London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/29/2012 -- Explore Piccadilly Circus, Parliament Square, and Big Ben, alongside many other famed landmarks and districts. Parliament Square is a renowned London landmark situated in very close proximity to the distinguished Houses of Parliament, world famed Big Ben and spectacular Westminster Abbey, in central London. Parliament Square is one of the most celebrated of all the capital’s attractions, and an excellent vantage point from which to take photographs of some eminent sites, especially when dusk falls and these sites become yet more majestic.

As is befitting of a monument symbolizing the political core of London, Parliament Square is home to statues of eminent statesmen, including the one and only Winston Chruchill, Robert Peel, who founded the police force, Benjamin Disraeli, David Lloyd George, the legendary American president Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid freedom fighter who is admired the globe over.

Big Ben’s repute speaks for itself and it remains the greatest bell ever cast at White chapel. Visitors to the foundry go through a full size profile of the bell, framing the main entrance as they come into the imposing landmark. The original moulding gauge used to cast Big Ben is suspended on the end wall of the foundry, above the furnaces to this very day. The Astronomer Royal, George Airy, who was appointed to draft a specification for the clock, specified that ‘the first stroke of the hour bell should register the time, correct to within one second per day.’The vast majority of the clockmaker's of the day believed such precision to be impossible for a large tower clock. However, Airy was adamant that the first specification be adhered to, and the great exactitude with which Big Ben tells the time to this very day is testament to this.

Ensure you explore Piccadilly Circus, the ever-thriving hub of London, as twilight descends. This bustling plaza in the core of the city is ideally situated for the visitor to delve into in depth, positioned as it is at the junction of five major streets: Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Piccadilly and Covent Street. You may not be aware of the fact that the Circus was originally made by John Nash as part of the future King George IV goal to link Carlton House - where the Prince Regent resided - with Regent's Park. The name 'Piccadilly' interestingly derives from a 17th century frilled collar named piccadil.

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