Author: Muriel Schmidt

You can now board a train in London and a few hours later get off by the Mediterranean – the new direct service between St Pancras and Marseille is the furthest passengers have ever been able to go on a train from Britain without getting off. Where is the furthest you can get a train […]

9:30 – 10:00 – The Tower of London and the Tower Bridge The Tower of London. Tower Bridge. The Thames River. Covent Garden. Leicester Square. Trafalgar Square. Whitehall. Big Ben. What can you do with a 10 hour layover in London? This may seem like a lot of time, but you’re going to have to […]

north London. Financial success, being close to a London Underground station and improved facilities were the main reasons Arsenal moved 12 miles across London to north London in 1913 and it is where they have remained ever since. What part of London supports Arsenal? The club’s north London location, adjoining socially wealthy areas such as […]

What’s included in your Tower ticket See the Crown Jewels. Prepare to be dazzled by this breathtaking, world famous collection of 23,578 gemstones at the Tower of London. The ravens. White Tower. Line of Kings. Guards at the Tower of London. Tower Green & Scaffold site. Bloody Tower. Torture at the Tower exhibition. Why do […]

Queen Elizabeth herself was a prisoner at the Tower during the reign of her half-sister, Queen Mary I, and was fortunate to survive. Her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed at the Tower, when Elizabeth was only two years of age, and was buried in an unmarked grave in the Tower’s Chapel of St Peter ad […]

10,000 lion statues. In London, there are as many as 10,000 lion statues and structures scattered about the city, some in recognisable locations, others tucked away, out of sight. Are there lions in London? Probably the most famous of London’s big cats, the Landseer Lions are the four enormous bronze felines that surround Nelson’s Column […]

Seven Stars. Seven Stars, behind the Royal Courts of Justice, was built in 1602. This makes it the oldest pub in London – and certainly one of the most atmospheric. It’s particularly popular with the city’s silks who can often be found celebrating or commiserating after a trial at the Palace of Justice. What is […]

London’s top dozen wonders? St Paul’s Cathedral. Tower of London. London Underground. Camden Lock and Little Venice. Kew Gardens. The Monument. Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column. Westminster Abbey. What are the 7 Wonders of the Wall? Ans. The Seven Wonders of the World are the Taj Mahal, the Colosseum, the Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, Christ […]

Big Ben. Big Ben. Big Ben is the most famous landmark in London. Big Ben is perhaps the most recognisable clock in the world and the most famous London landmark. What are major landmarks in London? The Tower of London. Buckingham Palace. Palace of Westminster. Westminster Abbey. Big Ben. St Paul’s Cathedral. Shakespeare’s Globe. Trafalgar […]

London Eye, formerly Millennium Wheel, revolving observation wheel, or Ferris wheel, in London, on the South Bank of the River Thames in the borough of Lambeth. When did London Eye change its name? Before it was launched by Tony Blair in December 1999, it was widely referred to as the Millennium Wheel, but it was […]