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Places to Visit in West London

• Other highlights of the palace include its Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, where you can witness the ceremonial and court dresses from the 18th century

• Kew Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a popular tourists attractions in West London, known for being the home of the most extensive botanical collections ever 

• Spread over 300 acres of botanical gardens and glasshouses, it is home to the largest collection of living plants in the whole world

• Some of the popular attractions of the Kew Gardens includes the iconic Victorian Palm House, which was built of wrought iron during the 1840s and boasts of thousands of hand-blown glass

• Kew Gardens is also home to other glasshouses, including the waterlily house, the temperate house, modern alpine house, and the bonsai house, along with several lakes, pagodas, temples and gateways 

• The rest of Notting Hill is known for its immense beauty, and also has homes of prominent figures, including Jamie Oliver, Stella McCartney, Bjork and more

• Amongst the most famous places in West London, The Saatchi Gallery is an exhibition space where you can witness amazing contemporary art

• Spread across an area of 70,000 square foot, the gallery is housed in the headquarters of the Duke of York, on King’s Road, and was opened in 1985

• The primary works in the gallery belong to the collection of Charles Saatchi, and consist mostly of American art, with works of artists like Andy Warhol, Lucien Freud, Donald Judd and others

Location: Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY, United Kingdom

• Located on the Brompton Road in Knightsbridge is Harrods, one of the most famous department stores in the world, and amongst the top places in West London

• The store was established in 1834 as a place to sell fruits and vegetables, the store quickly spread across 1 million square feet of retail space, thereby becoming the biggest shop in all of Europe

• There are over 300 departments in Harrods, from jewellery and clothing, to furniture, sporting gear, and more

• You can also find more than 30 eateries here, from humble food stalls to fine dining establishments as well

Location: 87-135 Brompton Rd, London SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom

• Amongst the top places to visit in West London is the Victoria and Albert Museum, which ranks as the leading museum of design and fashion in the whole world

• Designed by Aston Webb, the museum sprawls across seven floors, and has 145 galleries categorised into five main themes, namely Asia, Europe, Materials and Techniques, Modern and Exhibitions

• The museum is also home to roughly around two million different exhibits, from the finest Persian carpet in the world, to the Great Bed of Ware, an 11-metre-high Chihuly glass chandelier as well as five of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, among other things

• The museum also has a fashion gallery, which showcases dresses from the early 1700s, all the way up to the modern times

• Home to more than 70 million specimens, The Natural History Museum is definitely a must-visit place in West London, located in the beautiful Waterhouse building

• The galleries here include the Red Zone, Green Zone, Blue Zone and Orange Zone, and have specimens of volcanoes, birds, minerals, dinosaurs, animals, as well as the Darwin centre, among others

• You can also find a 4.5 tonne, 126-year-old skeleton of a blue whale here, along with a replica of a T-Rex, an earthquake simulator, a first edition of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”

• You can also admire the skull of the extinct Barbary Lion here, along with other unique attractions

• The Science Museum is another popular tourists attractions in West London, which boasts of a marvelous collection of relics from the Industrial Revolution, including George Stephensons’ Rocket 

• The museum has as many as 30 galleries, where almost 300,000 items are displayed

• Some of the most interesting galleries inside the museum include Flight, where you can witness the world’s best preserved Antoinette monoplane as well as a Gypsy Moth and the Energy Hall, which has a Corliss steam engine

• Don’t forget to head over to the Exploring Space Gallery here, where you can find a piece of moon rock, along with the Apollo 10 Lunar Module and other artefacts

Location: Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD, United Kingdom

• A visit to West London will not be complete without exploring Holland Park, which is home to a public and street park, and flanked by Victorian-style townhouses

• Well maintained and exuding immense tranquillity, this park also boasts of several luxury spas, shops, fine dining restaurants, luxury hotels and other structures

• You can also find the Kyoto Garden here, which was a gift from the city of Kyoto to London, and has waterfalls, rivulets, serene Koi fish ponds and is one of the most peaceful places in the city

• The park also has climbing equipment, zip wires, see-saws and tyre swings, along with a separate play area for young kids