The Daikin Centre, BBC Earth Experience, Empress Pl, London SW6 1TT, UK Gallery Currently unavailable Find things to do in London Delve into the remarkable variety found across our seven continents Experience a thrilling and interactive day with your family ...
BBC EARTH:As announced last year, an immersiveBBC Earth experienceopens in Earl's Court, voiced by none other than Sir David Attenborough. It'll take you on an interactive journey through the seven continents, with a walk-through, 360-degree take on BBC show Seven Worlds, One Planet.30 Ma...
After the war, the BBC bought the hotel and used it for offices, studios and the BBC Club. The BBC sold the building in the mid-Eighties and in 1991 after a £100 million renovation, it reopened as the Langham Hilton Hotel with Diana, Princess of Wales, a regular visitor. It was s...
The majority of the gardens in The Flowering City remain, and many have developed from a formal simplistic style, to more heavily planted, and attempt to isolate the garden experience from the surrounding streets. Fred Cleary dedicated the book “To all who live and work in the City of Lond...
In the Dome visitors can transmit signals to the moon and actually see them reflected back to the earth after about two and a half seconds”. The display was in the Outer Space section of the Dome of Discovery, and the use of an anti-aircraft gun carriage at the top of the tower on...
Gillian King, senior planner for archaeology at Southwark Council, told theBBCat the time of the find that the grave owner must have been “very wealthy and have had a lot of social status to be honoured with not just a sarcophagus, but one that was built into the walls of a mausoleum...
With more than 2000 listed and verified places including restaurants, attractions and museums, london.com is the go-to place to plan your next trip to the UK.
Such a massive effort was afforded in its undertaking: with blast-proof doors; massive ventilation shafts to combat all the heavy-smoking; a BBC studio and broadcasting room with fitted acoustic tiles; map rooms complete with window views to the army, naval and air forces; a battery storage ...
‘I first came here when it cost a penny and the public were let in almost under sufferance,’ he told the BBC Today programme. ‘When I had an office job with the BBC, I used to come down at weekends when I was feeling really depressed and take a deep breath because there was ...
Jesus told the disciples they would be his witnesses in ‘Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’ To apply this to the church in London today: Jerusalem is where we are based, and implies friendship with and evangelism to people like ourselves; Judea is...