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.

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)

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

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

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….