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Lancaster Road in Notting Hill

Lancaster Road in Notting Hill

Located along the edge of the beautiful Hyde Park, is a convenient choice for both leisure and business travelers to the city. Guests are within minutes of Paddington Station, Bayswater, Royal Albert Hall, the Marble Arch, Notting Hill, Portobello Road, and the Victorian and Albert Museum. The Lancaster London is located along Lancaster Terrace which is 15.3 miles from the London Heathrow Airport.

Tower Hill Bridge and Big Ben





Tower Hill Bridge and Big Ben in London is the tallest and is the only bridge which opens to allow large vessels to pass underneath it in Thames River. Big Ben is not actually the clock tower. Big Ben is the bell inside the tower. The tower is called Westminster Tower. Big Ben is synonymous as the Great Bell, the Clock and the Tower in which it is encased. Big Ben is actually named after Sir Benjamin Hall.

Tower Bridge was completed in 1894 which spans the river Thames and is the only bridge across the Thames which can be raised to allow large ships to pass underneath it. The original Victorian mechanism can still be seen in working condition in the bridge's museum. The London Bridge is quite distinctive with two tall towers at each end and is situated next to the Tower of London from where it got its name.

Leeds Castle





Leeds Castle in Maidstone, Kent in England. The name Leeds originates from the name of a chief minister of King Ethelbert IV called Ledian.

Stonehenge







Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site, with ancient monuments of earthworks and standing stones. 

London Bridge



London Bridge is an ordinary modern bridge which spans the river Thames.

Big Ben


Big Ben or Westminster Tower in London at night. Big Ben is synonymous as the Great Bell, the Clock and the Tower in which it is encased. Big Ben is actually named after Sir Benjamin Hall, a politician of the time. Originally it was only the Great Bell named after Sir Benjamin Hall a politician of the time and commissioner of works.

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