The history of and secret spots in London’s beautiful parks and gardens
Walking around London is a journey through the centuries, the old side by side with the new. There is one particular corner of the City where this is particularly in evidence. You can find an especially interesting section of the old city wall, but also the remains of a medieval priory, a beautiful hidden garden […]
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The City of Westminster is a very green borough but that largely comes in the form of its magnificent parks: Hyde Park, St James’s Park, Green Park. It less known for its ‘pocket parks’, unlike the City of London that has many squirrelled away inside it. However, tucked happily into a corner of Westminster, between
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Thursday 6th June 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It was on the 6th June 1944 that the allied forces landed on the Normandy beaches, to retake occupied Europe and therefore changed the course of World War Two. There are a number of places that you can see or visit in London that relate
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I find myself in Hampstead fairly regularly, but I had never been to Fenton House, the oldest house in Hampstead, until very recently. It is a beautiful late 17th century merchant’s house with wonderful walled gardens and is today owned by the National Trust. Hampstead’s Origins Hampstead was once a small, fairly unremarkable, village outside
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One of the best things about London is how much green space it has. Everyone of course knows the big parks but it also has so many little hidden gardens and pocket parks. Below is a list of my top ten! There were so many to pick from but I have gone for ten that
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