Brent has a variety of attractions to offer visitors. The most famous attraction is Wembley Stadium which has over 1 and a half million visitors each year who are able to enjoy live football and rugby alongside its usage for huge international concerts. It is regarded as one of the top venues for global sport from The Worlds Athletic Championship to the Olympic Games.
Wembley Stadium opened in 2007 and has now become the primary space for concerts as it has a platform for music performances which are usually operated on the west end of the stadium in order to provide fans with an extraordinary view. The seating has been arranged so that all visitors have enough room to relax and watch the show and also allows for a higher roof line alongside a specially created protected sound system.
For a historical guide to the area, visitors can go to Brent Museum where you will find a Community Gallery and current exhibitions located on the ground floor of the building. The museum showcases the vast multiculturalism apparent within the borough of Brent and illustrates the diversity in local communities and cultures. Also found on the ground floor of the museum are activities to do with Brent's history. There is no entrance fee and the museum is open every day of the week.
If you would like to spend your day shopping you can go to Brent Cross Shopping Centre, which houses over 120 popular retailers and high end brands such as Calvin Klein, Caroline Ferrera, Mac, Marc Jacobs, Mickey Jewellery, Sahara, Samsung, Schott, Sekonda, Jeff Banks, JD Sports, John Lewis, Tag Heuer, Ted Baker and many more exciting designers.
The value of customer service is monitored at Brent Cross as the stores providing the very best service are rewarded for their efforts. A mystery shopper is brought along every six weeks and this is how the level of customer service is calculated, bringing visitors the best results for shopping in the area.
For a more cultural experience of Brent, you can visit Tricycle Theatre which opened in 1980 and is now commonly recognised as a highly regarded theatre in all of London. The theatre is also an art gallery and cinema as the building went through severe redevelopment in 1998. Now the theatre in itself can facilitate 230 visitors and in addition to this is a 300 seat cinema.
A great way to enjoy the multiculturalism found within Brent is to take a trip down Ealing Road. Here you will find an array of Indian shops that sell beautiful selections of fabrics and Indian clothing. To accompany this are various shops that sell fresh fruit and vegetables, some that are rarely found in the country and you will also come across many jewellery shops offering spectacular jewellery pieces. Ealing Road also has a variety of cafes and restaurants contributing the finest cuisines of eastern taste. The road is very popular and is regularly crowded with people enjoying a day out of good food and available clothing.
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Camden is a borough based in inner London. It is recognised for its unique and entertaining area known as Covent Garden. Here you will find street performers, a range of entertainment facilities and brilliant architecture including The Royal Opera House which is commonly referred to as Covent Garden as the large building in itself symbolises the area.
The Royal Opera House is regarded as a major venue for performing arts and has a seating capacity of over 2000 alongside four beautiful balconies and an amphitheatre gallery. The building is predominantly a theatre which has undergone severe redevelopment in 1990, from its original construction in the 1850's. The entire Covent Garden area is estimated to hold a market value of ?650 million and is spread across 550,000 sq ft of land.
In Camden town you can visit Camden Market where you will come across a variety of large markets selling crafts, fast food, clothing and many more unusual items. It is an extremely popular space in all of London, attracting 100,000 visitors every weekend and is also in fact the fourth most appealing tourist attraction in the city. The market was established in the 1970's as prior to this there was merely a smaller market, selling food only.
For a more cultural experience of Camden, visitors can go to Camden Arts Centre which has recently been part of a huge restoration programme costing ?4.2 million. The Arts Centre showcases various collections of contemporary art in its amazing art gallery, the largest in the North end of London. In addition to viewing the selected art pieces, visitors also get the chance to learn about the process involved when constructing art pieces.
A structure that may be worth visiting is BT Tower, a tower which stands 189 metres tall however, it is no longer open to the general public and even the restaurant found within the structure is only strictly accessible for BT events. From time to time, broadcasts can be made from the very top of the structure on special occasions. The building is a permanent fixture in London and can no longer be removed as it was given Grade II building status in recent years. BT Tower is now used for calculating pollution levels from various sources in order to estimate how air quality in all of London can be made better.
For a fun day out with the family, both adults and children can go to London Zoo, which is the oldest scientific zoo in the entire world. The zoo has over 700 different kinds of animals inhabiting the place with over 15,000 individual animals to explore. This formally makes London Zoo one of the largest of its kind in Britain.
London Zoo had its opening in 1847 and was the first zoo to introduce a Reptile House, Insect House, Children's Zoo and Aquarium. It is now part of a large renovation plan which began its operation in 2008 with the view to recreating real environments for animals as opposed to the cages they are currently kept in, in order for the public to encounter a more stimulating and realistic experience.
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