This document provides a summary of sights one might see while touring London, England. It describes landmarks like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London, Trafalgar Square, and Westminster Abbey. It highlights that London is the capital of Great Britain and has a population of about seven million people. It also notes some of the history and features of individual landmarks like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and the Tower of London.

1. London is the capital
of Great Britain

2. BIG BEN
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
PICCADILLY CIRCUS
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
THE TOWER OF LONDON
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London is the capital of Great Britain
Famous sights of London.

3. Hello, ladies and gentlemen. We welcome
you to London. London is one of the largest
cities in the world. About seven million people
live here. London is more than two thousand
years old. London’s most famous sights are
Tower Bridge, Big Ben and the Houses of
Parliament, Trafalgar Square and St. Paul’s
Cathedral. You’ll see all these places and much
more of London from our red double-decker.

4. Tourists in London always want to
visit Westminster and see Big Ben. They
want to see the clock in its tower and to
hear the bells. Big Ben is one of the most
famous clocks in the world. Big Ben is really
a bell. You hear it every hour. It is a big bell.
It weighs 13,720 kilograms.
It has a deep tone and you can hear it on the
radio: “This is the BBC. The time is six
o’clock.” And then you hear the deep boom of
Big Ben six times.

5. • This is Buckingham Palace – the place
where British kings and queens live
when they are in London.
• Important visitors often go to the
palace. They meet Queen Elizabeth
and the royal family inside the palace.
• A lot of tourists go to Buckingham
Palace.
• They stand outside and see the
Changing of the Guard. It happens
every day at 11.30 a.m.

6. • Piccadilly Circus is the meeting
point of six streets.
• We’ve just passed Piccadilly
Circus and now we are making our
way to Buckingham Palace. Look
right. We are passing Hyde Park.
In the park anyone can stand up
and say what they want.
• It’s a very democratic park.

7. You can see the Tower of London
from the river Thames. The Tower is
very old. It has a long and cruel history.
It’s not just one building. The tall
building is the White Tower, the oldest
part of the Tower of London . The
Bloody Tower is near the river. You do
not see blood there today. But the
Bloody Tower has a history of blood –
the blood of men, women and even
children.
Now the King and the Queen of Britain
do not live in the Tower. When the
Queen is in London, she stays in
Buckingham Palace.

8. The famous clock Big Ben
stands near the Houses of Parliament.
The country’s leaders speak in the
Houses of Parliament.The Houses of
Parliament stand beside the river
Thames. You can also see Big Ben and
the Houses of Parliament from
Westminster Bridge.

9. On the column in the centre
there is a statue of Admiral Nelson
who defeated the French at the Battle
of Trafalgar in 1805. To the left of us
you can see the National Gallery. It
has a fine collection of European
paintings.

10. Westminster Abbey is a symbol of
England. It’s a royal church. The legend
says that Westminster Abbey was
founded by St Peter himself. We know
that Westminster Abbey was built by
King Edward in 1065. The coronation of
all British Kings and Queen takes place in
Westminster Abbey.Some famous
English people are also buried here. The
funeral service for Diana, Princess of
Wales took place in Westminster Abbey
in September 1997. Here you can see the
tombs of many British kings and queens
and other famous people and the
beautiful Henry VII Chapel.

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3. It’s the meeting point of six
street. 4. Trafalgar … 5. One of
the most famous clocks in the
world. 6. Second famous church.
7.on the column in the centre
there is statue of… 8.It was
fortress, a royal palace and later
a prison. 9.it’s the London home of
the Queen. 10.The… another
famous sight 11.… happens every
day at 11.30 a.m. 12.It has a
fine collection of European
paintings 13.Who defeated the
French at the Battle of… in 1805.
14.Earlier in our tour we saw a
famous royal church. 15.The tall
building is the… the oldest part of
the Tower of London 16.It’s the
largest observation wheeling
the world. 17.You can see the
Tower of London from…