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Not so much a gallery, but a walkway that leads around the inside of the St Paul’s most recognisable bit – the dome. 
While on this walkway you’ll be able to hear someone speaking from the opposite end, even if they’re whispering, thanks to some impressive early eighteenth-century acoustics.

Whispering Gallery, St. Paul's Cathedral

Originally built in the 11-12th centuries and refurbished several times after that, this medieval church was partially destroyed during WWII and the Anglican Church decided not to rebuild it.  What’s left is an incredibly successful architecture project where the remaining walls of the church have been incorporated into a pretty little garden.

St Dunstan in the East Church Garden

The former residence of Sir John Soane, architect of the Bank of England. Over 20,000 architectural drawings, antiquities and works by Turner, Canaletto and Piranesi as well as two sets of paintings by William Hogarth and the Egyptian Sarcophagus of Seti I can be found here.

Sir John Soane's Museum

Sitting beneath Waterloo Station, The Vaults is literally and figuratively home to underground culture in the area. It’s an arts venue and theatre that shows immersive, experimental and alternative programming and runs an annual festival every January to March.

The Vaults London

Travel back through London’s first “social network” at a museum dedicated to the postal service. This family-friendly museum showcases how sending, delivering and receiving messages via post revolutionised our lives. For added fun, take a ride on the Mail Rail through the stations and tunnels of London’s 100-year-old postal railway.

The Postal Museum

Postman’s Park is one of the few gardens you can find in the old City of London. It’s just north of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
It’s home to the touching Memorial To Heroic Self-Sacrifice. It contains 54 plaques, each dedicated to an ordinary person who did something most extraordinary: gave their life in an attempt to save someone else.

Postman's Park

Down Street had a short life as a working station from 1907 to 1932 but became critical to winning the Second World War when covertly transformed into the Railway Executive Committee’s bomb-proof headquarters.

Hidden London (TFL Down Street Churchill's Secret Station)

This tiny courtyard has a wealth of history attached to it. Not only was it home to the Texan Republic’s embassy (until it joined the United States in 1845) and is the smallest square in Britain, but it is also the last place in London where a duel was fought!

Pickering Place

Leading from the southwest corner of Trafalgar Square into The Mall, the quintuple arched ceremonial gateway of Admiralty Arch is one of London's most famous landmarks. The Arch was built to house naval offices and residences. 
Admiralty Arch was designed in 1910 by Sir Aston Webb (who also worked on Buckingham Palace and the Victoria and Albert Museum) to provide an elegant ceremonial passage from the hectic Trafalgar Square towards Buckingham Palace.

Admiralty Arch

Situated in a slightly different area to the other London mews streets, Halkin Mews is a London hidden gem just waiting to be discovered. Pretty in pastel hues, nearby things to do include relaxing in Belgrave Square Garden and enjoying chic gastropub eats in the local neighbourhood.

Halkin Mews

St Martin-in-the-Fields is an architectural jewel sitting at the corner of one of the world’s most famous squares. Enjoy beautiful music at one of the churches many concerts, including free lunchtime and afternoon performances. There are also atmospheric candlelit evening events and regular exhibitions to discover.

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Gibbon's Rent is a green oasis nestled among the warehouses of Bermondsey, within a stones throw of The Shard. Created in a little known cut-through between Magdalen Street and Holyrood Street, Gibbon's Rent is a community garden.

Gibbon's Rent

A visit to the Queen's House is a must as part of any day out in Greenwich. Admire the classical design of the House - one of the most important buildings in English architecture. Take in the elegant Tulip Stairs, the first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain.

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