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Royal Albert Hall
Since 1941 the Royal Albert Hall has been known to hold the annual summer Proms. The hall is located on the northern edge of South Kensington. The hall can hold upto 5,272 seats depending on the stage arrangements. The Royal Albert Hall is one of UK’s most valued and distinctive buildings since its opening in 1871 by Queen Victoria. The world’s leading artists have from all genres have performed at the Royal Albert Hall.
Initially the hall was to be named The Central Hall of Arts and Science but gained its name Royal Albert Hall by Queen Victoria who named it after her deceased husband. Another attraction site that Holiday Lets London can recommend to visit that Queen Victoria built in memory of her fond deceased husband is the Albert Memorial.
Holiday Lets London can recommend other similar attractions sites of same interest and nature such as the O2 Arena an indoor entertainment centre of the most modern sort. Also Holiday Lets London recommends Leicester Square which is supposedly the ‘cinema land’ of London.
The BBC Promenade concerts founded in 1895 have been continuously held at the Royal Albert Hall ever since the Queen’s Hall during an air raid. The Proms are supposedly the world’s largest and most democratic music festival.
Roger Daltrey of The Who has been passionately involved in the events taken place by the Teenage Cancer Trust held since the 2000s. For over 20 years Eric Clapton has regularly played at the Hall. Shirley Bassey has had many guest appearances at the Royal Albert Hall where she also sang Happy Birthday to the 80th year of Duke of Edinburgh.
The Royal Albert Hall has won many awards from different categories. From 1994 to 1998 and in 2003 the Hall won ‘International Venue of The Year’. From 2008 to 2012 the Hall was voted Superbrands leading Leisure and Entertainment Destination. As many as Britain’s popular attraction sites either get into poems, books, movies, documentaries or songs; Royal Albert Hall has had its popular moment of popular integration. In the song A Day in the Life by the ever famous Beatles, Albert Hall was mentioned. Holiday Lets London provide first class accommodation that is accessible for tourist who are wanting Flats for rent near London Eye.
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Temple
To the north of the Royal Courts of Justice is the Temple an area in London close to the Temple Church. It is one of the main notable legal districts of the capital. The Temple area contains the Inner Temple and Middle Temple which are two of the Inns of Court. The 12th century name recorded was Novum Temple which means ‘New Temple’ named from a house belonging to the Knights of Templar. The name is shares with Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Temple Church and Temple Bar. It consists of barrister’s chambers, solicitors’ offices, notable legal institutions such as employment Appeal Tribunal.
Originally being the precinct of Knights Templar whose Temple church was named in honor of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. The pope granted their possessions to the Knights of Hospitaller upon their dissolution where King Edward II ignored the claims to the Knights of Hospitaller and divide the Temple into Inner Temple and Outer Temple. The rightful claim was given back to the Knights of Hospitaller in 1324 but yet gain to another King Edward II favorite called Hugh le Despencer. On Hugh’s death n 1326 the Inner Temple was passed onto the first Mayor of London then to William de Langford in 1333 for a ten year lease.
In order to visit it more places with similar history Holiday Lets London Flats for rent near British Museum recommends you to visit St Paul’s Cathedral. Also Holiday Lets London states when looking to rent a flat in London, to do an in depth research on each attraction to be visited hence the awe of the place can be enjoyed. Also ensure that yourself catering accommodation is in close proximity to all the attraction sites you are planning to visit, this will make you less tired and would help you save money.
There was a petition in 1137 by the Knights towards the king to rectify the grant to a layman. As a result the Inner Temple was divided between the consecrated land to the east and unconsecrated land in the west. Hence the eastern land was called the Inner Temple and the western land the Middle Temple namely. Langford continued to hold the Middle Temple for a reduced rent. The area of the Temple was increased due to the Victoria Embankment when the River Thames was embanked. The original bank of the river can be seen in a drop in ground level from the Inner Temple Gardens or the stairs at the bottom of Essex Street. The core of the district is found in the City Of London and consists of two Inns of Court: Inner Temple (eastern part) and Middle Temple (western part). Both the Inns each have their own dining halls, gardens and libraries and administrative offices all located in their part of the temple. A majority of the land is taken over by buildings called chambers where the barristers practice. Many of the chambers were used as residential quarters for the barristers until the 20th century until a shortage of space for professional purposes limited the residential quarters to the top floors where it was occupied by senior most barristers. Another building to visit while at the Tempe is the 19thcentury building called Old The Outer Temple situated between Essex Court and Strand which is just on the outside of the Middle Temple.
Just like Holland Park giving its name to the Holland Park tube station and Hyde Park giving name to the Hyde Park corner tube station; Temple gives it name to the Temple tube station. Holiday Lets London recommends visiting the Holland Park and Hyde Park which are two interesting attractions sites of London harboring its own stories. While browsing our high specification London holiday studio visit What’s In on London to enlighten yourself on these other attraction sites that Holiday Lets London Flats for rent near Tower Bridge London states that could make your visit to London worthwhile. Also while at the Temple tube station visit the Temple Pier on the Victoria Embankment.
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