Search for Enlightenment
The inspiration for Search for Enlightenment came to sculptor Simon Gudgeon while travelling in Africa. Two large human heads cast in...
Robert Grosvenor Statue
Sat in the middle of a traffic island is a bronze statue of Robert Grosvenor, the developer of Belgravia, shown studying plans of the...
Statue of Christopher Columbus
Given by the people of Spain in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage. His birth date is mistakenly given as 1446...
The Lanesborough
The Lanesborough is a 5-star hotel on Hyde Park Corner. Operated by the Oetker Collection, the hotel is reputedly the most expensive...
The Pilot Who Saved the Palace
On 15 September 1940, Sergeant Holmes was flying a Hawker Hurricane fighter when he spotted a damaged Dornier Do17 bomber of KG 76 flying...
Millenium Bridge
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the...
Hoop and Grape
One of three of the last remaining timber frame buildings surviving from before the fire of London is the pub know as the Hoop and Grape....
122 Leadenhall Street
122 Leadenhall Street, or the Leadenhall Building, is a 225 m (737 ft) tall building on Leadenhall Street in London. The commercial...
Lombard Street
Lombard Street has its origins in one of the main Roman roads of Londinium. It later formed a plot of land granted by King Edward I (1272...
The Watch House
Overlooking the graveyard of St. Sepulchre's in Giltspur Street, Holborn, is this old watch house. This was built with the increase of...
