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This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.