Palaces & Churches
Featured palaces
Lambeth PalaceLambeth Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and dates from 1440.
Kenwood HouseKenwood House has a library filled with works by Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Turner and Stubbs.
Royal palaces
Here are London’s most famous Royal residences and palaces.Buckingham Palace (events) · Clarence House (events) · Kensington Palace (events) · Lambeth Palace (events) · St. James’s Palace (events)
Grand mansions
Admiralty House (events) · Apsley House (events) · Banqueting House (events) · Guildhall (events) · Kenwood House (events) · Lancaster House (events) · Mansion House (events) · Marlborough House (events) · Queen’s House (events) · Somerset House (events) · Spencer House (events)
Royal palace guides
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Latest royal events
>> Latest royal events in London
- Take the Director’s Tour of Kensington Palace
- 10th February 2009
- Take a guided tour of Kensington Palace with director Nigel Arch. The evening will start off with champagne and canapés in the Red Saloon reception, before heading off for a walk around the Royal State Apartments, where Queen Victoria was born and raised.
- The State Opening of Parliament
- 3rd December 2008
- The State Opening of Parliament is a great chance to catch the Queen in all her pomp. She rides from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in her gold state coach, attended by members of the Household Cavalry. If you want to see a traditional ceremony packed with history, then get down to Whitehall on the 3rd December.
You can talk about London’s royal palaces, churches and cathedrals in our chat forum, and find where they are with our street map of London
Featured churches
St. Giles CripplegateSt. Giles of Cripplegate is inside the Barbican Centre, and was where Oliver Cromwell was married.
St. Mary-le-BowIf you’re born within the sound of St. Mary-le-Bow’s bells, then you’re said to be a true cockney.
Abbeys and cathedrals
Here is a list of London’s most important churches and cathedrals.St. Paul’s Cathedral (events) · Southwark Cathedral (events) · Westminster Abbey (events) · Westminster Cathedral (events)
Historic churches
All Saints’ Church (events) · Brompton Oratory (events) · Holy Trinity Church (events) · St. Andrew Holborn (events) · St. Bartholomew-the-Great (events) · St. Bride’s (events) · St. Clement Danes (events) · St. Dunstan-in-the-West (events) · St. Etheldreda’s (events) · St. Giles Cripplegate (events) · St. Giles-in-the-Fields (events) · St. Helen’s Bishopsgate (events) · St. James’s Piccadilly (events) · St. Lawrence Jewry (events) · St. Margaret’s (events) · St. Martin-in-the-Fields (events) · St. Mary-le-Bow (events) · St. Mary-le-Strand (events) · St. Mary Woolnoth (events) · St. Paul’s Church (events) · St. Stephen Walbrook (events) · Temple Church (events)
Church cemeteries
London city churches
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Latest religious events
>> Latest religious events in London
- Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
- 27th January 2009
- The "Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science" debate at the Royal Institution of Great Britain will explore the nature of belief. Why do people continue to believe in superstitions, when all scientific evidence tells them they are wrong?
- Christmas Midnight Mass at St. Paul’s Cathedral
- 24th December 2008, 11.30 PM
- The perfect way to spend Christmas Eve... midnight mass at St. Paul's Cathedral. With the candlelit surroundings, religious songs and majestic splendour of Christopher Wren's cathedral you're bound to stroll home in festive cheer.
- Chanukah Festival of Lights, at Trafalgar Square
- 22nd December 2008
- Celebrate Chanakah - the Jewish Festival of Lights - in Trafalgar Square on the 22nd December. It will include plenty of music, prayers and the lighting of the Menorah.
- The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
- 21st December 2008, 6.30 PM
- Visit to St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols". This traditional church service tells the story of the Christmas Nativity, with a copious amount of readings, carols and choral music.
