Pimlico Cooling Tower
The Pimlico Cooling Tower is indeed a cooling tower. Eduardo Paolozzi was asked to make something interesting out of the ventilation...
Samuel Johnson Statue
England’s most famous writer of the 18th century - and creator of the first English dictionary - looks very cuddly and amusing company in...
Webb Patent Sewer Ventilating Gas Lamp
One of the last remnants of the ingenuity of the Victorian era, around 100 years old, this was designed to burn off methane from the...
St. John's Smith Square
St John's Smith Square is a former church in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster, London. Sold to a charitable Trust as a ruin...
Adelphi Terrace
The district of Adelphi is named after the Adelphi Buildings, a block of 24 unified neoclassical terrace houses occupying the land...
Yorke Street
High above eye level sits the sign of Yorke Street (1636). This is possibly London's oldest street sign although the three houses it is...
Goodwin's Court
This tiny alley dates to 1690 and is still lit by gaslight. The site was used in the Harry Potter films for Knockturn Alley, although you...
The Old Curiosity Shop
It would be nice to believe the claim painted on the front of this shop - that it inspired Charles Dickens - but like his novel, it's...
York Watergate
Near embankment tube station, is the site of what used to be York House. York House was one of a string of mansions which once stood...
Garden of St. John's Lodge
This garden first opened to the public in 1928. It was renovated and redesigned in 1994 to reflect the original plan. St John's Lodge...
