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Winter Wonderland (Hyde Park London)

Winter Wonderland features London’s biggest outdoor Ice-rink, a Giant Observation wheel, Zippos Circus, new exciting rollercoaster and Santa Land. There is a Continental Market which features over 100 wooden chalets offering unusual and handmade gifts, jewellery, clothing and traditional Christmas items. There are many Continental food and wine stalls, English style Cafes and Bars.

 Underground: Hyde Park Corner (1 minute walk) – Line Alternatives: (10 minute walk) – Piccadilly Line (walk through Albert Gate) Lancaster Gate and (15 minute walk) – Central Line http://www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/ ------Museums

Victoria and Albert . (Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL)

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A), set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects

 Opening Times: 10:00 – 17:45

 Underground: South Kensington Tube Station (Piccadilly, Circle and District Lines)

 10 minute walk from Hyde Park ------

Natural History Museum (Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD)

The Natural History Museum is one of three large on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections:

 Opening Times: 10:00 – 17:50 (last admission = 17:30)  Free Entry

 Underground: South Kensington Tube Station (Piccadilly, Circle and District Lines)

 10 Minute walk from Hyde Park ------

Science Museum (main entrance = Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD)

The Science Museum is one of the other three major museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The Science Museum holds a collection of over 300,000 items.

 Opening times: 10:00 – 18:00 (last entry = 17:15)  Free Entry

 Underground: South Kensington Tube Station (Piccadilly, Circle and District Lines)

 10 minute walk from Hyde Park

N.B. V&A, Natural History and Science museums are opposite one another.

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Galleries

National Portrait Gallery (St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE)

The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was the first portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1856.

 Opening Times: 10:00 – 18:00. (last admission = 17:00)  Free Entry

 Underground: and

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National Gallery (, London WC2N 5DN)

The is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, . Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900

 Opening Times: 10:00 – 18:00  Free Entry

 Underground: Charing Cross and Leicester Square

N.B. The National Portrait Gallery is behind the National Gallery

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Tate Modern (, London, SE1 9TG)

Tate Modern is a gallery. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group (together with , Tate , and Tate Online). It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year.

 Opening Times: Friday – Sat: 10:00 – 22:00  Free Entry

 Underground: and St Pauls tube stations.

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Tate Britain (, London, SW1P 4RG)

Tate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank, and part of the Tate gallery network. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.

 Opening Times: Friday: 10:00 – 22:00  Free Entry

 Underground: and .

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Places of Interest

Buckingham Palace (, London SW1A 1AA)

Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the , the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis.

 Underground: Victoria and Hype Park Corner

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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public space and tourist attraction in central London. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion at its base. There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth displaying changing pieces of contemporary art.

 Underground: Charing Cross

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London Eye ( Road London SE1 7PB)

The is a 135-metre (443 ft) tall giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the . It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5 million people annually

 Undergound: Waterloo, Embankment and Westminster  Tickets: range from a minimum price of £16.74 (You may need to book this in advance)

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Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the in London, and is generally extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. It is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world.

 Underground: Westminster

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Houses of Parliament

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

 Underground: Westminster

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Shopping

Oxford Street

 Shops include: Primark, , H & M, House of Fraser, John Lewis, Topshop,

 Underground: Oxford Circus, and .

Harrods and

 Brompton Road.

 Underground: