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St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate
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St Helens is a 13th century twin-nave church which has been fully restored after damage caused by 1992 and 1993 bomb attacks in the City. The church contains a 1615 Jacobean pulpit, several brasses da...
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A London Christmas 2007: Carols & Services
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With plain walls and simple candlelight juxtaposed against colourful mosaics and marbles, London's striking neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic cathedral provides an atmospheric backdrop for this festiv...
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A London Christmas 2008: Carols & Services
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For over half a century Trafalgar Square has been adorned with a majestic Christmas tree - an annual gift from the people of Oslo, thanking Britain for support and friendship during Wor...
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Christmas in London 2009: Carols & Services
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Pack inside one of London's most famous landmarks for an old-fashioned service to take you right through to Christmas Day. Westminster Abbey has been at the centre of royal and religious life in Br...
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St Peter's Church, Eaton Square
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St Peters was built by Hakewill in 1827 and later enlarged by Blomfield in 1875. Rebuilt and opened in 1992, following a fire in 1987, it is now the scene of many fashionable weddings. It is also one...
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St Pancras Church
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| Euston Road |
Completed in 1822, St Pancras Church was the most expensive church to be constructed since St Pauls was rebuilt after the Great Fire. This Greek Revival structure owes much to the Temple of Erectheum...
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London Education
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London is one of the most exciting places to study in the world. Foreign language students flock to the capital for world-class tuition, accommodation and the superlative social life on offer. Our gui...
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Church Services
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Mark the Easter period with Roman ceremony, incense and exquisite choral music at this Catholic cathedral with its striking neo-Byzantine architecture. From its earliest days, music has been of utmo...
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St Paul's Cathedral
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Being the cathedral of the capital city, St Pauls is officially the spiritual home of Great Britain. The funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill were conducted inside...
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St Bartholomew the Great
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| West Smithfield |
St Bartholomew the Great is a historic church founded in 1123 and the oldest parish church in the City of London. Features include the pre-Reformation octagonal font, a 13th century coffin and the 15t...
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St George's Cathedral
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| Westminster Bridge Road |
One of two cathedrals in Southwark, St Georges Cathedral opened in 1848 as the first Catholic cathedral in the UK after the Reformation. The impressive building occupies an historic site very close...
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Konstam at the Prince Albert
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| 2 Acton Street |
Locally sourced, seasonal food is the environmentally friendly focus at this well known restaurant on the corner of Kings Cross Road and Acton Street. Its fame was helped, in part, by BBC series the U...
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Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester
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| The Dorchester, Park Lane |
Alain Ducasse is the most successful restaurateur in the world, with fifteen more Michelin stars worldwide than Gordon Ramsay. His first London operation, earning him two of those stars, is a hyper-mo...
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St. Martin's Theatre
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| West Street |
Designed as a companion theatre to the New Ambassador's, which stands next to it, separated only by the narrow Tower Court, St Martin's was completed in 1916. In fact its spectacular classical façade...
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St Pancras International Station
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| Euston Road |
St Pancras International is a triumph of nineteenth century station architecture and one of the wonders of London. You could even argue that it has a claim to being the most attractive railway station...
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K Spa at K West Hotel
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| K West Hotel & Spa, Richmond Way |
Book in for some freeze-thaw action at the K Spa at the K West Hotel, an oasis of calm in a stylishly modernised former BBC office block in Shepherds Bush. The basement spa is the first in London to...
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Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree and Carols
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| Trafalgar Square, Central London |
For over half a century, since 1947, Trafalgar Square has been adorned with a majestic Christmas Tree - an annual gift from the people of Oslo, thanking us for support and friendship during World War...
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Kensington Palace State Apartments
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NOTE: Kensington Palace is undergoing a £12 million renovation project. During this time, from March 2010 until January 2012, you can visit The Enchanted Palace exhibition at the palace.Originally a p...
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Rex Whistler Restaurant at Tate Britain
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The Rex Whistler Restaurant at Tate Britain gets its name from the specially commissioned Rex Whistler mural, The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats, which provides more than something pretty to look...
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Midnight Mass at St Paul's Cathedral
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| St Pauls Cathedral, St Pauls Churchyard |
Built by Sir Christopher Wren after the fire, St Paul's is viewed by many as the spiritual home of Great Britain. It's also a very popular place to experience the more traditional side of Christmas an...
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Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
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| 53 Brook Street, Mayfair |
Take Londons most temperamental and talented chef, add the citys most elegant location and finish it off with some fantastic food and sublime service. Gordon Ramsays marriage with Claridges has proved...
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St Christopher's Place
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Coming across the pretty, pedestrianised streets off St Christophers Place is like discovering an oasis of Continental cafe culture in the most unlikely place - just off Oxford Street, not usually des...
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St Magnus the Martyr
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St Magnus was built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1671-76, and boasts a steeple dating from 1705. Henry Yevele, Richard IIs master mason, is buried here. The ashes of Miles Coverdale, the translator...
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Christ Church Spitalfields
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| 2 Fournier Street, Broadgate |
Built in 1729, Nicholas Hawksmoors Christ Church creation was declared dangerous and closed in 1956. Vigorous campaigning, from the poet Sir John Betjeman among others, eventually saved this city land...
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The Dining Room at The Goring
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| 15 Beeston Place, Grosvenor Gardens |
Cheek by jowl with Buckingham Palace and owned by the same family for three generations, The Goring is part of the British establishment. Appropriately, given its royal neighbour, Viscount Linley is r...
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06 St Chad's Place
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Tucked away behind the Thameslink in Kings Cross 06 St Chads Place is a cafe, restaurant and bar in a striking architecturally designed conversion of a former Victorian warehouse. In this appealing sp...
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Byron at The Intrepid Fox
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The latest Byron burger offering has opened up in Soho at the site of the old Intrepid Fox pub and offers a downstairs bar and a stylish, New York-style tiled eating area with booths and tables in fro...
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Wild at Heart at Liberty
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Wild at Heart put the fresh back into fresh flowers. Each bloom is of a very high quality and is always meticulously selected. Their fresh approach to flowers (be them gifts, arrangements or installa...
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St Pancras Grand
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| Upper Concourse, St Pancras International, Euston Road |
Opposite the champagne bar on the upper concourse of St Pancras International train station is the Grand Restaurant and Oyster Bar, stylishly modelled by Martin Brudnizki, the designer behind Scotts a...
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St Giles Church Cripplegate
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Situated in the centre of the Barbican complex, this church is of great historical and architectural interest. There is a Roman wall in the churchyard, John Milton is buried here and Oliver Cromwell m...
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St Katharine Cree Church
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A 17th century Laudian church with a unique mixture of Classic and Gothic architecture. The glass in the East Window is in the shape of a Catherine Wheel and is contemporary with the rebuilding of the...
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St Mary-at-Hill Church
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For centuries Londons fish trade was based in Billingsgate and the surrounding area. By virtue of this, the nearby church, St Mary-at-Hill, was adopted by all of the local fishermen. It is a Wren chur...
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St John's Church, Waterloo
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| Waterloo Road |
The church of St Johns was built in 1824 to celebrate victory in the Napoleonic wars. In 1940, the church was firebombed, destroying much of the interior. A restored St Johns Waterloo reopened in 1951...
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St Giles Church, Cripplegate
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Situated in the centre of the Barbican complex, this church is of great historical and architectural interest. There is a Roman wall in the churchyard, John Milton is buried here and Oliver Cromwell m...
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Great Queen Street
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| 32 Great Queen Street |
Fans of St John in Farringdon (described by us as one of the best restaurants in the capital), The Eagle nearby (the original and arguably one of Londons best gastropubs) and The Anchor & Hope in Wate...
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Hampstead Heath Swimming Ponds
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| Hampstead Heath |
Since as early as 1860, and probably before, many hardy London folk have taken a dip before work in one of three wooded ponds on Hampstead Heath. Its a century-old tradition that becomes wonderfully...
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
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| Great Ormond Street |
The first hospital in the world to provide in-patient beds for sick children, Great Ormond Street is still going strong after more than 150 years. What started out as 10 beds in a converted 17th centu...
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