Places juliebarker Wants to Go

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

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.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."