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London’s beautiful buildings

London’s beautiful buildings

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Created by Michael Edwards • Updated On: May 1, 2024
Christ Church Spitalfields is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

1. Christ Church Spitalfields

Commercial St, London, Greater London
Church · Spitalfields and Banglatown · 5 tips and reviews
National Theatre is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

2. National Theatre

9.4
Upper Ground, London, Greater London
Theater · London · 98 tips and reviews
London St Pancras International Railway Station (STP) is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

3. London St Pancras International Railway Station (STP)

9.0
Pancras Rd (Euston Rd), London, Greater London
Rail Station · St. Pancras and Somers Town · 419 tips and reviews
Houses of Parliament is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

4. Houses of Parliament

Parliament Sq, London, Greater London
Capitol Building · Westminster · 106 tips and reviews
Barbican Theatre is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

5. Barbican Theatre

8.8
Silk St, London, Greater London
Theater · Barbican · 23 tips and reviews
Freemasons' Hall is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

6. Freemasons' Hall

7.9
60 Great Queen St, London, Greater London
Structure · Holborn and Covent Garden · 24 tips and reviews
Tate Modern is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

7. Tate Modern

9.2
53 Bankside, London, Greater London
Art Museum · South Bank · 821 tips and reviews
Hoover Building is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

8. Hoover Building

6.4
Ealing, Greater London
Historic and Protected Site · 3 tips and reviews
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

9. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

105-119 Brentfield Rd (at Meadow Garth), Neasden, Greater London
Hindu Temple · Neasden, London, Greater London · 32 tips and reviews
Battersea Power Station is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

10. Battersea Power Station

9.0
Circus Rd W, Battersea, Greater London
Historic and Protected Site · Battersea · 53 tips and reviews
British Library is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

11. British Library

9.2
96 Euston Rd, London, Greater London
Library · 184 tips and reviews
British Museum is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

12. British Museum

9.4
Great Russell St (btwn Montague & Bloomsbury St), London, Greater London
History Museum · Bloomsbury · 1012 tips and reviews
St. Mary Axe is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

13. St. Mary Axe

St. Mary Axe (Bury Street/Bury Court), London, Greater London
Road · Aldgate · No tips or reviews
Lloyd's of London is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

14. Lloyd's of London

1 Lime St, London, Greater London
Office Building · City of London · 24 tips and reviews
Natural History Museum is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

15. Natural History Museum

9.3
Cromwell Rd (at Queen's Gate), London, Greater London
Science Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · 623 tips and reviews
Senate House is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

16. Senate House

University of London, Malet St., Bloomsbury, Greater London
College Administrative Building · 4 tips and reviews
South Bank is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

17. South Bank

London, Greater London
Neighborhood · 51 tips and reviews
St Paul's Cathedral is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

18. St Paul's Cathedral

9.2
St Paul's Church Yard, London, Greater London
Church · City of London · 285 tips and reviews
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

19. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

9.2
21 New Globe Walk (Bankside), London, Greater London
Theater · South Bank · 237 tips and reviews
Tower of London is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

20. Tower of London

9.3
5 Great Tower St, London, Greater London
Castle · St. Katharine's and Wapping · 584 tips and reviews
Trellick Tower is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

21. Trellick Tower

7.0
Golborne Rd., London, Greater London
Monument · Golborne · 6 tips and reviews

22. 30 St Mary Axe

30 St Mary Axe, London, Greater London
Office Building · Aldgate · 42 tips and reviews

23. Salesforce Tower

110 Bishopsgate, London, Greater London
Office Building · Bishopsgate · 27 tips and reviews
The Shard is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

24. The Shard

9.0
32 London Bridge St, London, Greater London
Structure · Bermondsey · 139 tips and reviews
The London Eye is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

25. The London Eye

8.7
The Queen's Walk (Belvedere Rd), London, Greater London
Attraction · Waterloo · 973 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Currently the third tallest Ferris wheel in the world (the tallest when built in 1999, but now behind Singapore and Nanchang), it moves at 0.6mph, and you can see 25 miles from the top.

26. London Eye / Waterloo Pier

The Queen's Walk (Belvedere Rd), London, Greater London
Pier · Waterloo · 39 tips and reviews

27. Tower Bridge

9.6
Tower Bridge Rd, London, Greater London
Bridge · St. Katharine's and Wapping · 470 tips and reviews
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower) is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

28. Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)

9.4
Parliament Sq (Bridge St), London, Greater London
Monument · 667 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Big Ben refers to the 13 ton bell in the clock tower of Westminster Palace. Opinion is divided as to whether it was named after the then Commissioner of Works, or a famous prize-fighter of the time.

29. Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge, London, Greater London
Bridge · 75 tips and reviews

30. The Hoxton, Shoreditch

9.1
81 Great Eastern St, Shoreditch, Greater London
Hotel · 166 tips and reviews

31. Trafalgar Square

9.2
Trafalgar Sq, London, Greater London
Plaza · Piccadilly · 554 tips and reviews
London King's Cross Railway Station (KGX) is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

32. London King's Cross Railway Station (KGX)

8.3
Euston Rd (York Way), London, Greater London
Rail Station · King's Cross · 310 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: ‘Platform 9 and 3/4 ‘ is a site of pilgrimage for fans of Harry Potter, as this is the place of departure for the Hogwarts Express. A luggage trolley ‘disappearing’ through a wall marks the spot.

Seething Lane Garden is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

33. Seething Lane Garden

Seething Lane, Greater London, Greater London
Garden · Tower · 1 tip
Old Marylebone Town Hall is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

34. Old Marylebone Town Hall

City of Westminster, Greater London
Town Hall · 3 tips and reviews

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Westminster Bridge is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

35. Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge Rd. (Victoria Embankment), London, Greater London
Bridge · Waterloo · 118 tips and reviews
London Bridge is one of London’s beautiful buildings.

36. London Bridge

A3 London Bridge (btwn City of London & Southwark), London, Greater London
Bridge · City of London · 142 tips and reviews