The Sights of London

1. LONDON
The Sights of London

2. LONDON BRIDGE
 Tower Bridge is a relatively
young bridge, built in 1894. It
spans The River Thames just
east of the Tower of London
on the North bank and
London City Hall on the South
bank.
 The suspension of the bridge
which doesn’t open is 65
metres above the Thames.
The pylons are 82 metres
high and the width between
the pylons is 61 metres.
 The bridge is opened about 3
times a day for river traffic.
It has electrical motors
today.

3. BIG BEN
 The Palace of Westminster is
the home of democracy in
the UK. The Palace contains
both the House of Commons
and the house of Lords.
 This is the clock
Tower,usually referred to as
Big Ben. Big Ben is really the
biggest bell in the belltower,
called Big Ben. It weighs 13
tons and is rung once a year
to proclaim the arrival of the
New Year. The Palace of
Westminster was built in
1840. In neo-Gothic style.

4. BUCKINGHAM PALACE
 Buckingham Palace was built
as Buckingham House for the
Duke of Buckingham in 1703.
In 1837. Queen Victoria
moved to Buckingham Palace
to live there. It consists of
three wings and an inner
quadrangle. It has 77000
square metres of foot space.
It was deliberately bombed
during World War II and one
bomb got close enough to
destroy the chapel and smash
a lot of windows, but the
main buildings were not
seriously affected.
 What is very interesting is
the changing of the guard in
front of the Palace.

5. THE LONDON EYE
 One of the newest sights
in London is the London
eye, an enormous ferris
wheel which was
erected to celebrate the
new millennium. It is a
very slow ride of just
one rotation of the
wheel, designed to give
the most scenic view of
the city.

6. PICCADILLY CIRCUS
 Piccadilly Circus is a famous
road junction and public
space of London’s West End
in the City of Westminster. It
was built in 1819. to connect
Regent Street with major
shopping street of Piccadilly.
It is particularly known for its
display and neon signs
mounted on the corner
building on the northern side.
There is also a statue called
Eros and the Shaftesbury
memorial fountain. Under it
is Piccadilly Circus London
Underground Station.

7. TRAFALGAR SQUARE
 Trafalgar Square is a square
in central London that
commemorates the battle of
Trafalgar in 1805. The square
consists of the large central
area surrounded by roadways
on three sides and stairs
leading to the National
Gallery on the other.
 Nelson’s Column is in the
centre of the square,
surrounded by fountains and
four huge bronze lions. The
statue is topped by a statue
of Lord Nelson, the admiral
who commanded the British
Fleet at Trafalgar. There are
many pigeons at Trafalgar.