The Regent’s Canal is one of the main things that brought life to the area of Camden, and it still exists to this day. First proposed in 1802, construction did not actually start until 1812 and was not completed until August 1st, 1820; despite this, parts of the unfinished canal were in use as early as 1816. The canal provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames, spanning a length of 8.6 miles in total. The Regent’s Canal helped to propel Camden further into the age of the industrial revolution, which continued to grow with the addition of the North Western Railway’s terminal stop in the area in 1837. Even now, many handrails by the canal bridges show deep marks from the towropes horses used to pull canal barges. Ramps on the canal bank, designed to assist horses that fell in the canal after being startled by the noise of a train and the like, are still visible as well.

At the heart of the London Borough of Camden resides Camden Town, named after Sir Charles Pratt, the first Earl of Camden, a radical 18th-century lawyer and politician who acquired the land through marriage and started its development in 1791, where it began as barely more than a few houses alongside a main road of those he granted leases to. It did not become a significant location until the opening of the Regent’s Canal to traffic in the early 1800s, when the rise in transportation brought more employment opportunities to the land. The area was considered unfashionable until 1973, when the Camden Lock’s wharves and warehouses on the Regent’s Canal closed and began to convert into industries such as retail, tourism, and entertainment, and the Camden Markets, one of London’s biggest tourist attractions, was born, attracting approximately 250,000 people per week, even offering regular canal and waterebus rides as well.

Located just inside the West Door of Westminster Abbey, the Grave of the Unknown Warrior is one of the most poignant and visited memorials in the United Kingdom. It marks the final resting place of an unidentified British soldier who died during World War I, chosen to represent all those who lost their lives in war and were never identified or properly buried.

Interred on November 11, 1920, the Unknown Warrior was brought from a battlefield in France and buried among kings and statesmen. The tomb is covered by a black marble slab with an inscription in brass from melted wartime ammunition. Uniquely, it is the only grave in Westminster Abbey that visitors are not permitted to walk across, a symbol of the reverence held for the millions it represents.

This site has become a national focal point for remembrance, particularly on Armistice Day. Members of the Royal Family traditionally place...

One of the most recognizable governmental structures in the world is the Palace of Westminster, which is situated in downtown London on the north bank of the River Thames. Often referred to as the Houses of Parliament, it is where the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the UK Parliament, meet.

After a terrible fire in 1834 destroyed much of the original medieval complex, the current edifice was substantially constructed in the middle of the 19th century. A masterwork of Gothic Revival architecture, the palace was created by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin. The Elizabeth Tower (often misidentified as "Big Ben," which refers to the bell inside), the Victoria Tower, and Westminster Hall, which was built in 1097 and survived the fire, are important landmarks.

When Parliament is in session, visitors can watch live debates, learn about British political history, and...