London in 1 day

United Kingdom · 30 verified places

Day 1
10:06 – back at 17:42
16 min walk (1.25 km)
10:06

British Museum

100 min

Open: Sa-Th 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-20:30

32 min by public transport, (autobus 38), 17 min walk
12:18

Buckingham Palace

55 min

Open: Mo-Su 10:00-17:30

13:13

Lunch break

60 min
16 min walk (1.28 km)
14:29

Westminster Abbey

35 min

Open: Mo-Sa 09:30-16:00

7 min walk (0.51 km)
15:11

Elizabeth Tower

55 min

Big Ben

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16:06

Big Ben

55 min

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Where to stay

We measured walking times to the main sights from different parts of the city. From the area below you reach them in 13 min on average, 31 min at the furthest, and 6 of them are within walking distance.

  • Palace of Westminster (123 m)
  • Westminster Abbey (130 m)
  • Big Ben (193 m)

For comparison: from the worst-placed area it is 44 min on average to the same places.

All attractions

Ranked by how many language versions of the Wikipedia article exist.

British Museum

106

Open: Sa-Th 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-20:30

Buckingham Palace

93

Open: Mo-Su 10:00-17:30

Elizabeth Tower

87

Big Ben

Big Ben

87

Westminster Abbey

86

Open: Mo-Sa 09:30-16:00

Tower of London

86

Palace of Westminster

83

London Eye

77

Open: Mo-Su 11:00-18:00

British Library

76

Open: Mo-Th 09:30-20:00; Sa 09:30-17:00; Su 11:00-17:00; Fr 09:30-18:00

Bank of England

73

St Paul's Cathedral

72

Open: Mo-Sa 08:30-16:00

Trafalgar Square

72

National Gallery

70

Open: Sa-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-21:00

Madame Tussauds

67

Open: Mo-Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00

10 Downing Street

64

Hyde Park

61

Greenwich Meridian

61

Greenwich meridian

Victoria and Albert Museum

60

Open: Sa-Th 10:00-17:45; Fr 10:00-22:00; Dec 24-26 off

Royal Observatory Greenwich

60

Royal Observatory

Open: Mo-Su 10:00-18:00; Dec 24-26 off

The Shard

59

Tate Modern

59

Open: Su-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-21:00

Royal Opera House

55

Natural History Museum

54

Open: 10:00-17:30

Kensington Palace

53

Open: Mo-Su 09:00-16:00

Piccadilly Circus

53

Saint James's Palace

50

St James's Palace

Royal Albert Hall

50

Science Museum

46

Open: Mo-Su 10:00-18:00

Harrods

46

Open: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 11:30-18:00

National Portrait Gallery

46

Open: Su-Th 10:30-18:00; Fr-Sa 10:30-21:00

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