SCENES FROM LONDON

 

Scenes from London

Life across one of the world's most romantic cities

Guards stand behind the colour during the Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London. The Trooping the Colour ceremony honours the sovereign's official birthday.

 

A London underground sign is pictured below Big Ben, which is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock. Situated at the north end of the Palace of Westminster, the 151-year-old tower also happens to be the third tallest clock tower in the world and has been operational since 31 May 1859

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The Great Court of the British Museum is seen in London. Though the museum was established in the mid-18th century, it was only in 2001 that the Great Court came into being at the centre of the museum.

 

Beefeaters dressed in ceremonial uniform leave after a service at Westminster Abbey. The beefeaters are the guards at the Tower of London.

 

St Paul's Cathedral is seen at dusk beyond Fleet Street in central London. The 111-m high cathedral was built in the 17th century and is the fifth version of the cathedral on the same site. The dome is one of the highest in the world.

 

U.S. Tourists Carla and Richard Bartel, from McDonald, Ohio, check a map on the Queen Victoria Monument near Buckingham Palace in central London

 

Tourists peer through the railings of Buckingham Palace in London. The official residence of the Monarch of Britain, the palace was gradually developed into what it is today during the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.

 

The 2012 Olympic mascot Wenlock and Paralympic mascot Mandeville pose for photographers in the playground at St. Paul's primary school in London

 

Actors Dominic Rowan and Miranda Raison perform as Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in Shakespeare's Henry VIII at the Globe Theatre in London. One of London's famous landmarks, the original building was constructed in 1599 only to be gutted in a fire in 1613. It was re-built in 1614 and closed in 1642. The present day version, a lookalike of the old one stands around 750 feet away from the site of the old Globe theatre.

 

Big Ben, the clock tower of Britain's Houses of Parliament is seen from an elevated position in central London.

 

A pedestrian crosses London Bridge next to Tower Bridge in London. The 860-feet long London Bridge stands on the Thames river and was inaugurated on 17 March 1973. There have been older versions of the bridge in the long history of London one of which inspired the famous nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down".  

 

A soccer fan with tattoo looks up at building covered with England flags in London. British soccer fans are one of the most colourful and boisterous in the world. 

 

People walk past street vendors at Brick Lane Sunday Market in east London. The market operates only on Sundays and is a hotspot for buyers looking out to buy things that are unique.

 

Clarke who plays Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker" adjusts ballet shoes outside Buckingham Palace in London.

 

Nelson's Column is seen in Trafalgar Square in London. The square is a major tourist spot in the city and was built to celebrate the British naval victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

 

An ice-cream vendor is seen inside a truck in front of the Tate Museum in London.

 

London Eye capsule decorated to look like a London bus moves past the Houses of Parliament in central London.

 

The National Gallery is seen in London's Trafalgar Square. The famous gallery is home to around 2300 pieces of art and like many London buildings has gone through various phases of architectural change.