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Danny Hurst
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The Agatha Christie Memorial was unveiled in the West End in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of her play, The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the world.

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December 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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41/42 Cloth Fair is hidden in plain sight in Farringdon and is widely considered to be the oldest residential house in the City of London.

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December 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Richard Cobden helped abolish the protectionist Corn Laws. His statue is found at the Mornington Crescent end of Camden High Street.

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December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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The facade of Borough Market was designed by EM Barry and was originally the Floral Hall portico facade of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

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December 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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The Large Mansion in Gunnersbury Park features in The Lavender Hill Mob as the police exhibition hall and was formerly owned by the Rothschild family.

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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Mary Quant opened what was arguably London's first boutique at 138a Kings Road in Chelsea in 1955.

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December 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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The Falcon in Battersea is noted in the Guinness Book of Records for having the longest bar in the UK.

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December 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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The blue plaque at 20 Hertford Street in Mayfair is dedicated to scientific polymath George Cayley; the first person to understand the forces of flight.

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December 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Founded in 1762 in St James', Boodles is London's, and the world's, second oldest private members' club, the oldest being Whites.

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November 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Home of both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera House is the third theatre on this site, the first in 1732, second in 1809 and the present one in 1858.

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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Eight deep level air raid shelters were built across London capable of catering for 8000 people.

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November 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Alfred Drury's 1931 statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds stands outside the Royal Academy at Burlington House on Piccadilly.

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November 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Margaret Bonfield House was built in the 1950s on the site of 39 Hilldrop Crescent; the home of Dr Crippen and where the body of his wife Cora was discovered in 1910.

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November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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The little-known London Silver Vaults is an underground market beneath Chancery Lane housing independent retailers of treasures of every description.

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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Bobby Moore's statue was unveiled at the front of the new Wembley Stadium in 2007. Moore captained England in the 1966 World Cup victory.

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November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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The art deco Freemasons Hall between Holborn and Covent Garden was built in 1933, though this has been the site of freemasonary since 1775.

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November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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The Tulip Stairs, at the Queen's House in Greenwich, was the first helical, self-supporting spiral staircase in Britain.

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November 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Square The Block is the name of Richard Wilson's installation on London School of Economics' Chen Kin Ku Building on Kingsway.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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The mutilated statues on the facade of Zimbabwe House on the Strand were sculpted by Jacob Epstein for what was then the BMA headquarters.

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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Greater London House, the Egyptian revival art deco former Carreras Cigarette factory was designed four years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen.

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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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The first public drinking fountain in London was built into the railings of St-Sepulchre-Without-Newgate church in 1859.

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November 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Hidden in plain sight and unnoticed by almost every one of the millions of visitors to Tower Bridge is a chimney on the western side of the bridge disguised as a lamppost.

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November 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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This alcove, from the medieval London Bridge, is found at Guys Hospital and features a statue of the poet John Keats, who studied medicine here.

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November 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Though more of an intersection, Britain's first roundabout was at St George's Circus, built in 1771, between Waterloo and Elephant and Castle.

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November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Broadway, in Victoria, features several governmental and ministerial buildings. This was the former home of MI6 and was where Ian Fleming visualised James Bond being briefed in his books.
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM