Hampstead Village has spent the last couple of centuries cultivating a reputation as a cultural hub, not only as a hive of artistic and intellectual…

Brompton Road is undoubtably most notable for Harrods, the largest department store in Europe. The shop’s history is like a kind of capitalist fairytale: born…

Bank Junction is named for the Bank of England, located on Threadneedle Street, from which it gets the nickname “The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.”…

The most curious thing about the Griffin of Fleet Street is that he is not a griffin at all but a dragon—lacking the leonine hindquarters…

The Westminster Bridge is the oldest bridge crossing the Thames in central London. The current Westminster Bridge was built in the 1860s by Charles Barry,…

Built in 1852 and substantially remodelled in 2012, Kings Cross is the UK’s ninth busiest station, with nearly 34 million uses in 2017-8. It was…

Trafalgar Square, built to celebrate the victorious forces of the British state and armed forces, has been a centre of political dissent since its opening…

Maida Vale takes its name from a spot on the toe of Italy, via a war and a pub. In 1806, isolated British forces at…