The Gallery was founded in 1856 as the first in the world - quite independent from collections of royal, family or business portraits. Read more.
What was the Bankside Power Station now takes advantage of the Turbine Hall for large installations. Be sure to check their website before visiting for new exhibitions.
A personal and lovely space, be sure to sign up for the newsletter at the desk and sign the guestbook
Some amazing assortment of items from fashion to art, history to decor. Quick entrances and exits via the tube.
Built on the site of Sir Thomas More’s orchard, this Tudor-looking mansion is built around a 15th century hall moved here from Bishopsgate in 1910. But most of what you see now is reconstruction.
This riverside street has always attracted celebrity artists. George Eliot spent her last days in No.4, and between 1969 and 1978 Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were neighbours on this street.
The writer Thomas Carlyle moved here in 1834, when Chelsea was still considered an unfashionable area. His history of the French Revolution inspired Dickens to write ‘A Tale of Two Cities’.
The shop with the big clock is where Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood opened ‘Let It Rock’ in 1971 (renamed SEX in 1974). It’s considered the birthplace of the British punk scene.
