At the New Year's Day Parade -- London, 10,000 performers take to the streets and brighten the year's first winter afternoon. With 33 entries from the London boroughs and 20 participating countries, this three-hour parade winds through Piccadilly, Lower Regent Street, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, Trafalgar Square Whitehall and Parliament Street. Participants include Mini Mania, the London Pearly Kings & Queens Society, the Red Hat Society, and Miss Christmas and the Christmas Children. The London Parade Festival between Christmas and New Year's features the "Music for London" gala concert. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II supports this celebration.
The Getty Images Gallery of archival photography is home to 300 collections and 40 million negatives. Pioneers include Austrian American photojournalist Ernst Haas and Hollywood cinema and portrait photographer John Kobal. The archives feature landscape images of Antarctica expeditions and social documentary photos of World War II blackouts and the war in Iraq. Getty Images Gallery offers both exhibitions and sales to individuals and corporate clients. Admission is free.
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Camden Market in Camden Town, North West London, developed in the 1970s and ranks as the U.K.'s fourth largest retailer. Camden Lock Market by the canal is home for street fashion and arts and crafts, live music and comedy nights.
Portobello Market in upscale Notting Hill, West London, stretches for two miles. This antiques and jewelry market neighbourhood of white stuccoed houses starred in the Notting Hill film set.
In a Victorian market hall in the East End, Old Spitalfields Market sells food, fashion, antiques and gifts. The nearby Spitalfields Traders Market in Crispin Place hosts up to 110 stalls that feature fashion, home interiors and food. The Huguenots of France's Protestant Reformed Church established a weaving industry in this area that is home to contemporary artists studios.
Benjamin Franklin House near Trafalgar Square was Dr. Franklin's home between 1757 and 1775. As a diplomat and a scientist, Franklin mediated relations between Britain and America, and also explored magnetism and lead poisoning in his laboratory. Visitors can visit the Student Science Centre and compare scientific knowledge through the ages.
William Bligh--1754-1817--moved to his Lambeth Road home with his family in 1794, years after his role as Commanding Lieutenant of the infamous HMS Bounty mutiny. In 1805, he received appointments as Captain General and Governor of New South Wales while living in this terraced brick house. Bligh's family stayed in their Lambeth home while he and his daughter and son-in-law moved to Australia in 1806. In 1811, Bligh returned to the family home where his wife Elizabeth died in 1812.
