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Attraction Ranking Rank Museum Location Country Visitors (2023) [1] 1: British Museum: London: England: 5,820,860 2: Natural History Museum: London: England: 5,688,786
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
Once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. It was a centre of pilgrimage as the burial place of the Anglo-Saxon martyr-king Saint Edmund, killed by the Great Heathen Army of Danes in 869. Two very large medieval gatehouses survive. Framlingham Castle: Castle: 1213 Mostly complete
St James's Palace – the most senior royal residence in London. It was a principal residence of the monarch from 1702 until 1837. It is the official London residence of some members of the royal family.
This is a list of towns in England. Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs. The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost.
Westminster Abbey, founded 1065, completed c. 1090. The historic buildings of the United Kingdom date from prehistoric times onwards. The earliest are Neolithic buildings and these are followed by those of ancient, medieval and modern times, all exemplifying the architecture of the United Kingdom.
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
Pimlico (/ ˈ p ɪ m l ɪ k oʊ /) is an area of Central London in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. [1] It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture.