This hollow Arch was half ventilation shaft for the Underground, half a tiny police station until 1992. Now open to the public for a sneaking glimpses of the Buckingham Palace private gardens.
Check out the Kensington Gardens to see the statue of Queen Victoria, the only other British Monarch aside from Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate a Diamon Jubilee with a 63 year rein.
The Snowdon Aviary at London Zoo was co-designed by the Earl of Snowdon, husband of HRH The Princess Margaret. The swans, officially owned by the Crown, fly freely on the canal next door!
Get the best Pie and Mash, favoured by London's Kings and Queens, at Chapel Market for the Jubilee! As London's liveliest market, you will find one last pie and mash shops such as M. Manze's est. 1902
The Olympic Park contains several sporting venues such as Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre. In 2013, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee.
This once neglected area was transformed to provide a recreational place for people living East. It was opened by Princess Anne, The Queen's daughter, in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee.
Next to the North Greenwich Pier, formerly named QEII Pier after Queen Elizabeth II, is Antony Gormley's Quantum Cloud. It is meant to show a human being if viewed from the correct angle.
Declared a Royal Borough for the Diamond Jubilee, this is where explorer Sir Raleigh famously put down his cloak over a puddle to let Queen Elizabeth I walk. She knighted him on the spot.
Red Lion Brewery was demolished in 1949 but King George VI saved the Red Lion itself from being demolished. The Queen opened the Jubilee Walkway here and the Red Lion now guards Westminster bridge.
Come see works by Hans Peter Feldman, the celebrated artist with a fascination for the Queen, exhibiting in the New Bond St Maison for the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee .
