Historic Site/House

Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, SE1 2JH [map]

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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AB [map]

The most intimate of royal palaces, Kew Palace was built as a private house in 1631 and used by the royal family between 1729 and 1818.

24 Cheyne Row, SW3 5HL [map]

Historian, social writer, ethical thinker and powerful public speaker, Thomas Carlyle lived in this 1708 Queen Anne terraced house, close to the Thames in Chelsea, from 1834 to 1881.

Ham Street, Ham, Richmond, TW10 7RS [map]

Built in 1610 and extended in 1670 when it was at the heart of Restoration court life, Ham House is Europe's most complete surviving example of 17th century fashion and power.

2-4 Homerton High Street, Hackney, E9 6JQ [map]

A rare example of a Tudor red-brick house built for Sir Ralph Sadleir, Principal Secretary of State for Henry VIII.

Red House Lane, Bexleyheath, DA6 8JF [map]

Commissioned by William Morris in 1859 and designed by Philip Webb, Red House is of international significance in the history of domestic architecture and garden design.

2 Willow Road, NW3 1TH [map]

National Trust property designed by the `Modern Movement' architect Erno Goldfinger, this small 1930s' house boasts an impressive collection of contemporary furniture, Modernist paintings and sculpture.

Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, SE10 9LW [map]

The Old Royal Naval College grew up on the site of the Tudor Palace in Greenwich, where Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born.

Romney Road, Greenwich, SE10 9NF [map]

With this elegant house Inigo Jones introduced Palladian style to England.

Greenwich Park, Greenwich, SE10 9NF [map]

Stand on the Greenwich Meridian Line, visit the free museum telling the history of time and astronomy, and catch a show at London's only planetarium.

27 St James's Place, SW1A 1NR [map]

Private palace built in 1756-66 for the first Earl Spencer, an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997).