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Go around the side of the imposing Bank of England building on Threadneedle St and you’ll eventually come to an open door – step through it and you’ll find yourself in the Bank of England Museum… The Bank of England museum is dedicated to the history of the institution itself, our currency and also monetary [...]

At the end of an alleyway halfway down London’s Cannon St you’ll find the Walbrook Gardens. These new gardens occupy the site of the previous St Swithun’s Church Garden, which itself was sited within the footprint of the church that preceded it. St Swithin, London Stone was established in the 13th century, rebuilt by Sir [...]

Almost down at ground level along London’s Cannon St you’ll find the ‘London Stone’. Virtually invisible behind it’s heavy iron grill, this piece of oolitic limestone sometimes known as the ‘Stone of Brutus’ has various tales attached to it – some say that it is all that remains of a neolithic stone circle and some, [...]

Thinking about the recent interest in the ‘War Horse’ movie and my visit to the exhibit dedicated to working animals section at the National Army Museum a while ago, I thought I should dedicate a post to one of London’s most touching memorials, ‘Animals In War‘, which stands on Park Lane near the Dorchester Hotel. [...]

Westminster Abbey is a favourite of tourists and features in every London guidebook, but there’s often little mention of the charming open spaces within the Abbey grounds. The main cloister, which sits right up against the Abbey itself, is pretty featureless – it’s just a well-tended lawn. Venture a little further into the complex however [...]