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Visitor attractions and museums

With such rich history, it is no surprise that the City has an impressive offering of museums and historical attractions.

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Photo: HMS Belfast

Launched in 1938, HMS Belfast served throughout the Second World War, playing a leading role in the destruction of the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst at the battle of North Cape and in the Normandy landings.

Photo: London Dungeon

Famous interactive horror attraction that recreates some of the more gruesome events from the capital's past. Located just to the south of London Bridge.

Photo: London Fire Brigade Museum

An interesting if not very well known museum located just outside the City in Southwark. Holds a wealth of information depicting the history of London fire-fighting, from the 1666 Great Fire to the present day.

Photo: Mansion House
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Mansion House is one of the grandest surviving Georgian town palaces in London, with magnificent interiors containing elaborate plasterwork and carved timber ornament.

Photo: Middle Temple

Middle Temple is one of the four ancient Inns of Court located in the area now known as Temple.

Photo: Millennium Bridge
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This impressive 325m steel bridge – the first new pedestrian crossing over the Thames in central London for more than a century – links the City of London at St Paul's Cathedral with the Tate Modern Gallery.

Photo: Monument
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One of the City's best-loved attractions, the Monument offers panoramic views over London. It was built to commemorate the Great Fire which devastated the City of London in 1666.

Photo: Museum and Library of the Order of St John

Little-known museum housed in the 16th century gatehouse, St John's Gate. Exhibits cover medicine, war, religion and and the fascinating history of the gatehouse, formerly home to William Hogarth.

Photo: Museum of Immigration and Diversity

Europe's first multicultural museum celebrating diversity, housed in a beautiful and unique building in Spitalfields.

Photo: Museum of London
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A journey through the capital’s turbulent past. Historic objects tell the stories of prehistoric London, how the city changed under the Romans and Saxons, and the grandeur of medieval London.