Trafalgar Square was built in honour of Admiral Lord Nelson after his victory in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar. Britain's most famous sea Lord, Nelson died in this famous battle against Napoleon.
Admiral Nelson - one of Britain’s best-loved heroes is buried in St Pauls Cathedral. After the battle he was placed in a barrel of alcohol and shipped back to England for burial. That's where we get the expression "pickled" referring to a drunk person.
Trafalgar Square is also where the national Christmas tree is put up each year. It is an annual gift from Norway to thank England for taking in their royal family during the second World War.
The National Gallery, houses one of the greatest collections of European painting in the world, including many masterpieces by the greatest artists. The collection of 2,300 paintings includes works by Monet, Cezanne and the famous ‘Sunflowers’ by Vincent Van Gogh.
Buckingham Palace is the official residence of Her Majesty The Queen, serves as both home and office. The first monarch to live at Buckingham Palace was Queen Victoria (from 1837), and the Palace has been the London residence of the royal family ever since.
The Changing of the Guard takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 every day in summer, every other day in winter, Each August and September, when the royal family are away on holiday, the state rooms of Buckingham Palace are open to the public. Speaker's Corner is a venue for free speech (an 1872 law made it legal for a speaker to assemble a crowd and address them on any subject). It is the most famous location symbolising democratic rights in the world. Amongst those who have attended meetings there, are the some of the most influential figures in world history like Karl Marx, Fredrick Engels and Lenin. Even Cromwell's corpse was hung up here in a cage for public display, after he had died as a warning to others who might wish to abolish the Monarchy.
The Thames is given to wild swings in tide. London Tower Bridge was the world's largest and most sophisticated hydraulically operated bridge over Thames, designed by Sir Horace Jones, high level walkways were built to allow people to cross the Thames whilst the Bridge was lifted to let tall ships come through. It was the only movable bridge crossing the Thames when it was completed in 1894.
London Bridge - A bridge has existed at or near the present site for nearly 2000 years. "London Bridge is falling down" is a well-known traditional nursery rhyme: London Bridge is falling down/ Falling down, falling down/ London Bridge is falling down/ My fair Lady/ Chorus: Take the key and lock her up../ Lock her up, lock her up./ Take the key and lock her up./ My fair lady... /Build it up with iron bars.../ Iron bars will bend and break.../Build it up with silver and gold.
the rhyme is often used in a children's singing game, which exists in a wide variety of forms, with additional verses. The most common is that two players make an arch while the others pass through in single file. The arch is then lowered at a certain point to "catch" a player
Tower of London - Home to the world-famous Crown Jewels and host to many dark and bloody secrets.
Westminster Abbey - has been the church where all kings and queens have been crowned since 1066. It is also the burial place of most monarchs and various eminent people, over three thousand people have been buried or commemorated in the Abbey. 'Poet's Corner', in the South Transept, contains memorials to famous literary figures,like Geoffrey Chaucer ,Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Dylan Thomas as well as men of science, Disraeli, Newton & Charles Darwin and politics.
Some of the graves are so unnoticeable that you can walk right over them and not even know it. In other words, you could be standing on one grave while looking at another.

Cambridge University is one of the world's oldest and most famous academic institutions , was founded in the late 1220s by scholastic refugees from Oxford. Students first came to Cambridge in 1209, and the first college (Peterhouse) was established in 1284. The university had been acquiring a reputation as a high-tech centre of excellence. King's College Chapel is the most famous building in Cambridge