Mr T UK's Saved Places
Green Park is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

1. Green Park

9.3
Piccadilly (Constitution Hill), London, Greater London
Park · Green Park · 201 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: In the 18th century the park was notorious for highwaymen and Horace Walpole was one of many robbed here. Handel’s ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks’ was composed for an event here in 1749.

Former Apple Records Savile Row HQ is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

2. Former Apple Records Savile Row HQ

6.3
3 Savile Row, London, Greater London
Historic and Protected Site · Mayfair · 5 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: In January 1969 The Beatles played their last ever gig together on the roof of 3 Savile Row, the then offices of Apple Records. The police broke up the performance after receiving complaints.

Westminster Bridge is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

3. Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge Rd. (Victoria Embankment), London, Greater London
Bridge · Waterloo · 117 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The lion sculpture was once painted red and stood over the Red Lion Brewery on the South Bank in the 18th century. When the area was redeveloped in the 1950s the lion was saved and moved here.

Museum of London Docklands is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

4. Museum of London Docklands

8.4
West India Quay (at Hertsmere Rd), London, Greater London
History Museum · Tower Hamlets · 54 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: This fascinating museum is located in an old Georgian sugar warehouse, and tells the 2,000 year story of London’s river, port and people. It also houses the archives of the Port of London Authority.

Berkeley Square is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

6. Berkeley Square

8.4
Berkeley Sq, London, Greater London
Plaza · Mayfair · 40 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: 44 Berkeley Sq, designed by William Kent, has been described as the finest terrace house in London. It’s now home to the Clermont Club, where Lord Lucan was expected the night he disappeared.

British Museum is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

7. British Museum

9.4
Great Russell St (btwn Montague & Bloomsbury St), London, Greater London
History Museum · 1013 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The British Museum began from the collection of naturalist Sir Hans Sloane which he left to the nation on his death in 1753. Now it houses 7 million objects including more than 100 Egyptian mummies.

Sotheby's is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

8. Sotheby's

8.8
34-35 New Bond St, London, Greater London
Auction House · Mayfair · 21 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The Egyptian rock sculpture over the entrance to the famous auctioneers dates from 1600BC, making it the oldest known man-made object on the streets of London, just beating Cleopatra’s Needle.

17 Bruton Street is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

9. 17 Bruton Street

17 Bruton St, London, Greater London
Historic and Protected Site · Mayfair · 2 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Queen Elizabeth II was born in this London house on 21st April, 1926. It was the home of her maternal grandfather, the Earl of Strathmore.

Gieves & Hawkes is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

10. Gieves & Hawkes

7.9
1 Savile Row, London, Greater London
Tailor · Mayfair · 13 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: 1 Savile Row was the 19th century home of the Royal Geographical Society. Here in 1874 the body of explorer David Livingstone lay in state, a year after he died in Zambia.

The London Palladium is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

11. The London Palladium

8.5
1-4 Argyll St, Soho, Greater London
Theater · 52 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: This theatre was famous in the 1940s and 50s for hosting big American names like Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jnr, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby.

Madame Tussauds is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

12. Madame Tussauds

8.8
Marylebone Rd, Marylebone, Greater London
Museum · Marylebone · 434 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Marie Tussaud, born in Strasbourg in 1761, made her first wax figure of the great French philosopher Voltaire in 1777. She opened a museum in London in 1835.

Marble Arch is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

13. Marble Arch

8.6
Oxford St (at Park Ln), London, Greater London
Monument · Knightsbridge and Belgravia · 107 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Sculpted from Italian marble and based on the Arch of Constantine in Rome, this was built in 1827 as the entrance to Buckingham Palace. It was moved here in 1851 when the palace was enlarged.

The Fourth Plinth is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

14. The Fourth Plinth

7.5
Trafalgar Sq, London, Greater London
Outdoor Sculpture · Piccadilly · 15 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: This plinth was intended to hold a statue of King William IV on horseback but they ran out of money. It is now used for various modern art exhibits and experiments.

Cavendish Road is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

15. Cavendish Road

Cavendish Rd, Clapham Common, Greater London
Road · 1 tip

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Cavendish House once stood at the Clapham Common end of Cavendish Road. Here the scientist Henry Cavendish (d.1810) calculated the mass of the earth (about 6 trillion tons).

Science Museum is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

16. Science Museum

9.1
Exhibition Rd, London, Greater London
Science Museum · Kensington and Chelsea · 441 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Much of the collection was inherited from the Museum of Patents (est 1858) and includes early locomotives such as Stephenson’s Rocket and Puffing Billy, and the first jet engine.

Camden Stables Market is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

17. Camden Stables Market

8.9
Chalk Farm Rd, London, Greater London
Market · Primrose Hill · 207 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The market began life in 1974 as a weekly crafts market, and now has about 100,000 visitors each weekend. The Stables Market is where the horses used to be kept for towing canal barges.

Lambeth Walk is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

18. Lambeth Walk

London, Greater London
Road · 2 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The hit 1937 song ‘Doing the Lambeth Walk’ is from the musical ‘Me and My Girl’. The Times said ‘While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances – to the Lambeth Walk’.

Covent Garden Market is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

19. Covent Garden Market

9.3
The Piazza, London, Greater London
Shopping Plaza · City of Westminster · 374 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The square here was laid out by Inigo Jones in 1630, on land once used by the monks of Westminster Abbey as a garden, but confiscated by Henry VIII during the Reformation.

Waterloo Bridge is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

20. Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge, London, Greater London
Bridge · London · 75 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The second bridge here was completed in 1945. Because there was a war on, much of the work was carried out by women and so this used to be known as ‘the ladies’ bridge’.

Grosvenor Square is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

21. Grosvenor Square

9.1
Grosvenor Sq, London, Greater London
Park · Mayfair · 27 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The US Embassy in Grosvenor Square was the focus of anti-Vietnam war demonstrations during the 1960s. The worst riots were in March 1968, leaving 80 injured and 200 under arrest.

The Anchor is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

22. The Anchor

7.3
34 Park St, South Bank, Greater London
Pub · 129 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: This 18th century pub stands on the site of an earlier inn used by playwrights and actors of The Globe theatre. From here Samuel Pepys watched the Great Fire of 1666 destroy the city on the far bank.

Sir John Soane's Museum is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

23. Sir John Soane's Museum

8.9
13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Greater London
History Museum · Holborn and Covent Garden · 65 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: Soane was a distinguished neo-classical architect who designed the Bank of England. After his death in 1837 his house became a unique museum of architecture and art.

London Waterloo Railway Station (WAT) is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

24. London Waterloo Railway Station (WAT)

6.3
Station Approach, South Bank, Greater London
Rail Station · 287 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: The main entrance to Waterloo Station is the Victory Arch, a memorial to employees of the London and South Western Railway staff killed in the First World War.

The Angel is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

25. The Angel

8.0
101 Bermondsey Wall East, Bermondsey, Greater London
Pub · 29 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: An inn was built here in the 15th century by the monks from Bermondsey Priory. It’s said the crew of the Mayflower were recruited here, and it’s from where Turner and Whistler drew the river.

Spitalfields is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

26. Spitalfields

Spitalfields, Greater London
Neighborhood · 41 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: This area gets its name from the fields of the hospital of St.Mary’s priory, founded in 1197 on the site of a Roman cemetery. It was demolished in the Reformation.

Embassy of the United States of America is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

27. Embassy of the United States of America

5 Upper Grosvenor St (Grosvenor Sq), London, Greater London
Embassy or Consulate · Mayfair · 24 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: John Adams, the first American ambassador to Britain, lived in Grosvenor Square, and this is where the US embassy has been since 1938. It plans to relocate to Wandsworth by 2017.

Leicester Square is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

28. Leicester Square

8.6
Leicester Sq, London, Greater London
Plaza · Leicester Square · 286 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: This area was named after Leicester House, the London mansion home of the Earl of Leicester built in 1635. But by 1800 it was a home of popular entertainment and theatres, and has never looked back.

Berkeley Square is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

29. Berkeley Square

8.4
Berkeley Sq, London, Greater London
Plaza · Mayfair · 40 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: 50 Berkeley Sq, once home of Prime Minister George Canning and now of antiquarian book dealers Maggs, was famous to Victorians as the most haunted house in London!

Claridge's is one of Mr T UK's Saved Places.

30. Claridge's

9.4
49 Brook St, London, Greater London
Hotel · Mayfair · 115 tips and reviews

HISTORY UKHISTORY UK: No hotel has greater royal connections than Claridge’s, which entertained Queen Victoria in 1860, and was where the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia was born in 1945. The current building dates from 1898.