The tourist map of London below marks 12 top sights, 29 hidden gems in orange and a 6.9 km walking route through the centre, from the National Gallery to St Paul's Cathedral. It is free to view, print and download.
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Each sight is described in full on London tourist attractions.
The numbers below match the pins on the map, the PDF and the video. The first 7 sights sit on the walking route through the centre; the other 5 are a Tube ride away, and Kew Gardens is also on London Overground.
Marked in orange on the map: 29 smaller sights worth a detour, 17 of them close to the centre. The 17 central ones come first below, then the next three by distance; the PDF lists all of them with addresses.
The PDF is the same map on four A4 pages. Page 1 holds the map of the centre with the numbered legend, how to get around and the licence. Pages 2 and 3 describe the 12 sights with a photo, a short text, the address and access, including the Tube for the 5 outside the route. The 29 hidden gems follow with their addresses, and page 4 closes with the neighbourhoods. In English, 1.7 MB. Edition: October 2026.
Start of a 6.9 km (4.3 miles) route, about 1 h 30 on foot without the visits, on the north side of Trafalgar Square. General admission is free and temporary exhibitions are ticketed. The first leg heads down The Mall, 1.4 km, to Buckingham Palace.
The King's official residence closes the view down The Mall from behind the Victoria Memorial. The State Rooms open to visitors only for a few weeks each summer, and the Changing of the King's Guard forms up in front of the palace. Walk east, 1.3 km, to Westminster Abbey.
At 20 Dean's Yard, beside the Houses of Parliament. Every coronation since 1066 has taken place here, and Poets' Corner gathers Chaucer, Dickens and Hardy. Entry is ticketed, and as a working church the abbey closes to sightseeing on Sundays. Big Ben is a few minutes away across Parliament Square.
The Elizabeth Tower stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster, rebuilt by Barry and Pugin after the fire of 1834. It is free to see from Parliament Square; tours of Parliament are ticketed. Cross the Thames on Westminster Bridge to the London Eye.
On the South Bank beside Westminster Bridge, at County Hall. Entry is ticketed with timed slots, and a rotation takes about half an hour. The next leg, 1.8 km and 22 min along the south bank of the Thames to Tate Modern, is the longest of the route.
In the former Bankside Power Station: the collection displays are free and major exhibitions are ticketed. Its chimney faces St Paul's across the river, and the route crosses the Thames on the Millennium Bridge to the cathedral.
The route ends at St Paul's Churchyard, under Wren's dome. Services are free to attend, while sightseeing needs a ticket and runs Monday to Saturday; the Golden Gallery is 528 steps up. The Tower of London, the eighth sight, lies 3.4 km east of the centre.
The centre is walkable: the 7 stops of the route cover 6.9 km, about 1 h 30 on foot, and cross the Thames on Westminster Bridge and the Millennium Bridge. The longest leg is the 1.8 km from the London Eye to Tate Modern along the south bank.
By Tube, Charing Cross (Bakerloo and Northern lines) serves The National Gallery, Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria) Buckingham Palace, Westminster (Circle, District and Jubilee) the Abbey, Big Ben and the London Eye, Southwark (Jubilee) Tate Modern and St Paul's (Central) the cathedral. Bus 15 links Charing Cross, by Trafalgar Square, with St Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London.
Sights outside the walking route:
Four of the numbered sights sell entry online: Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral on the walking route, and the Tower of London and Kew Gardens outside it.
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