Superbloom 18th June 2022
The flowers of Superbloom in the Tower of London’s moat, started to appear transforming plain grass into a carpet of colour.
Photographic ramblings of random interesting things and happenings
The flowers of Superbloom in the Tower of London’s moat, started to appear transforming plain grass into a carpet of colour.
Fireman’s corner is a part of Highgate East Cemetery in North London, which remembers Firefighters who died on duty.
Fort Amherst in Chatham is a Napoleonic fort built to defend the Medway and Royal Navy dockyard after the Dutch raided it in 1667.
The triennial (every three years) battle between the Tower of London and the church of All Hallows by the Tower during the Beating of the Bounds.
Photographs of Billingsgate Roman House and Baths in the City of London, now a Scheduled Monument that you can visit on pre-booked tours.
The Royal Hospital in Chelsea is possibly the world’s most famous retirement home, where the Chelsea Pensioners live turning out for formal events in their well known scarlet (don’t call it red) jackets and...
The Kempton Steam Museum water pumping station is awesome in scale, far bigger than a bus – and it runs as if still pumping water to London.
The Mansion House is home to the Lord Mayor of the City of London for their one year in office, and you can book tours to visit it.
A tour with Hidden London of Euston Underground station’s disused tunnels, complete with old 1960s advertising posters.
A visit behind the railings to The Albert Memorial, a lavish Victorian excess to remember Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s Consort and remembered for The Great Exhibition.
Photos from the 2022 annual English Civil War Society and Royal Stuart Society’s commemorations of King Charles I execution on 30-Jan-1649.
Recognisable from many films, the cleverest thing about The Painted Hall in Greenwich is the walls painted to look like carved stone.
One famous part of the legendary Brooklands site is the Test Hill, an exceptional steep hill that puts cars and bikes through their paces.
Designed by Inigo Jones, the Queen’s House is part of the Royal Museums in Greenwich. The pictures were taken with an infrared camera.
The Tower Bridge Behind the Scenes Tour takes you into the bascule chambers, a part of the bridge most people don’t see.
The story of the Great Fire of London is told in the sculpture by Cibber at the base of The Monument to the 1666 Great Fire of London. The pictures show the sculpture in...
To commemorate The WW2 Blitz and the role of the St. Paul’s Fire Watchers, the cathedral’s exterior was used to display their story.
Once a year, very early in the morning, there is a chance The Lord Mayor’s Balloon Regatta will fill the sky with dozens of balloons.
A tour around Lloyd’s of London, the City of London’s insurance and reinsurance market housed in an iconic building designed by Norman Foster.
Each year the church of All Hallows by the Tower hosts the start of the Knollys Rose Ceremony organised by Watermen’s Company. The short version of the story behind the ceremony is someone’s wife...
Looking out into the Thames Estuary, strange objects rise from the sea. These are the Maunsell Forts, part of the defence of Britain in World War Two.
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry had been located in London’s East End for hundreds of years, supplying bells across the world including Big Ben.