London, England – Part 4- April 2025

We did quite a lot while in London, most places you had to reserve tickets for entrance at specific times. (Big Ben shown above)

Above is the House of Parliament which is made up of the House of Commons, Big Ben, Westminster Hall and the House of Lords. You were only allowed to take photos in the first two rooms. We went into the House of Commons room and there was a beautiful, huge wooden desk in front of the Speakers chair that was a gift from Canada. Pretty cool, we thought so anyways! But we couldn’t take a photo. We were about two hours on a self guided tour with audio headphones.

  • Beautiful buildings
  • Entrance going inside and then up the stairs and to the right
  • Big hallway

Westminster Abbey was our next stop this day. It was very busy but pretty amazing. Again, we had to have reserved tickets and there was a big lineup to go through security. It was a huge church with lots of different rooms and over 3,300 notable people are buried here, including 17 monarchs, poets, scientists, and historical figures. Some names are Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles Dickens, Sir Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Unknown Warrior, Henry III, Edward I, Edward III, Robert Burns, Henry VII, Rudyard Kipling and way too many more to list here ! We also saw the oldest room in the Abby called The Pyx Chamber situated off the East Cloister, underneath the monks dormitory and built in about 1070. The tiled floor and some other tiles are still from the 11th century. (last photo below)

  • Outside
  • Inside
  • There were so many people
  • Lady Chapel
  • Unknown Warrior in the Nave
  • Tomb
  • Tomb
  • Pyx Chamber

St Margaret’s Church was really beautiful. It’s part of Westminster Abbey.

  • St Margaret’s

Another chapel we went to, not as famous as Westminster, was St Paul’s Cathedral.

  • Outside view
  • Inside

Well we certainly have kept busy and still more to come. I’m hoping I can fit the rest of London into one more post before we move on!

See you next time….

10 thoughts on “London, England – Part 4- April 2025”

  1. Wow, absolutely beautiful! The architecture of the buildings and the sculptures and more are so amazing. Amazing people! Thank you for sharing this, guys, Maybe I will see it someday. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ❤️

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    1. I hope you do John! It was an amazing city with so much history. I mean, your country and my country have history but not like Europe. It just seems like everything started in England , doesn’t it ?

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      1. Yes! England is over 1000 years old and still going although recent immigration problems which are really terrible, are in my view, staining Beautiful England and the UK but that’s a political issue I don’t discuss. I was adopted yet my birth name clearly reflects English lineage. I am very proud of that! Going to England would for me like going home. Fantastic!

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      2. You would like England and I didn’t know you were of that descent! My grandparents were Irish, Scottish and German. I think all countries are going through immigration issues. I know for Canada, we just don;t have the infrastructure or health care for more people at this time.

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      3. I have seen the referendum for Alberta to separate from Canada and there are all manner of opinions on that. Many don’t like the PM one bit, he is like our Joe Biden! Yes, every country wants to keep the other guys out don’t they…

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      5. I see. I’ve seen both sides of the card on Instagram regarding your PM but every country goes through this doesn’t it. I choose to let things happen as they will with many things in life since many times there is nothing that we can do anyway. It really helps with your happiness level and blood pressure… 😂😎

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  2. These buildings are just magnificent – the architecture and inside, so elaborate and just beautiful. I didn’t know so many famous people were buried there, including Stephen Hawking and I actually Googled to see where Queen Elizabeth was buried as I had forgotten. I had also forgotten she was laid to rest with the Queen Mum and her sister (and of course Prince Phillip). Lots of history for you to see. The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior was something too – very elaborate, as were some of the tombs and statues on them. A UK blogger used to always post the trailing poppies at the Tower of London – I’m thinking it was for Armistice Day.

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  3. Wow, what architecture. Great pics. Mind boggling, how they constructed that, in those days. How fortunate that these sights didn’t get bombed during the second world War.

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