LONDON WEEKEND BREAKS - City Monuments

One of the big reasons for many to visit London is to see some of the city's iconic monuments ranging from Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square, to the Houses of Parliament's Big Ben bell and clock tower.

Most successful London weekend breaks include a mix of activities and sightseeing trips and many of London's monuments can be appreciated simply by looking at them. You will also find that a number of major attractions like the Natural History Museum are actually housed in buildings which themselves are spectacular stand-alone monuments.

If you use the London Weekend Breaks' "50 London sightseeing attractions" link in the left hand menu, you will go to our main sightseeing index page from which you will be able to find summaries and photographs of most of London's major monuments. Below, however, is a quick list of the main city monuments and points of visual interest.

A list of monuments and visual sightseeing structures in London

Buckingham Palace
Trafalgar Square featuring Nelson's Column
Tower Bridge
Tower of London
Albert Memorial
Natural History Museum
Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament)
The London Eye
St. Paul's Cathedral
National Gallery
British Library
Westminster Abbey
British Museum
Lloyd's of London
Hampton Court Palace
Tate Modern
London Dungeon
Madame Tussaud's
Canary Wharf
The Barbican Centre
Chinatown
Covent Garden
Harrods
Albert Hall
Royal National Theatre
Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Festival Hall
O2
Soho
South Bank Centre
Some of the West End theatres
Imperial War Museum
Museum of London
National Gallery
National Maritime Museum
National Portrait Gallery
The RAF Museum
Science Museum
Somerset House (holds museums)
Tate Britain
Victoria & Albert Museum