London underground stations which are great destination hearts include:
Baker Street: Madame Tussauds; Planetarium; Sherlock Holmes Museum; Sherlock Holmes Statue.
Trafalgar Square: Trafalgar Square; National Gallery; National Portrait Gallery; Nelson's Column.
Westminster: Westminster Abbey; Houses of Parliament and Big Ben; Statues of Churchill and others.
Baker Street is one of my favourite stations because of the wonderful tiles and murals which show the history of the area, Sherlock Holmes. Colourful, historic, artistic, lots to look at.
Westminster station is the opposite, grey, dim and futuristic with enormous escalators and wire netting, which I understand i to prevent birds nesting. It's depressing. A bit like Dhoby Ghaut in Singapore, although Dhoby Ghaut has some lighter, jollier parts. At Westminster you feel like a cog in the wheel of the universe. Westminster station has several exits, clearly marked. However, the moment you are outside at ground level the contrast is truly amazing. Wonderful historic buildings. The grey of ages brightened by cleaning into white. Not as white as the Taj Mahal. But by London standards, a lovely clean.
The exit we chose led us straight upstairs to a view of the Houses of Parliament. The street was an instant entertainment, chic full of colourful red buses, open top tour buses, taxis of all colours. I even saw a set of toilets riding by on a truck.
Westminster Abbey
Baker Street: Madame Tussauds; Planetarium; Sherlock Holmes Museum; Sherlock Holmes Statue.
Trafalgar Square: Trafalgar Square; National Gallery; National Portrait Gallery; Nelson's Column.
Westminster: Westminster Abbey; Houses of Parliament and Big Ben; Statues of Churchill and others.
Baker Street is one of my favourite stations because of the wonderful tiles and murals which show the history of the area, Sherlock Holmes. Colourful, historic, artistic, lots to look at.
Westminster station is the opposite, grey, dim and futuristic with enormous escalators and wire netting, which I understand i to prevent birds nesting. It's depressing. A bit like Dhoby Ghaut in Singapore, although Dhoby Ghaut has some lighter, jollier parts. At Westminster you feel like a cog in the wheel of the universe. Westminster station has several exits, clearly marked. However, the moment you are outside at ground level the contrast is truly amazing. Wonderful historic buildings. The grey of ages brightened by cleaning into white. Not as white as the Taj Mahal. But by London standards, a lovely clean.
The exit we chose led us straight upstairs to a view of the Houses of Parliament. The street was an instant entertainment, chic full of colourful red buses, open top tour buses, taxis of all colours. I even saw a set of toilets riding by on a truck.
Westminster Abbey
Within sight is the London Eye, a wheel you can ride but you must book timed tickets because it is so popular.
Westminster Abbey had long queues but the outside alone is an entertainment and a marvel and a thousand photo opportunities. In the evening in winter the lights inside enable you to see the stained glass windows from the outside. I'm sure the shop is full of amusements and souvenirs.
The statue of Churchill is impressive. What a huge bulldog of a man he appears to be.
An orientation board near the Westminster Abbey shop shows you the landmarks to you can identify them.
Photos by Angela Lansbury. Copyright Angela Lansbury.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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