• West Hampstead tube station to get step-free access

    Updated: 2023-03-31 16:38:42
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me West Hampstead tube station to get step-free access Published 31 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield Transport News 1 Comment The busy West Hamstead tube station is to get step-free access after Camden council approved a large housing development which will

  • New RNLI Lifeboat Station Is Towed Into Position Below Tower Bridge

    Updated: 2023-03-31 16:10:37
    Floating HQ replaces part-Victorian one.

  • A London Underground steam loco comes to OO model railways

    Updated: 2023-03-31 14:00:45
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me A London Underground steam loco comes to OO model railways Published 31 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield Transport News No Comments When steam trains returned to the London Underground for the 150th-anniversary celebrations the trains were hauled by Met 1

  • Discover Enchanting Candlelight Concerts Inspired By Legendary Soundtracks And Film Scores

    Updated: 2023-03-31 13:59:11
    Do you find yourself still humming the music days after watching a great film? It’s almost impossible not to! Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” is sacred for Titanic fans and Timon and Pumbaa’s “Hakuna Matata” plays on in our minds after just one viewing of The Lion King. is paying homage to the […] The post Discover Enchanting Candlelight Concerts Inspired By Legendary Soundtracks And Film Scores appeared first on Secret London.

  • The Top 10 Exhibitions To See In London: April 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-31 13:43:42
    Pre-Raphaelites, animals and experimental gaming.

  • London’s first Action Plan to promote the growth of cargo bikes

    Updated: 2023-03-31 13:21:43
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me London†s first Action Plan to promote the growth of cargo bikes Published 31 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield Transport News No Comments The slow but steady growth in the use of cargo bikes could speed up , with plans to make them easier to use in . London

  • 53 Action-Packed Things To Do In London In April 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-31 13:16:00
    The best events in London this month.

  • Flash sale on Peaky Blinders immersive tickets

    Updated: 2023-03-31 11:00:05
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me Flash sale on Peaky Blinders immersive tickets Published 31 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield London Theatre No Comments An immersive theatre show based on the television series is currently running in Camden , and there's a flash sale on tickets at the .

  • London’s weekly railway news

    Updated: 2023-03-31 06:00:02
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me London’s weekly railway news Published 31 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield Transport News 1 Comment A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news The image above is from March 2020 : Taking a look inside Crossrail's Farringdon station London Underground

  • Old Operating Theatre museum reopening with free open day

    Updated: 2023-03-30 17:00:01
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me Old Operating Theatre museum reopening with free open day Published 30 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield Museums No Comments Above an old church next to London Bridge station is an old operating theatre , which is now a museum , and will reopen next month

  • Tours of a Roman London bathhouse resume in April

    Updated: 2023-03-30 14:00:54
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me Tours of a Roman London bathhouse resume in April Published 30 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield London Ticket Alert No Comments A Roman bathhouse hidden underneath a London office block will reopen for tours on Saturdays from April . onwards c City of London

  • King's Cross Honours Lost Species With New 60ft Artworks

    Updated: 2023-03-30 12:09:00
    Artist Lucy Orta's 'visual database' of extinct plants and animals.

  • Steve McQueen Created A Film Of Grenfell In 2017 - It's Finally Screening This Month

    Updated: 2023-03-30 08:45:00
    Recording from helicopter is a memorial to the tragedy.

  • Things To Do In London Over Easter Weekend 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-30 08:30:00
    Eggs, bunnies and the Passion of Christ.

  • This Monday marks the final day for Greater Anglia’s old Class 321 trains

    Updated: 2023-03-30 00:00:36
    Skip to Main Content What's on in London London Today London Tomorrow London this Weekend Free exhibitions London Theatre What's on in March 2023 What's on in April 2023 What's on in May 2023 What's on in June 2023 Add an Event London News Architecture Art Book reviews Churches Day trips from London Food and drink History Exhibitions London Theatre Alleys and passages Pocket parks Museums London Transport News Anniversaries London Museums Contact Me What's on in London London News Anniversaries London Museums Free exhibitions Contact Me This Monday marks the final day for Greater Anglia’s old Class 321 trains Published 30 March 2023 by By Ian Mansfield Transport News 1 Comment This coming Monday will be the last day that Greater Anglia's old Class 321 trains will be in regular commuter

  • 14 Spring Day Trips From London: April 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-29 09:01:00
    Steam trains, flower festivals and a mysterious grotto.

  • Where To Celebrate King Charles III's Coronation In London

    Updated: 2023-03-29 08:48:02
    Things to do over the coronation weekend.

  • That Time Tom Jones Caught A Number 13 Bus To Arizona

    Updated: 2023-03-29 08:12:49
    Remembering the Special London Bridge Special.

  • 11 London Misnomers

    Updated: 2023-03-28 10:10:00
    Bits of London with questionable names.

  • Superloop Express Bus Service Proposed For Outer London

    Updated: 2023-03-28 08:30:00
    An alluring map. But we have questions.

  • Lewisham pump

    Updated: 2023-03-27 10:00:13
    , London Remembers Memorials Subjects Map This Day MENU Memorials Subjects Map Lost Memorials Puzzle Corner Memorial Types Subject Types About Advanced search Contact Home Memorials Plaques Lewisham pump Search London Remembers… Plaque Lewisham pump Inscription On the plaque : This pump was made by George Turner of Dorset Street , Fleet Street in the 1830's and erected , it is thought , for the residents of Exchequer Place , a group of houses which was demolished when the adjacent workhouse , now part of the hospital , expanded about 1891. The pump was restored by Lewisham Regeneration in 2001, as part of a series of environmental improvements to Rushey Green , which is listed in the London Squares Act 1932. Funding was provided by Transport for London and the restoration work was

  • Sisterhood of the Holy Cross

    Updated: 2023-03-26 09:52:12
    In this house on March 26th 1845 was founded the first Religious Sisterhood in the Church of England since the Reformation.

  • Sir Noel Coward - Sutton

    Updated: 2023-03-26 09:48:51
    Sir Noel Coward 1899 - 1973 dramatist, actor and composer.Noel Coward lived for a few years of his childhood (1906 - 1909) in Lenham Road. His first public appearance on stage was on July 23rd 1907, in a concert at Sutton Public Hall when he was about 8 years old.Heritage in SuttonSutton Leisure Services

  • Best Of Londonist: 20-26 March 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-26 05:00:09
    Catch up on Londonist's articles from the past week.

  • Things We Love: The Jukebox At Bradley's Spanish Bar

    Updated: 2023-03-25 23:00:07
    A phosphorescent treasure chest overspilling with golden hits.

  • TfL Is Renaming Each London Overground Line - Here's What They Should Be Called

    Updated: 2023-03-24 14:45:00
    Fancy commuting on the Transatlantic line?

  • Coronation-Themed Afternoon Teas: Regal Menus To Try In London

    Updated: 2023-03-24 09:45:58
    Including one in Westminster Abbey, the coronation venue.

  • London Is Getting A Memorial To The Victims Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade

    Updated: 2023-03-24 09:39:00
    With 'satellite sites' dotted around the city.

  • London's Dog Sculptures: A Map

    Updated: 2023-03-23 10:58:29
    A woof guide to the capital.

  • Damon Albarn

    Updated: 2023-03-23 10:50:20
    Damon Albarn the British singer, songwriter, producer and composer, best known for Blur and Gorillaz, lived here in his early years.Waltham Forest Heritage

  • Thames Path: You Can Now Walk The Whole North Bank Through The City

    Updated: 2023-03-22 15:06:00
    New bit means no more detours to Thames Street.

  • Crafty Shortcuts: The Charing Cross Elevated Walkway

    Updated: 2023-03-22 13:15:05
    Plus: see London's longest wazzbaffles!

  • West End Gets Its First Ramadan Illuminations

    Updated: 2023-03-22 11:54:00
    30,000 LEDs give Coventry Street the glow-up.

  • This Man Is Drawing Every Single Building In London

    Updated: 2023-03-22 10:12:05
    Hope he's got more than one pen...

  • Unforgotten Lives: Exhibition Celebrates Remarkable Stories Of BAME Londoners

    Updated: 2023-03-21 09:57:00
    Free year-long show at London Metropolitan Archives.

  • 100 Actors Will Stage An Epic Retelling Of The Easter Story, In Trafalgar Square

    Updated: 2023-03-21 09:18:00
    Crowds of 20,000 expected on Good Friday.

  • Things To Do This Weekend In London: 25-26 March 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-20 21:03:57
    New exhibitions, walking tours, and a brand new booze fest.

  • Park Royal station

    Updated: 2023-03-20 11:00:12
    , London Remembers Memorials Subjects Map This Day MENU Memorials Subjects Map Lost Memorials Puzzle Corner Memorial Types Subject Types About Advanced search Contact Home Memorials Plaques Park Royal station Search London Remembers… Plaque Park Royal station Inscription Underground Heritage information Park Royal station Listed as a building of National Significance Architect : Landers Welsh , 1936 This impressive building situated on Western Avenue , one of the new arterial roads built in the 1930s , replaced an earlier station further to the west that had opened in 1905. It was designed , especially the imposing tower with the illuminated roundels , to be a landmark showing the importance of the Underground in the new suburban . landscape Although influenced by the work of the

  • Best Of Londonist: 19 March 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-19 06:00:10
    Catch up on Londonist's articles from the past week.

  • Inside A London Repair Cafe

    Updated: 2023-03-18 10:30:07
    Bikes, electronics, textiles - they mend the lot!

  • German rivalry: Farm Hall @JSTheatre

    Updated: 2023-03-18 09:39:00
    : Skip to main content Search This Blog Paul in London Paul is in London . Mostly seeing theatre German rivalry : Farm Hall JSTheatre Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps March 18, 2023 What is it about German scientists that fascinate us Whether it be Dr Strangelove or The Right Stuff , the German scientist from the time of war features as an omnipresent genius . But in Farm Hall , the debut play from Katherine Moar , it's the reflective scientist , not the mad crazy one , that is the focus . And in its brisk 90 minutes , you feel it captures the world's time and place . There was madness everywhere but not at Farm Hall . It's currently playing at Jermyn Street Theatre Farm Hall is based on the detainment by allied forces of several German physicists towards the end of the

  • Dock Life Renewed

    Updated: 2023-03-18 07:11:26
    A guest post by London Historians founder member Peter Stone. Dock Life Renewed – How London’s Docks Are Thriving Again, by Niki Gorick. This wasn’t quite what I was expecting. A new book about the docks they said, would I like to review it? Dock Life Renewed – How London’s Docks Are Thriving Again. Ah, […]

  • Ada House

    Updated: 2023-03-17 10:53:11
    Ada HouseThis block was built in 1937 by the London County Council and was named after Ada Place in which the block is situated; which in turn had been named after Ada Lewis the wife of the founder of Samuel Lewis Housing Association which is now known as The Southern Housing Group.Tower Hamlets Community Housing THCH

  • Things To Do In London In The Easter Holidays 2023

    Updated: 2023-03-17 10:14:00
    Family-friendly events in the capital this spring.

  • St Pancras Station: An Offensively Brief Biography

    Updated: 2023-03-16 16:18:00
    A potted history of London's cathedralesque terminus.

  • London Bridge - opened

    Updated: 2023-03-16 10:54:41
    London Bridge, opened by Her Mahesty Queen Elizabeth II, in the presence of:the Rt. Hon., the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mais, OBE, ERD, TD, DL, DSc. CEng.Norman L. Hall, MBE LLB, Chairman City Lands & Bridge House Estates CommitteeFrank N. Steiner, MA, Chairman Planning & Communications CommitteeHarold K. King, CBE, CEng, FICE, FIMun.E, FRICS, City EngineerFriday 16th March 1973

  • Oakwood Station

    Updated: 2023-03-13 10:41:53
    , London Remembers Memorials Subjects Map This Day MENU Memorials Subjects Map Lost Memorials Puzzle Corner Memorial Types Subject Types About Advanced search Contact Home Memorials Plaques Oakwood Station Search London Remembers… Plaque Oakwood Station Inscription Underground Heritage information Oakwood station Listed as a building of National Significance Architects : C . H . James with Adams , Holden Pearson , 1933 The station opened on 13 March 1933 as part of the extension to Cockfosters . The station was originally named Enfield West with a suffix Oakwood' being added in 1934, following a local Borough Council petition to name the station Merryhills' or Oakwood Park' . The reference to Enfield was finally dropped on 1 September 1946. The station building is a fine example by the

  • Joseph Priestley - E9

    Updated: 2023-03-13 10:41:09
    Joseph Priestley, 1733 - 1804, scientist, philosopher and theologian, was minister to the Gravel Pit Meeting here in 1793 - 1794.Greater London Council

  • Empire Memorial Sailors' Hostel

    Updated: 2023-03-13 10:39:42
    This foundation stone was laid by Beatrice Dowager Lady Dimsdale OBE, with whom the project of building this memorial hostel originated and to whose devotion and energy its success is so largely due.13th March 1923

  • Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

    Updated: 2023-03-08 10:56:05
    Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, 1879 - 1967, botanist and a leader of the first women's army corps, lived in flat 93, 1915 - 1964.English Heritage

  • Gertrude Bell

    Updated: 2023-03-08 10:52:32
    Gertrude Bell, 1868 - 1926, traveller, archaeologist and diplomat, lived here.English Heritage

  • Nelson Lee

    Updated: 2023-03-06 11:00:14
    Nelson Lee, actor, theatre manager & pantomime writer, lived here, 1851 - 1872.London Borough of Hackney

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