London

"Old Smoke"

London CBI*
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YOUR SCORE*
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Epiphany
77% 
Mentoring
100% 
Self Fulfillment
92% 
Elegance
69% 
Originality
92% 
Revelation
54% 
Grandeur
39% 
Selfhood
54% 
Chronicle
92% 
Kinship
46% 
Nature
100% 
Surety
46% 
Synergy
62% 
Dynamism
46% 
Sensation
31% 

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Principal Features

St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Bartholomew-the-Great
Southwark Cathedral

Honorable Mentions

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Westminster Cathedral
Baitul Futuh Mosque
Bevis Marks Synagogue
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Principal Features

National Gallery
British Museum
Tate Museums

Honorable Mentions

Wallace Collection
Courtauld Gallery
British Library
Old Royal Naval College
London School of Economics and Political Science

Self-Fulfillment

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Principal Features

Palaces -- Buckingham, Hampton Court, St. James, Kensington
Houses of Parliament
Royal Opera House

Honorable Mentions

Royal National Theatre
Barbican Centre
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Waterloo Place (Numerous Monuments to Individuals)

Principal Features

Victoria and Albert Museum
Terraces of th Outer Circle of Regent's Park
Brompton Oratory

Honorable Mentions

Queen's House
Palm House at Kew Gardens
Leadenhall Market
Richmond Bridge

Principal Features

Tower Bridge
Big Ben
Royal Albert Hall

Honorable Mentions

Royal Mews
The Gherkin
The Shard
Lloyd's of London Building
City Hall
Admiralty Arch

Principal Features

Royal Museums Greenwich
Science Museum
Shakespeare's Globe

Honorable Mentions

Dennis Severs’ House
Sir John Soane's Museum

Principal Features

Somerset House
St. Pancras Station
Carnary Wharf

Honorable Mentions

The Mall

Principal Features

Trafalgar Square
Marble Arch
Wellington Arch

Honorable Mentions

Regent Street
Speakers Corner

Principal Features

Westminster Abbey
Tower of London
National Portrait Gallery

Honorable Mentions

Museum of London & Museum of London Docklands
Guildhall
Brompton Cemetery
(Many) Historic Houses – Apsley House, Spencer House, Banqueting House, Ham House, Fenton House, Kenwood House, Osterley Park, Kew Palace (Dutch House), etc.

Principal Features

Distinctive Neighborhoods -- City of London, South Bank, Kew Highly, The Strand-Temple, Nottinghill, Kensington & Chelsea, etc.;
St Mary-le-Bow (Definitive Cockney)
City of London Festival

Honorable Mentions

Ethnic Enclaves – Indian (Sothall), Chinese (Shaftesbury Avenue), Middle Eastern (Edgware Road), etc.

Principal Features

Regent's Park
Hyde Park + Kensington Gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew

Honorable Mentions

St. James Park + Green Park
Natural History Museum
London Zoo
Richmond Park
Hampstead Heath
Epping Forest

Principal Features

Imperial War Museum
Royal Air Force Museum
HMS Belfast

Honorable Mentions

Churchill War Rooms
Royal Courts of Justice
(Many) Memorials and Monuments – Cenotaph, Bomber Command, Royal Artillery, Australian and New Zealand War, etc.

Principal Features

Covent Garden
Piccadilly Circus
Leicester Square

Honorable Mentions

Harrod's

Principal Features

London Eye
The Queen's Walk
Walking Tours (e.g., London Walks)

Honorable Mentions

Chiswick Mall
Thames River Cruises
Footbridges – Millennium, Golden Jubilee, Richmond Lock, etc.

Principal Features

Borough Market
Camden Markets
Panorama from the Shard

Honorable Mentions

Beer Tasting Tours