The history of and secret spots in London’s beautiful parks and gardens
Hampstead Heath is a wonderful place to feel like you have truly escaped the tumult of London. A sandy ridge, looking out over London from the North, Hampstead Heath covers around 800 acres and has a multitude of landscapes including ponds, hills, ancient woodland and open heath. It is a place where you can wander, […]
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I recently went on a wonderful historical walk around Forest Hill in South London. My exploration took me through the quirky Horniman Museum and Gardens and along part of the Green Chain Walk. You can see the map of my route and the stops below. Sights of Forest Hill The first thing I spotted in
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You may well know that you can do tours of Big Ben (the Elizabeth Tower), climbing up to the top and behind the clock faces. Did you know though that Islington has its very own clock tower, that you can also climb up? When constructed in the mid 19th century, the Caledonian Clock Tower was
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Walk down St John’s Lane in Clerkenwell and at the end of the street you will see a impressive gatehouse. Incongruous to its surroundings, it looks almost as if it has been transported out of a medieval world. This was once the Southern entranceway to the Clerkenwell Priory, the English Headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller.
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One of my favourite small museums in London is the Garden Museum. It was set up in Lambeth in 1977, I have written a blog post on the full history behind it before here. The Garden Museum is inside the old church of St Mary-at-Lambeth. There has been a church here since at least the
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