Gordon's Wine Bar

Location: 47 Villiers St, London WC2N 6NE, United Kingdom
Website (browse the history tab)
Price:££££

Facts:
- One of the oldest wine bars in the world

Westminster Abbey

Location: 20 Deans Yd, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom
Website

Facts:
- First opened in 1090
- Gothic architecture
- The burial of several British kings and queens, Tom Hardy, Issac Newton, Charles Dickinson and most recently Margaret Thatcher were preformed at Westminster
- Most notable religious building in the United Kingdom
-  Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to visit Westminster in 2010
- Westminster oversaw the writing of the first third of the King James Bible Old Testament and the translation of the last half of the New Testament.
- Since 1100, Westminster has conducted every royal wedding
- There is a Westminster School and Westminster Choir School on the grounds of the Abbey
- The Abbey holds a museum underneath the former monk dormitories that houses ancient effigies and treasures of the royals
- Westminster is an Anglican church
- The Abbey is the home of the oldest door dating back to 1050 AD; the door is oak and presides in the Chapter House
- There are 450 tombs and monument at the Abbey
- The bell procession takes 3 hours to complete; the ten bells used for celebrations and special events are used for change ringing

Somerset House

Location: Strand, London WC2R 1LA, United Kingdom
Website

Facts:
- Opened 1796
- Overlooks River Thames
- The East Wing is a part of King's College
- Several rooms were destroyed in the West/South Wing during WWII
- Used by Inland Revenue, a department of the British government that oversees direct taxes
- Ice skating and fashion shows are a few of the many events that take place in the courtyard of the Somerset House

The Shard

Location: 96 Tooley St, London SE1 2TH, United Kingdom
Website

Facts:
- Cost: $435 million
- Overlooks River Thames
- 87 floors
   Floors
   1-2 : Retail stores
   3-28 : Offices
   31-33 : Restaurants
   34-52 : Shangri-La Hotel
   53-65 : Residence
   68-72 : Observatory
   73-87 : Spire
- 80% of the funding for the Shard came from Qatari investors
- After 9/11, architects reconfigured the design for the Shard
- The appearance of the building changes with the weather and the season

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The Geffrye Museum

Location: 136 Kingsland Rd, London E2 8EA, United Kingdom
Website

Facts:
- Founded in 1914
- The museum illustrates the changing in domestic housing over past centuries
- The museum extension will be completed in 2015; it is a $13 million project

Primrose Hill

Location: North end of Regent's Park
Website

Facts:
- The residence of notable celebrities such as Jude Law, Tim Burton, Sylvia Plath, Daniel Craig, Harry Styles, W.B Yeats and Johnny Lee Miller

Primark London

Location: 14-28 Oxford St, London, Greater London W1D 1AU, United Kingdom
Website

Facts:
- Irish clothing store
- Several stores across Europe
- The largest store is located in  Market Street, Manchester, England 
- The UK equivalent of an Old Navy/H&M combination; however, the store setup is similar to a Forever 21