London, England
Sloane Square Tube Station
One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.
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London, England
One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.
London, England
A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.
London, England
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
London, England
At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.
London, England
A statue honoring a preeminent 19th-century dandy and important figure of men’s fashion.
London, England
A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.
London, England
Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”
London, England
Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.
London, England
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
London, England
These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.
London, England
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
London, England
Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
London, England
This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.
London, England
Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.
London, England
This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.