Attraction: 10 Downing Street

Since 1735, 10 Downing Street has been the home of British prime ministers, and it competes with the White House for the title of most important political building in the modern age. The most critical choices impacting Britain over the last 275 years have been made behind its black door.

The First and Second World Wars, as well as key decisions about the end of the empire, the building of the British nuclear bomb, the handling of economic crises from the Great Depression in 1929 to the Great Recession, and the establishment of the welfare state, were all directed from within it in the twentieth century alone.

Robert Walpole, Pitt the Younger, Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and Margaret Thatcher are just a few of the prominent political leaders who have lived and worked in Number 10.

George Downing is the name of the world’s most renowned street. It’s a bad he was such an unpleasant person. He was a capable diplomat and government administrator, yet he was miserly and cruel at times.

George Downing, on the other hand, was responsible for the street, its name, and the structure we see today. He switched allegiance with finesse as a former Commonwealth diplomat in The Hague. He traded enough information to receive a royal pardon in March 1660 and a knighthood by the Restoration in May 1660.

Downing Street had hit hard times at the turn of the century. Despite the fact that Number 10 remained the Prime Minister’s office, it was not favored as a residence. The majority of prime leaders liked to reside in townhouses of their own.

Every week, formal occasions such as meetings, receptions, luncheons, and dinners are held at Number 10.

Not only heads of state and formal dignitaries attend; events are held for people from all walks of life in the UK, including prominent achievers, public servants, and charity workers.

Since becoming the official residence of the Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street has served as both a dwelling and a place of work for Britain’s Prime Ministers.

Throughout its history, Number 10 has been updated – including with new technology – to provide both an acceptable level of living for its residents and to put the Prime Minister at the center of government decision-making. The arrival of a new Prime Minister was frequently the catalyst for new technologies or an update.