London Landmarks

Southbank Skatepark Turns 50

2026 marks 50 years of continuous skateboarding at the Undercroft by the Southbank Centre.

2 months ago

St Dunstan in the East: London’s Most Beautiful Secret Ruin

Step off the busy arteries of the City and you’ll find it: a ruin that isn’t quite a ruin, a…

3 months ago

The Michelin Building: A Belle Époque Temple to Tyres and Tiles

There is a certain romance to a good tyre. Not the dull black rubber loops we take for granted, but…

8 months ago

The Kimpton Fitzroy: Bloomsbury’s Terracotta Time Machine

Step out of Russell Square station and the Kimpton Fitzroy doesn’t so much appear as announce itself: a full city…

8 months ago

The Mini St Paul’s on Vauxhall Bridge: London’s Tiniest Cathedral

London is full of secrets — some grand, some grubby, and some so small you could almost miss them entirely.…

8 months ago

Fortnum & Mason: The Grand Old Grocer of Piccadilly

In a city where corner shops sell everything from flowers to phone chargers, there is one grocer that has stood…

10 months ago

Freemasons’ Hall: Covent Garden’s Art Deco Enigma

Step off the cobbled chaos of Covent Garden—where tourists lurch after gelato, jugglers perform existential crises, and musical theatre students…

1 year ago

The Battleship Building: Westway’s Nautical Landmark

London is full of buildings that make you stop and ask, Why? The concrete building that resembles a battleship that looms over…

1 year ago

London’s County Hall: Power, Politics, and Shrek

County Hall, that grand, looming structure sitting smugly on the South Bank of the Thames, has lived more lives than…

1 year ago

Celebrating The Strand

The Strand is one of London's grandest roads. This iconic thoroughfare has seen it all: the rise and fall of…

1 year ago

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