London, England
Beau Brummell Statue
A statue honoring a preeminent 19th-century dandy and important figure of men’s fashion.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Floris Perfumery
A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.
London, England
The London Library
More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.
London, England
The Molehill on The Equestrian Statue of William III
This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.
England
St. James’s Theatre Reliefs
Stone carvings celebrate the legacy of a now-defunct theatre.
London, England
Lock & Co.
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
The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
St James’s Tiny Park
These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.
London, England
Oval Gasholder
How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?
London, England
M. Manze
The oldest surviving “eel, pie, and mash” shop in London is renowned for its infamous jellied eels.
London, England
'The Cornerstone'
A quirky statue in Bermondsey made by 100 public participants with goggles, chisels, and mallets.
London, England
The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
Alcove From Old London Bridge
Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.
London, England
Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
Site of the Tabard Inn
The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.
London, England
George Inn
With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.
London, England
Marshalsea Prison Wall
The remains of the debtor’s prison that shaped Charles Dickens’ life and writing.
London, England
St. George the Martyr’s Black Clockface
One of the four clock faces on this church is mismatched, in a nod to a historic slight.
London, England
London's Stretcher Railings
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
London, England
Alfred the Great Statue
King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.
London, England
Michael Faraday Memorial
Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.
London, England
The Morpeth Arms
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
Tamesis Dock
Take in the views of Big Ben with a Guinness in hand at this floating pub aboard a 1930s Dutch barge.
London, England
Vauxhall Bridge's Miniature St. Paul's Cathedral
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.
