AMERICAN Reacts to 1-Star Reviews of London's BEST Attractions! // American in the UK

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

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[@gillcawthorn7572]

Yes, you could spend half a day looking in Hyde Park for the statue of Peter Pan. On the other hand ,you could find it quite quickly in Kensington Gardens

[@martinlaffey328]

Big Ben is actually the name of the bell in tower.The structure is actually called the Elizabeth Tower, keep up the good work

[@benkernow280]

And formaly St. Stephen's Tower I believe

[@martinlaffey328]

@@benkernow280 ,It was actually changed in 2012 to mark her diamond jubilee.

[@allenwilliams1306]

@@martinlaffey328 We should change it back when the old girl finally turns up her toes.

[@tonys1636]

I was going to say the same, it sounds flat due to a crack in it that formed after it struck it's first hour, a casting fault that was not discovered when it was first tuned. It was too costly to remove and recast as it weighs 13 tons (13,000kg) and was installed before the clock tower was completed.

[@martinlaffey328]

@@allenwilliams1306 ,To honest mate I've got no time for any of them.Personally Liz 2 should be Liz the last.

[@philipmason3218]

In the words of the great Basil Fawlty. "What did you expect to see from the British Museum? Sidney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, Herds of Wilderbeast sweeping majestically across the plains?" Some people really are stupid.

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Haha, love that! So funny.

[@weedle30]

Ohhh my life...How I would just love Basil to answer that question in person...🤣🤣

[@ahorsewithnoname643]

Is the Sidney Opera House trying to use the Sydney Opera Houses name to drum up business?

[@mollydunce1881]

Did you know that Basil Faulty is named after Basil street which is behind Harrods if you check the map. This is where John Cleese lived when he wrote Fawlty Towers.

[@jscalow]

Loving your sarcasm, your (nearly) ten years here in the UK have not gone to waste. Top Work!

[@johnharrington8657]

Your sarcasm has really improved during your time in Blighty. :)

[@girish2001]

Re Buckingham Palace, it is worth remembering that what is now considered the front of the Palace was originally the back, with the original front now facing the gardens of Buckingham Palace and largely hidden from view (though still accessible during the summer tours).

[@RogersRamblings]

The Peter Pan statue is in Kensington Gardens, not Hyde Park. The Household Cavalry ride along South Carriage Drive to and from Horse Guards. They leave Hyde Park barracks at 10.30 and return an hour later.

[@lissylissylissy]

I find the comment about the locals at Big Ben is REALLY funny. I live and work in Lambeth just across the river, and so naturally walk over Westminster bridge and past that area all the time. I’ve had a few tourists make comments to me, thinking I’m rude for walking past their photo ops or rolling my eyes at busy traffic. But I have places to be! I just nipped out for my lunch hour, I’m not on a sightseeing trip!

[@glastonbury4304]

I agree, I went to the States and there were no cowboys and Indians, plus no blummin tanks on the streets of Berlin or Roman centurions in Rome ...and and and no Gladiators in the Colleseium, which reminds me, they need a word with their builders , it looks unfinished 🤷

[@glastonbury4304]

@TheRenaissanceman65 exactly , building a castle next to the airport , talk about lack of foresight 🤷🤦

[@Anonymous-wq1rf]

When I went to the States there was a gunfight on Main Street, four shows a day!

[@MmostlyRandom]

I visited the grand canyon and it was just a big hole in the ground 1 star ;) what the hell do people expect?

[@Dazzily]

Very well said Kalyn. I enjoyed this very much. Thank you!

[@russellpotter7294]

Made me laugh. It reminded me of when, as a kid, I went to Italy and saw Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. One of the adults on the tour moaned about how dusty it was. Some folks just miss the point.

[@johnstevenson1709]

Can I recommend a visit to Sheffield for anyone who found the tower of London too touristy? There's nowt to see here but you won't have to que

[@wessexdruid5290]

I was once part of the Guard of Honour, for a wedding in the Tower of London (the groom was a Royal Fusilier - it's their Regimental HQ). Full blues and arch of swords, etc. It took over an hour to cross the square from St Georges Chapel to the Regt HQ, due to all the tourists wanting pictures. About 100yds..

[@davidcook7887]

I once heard an oldish American woman complaining that the Thames was moving far too fast. So I asked her if she was intending to swim across it. She said ‘of course not, I just want to see it”. She turned away.

[@BigStib]

A large chunk of the tourist entry charges at St Paul's go towards repairing the damage done by...tourists, plus pay for the additional staff, H&S/disability requirements, toilets etc (not easy to achieve in a Grade 1 listed seventeenth-century building designed by Sir Christopher Wren). If there is any spare, it goes towards ongoing repairs and maintenance and the ministry of the place itself, eg enabling it to offer free or low cost events to educational groups. Do they imagine it goes into some secret clergy slush fund?

[@carl48uk]

I just love your sarcasm in response to the reviews. Brilliant and very British!!! xx

[@chipsthedog1]

My favorite complaint I heard when I lived in London was a middle aged lady who complained about having to pay for ride on a red bus, my girlfriend and I were a little bemused as she went to explain that she thought it would be paid for as part of her holiday package because they used a picture of one in the brochure. I will sing the star spangled banner if anyone can guess where she came from.

[@eddhardy1054]

8:19...without wishing to be rude, surely it's the other way around, a New York library can look a bit like Buckingham Palace (BP probably came first). 😉

[@katbryce]

I checked. Buckingham Palace is relatively new compared to other buildings in the UK, but it was built about 50 years before New York Public Library, so likely two buildings built in the same style rather than one being a copy of the other.

[@eddhardy1054]

Mate I never said the New York Public Library copied Buckingham Palace's appearance, I merely pointed out that if two things look similar then it's correct to say that the newer 'thing' looks like the older 'thing rather than the other way around 😉😊

[@alanwatson7560]

When I worked in the City of London I used to attend free weekly organ recitals in St Pauls. I am listening to a recorded live stream from there as I write.

[@davehemsley4124]

An American was once heard complaining that they built Edinburgh castle too near the train station!!!

[@ianprince1698]

the tower of London was built under a flight path; jets flying over all the time ( except for the last year )

[@Tepic]

Funny true story about the tower. I was on a break and walking around the outside. I overheard a tourist confidently telling his group that is has to be fake "because nothing this old can be in this condition." I assume he had not been to Rome.

[@wessexdruid7598]

It's not even - it's victorian. Come visit Avebury and Silbury Hill.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Er. The tower of London is a tad older than Victorian. The original bit was built in 1066. When we were invaded and conquered by the Normans under William the Bastard aka the conqueror.

[@TheLondonLass]

These are hilarious especially the torture criticism! 1) People criticising these amazing museums pees me off when you consider that in a lot of places in the world you have to pay to go into every museum. 2) Why do people visit famous touristy places at the most touristy times and complain that it is busy?! 3) I do think a lot of criticisms like these arise because people visit places because they feel they ought to and not because they want to. When I visit touristy/historic places I will often see families/groups quickly walk around the whole thing with bored expressions on the face barely looking at anything. I'm convinced that they just visited so they could tick it off their to-do list.

[@virtualatheist]

Big Ben is the name of the bell. The tower was originally just called the Clock Tower, but was renamed to the Elizabeth Tower.

[@shaunbyrne9037]

Big Ben ( The Bell ) is the second bell to be made as the first one developed a large crack during testing so was replaced . After being installed in the Elizabeth Tower this Bell also developed a crack but was repaired , the tone changed slightly as a result of the repair. The origin of the nick name Big Ben is disputed , it may have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell or after English heavyweight boxing champion Benjamin Caunt . The Bell first chimed in 1859 .

[@steverust4400]

Can tell youve been in the Uk for a few years, you have the british sarcastic sense of humour down down to a fine art! Very funny😊

[@weedle30]

Not wishing to diss your “fellow Americans” 😉but I watched a YT vid of an American couple visiting the beautiful city of York and firstly they thought that York Minster was “nothing more than a church” waaaah??!! 😱😱🤯 and then... they saw “the line” (queue to me and you maybe?) going into York Minster and decided “to not bother as there’s probably not much to look at inside ...” 😳😳ermmm...if there IS a queue waiting to enter a museum, church or a place of interest, in the Great British Isles, it is BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS TO LOOK AT INSIDE!!! dearie dearie meeeeeee....

[@OEDODRAGON]

I've been in the Louvre, it was around the year 2000 but still. They definitely do not let you take photos of the paintings! It can damage them. Why would you even need a photo? It's the most popular painting, there's pictures of it all over the internet! (I didn't get to see the Mona Lisa as there was a huge crowd around it, but I got to see the other paintings and the architecture inside. I enjoyed it.)

[@rogerwitte]

The Clock is called 'Queen Elizabeth Tower'; Ben is the bell! Ben was born in Shoreditch at the same bell foundry as the Liberty bell (currently resident in Philadelphia).

[@glastonbury4304]

One point ...you do know Buckingham Palace is the Queens place of work and Windsor Castle is where she lives mostly

[@Tom-xy9yy]

Re: War Rooms. "There's no aquarium, no zoo..." Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Brilliant - made me literally laugh out loud!

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

This made my day Tom, so glad we could share a virtual laugh! Thanks for watching!

[@finosuilleabhain7781]

No rollercoaster either - pretty shocking.

[@94Eloise]

I've seen someone in a review of the Collosseum saying it was "in need of an update" 😂 people are crazy!

[@marcuswardle3180]

When you look at Hampton Court Palace you’re looking at the front. The view you see of Buckingham Palace is actually the back of it.

[@ianprince1698]

because of the way it expanded over time the front is in the middle, the courtyard'

[@cloverite]

Buckingham Palace was built as a London residence for the Sheffield Family whose main home is Normandy Hall in Lincolnshire. It was originally called Buckingham House so is more like a modern stately home than a Palace.

[@Katie-pv9qx]

Thanks for the video! As an American saving up to visit with the family I thought that the video was interesting!

[@brontewcat]

I visited the War Rooms when I first went to London in 1989. I found them fascinating.

[@noomiolsson462]

I was equally disappointed by the Tower of London torture chamber.....literally no-one being tortured. 1⭐

[@BenjWarrant]

Ah, you need to go to the American police stations.

[@uselesscause3178]

@@BenjWarrant I live in Florida. Can Confirm.

[@davidporter499]

Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and various other royal residences have, at different times, been bequeathed to the Country in lieu of tax. Maintenance is, therefore, the responsibility of the government. Few recognise the Queen historically has spent more on State business than she receives from taxpayers. The privvy purse typically pays staff wages in the various palaces and for security.

[@Jon1950]

This makes me want to write some one star comments for fun: Green Park. Not the shade of green I was expecting. Oxford Street. Don't be taken in. I walked all the way to the end and found that I was still London. The Transport Museum. There are no bicycles. It is just buses and tube trains. The Old Operating Theatre. Sat there for ages but no amputations took place. I was expecting operations. The British Museum. It is just foreign stuff. Couldn't find anything British.

[@36814]

I wonder if B. Palace looks like a NY library or could it possibly be the other way round ???

[@vereybowring]

Yeah so many people are not cut out to be tourists, many seem to just go on holiday just to brag about having been on holiday and would have happier staying at home watching TV. Years ago I remember being on a coach tour which visited Monaco one of the days. Loads of the group did nothing but complain about the historic locale, with the "Boring" nothing to do crowd in full force. In comparison a day was not enough for me and in a subsequent holiday near the area took a day to travel by train into Monaco to go see the parts I had not had time to see the first time. On a different Italian break people complained on visiting Venice - it is hard to stay positive about humankind at times lol

[@OEDODRAGON]

I think it's because of the advertisements in travel books, magazines, and on TV. They're like trailers for movies, and look so exciting but may not be like that when you see it yourself, just like some movies. With buildings and landmarks, they are mostly for sightseeing. Parades won't suddenly come around the corner. Like some people expect that going to London will be similar to going to Disney World. People need to decide what it is that they actually want to see from another country, if they just want to see people get tortured (for example) they should just watch a documentary or film about it. Far cheaper.

[@HINDLIP]

12:06 I believe the Peter Pan statue is in Kensington Gardens not Hyde Park. no wonder it take half the day to find it lol

[@simonfreeman8233]

I think the reviewer that complained about Wastminster Abby being to much about religion was they were expecting downton abby

[@john_smith1471]

I like your responses to the one star reviews, some people are unbelievable, the large state museums in London are free to enter as often as they like courtesy of the British tax payer, many countries charge visitors, this is why I avoid tourist traps or go off peak, and visit the smaller museums and tours that will have an interest for me, the transport depot at Acton Town, tours of abandoned underground stations, Geffrye Museum, the Cinema museum. The House of Commons, Freemasons’ Hall.

[@rogerwitte]

At least one of the marvels of the British Museum is more easily found on KZbin than in the Flesh. His name is Irving Finkel and he is curator of ancient middle east (or some such title). He built a replica of the ark. He discovered the oldest known board game rules. And he talks magnificently!

[@helenamcginty4920]

Irving Finkel is a star.

[@johnstuartdunn3377]

It isn't Big Ben. That's the name of one of the bells in the tower. The tower is called the Elizabeth Tower

[@ashleygirvin1740]

The reviews are hilarious! People amaze me sometimes lol.

[@simongarthwaite7695]

Some of then must be trolls or tongue in cheek no one can be that stupid

[@iriscollins7583]

@@simongarthwaite7695 Brain dead mostly, they are the sort that would visit an Arboretum and comment that it was full of trees.

[@jackwalker4874]

Isn't the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens? No wonder they spent half of the day searching Hyde Park for it, it's not there!

[@vulturesuc4]

Glad your getting your mo-jo back. Sun and Springtime in the UK is a good mix :)

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

That it is! My shorts and flip-flops are out very prematurely given the temperatures, but I can feel summer on its way! :)

[@tonys1636]

Why do people moan about admission fees, old buildings are costly to maintain, the skills needed to accurately replicate the techniques and method of construction are costly to hire, as anyone who owns an old or oldish house will know.

[@scendalbymodelrailway]

"No Aquarium, No Zoo"😂😂😂😂 You have become a true Brit👍

[@brontewcat]

I think your comments are spot on for the attractions. I have visited London a few times and I think I have been to all the attractions you mentioned. I enjoyed all of them, although not necessarily the same. I loved the Tower, British Museum and Westminster Abbey, as I love ancient, medieval and early modern history. My mother and I visited the National Gallery very briefly. When I saw Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, I finally understood why he considered such a brilliant painter.

[@michaeljames1468]

OMG! I did the Shriek experence , I'm still suffering PTSD......closely followed by the dungeon, then TLE....I'd give 1 star and 2 for the Eye based only on the view at the top....(which is a good 15 minutes wait after you get on an overcrowded pod...ToL does get a 5 however.

[@lindenbeck]

Big Ben is called after Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover. He was a politician.

[@tehwarl0ck]

Ben is also the name of the Bell The tower it is housed in is called "Elizabeth Tower"

[@lindenbeck]

@@tehwarl0ck I know since I've been to London more than 20 times. And she wanted to know why the bell is called Big Ben.

[@tehwarl0ck]

@@lindenbeck i know i was just expanding upon it for other people reading/listening that perhaps did not know

[@soulbite4897]

The clocktower which also houses the Great Bell of Westminster (nicknamed Big Ben) actually has a female name nowadays: Elizabeth Tower It's previously been named St Stephen's Tower (incorrectly in this case as the tower named this is actually a different one over the public entrance), the Clock Tower (it's official name before it was changed to Elizabeth Tower) and for a bit mainly during name change to it's latest name the east tower.

[@davehopkin9502]

Paying for changing of the Guard - they may have been stung by a con man selling "tickets"

[@pauldrake8990]

Actually made me laugh! I'm not sure why people don't research the attraction beforehand! I actually like the V&A, the science museum and the imperial war museum... No pleasing some folk. Keep up the good work!

[@stephenlee5929]

Re Big Ben, just down the road in Victoria (front of the station), is 'Little Ben' well worth a visit, can also get some great photos there, just not at rush hour.

[@keithsparrow7717]

There are plenty of pubs and other eating places in the British Museum area if people want something more than a snack (been to the Museum Tavern countless times); otherwise the eating area in the museum is perfectly fine.

[@john_smith1471]

Visitors are not doing preparation, St James’s Park has wild fowl and ponds, places to sit, and a cafe, adjacent is Green Park, trees for shade, benches, the walkways are lit by the original 19 century gas lights.

[@thehonestcritic6577]

I might have missed it but has anyone mentioned that BIG BEN is the name of the Bell which is housed in the Elizabeth Tower

[@richt71]

I remember a few years back stood on a early Saturday evening at the top of the mall in the shadow of Buckingham Palace marshalling a charity event when a US tourist stopped to ask the say to Buckingham Palace. I turned and pointed at said Palace only for the tourist to remark they thought it was a hotel!! 😯

[@BenjWarrant]

I think Americans must be thinking of the sort of German-style Kastels, you know, with turrets of different heights with inverted cones on the top. How big do they want their palaces to be? Do they not realise the front is about 100 yards long? Who can afford a property like that in the middle of a major city?

[@tallmale188]

If you want to visit a museum which has a nice restaurant, I would recommend the "Wallace Collection" in Manchester Square (Behind Selfridges)

[@johnclements6614]

Big Ben is the bell. The tower is called Elizabeth Tower.

[@johndowds5770]

Only renamed Elizabeth originally the Westminster clock tower

[@johnclements6614]

Good video. Have not been in the British Museum for ten years but there were free maps then. I not sure if Buckingham palace looks like New York libraries more like the other way around. I think most of what you can see is about 150 years old but parts are older. If you do not like the V&A walk across the road and visit the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum in the same street is good as well. The nearby Geology Museum is full of rocks so that must have got some one stars for having too many rocks. keep up the good work

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Definitely still free maps in the British Museum (well, before Covid) - one of my favorites!

[@allenwilliams1306]

Yes: Buck House is very tedious to gawp at for any length of time. It has not even been a Royal residence for very long (Victoria onwards). Funny that the second owner of a home on the site was Lord Goring whose house was flattened in 1694, rather as Göring tried to do in 1940.

[@boblewis8463]

Great job. Really enjoyed ... thanks. : )

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[@paulhenman9907]

Big Ben is the name of the Bell,

[@loquayrocks]

the clock isn't Big Ben, the Bell is Big Ben

[@spanishdncr71]

You should have mentioned the websites with discounted tickets and the London Pass as that was the biggest complaint most people had about how much they paid. I’m a Brit living in the US and in summer 2019 I spent two weeks in Manchester and London showing a friend (who lives in the US too) around who had never been to England before. I laughed so much at your response to the one star reviews, because you’re right! My friend and I each purchased a London Pass before travelling to London and we saved so much money by doing so. My only disappointment about the London Pass though is you can only visit each attraction once. I really would have loved to have gone back to Saint Paul’s Cathedral as it was just so spectacular. Despite the no photography rules in Westminster Abbey I was a bit cheeky and took a couple of photos with my phone as I first walked in. Before I moved to NJ I used to visit London once or twice a year for a weekend shopping trip. When I was a child my mum and dad took me to London every year and we would stay with friends and get to see the sights. London is such a great place and I was so happy to go there again after almost 22 years.

[@vivwindsor4055]

In Hyde Park there is a large lake called the 'Serpentine', it runs right through the centre of the park, hard to miss if you spent half a day there. There's even a small art gallery there, called the 'Serpentine' gallery. How many city parks include an art gallery.

[@wessexdruid7598]

Sheffield immediately springs to mind...

[@markcampbell5140]

Thanks for saying nice things about uk x

[@ericlewis4590]

Big Ben is the name of the great bell in the tower (there are five bells) The tower used to be called the Clock Tower but in 2012 was changed to the Elizabeth Tower in honour of Queen Elizabeth I I )

[@marcuswardle3180]

There is a very good restaurant on the top floor of the rotunda. The reviewer didn’t look very far! There is also a very nice restaurant/cafe in the members area. I quite like it in there because you can look down at everybody else in the rotunda.

[@wonhung]

The British library is part of the British museum did they go in there instead? Hyde Park has the famous Speakers Corner

[@twaldy]

Personally I find it interesting to watch your videos and see an American perspective on British culture and everything that goes with it

[@john_smith1471]

And also her perspective of visiting Americans and their expectations.

[@thomascochrane4922]

Big Ben is the name of the BELL. The tower is called the Elizabeth Tower.

[@peterfriend2919]

Thank you for your comments in response to all those board people. You do not see Big Ben, you hear him, as Big ben is a bell housed in Elisabeth Tower. Also Buckingham Palace was built in 1703 and called Buckingham House. King George 111 bought it in 1761 for Queen Charlotte as a private residence earning it the title The Queens House.

[@petert9224]

On the second floor of the British Museum is a small collection of maritime clocks . Under one it just says HMS Beagle . Then it hits you , that clock took Darwin around the world .

[@ronprichard6145]

It might 'hit' some, sadly not the writers of one star reviews.

[@petert9224]

@@ronprichard6145 Can you explain that comment?

[@ronprichard6145]

@@petert9224 My comment was just to the effect that many of the people writing 1* reviews were completely missing the point of the attraction they were visiting. It's unlikely the name HMS Beagle would register with them.

[@adam9612]

People never fail to amaze me!

[@unknownregions5014]

The Bell is called Big Ben, not the tower, the tower is the Elizabeth Tower

[@davidscargil9145]

Big Ben is an Iconic feature in London`s Skyline. (I know it`s the Bell) London has so many fantastic Buildings. A photographers Dream.

[@wessexdruid7598]

It is becoming too high-rise, sadly.

[@davidscargil9145]

@@wessexdruid7598 Yeah,i know Mate.Sometimes less is more. Thanks for Your input.

[@simonbrittan3896]

Big Ben is the name of one of the bells in the Queen Elisabeth tower

[@markcampbell5140]

I love your videos, great seeing what you think of our country, thank you

[@2000globetrotter]

The view of Buckingham Palace from the street is the BACK of the building. The front is a much grander and imposing. If you look in Google images there are plenty of pics.

[@philipcochran1972]

It's the 13.5 ton hour bell that is named 'big Ben'. The tower was named 'Elizabeth Tower' back in about 2011 These reviews sound like people used to sound bites and instant gratification; history takes time and effort to appreciate

[@davejenkins64]

Another great video 📹

[@GirlGoneLondonofficial]

Thank you Dave!

[@Tommy-5684]

another atraction that didnt get a mention was Imperal war Musum at Lambath Road its a grate visit in my opinion and an intresting bulding as pror to being made the War Museum in 1917 it was a bedlum (insane asylum)

[@josephturner4047]

It was the Bethlehem hospital. Bethlehem got contracted to Bedlam. Like the Oxbridge colleges named Magdalene are called Maudling.

[@2005Guyver02]

09:20 probably the bus/coach or train ticket.

[@tommorrison4189]

The Victoria and Albert museum has a section of wrought iron gates that I and another friend with an engineering background introduced a no-engineer to the art of metalwork.

[@john_smith1471]

Good feedback, many Visitors do zero research, they walk into buildings because it’s on a tick list. Take a tour of the state rooms at Buckingham Palace, the rear view from the lawns is of a completely property, like an English country house, the later added front elevation doesn’t help. The War Rooms are excellent, a period 1940s restoration of the bunker where the Cabinet would meet, power plant room, gift shop and cafe, the a/c on a hot day is nice.. This is where Trump was interviewed by Piers Morgan.

[@danielferguson3784]

Big Ben is the name of the huge Bell which rings the hours, named from it's architect, NOT the name of the Tower, which is the Elizabeth Tower; or the Clock. Buckingham Palace doesn't belong to the Queen (King) but to the country, so the State has to maintain it, after all it is an office. It was built mainly for Queen Victoria, so is not so old as the more ancient Hampton Court, or St James Palace.

[@RosLanta]

I really enjoyed this video. Some of the "reviews" though... 😂

[@paullewis2413]

As a Londoner I think the biggest problem with the tourist “hot spots” is overcrowding that completely destroys the atmosphere that should be evident. This is particularly bad in the high season June to September. There are times when you can see many of these iconic places without the crowds if you do some careful research and it’s well worth the effort.

[@BrianJonesPhotography]

Actually Big Ben is the bell. The structure is call the Queen Elizabeth Tower. The name for the bell, constructed at Whitechapel foundry is a nick name for the ‘Great Bell’.

[@george6977]

Should have gone to St James Park which has a bridge over a lake with ducks as featured in spy thrillers.

[@simonhulmesh]

The bell is named BIG BEN. The clock tower is called Elizabeth Tower.

[@john_smith1471]

Something to mention about prices and entrance charges, most attractions and venues have patron reductions we call them concessions, for young, senior, unemployed and a carer, proof of age is unlikely to be asked for.

[@spanishdncr71]

If people do their research before going to these attractions they would know there are loads of ways to get discounted entrance to most of these places of not all of them. The London pass is a great way to see over 80 attractions at a huge discount.

[@ianprince1698]

Looking for the wildebeest mentioned here

[@markcampbell5140]

You are great, love your videos!

[@briansolomon6153]

at last a yank with sense well done you