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The 2012 London Marathon
Since it began in 1981, the London Marathon has taken place in the capital every spring; this year's race, taking place on Sunday 22nd April 2012 will be the 32nd London Marathon.
The London Marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards in distance and holds the Guinness world record as the largest annual fund raising event in the world. Come and watch the thousands of runners take part. Please contact us for more information.
The Chelsea Flower Show
Green-fingered visitors will be excited as this annual
horticultural show returns to the grounds at Royal Hospital from 22nd May. Over 11 acres, the event invites visitors to explore a wide range of spectacular gardens and floral exhibits and this year's show sees a new zone dedicated to the latest in garden technology and innovation.
Please contact us for more information.
Private Viewing of Crown Jewels
The Crown Jewels at the Tower of London are a unique collection of Royal regalia. The beautiful jewels are still in use by the Queen today for national ceremonies for example the State Opening of Parliament . This stunning collection is now open for private viewings. Please contact us for more information.
The London Eye goes Interactive
The London Eye is the city's most popular viewing point and it has recently launched an interactive guide to around 50 of the many attractions visible from its heights. Six tablets in each pod offer instant context to the sights below. With screens designed to reflect the view before you, you can find out trivia just by pressing the touch screen. For example, Battersea Power Station is Europe’s largest brick building, designed by the same architect behind the classic red phone boxes – and there are many more titbits of information like this. Please contact us for further details
A Rare insight into how Tower Bridge works
Even lifelong Londoners who claim they know the city inside out, will rarely be able to tell you they’ve explored underneath one of the city’s most recognised landmarks: Tower Bridge. But now you, and they, have their chance. Every weekend this February and March, visitors can book to join a small group that leaves the publicly accessible sections of the bridge behind and plunges instead into its innards, exploring still-functioning Victorian mechanisms and burrowing underneath the bridge’s famous raising bascules.
The tour begins on the raised walkways, with their crowd-pulling views over the rapidly ascending Shard and the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf. From these chilly, glass-encased platforms, the guide talks through the celebrated construction innovations behind the Gothic marvel, known to the Victorians as the ‘Wonder Bridge’, and recounts key moments in its past that have since become legend. Please contact us for further details.
Buckingham Palace to Display Queen's Diamond Collection
In celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this year, Buckingham Palace will be displaying the Queen's best diamond jewellery and tiaras. The collection will be on display from August to September 2012. Other celebratory exhibitions will include "The Queen: Sixty Photographs for Sixty Years" at Windsor Castle and "Treasures from the Queen's Palaces" at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh which will include paintings, drawings, manuscripts, furniture, ceramics and jewellery. This year is a great year to visit the UK so please do contact us for more information on any of these exhibits.
Charles Dickens museum open in time for the author's 200th birthday
A New Charles Dickens Museum has been reopened in time for the author's 200th birthday. The museum, based in the author's only surviving London house, 48 Doughty Street, holds the world's largest collection of Dickens memorabilia including manuscripts, rare editions, personal items and paintings. Learn more about this great novelist, please contact us for more details.
Kensington Palace hosts "victoria revealed" exhibition
Opening 26th March, the "Victoria Revealed" exhibition explores the life and reign of Queen Victoria. Inspired by extracts from the Queen's own journals and correspondence, the display will include paintings, sculpture, jewellery, clothing and audio-visual displays evoking key moments and themes in the monarch's life. The exhibition promises to be of great appeal for those with an interest in the British Royal Family. Please do contact us if you would like to include this exhibition in your clients' London itinerary.
Hampton Court to host new art exhibition
Hampton court Palace will host a fascinating new art exhibition, "The Wild, The Beautiful and The Damned", exploring the meaning of beauty and love in the Stuart Court, with particular emphasis on the lives and loves of courtesans and libertines during the reigns of Charles II, James II, William III & Mary II and Anne. On a journey through the Queen's State Apartments, visitors will learn about what beauty meant in the court, how it was complemented by fashion and accessories but also explore the longer term effects of beauty and frivolity in youth. The exhibition will be on display between 5th April and 30th September 2012, please contact us to discuss the possibility of including this exhibition on your client's visit to the UK.
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