Places in London
This part of the human body has 3.5 million visitors a year and gives you a great view of London.
What is the London Eye?
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
This is the London name for the underground train system.
What is the Tube?
Tourists often think the tower or the clock has this name. But it is really the bell.
What is Big Ben?
A police officer in London has this funny name.
What is a bobby?
If the King invites you for tea, you probaly have to go there.
What is Buckingham Palace?
This person is a tourist in London and her mother speaks Welsh.
Who is Emily?
Everyone can easily recognize the buses in London because they have this colour.
What is red?
It's long, it's only water and it runs right through London.
What is the Thames?
This is the name of a black taxi in London.
What is a (black) cab?
Here you can take one of the 44 lifts to go up to the 87th floor.
What is the Shard?
This person is the Duke of Cambridge.
Who is Prince William?
This is the side cars drive on in the UK and, of course, also in London.
What is left?
What is "Madame Tussaud's"?
These are the three colours of the London underground signs.
What is blue, red and white?
In the past criminals had to spend many days in their cells or were even sentenced to death here.
What is the Tower of London?
This actor was born in London and played a wizard in the Harry Potter films.
Who is Daniel Radcliffe?
You will hear this expression often when you go by underground in London. It means that you must watch out when you are getting on or off the train.
What is "Mind the Gap!"?
This is where politicians come together in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
What are the Houses of Parliament? / What is the Palace of Westminster?
This is the name of the tube station where you have to get off if you want to see the London Eye (look at the map in your book).
What is Waterloo?