The Museum of London is a must for any fan of London history. It opened at its present site in 1976 and has artefacts from prehistoric London right up until modern day. The museum is moving to the historic Smithfield site, due to open in 2025, with the current site closing in December 2022. Here […]
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For this walk I have partnered up with Footways, a fantastic social enterprise that encourage walking as the best way to see and explore the city. They have an online map of interconnected, interesting and quieter walking routes through London but also have physical maps you can buy. I used the map to walk from
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On Paternoster Square by St Paul’s Cathedral you will find an ornate stone gateway. It is called Temple Bar and is, in fact, the only surviving gateway into the City of London. It has not, however, always sat serenely next to St Paul’s and has a rather gory element to its past. Temple Bar The
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On Piccadilly you will find a shop that has been plying its trade for over 200 years. Hatchards is London’s and, according to their website, the UK’s oldest bookshop. It was described by former MP Sir Alan Herbert as “like an Enchanted Island in the sea of noise”. Read on to have a look inside
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The world-famous Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are one of London’s quirkiest and most fascinating historical sights. The striking Victorian models were the first ever full scale statues of extinct animals and are invaluable both historically and scientifically, but also for the entertainment value they have provided over the last 150 years. Let’s get into the story
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