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  • 1. Osterley Park and House - National Trust Isleworth
    Osterley is an affluent district of the historic parish of Isleworth in west London approximately 9.5 miles west south-west of Charing Cross and is part of the London Borough of Hounslow. Most of its land use is mixed agricultural and aesthetic parkland at Osterley House , charity-run, much of which is open to paying visitor access. Osterley is on the most elevated soil of the parish, dissected by A4 and extends further north than the M4 Motorway. Syon Lane forms the border to the east, while the border with the town of Heston is to the west. Osterley extends to the south of the A4 to at least Church Road based on house deeds, much housing existed before mid 1930's and before the A4, St Marys Church south of the A4 is also in Osterley. Historic map [1] Most of the land of Osterley is the l...
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  • 2. Charles Darwin Down House Downe
    Charles Robert Darwin, was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and, in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and a majority of the educated public had a...
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  • 3. Red House Bexleyheath
    Red House is a significant Arts and Crafts building located in the town of Bexleyheath in Southeast London, England. Co-designed in 1859 by the architect Philip Webb and the designer William Morris, it was created to serve as a family home for the latter, with construction being completed in 1860. Following an education at the University of Oxford, Morris decided to construct a rural house for himself and his new wife, Jane Morris, within a commuting distance of central London. Purchasing a plot of land in what at the time was the village of Upton in Kent, he employed his friend Webb to help him design and construct the house, financing the project with money inherited from his wealthy family. Morris was deeply influenced by Medievalism and Medieval-inspired Neo-Gothic styles are reflected...
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  • 4. Syon House and Park Brentford
    The Hilton London Syon Park, formerly the Waldorf Astoria Syon Park, is a hotel in the grounds of Syon Park, the Duke of Northumberland’s London residence. The hotel was designed by Ettwein Bridges Architects and landscape concept was devised by Kim Wilkie. The hotel stands on the former working area of the Estate and several thousand new trees were planted as part of the scheme. The Duke, keen to generate income, has heavily commercialised his estate: in addition to the hotel, the grounds include a garden centre, and the house and gardens are run as visitor attractions.
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  • 6. London Museum of Water & Steam Brentford
    London Museum of Water & Steam is an independent museum founded in 1975 as the Kew Bridge Steam Museum. It was rebranded in early 2014 following a major investment project.Situated on the site of the old Kew Bridge Pumping Station in Brentford, near Kew Bridge on the River Thames in West London, England, the museum is centred on a collection of stationary water pumping steam engines dating from 1820 to 1910. It is the home of the world’s largest collection of working Cornish engines, including the Grand Junction 90 inch, the largest such working engine in the world. The site is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage . The museum reopened on 22 March 2014.
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  • 7. York House Gardens Twickenham
    The Royal Academy of Music Museum is a museum of musical instruments and artefacts and research centre of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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  • 9. Upminster Windmill Upminster
    Upminster Windmill is a Grade II* listed smock mill located in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, England. It was formerly known as Abraham's Mill and was in Essex when built. It has been restored and is a museum open to the public at selected times.
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  • 10. St Margaret's Church Uxbridge
    The Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey, is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square. It was until 1972 the Anglican parish church of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London. It is dedicated to Margaret of Antioch.The church forms part of a single World Heritage Site, with the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey.
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  • 11. Gants Hill Station Ilford
    Gants Hill is a district of Ilford in east London, England. It is a suburban development situated 9.5 miles northeast of Charing Cross. It is also the name of a roundabout junction within the district.
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  • 14. St Martins Church West Drayton
    Drayton St. Leonard is a village and civil parish on the River Thame in Oxfordshire, about 8 miles southeast of Oxford.
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  • 15. Warwick Castle Warwick
    Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. It lies near the River Avon, 11 miles south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash, with which it is contiguous. At the 2011 Census, the population was 31,345. Signs of human activity date back to the Neolithic period, and constant habitation to the 6th century AD. Warwick was a Saxon burh in the 9th century, and Warwick Castle was established in 1068 during the Norman conquest of England. Warwick School claims to be the country's oldest boys' school. The earldom of Warwick, created in 1088, controlled the town in the Middle Ages and built town walls, of which Eastgate and Westgate survive. The castle grew into a stone fortress, then a country house. The Great Fire of Warwick in 1694 destroyed much of the medieval town....
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