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Sights and Attractions near Virgin London Marathon 2011

 
 

THIS ARCHIVED EVENT ENDED ON THE 17TH APRIL 2011

ADDRESS
The Mall, Westminster, St James's, London SW1Y 5AH 
 
TELEPHONE
Not Available 
 
Dates:
17th April 2011
 
OPENING TIMES
Arrive by 9.30am if you want a decent view
 
PRICES
Free
 
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Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Clarence House
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
St James's Palace, London, St James's, London SW1 | 3 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
The home of the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002, a tour of Clarence House is an excellent way of experiencing the living history of... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Queen's Gallery
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Buckingham Palace Road, SW1A | 3 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Once Buckingham Palace's resident chapel, the Queen's Gallery was opened in 1962 and holds regularly changing exhibitions. It allows the general public glimpses of rarely... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Buckingham Palace
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1A | 3 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
England's most famous royal palace, and the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace opens the doors of its State Rooms to the public... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Spencer House
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
27 St James's Place, London, St James's, London SW1A | 5 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Spencer family's 18th London residence. The ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Spencer family hasn’t lived in this, their London residence, since 1926.... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Chris Beetles
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
8-10 Ryder Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 8 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Gallery owner Chris Beetles has been dealing for 25 years, and for 16 years from this location in the heart of St James's. Specializing in... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Fine Art Commissions Ltd
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
7 Bury Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y6AL | 8 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Portraits, commissioned and otherwise, are a tradition as old as art itself, with representations made of great men and women for posterity from the time... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Royal Society
London > Attractions > Venue Hire
6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 9 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
White Cube Mason's Yard
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
25-26 Mason's Yard, Off Duke Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 9 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
In 2000, Jay Jopling's pioneering White Cube gallery - the spiritual home of the Young British Artists - upped sticks from its home in St... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Westminster Cathedral
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Victoria Street, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 10 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic Church. London’s only example of neo-Byzantine architecture and principal Roman Catholic Church, offers a magnificent campanile that emerges 274 feet into the sky.... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Central Hall Westminster
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Storey's Gate, London, Westminster, London SW1H | 10 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Combining its dual functions as an event / conference venue and a Methodist church, the imposing Central Hall Westminster also offers visitors curious about exploring... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Churchill War Rooms
London > Attractions > Museums
Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Westminster, London SW1A | 10 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Winston Churchill directed the troops during World War II from a small warren of underground rooms, which are now open to the public. Visitors to... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Hauser & Wirth (Piccadilly)
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
196A Piccadilly, London, St James's, London W1J | 10 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Art-dealer, gallery-owner and collector Iwan Wirth was recently voted one of the ten most powerful people in the art world. Hauser & Wirth London opened... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
12 Carlton House Terrace, The Mall, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 11 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
The ICA boasts three galleries (exhibitions changing approximately every six weeks), a cinema, theatre, restaurant, bookshop and late bar and cafe. They also play host... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Academy of Arts
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Burlington House, London, Mayfair, London W1J | 11 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Lord Burlington's spectacular London palace is home to the Royal Academy of Arts, a set of galleries that houses the country's premier art school and... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Stephen Wiltshire Gallery
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
5 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 11 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Stephen Wiltshire's art work would be impressive even if you didn't know who he is. But his intricate and architecturally accurate pen and ink sketches... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Wellington Arch
London > Attractions > Sights
Hyde Park Corner, London, Belgravia, London W1J | 12 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
A landmark triumphal arch set opposite the Duke of Wellington's residence at Apsley House, Wellington Arch was built in 1830 to commemorate the victories won... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Westminster Cathedral
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
42 Francis Street, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 12 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
London's only example of neo-Byzantine architecture and principal Roman Catholic Church, Westminster Cathedral has a magnificent campanile that emerges 274 feet into the sky. While... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
St Peter's Church, Eaton Square
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
119 Eaton Square, London, Belgravia, London SW1W | 12 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
St Peter's was built by Hakewill in 1827 and later enlarged by Blomfield in 1875. Rebuilt and opened in 1992, following a fire in 1987,... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Westminster Abbey
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Dean's Yard, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 12 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Elizabeth I, Mary I, Mary II, Edward the Confessor, Edward I, Edward III, Edward VI, Henry III, Henry V, Henry VII, James I, George II,... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Horse Guards Parade
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 12 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Horse Guards Parade is the setting for various military ceremonies throughout the year including the Trooping the Colour which marks the Queen's official birthday. At the... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Institution of Great Britain
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
21 Albemarle Street, London, Mayfair, London W1S | 12 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Best known for its annual televised Christmas lectures, the RI is one of Britain's most famous science institutions and the place where famous scientists such... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Household Cavalry Museum
London > Attractions > Museums
Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 12 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Visitors to the Household Cavalry Museum can watch troopers working with their horses in the original 18th century stables (via a glazed screen) and hear... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Apsley House
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, Belgravia, London W1J | 13 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Originally the London residence of the first Duke of Wellington, Apsley House was designed and built by Robert Adam between 1771 and 1778 and retains... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Piccadilly Circus
London > Attractions > Sights
Piccadilly Circus, London, Soho, London W1J | 13 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Right in the middle of the West End, Piccadilly Circus isn't a circus at all, but an enormous road junction where Piccadilly itself Regent Street,... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Whitehall
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Westminster, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 13 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Whitehall is a historic London street with runs from Parliament Square at Westminster to Trafalgar Square. The street is recognised as the centre of the... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Alan Cristea Gallery
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
31 Cork Street, London, Mayfair, London W1S | 14 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Alan Cristea Gallery is the largest publisher and dealer of artists' prints and editions in Europe. Set up by Alan Cristea, who brings with him... More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Cenotaph
London > Attractions > Sights
Whitehall, London, Westminster, London SW1A | 14 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
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
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Trafalgar Square
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Central London, Westminster, London WC2N | 14 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
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
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Fourth Plinth
London > Attractions > Sights
Trafalgar Square, London, Westminster, London WC2N | 14 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
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
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Jewel Tower
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Abingdon Street, London, Westminster, London SW1P | 14 minutes walk from Virgin London Marathon 2011
Across the road from the imposing Houses of Parliament, this simple, three-storey, 14th century tower often gets overlooked on the tourist trail. One of... More
 
 
 
 
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Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist
Exhibitions | Until 7th October 2012 

Queen's Gallery 3 minutes walk from The Mall

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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Seasonal | Until 5th June 2012 

Buckingham Palace 3 minutes walk from The Mall

Queen Lizzy has been sitting pretty on that throne for 60 long years now, and if that's not an excuse ...More

 
Javier Marquerie Thomas: The Sinking Of The Titanic
Exhibitions | Until 9th June 2012 

Chris Beetles 8 minutes walk from The Mall

Photography offering a subjective analysis of the tragic event, in response to more emotive tributes such as the poetry of ...More

Ronald Searle Remembered: England's Greatest Cartoonist
Exhibitions | Until 9th June 2012 

Chris Beetles 8 minutes walk from The Mall

Over 400 works spanning the career of the celebrated British artist, satirical cartoonist and creator of St Trinian's....More

Doris Salcedo
Exhibitions | Until 30th June 2012 

White Cube Mason's Yard 9 minutes walk from The Mall

Sculptural installations and interventions, featuring an amended version of the major work Plegaria Muda, based on research into life in ...More

Glam
Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 30th June 2012 

Funky Buddha 9 minutes walk from The Mall

Resident DJs play funky house, electro and R&B....More

American Figurative Exhibition
Exhibitions | Until 23rd June 2012 

Albemarle Gallery 9 minutes walk from The Mall

Paintings by Paul Oxborough, Cesar Santos, Michael De Brito, Daniel Greene, Gabriella Gonzalez Dellosso and Zach Zdrale....More

Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Theatre | Until 15th December 2012 

Victoria Palace Theatre 9 minutes walk from The Mall

This tale of a boy from a mining community who wants to become a dancer is even more affecting on ...More

 
The Leo Green Experience
Concerts | On 2nd June 2012 

Dover Street Restaurant and Bar 10 minutes walk from The Mall

Party band fronted by saxophonist Green....More

Peter Fraser
Exhibitions | Until 21st July 2012 

Brancolini Grimaldi 10 minutes walk from The Mall

Contemporary photographs by the London artist....More

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