About Britain - Famous Places

Famous Places in Britain

The Tower Bridge - has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894
Big Ben - the famous clock at the top of St Stephen’s Tower of the Houses of Parliament
The Houses of Parliament - also the Palace of Westminster seats Britain's two parliamentary houses
Windsor Castle - the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world
The London Underground - the world's oldest underground railway system
The Brecon Beacons - widely described as a mountaineer's paradise
Edinburgh Castle - an ancient fortress atop Castle Rock, Edinburgh
The Mourne Mountains - the most picturesque mountain district in Ireland
The London Eye - a giant observation wheel located on the South Bank
Stonehenge - the most famous prehistoric monument in Britain around 5,000 years old
Caernarfon Castle - possibly the most famous of Wales's castles
Norwich Cathedral - a Norman church which took over 50 years to complete
Hadrian’s Wall - a Roman wall that runs for about 120 kilometres across northern England
White Horses - Giant turf cuttings of horses into the white chalk ground
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge - suspension bridge linking to Carrick Island, Northern Ireland
The Angel of the North - landmark sculpture at the entrance to Tyneside
The Royal Crescent - 30 houses laid out in a crescent, Bath
Dunnottar Castle - stands on massive coastal rock with precipitous cliffs
Land's End - the most westerly tip of the southern mainland for England
Forth Railway Bridge - the world’s first major steel bridge
Urquhart Castle - Once one of the largest strongholds of medieval Scotland
The Giant’s Causeway - formation of some 40,000 basalt columns
Blackpool Tower - a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire
The Clifton Suspension Bridge - spans the Avon Gorge, Bristol
Buckingham Palace - The Queen's official residence
Piccadilly Circus - busy plaza in the heart of London
The Eden Project - an environmental complex in Cornwall