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The Royal Academy Arts has been fostering artistic talent for over two centuries now. It is fitting, then, that it is b…
Imperial War Museum: a study of Britain at war.
An artisanal food hall based in a Greek revival church, Mercato Mayfair has it all... if by 'it all' you mean delicious…
Leadenhall Market was used as the film location to Harry Potter’s Leaky Cauldron pub, was once home to a runaway goose …
A rainforest in the centre of London, Barbican Conservatory is the unlikely home of a reformed gang of turtles that onc…
Is Eltham Palace one of England’s most haunted places?
Named for a Viking royal, Gunnersbury Park has a fascinating history but perhaps should have been torn down over 90 yea…
A rooftop Eden in a concrete jungle, Garden at 120 is London's biggest public rooftop garden with some of the best view…
A huge foodhall in the heart of one of London's most vibrant and bizarre neighbourhoods, Seven Dials Market is the perf…
As the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark, Southwark Cathedral is the spiritual centre for an area stre…
Neasden Temple (or BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir as it is properly known) was the first traditional Hindu temple in Eur…
221B Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes’ legendary address in London.
Cadogan Hall in London was the first permanent home of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).
War, severed body parts, a 700 year old monument, a fatal roof collapse and the world's first underground railway, Char…
The Crossness Pumping Station was created after The Great Stink of 1858 nearly drove MPs out of the Palace of Westminst…
Primrose Hill is a London park and the site of a mysterious 17th century murder that resulted in the hanging of three i…
Leighton House Museum: one man's legacy in London born from the love of two sisters.
Satanism, sex rituals, vampires and duels: Highgate Cemetery was the inspiration behind Christopher Lee's Dracula, but …
Mae Jemison once said, 'when God made the colour purple, God was just showing off'. If this is true, then whoever grew …
Founded in 1673, Chelsea Physic Garden is a picturesque reminder of the vital role that botanical gardens played in the…
The Museum of London Docklands: shedding light on the former execution capital of Europe.
Crossrail Place Roof Garden: is contained within a building that looks like it belongs on Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
God’s Own Junkyard: the dazzling neon wonderland in the heart of London.
A London prison made famous by a Michael Caine film, a song by The Jam and a rooftop protest by the IRA, Wormwood Scrub…
Featuring the mutoid sculptures of a man infamous for making his own Stonehenge out of tanks, Vinegar Yard is London's …
When wandering around Richmond Park, Isabella Plantation can be easily overlooked, but here’s why it shouldn’t be!
Is Rules Restaurant London’s oldest restaurant?
The Foundling Museum commemorates the Foundling Hospital, which is thought to be the world's first incorporated charity…
As the name suggests, Hackney City Farm is quite literally a farm in the middle of the city!
Sir John Soane's Museum is the former home of one of England's greatest architects.
Old Royal Naval College has had many uses; it was a hospital, a college, the birthplace of a king, and the memorial of …
Stunning 19th Century Arcade? Check. Luxury goods? Check. Private militia dolled up in Victorian frock coats? Check. If…
The Mayflower Pub is the embodiment of the maritime legacy of Captain Christopher Jones and the historic Mayflower jour…
Punch and Judy, Covent Garden: a pub, a puppet show, the birthplace of an icon.
A street named not for sweets but for animal guts, Pudding Lane is the site of Farriner's bakery, where the Great Fire …
Kew Palace is a regal jewel nestled within the natural beauty of Kew Gardens in the leafy borough of Richmond-upon-Tham…
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel: transporting pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
For centuries a royal hunting ground, Greenwich Park is today famous as the birthplace of time as we know it, and a lov…
The former stomping ground of both Jack the Ripper and the Kray Twins, Bethnal Green was a parish of large, well-to-do …
Old London Bridge survived for 600 years until it was dismantled and scattered across the city.
Remains of London’s once formidable barrier built by the Romans in 200 AD.
A perfectly preserved Victorian cartoonist’s domestic and artistic domicile, located in Stafford Terrace, Kensington.
The overgrown ruins of a 900 year old London church, St Dunstan-in-the-East is like a window into an alternate history.
The definition of a dandy, an influencer before influencers were even a thing, the laziest Officer that the Tenth Royal…
Today, Western cultures shy away from the thought of death, but this wasn't always the case. Kensal Green Cemetery is a…
Did you know the Albert Bridge vibrates?
Hidden beneath Waterloo station, Leake Street Arches is a disused Eurostar tunnel that's been transformed into a street…
In its heyday, The Prospect of Whitby witnessed the execution of several infamous pirates. Today its authentic interior…
Word on the Water: a floating bookstore in London.
An iconic London monument built in honour of Lord Nelson who died leading the British fleet to victory in the Battle of…
The Blind Beggar Pub: the setting of a real life gangster shoot-out.
Garden Lodge: accommodating a superstar.
Known locally as Flicker Alley, Cecil Court was a vital hub of early British cinema with international connections.
The Viktor Wynd Museum: where else can you find old master etchings alongside celebrity faeces; Happy Meal toys next to…
Asylum Chapel hosts weddings that stand the test of time, like it has.
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is one of London's 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries.
Bush House: The Home of Broadcasting.
Arnold Circus is a historic bandstand at the centre of one of the worst slums in East London.
Former industrial hub and one-time home of David Hockney and Derek Jarman, Shad Thames is a distinct, hidden London dis…
Paternoster Square is an urban development that sits on top of England’s former publishing street and is home to three …
London's answer to Italy's 'Floating City', or a realtor's cynical attempt to make the most of a couple of canals, Litt…
Over eight centuries old, Bethlem Royal Hospital (aka Bedlam Asylum) offers a harrowing look into England's past mistre…
With elements dating back to the 1400s, and from every century since, Lincoln's Inn is a treasure trove of London archi…
The Victoria Memorial is the largest and most impressive memorial dedicated to Queen Victoria in England.
The Cittie of Yorke Pub in London is not actually as old as it looks!
Often claimed to be one of the oldest places of Christian worship in England, St Pancras Old Church and its churchyard …
Handel and Hendrix were born over two hundred years and one thousand miles apart, but, despite this, they had a lot in …
A tranquil garden containing London’s biggest collection of roses, Queen Mary’s Rose Garden is a peaceful place of beau…
A spooky legacy of London’s most turbulent historical events; Bunhill Fields is a nonconformist burial ground built on …
Described as "Insta-famous," Kynance Mews has been listed as one of the most "instagrammable" places to photograph wist…
Out of approximately 150 temples in London, the Buddhapadipa temple was the first Thai Buddhist temple to be built in t…
The Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs: The world's first full-scale reconstruction of the prehistoric creatures.
Millennium Mills: waiting to be developed since the early 2000s.
Hyde park's Wellington Arch is the epitomy of a UK public works project: it was left unfinished for years and has a his…
Winchester Palace was one of the largest and most important buildings in Mediaeval London. Now it lies in ruins.
The remnants of an ancient military cult that once threatened to takeover the world, the Temple of Mithras is a London …
Idle, disorderly and verminous persons beware: enter Brown Hart Gardens at your risk. And don't even think about practi…
The Alphabeta Building: prioritising an award-winning work-life balance for its employees, one basketball game or open-…
Before there was Starbucks, before there was Coca Cola, before there was even the USA, there was the Twinings tea shop.
A Georgian alley thought to be one of the main inspirations of Harry Potter's Diagon Alley, Goodwin's Court is the perf…
Pelican Stairs is an alleyway in East London that leads to a hidden London beach. It runs alongside a historic pub, the…
Beckenham Place Mansion is situated in one of the finest wildlife sites in Lewisham.
Crosby Moran Hall is a private residence in Chelsea that contains the remains of a 15th-century building; notable occup…
Florin Court: The home of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.
Duck Island Cottage: a charming 17th-century structure that once housed the royal duck keeper.
More than just a road, park and mural name in Hackney, London, Shepherdess Walk is the place to go to see where medieva…
Hidden next to Mayfair's Grosvenor Chapel, Mount Street Gardens is one of London's most peaceful beauty spots. Then aga…
For many years, St Etheldreda’s Church was the oldest Roman Catholic Church still in use in England.
The Rookery Streatham: a secret garden in south London.
Princelet Street is dedicated to all the immigrants that have come before and called it home.
An opulent Victorian terrace concealing secrets that link the railway, BBC’s Sherlock and the author of Peter Pan, J.M …
Carreras Cigarette Factory lost much of its former beauty after it found a new purpose as business offices.
Crossbones Graveyard is the unconsecrated final resting place of Medieval London's sex workers, 'The Winchester Geese'.…
Thomas Hardy, author of Far From The Madding Crowd and architect of one of London's strangest landmarks: The Hardy Tree.
Southmere Lake, or the 'Flatblock Marina', is a brutalist estate in Thamesmead, London, famous for its role as a totali…
A site of mills since Doomsday (the book, not the end of time), Three Mills Island is part of the oldest recorded examp…
St Mary Le Strand: the first of fifty churches built after the Great Fire of London.
This odd building stands on the site on which Peasant's Revolt leader, Jack Straw, is said to have sheltered before bei…
Once declared the most haunted house in London, 50 Berkeley Square has a body count to send shivers down your spine. Th…
Why do Londoners flock to Brighton when they have Folly House Beach on their doorstep?
Little Compton Street: A buried Bohemian time capsule beneath London's modern roads?
Mary Shelley famously started writing her classic novel 'Frankenstein' during a stormy stay at Lord Byron's Lake Geneva…
Kensington is a bustling area of London full to bursting with museums, centres of learning, galleries, shops, and resta…
'I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.' In this house lived William Blake: poet, visionary, rebel, g…
Shoreditch High Street – the old main street of Shoreditch – where iconic street art and outdoor markets meet vintage c…
