Taking Sides
This historic church of St Martin-in-the-Fields overlooking Trafalgar Square was built in 1726 and is the best known work of Scottish architect James Gibbs... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Fleet Street, London, Holborn, London EC4Y | 9 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Temple Church sits within the Inner Temple of the Inns of Court, and was originally consecrated in 1185 as the spiritual and actual home of... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London WC2N | 9 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The National Gallery dominates London's Trafalgar Square with its neo-classical columns and portico designed by William Wilkins adjoining the square on its east side where... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
St Martin's Place, London, WC2H | 10 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The National Portrait Gallery houses portraits of significant figures from the late 15th century to the present day. This isn't the place to come for... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
135 Flitcroft Street, London, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 10 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Elms Lesters Painting Rooms are housed in an extraordinary space, purpose built as a painting studio in 1904. Since 1984 the gallery has been specialising... More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Belvedere Road, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 10 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The Hayward Gallery has been the originator or host of influential exhibitions since 1968. It mounts temporary exhibitions of contemporary and historical art. The gallery,... More
London > Attractions > Sights
Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London SW1Y | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Master tactician, inspirational leader, patriotic martyr, Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson is one of England's great heroes. His Nelson's Column statue is at the very heart... More
London > Attractions > Museums
Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The most comprehensive and accessible collection of poetry from 1914 in Britain, The Poetry Library within the Southbank Centre contains 90,000 items and is still... More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Leicester Square, London, Soho, London WC2H | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
With Trafalgar Square to the south, Piccadilly Circus to the west, China Town to the north and Covent Garden to the east, Leicester Square is... More
London > Attractions > Sights
Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London WC2N | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square remained empty after its completion in 1841 - it was designed for an equestrian statue of one of Britain's... More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Central London, Westminster, London WC2N | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Lord Nelson, Britain's greatest military hero, and the mighty lions that surround him, pay testament to the position of Trafalgar Square at the heart of... More
London > Attractions > Sightseeing Tours
Leicester Square, London, Soho, London WC2H | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The sight of lost and lonely tourists wandering around Leicester Square is already a distant memory. LondonTown.com's London Information Centre, Leicester Square, is situated directly... More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
, London, Soho, London WC2H | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Taking in Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street, Soho, Theatreland, Chinatown, Covent Garden and Leicester Square, The West End really does have... More
London > Attractions > Museums
35 Little Russell Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 11 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Combining art with humour, this addition to London's museum-cum-gallery scene is refreshingly vibrant. From political cartoons of Thatcher, Brown, Bush and Blair to rare originals... More
London > Attractions > Sights
Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 12 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Standing solemnly in the middle of Whitehall, visitors could be forgiven for passing the Cenotaph by unnoticed. But every November it becomes the focus of... More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
, London, Soho, London W1D | 12 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Soho, the set of streets and alleyways between Oxford Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross Road and Regent Street is one of the most cosmopolitan parts... More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London, Holborn, London WC1R | 12 minutes walk from Taking Sides
Conway Hall is a landmark of London's independent intellectual, political and cultural life. Completed in 1929 at a cost of about £45,000, the name was... More
London > Attractions > Sights
Jubilee Gardens, South Bank, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 13 minutes walk from Taking Sides
The London Eye elbowed its way onto the capital's tourist scene as one of the statement pieces to mark the turn of the century (see... More
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