London
It is 370m long and 4m wide.
Blackfriars Bridge
It is a bridge for road and traffic. It was dedicated to Queen Victoria. It was opened in 1769.
Westminster Bridge
It is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames between Westminster.
Near the River Thames there are many famous buildings like the Lambeth Palace. There is the
Cleopatra's Needle which was brought to London in 1878.
Also there are such well-known buildings as Hampton Court, Royal Festival Hall,
Shakespeare's Globe threatre, Greenwich, St. Catherine's Docks.
Museums
The British Museum
It was the first national public museum until 1753. It was founded by Sir Hans Sloane. The
most famous rooms in the British Museum are King's Library which is the oldest room of the
British Museum. The Great Exhibition in 1851 was held there. Then the Great Court which is
the largest covered space in the British Museum. The rosetta stone is also there for people to
see. It helped to understand foreign languages.