The William Morris Gallery is dedicated to the life and work of the Arts and Crafts designer, author, businessman and political activist, William Morris (1834 – 1896). ... read more
Stephens House & Gardens was the work of Henry 'Inky' Stephens (1841 – 1918), heir of the Stephens Ink Company, MP for Hornsey and Finchley, who was also ... read more
Southside House provides an enchantingly eccentric backdrop to the lives and loves of generations of the Pennington Mellor Munthe families. Southside has associations ... read more
The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the historic site of British astronomy, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and the world-famous Meridian Line. Managed as part of the National ... read more
The Museum of the Home, located in the Geffrye Almshouses, and explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with a series of period room displays and ... read more
Bruce Castle Museum, a museum of local history, is housed in the 16th century Bruce Castle, and surrounded by Bruce Castle Park, which is today a public park. It is named ... read more
Bessborough Gardens were commissioned by the Crown Estate in the 1980s. The landscape architect for the garden square, Peter Shepheard, also designed the Queen ... read more
Centre for Wildlife Gardening has been developed by the London Wildlife Trust since 1989. Located on the former depot for Southwark Council's road vehicles, it ... read more
The Green Park is, with its 16 ha (40 acres), the smallest one of London’s eight Royal Parks. It became Crown property in 1668, under Charles II. It was opened to the ... read more
Hampstead Heath is a 320 ha (790 acres) park, with recent and ancient woodlands, ponds, playgrounds, a training track and marvellous views over London. It has also three ... read more
St Dunstan in the East Church Garden, a public garden and opened in 1971, is constructed on the ruins of the bombed St Dunstan Church. It contains a lawn, wall shrubs, ... read more
WWT London Wetland Centre, started in 2000, is a 42 ha (100 acres) wetland wildlife reserve, formerly consisting of several small reservoirs. It includes now several ... read more
Kensington Palace was the residence of the (Dutch) Stadholder-King William III and his English wife, Mary Stuart. The house was remodelled for them by Sir Christopher ... read more
Charlton House, a fine example of Tudor style, was built between 1607 - 1612 for Sir Adam Newton, tutor to the eldest son of James I, Henry, Prince of Wales. The walled ... read more
Hyde Park, covering 142 ha (350 acres), is one of London's eight Royal Parks. It was created on request of Henry III in 1536, and used as a hunting ground. ... read more
Fenton House, built in the 17th century, was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1952 by Lady Binning, including her beautiful collection of Georgian furniture, keyboard ... read more
Greenwich Park, covering 74 ha (183 acres), is one of the eight Royal Parks. It stands on 'Prime Meridian', the world's time reference point (Royal ... read more
Pope’s Grotto is the last remaining part of the villa, which the famous poet Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) built around 1720 in Twickenham. Fascinated by geology ... read more
The Hill Garden were laid out between 1905-1925 by Thomas Mawson for Lord Leverhulme for his residence Inverforth House, or 'The Hill'. Today the garden ... read more
The John Madejski Garden, V&A, dates from 2005, and was financed by the businessman Sir John Madejski, born Robert John Hurst. The garden has a stepped, elliptical ... read more