Mayfield Lavender Farm, Banstead
Visitors to Mayfield Lavender Farm in Carshalton (SW London) walk along rows of Lavender plants taking photographs.
Photographic ramblings of random interesting things and happenings
Special events around London that are frequently off the beaten track.
Visitors to Mayfield Lavender Farm in Carshalton (SW London) walk along rows of Lavender plants taking photographs.
Swan Upping is one of those English traditions that sparks bemused looks, this is one ancient tradition with a modern day purpose.
To mark the World War Two evacuation of Dunkirk, the Dunkirk Little Ships gathered in central London’s St Katherine Dock on 25-27th May 2024.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of morris dancing group New Esperance, they and guest groups danced through the streets of London.
Elephant Family have hidden Easter Eggs in a public art trail around Chelsea for The Little Egg Hunt 2024.
London Fire Brigade at the 2024 London St Patrick’s Day Parade watched by huge crowds as they passed through central London.
The Ceremony of the Constable’s Dues was conducted at the Tower of London by the Royal Marines to present a barrel of wine to the Constable.
Clowns International holds the Grimaldi Service annually at All Saints, Haggerston. Joseph Grimaldi is recognised as the first modern clown.
The 2024 King’s Army of the English Civil War Society March and Commemoration of the Horrible Murder of King Charles I in 1649.
The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run happens each year on the first Sunday in November.
The London Landmarks Skyscraper Challenge has rigged a zipwire from The Cheesegrater to The Gherkin in the City of London. These pictures were taken from 1.2 miles away in Bermondsey on 09-Sep-2023.
A few steps from exit four of Tottenham Court Road Underground station in central London is a free 360 degree immersive experience.
Jubilee Square, Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall, was the final site to display Luke Jerram’s “Mars: War and Peace” in the 2023 K&C Festival.
The Worshipful Company of Carmen hosted the 2023 Cart Marking Ceremony with the Lord Mayor of London their guest.
Opened in 1863, St Peter’s on Clerkenwell Road has since the 1880s held an annual Procession in Honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The Dunwich Dynamo is a legendary 112 mile cycle ride through the night from London to Dunwich. No-one organises the ride – it just happens.
The last re-enacted battle of the 2023 Barnet Medieval Festival was the 1471 Battle of Barnet, a key battle in the Wars of the Roses.
On 24th and 25th May, the 2023 Saville Row Concours presented an eclectic collection of exotic cars, old and new, in the home of tailoring.
To mark the Coronation of King Charles II, London buildings were specially lit in red, white and blue for the Coronation weekend.
In near constant rain, crowds of spectators lined the processional route of King Charles III’s Coronation to watch the parade pass by.
The 2023 London Harness Horse Parade was held at the South of England Showground on Easter Monday, 10th April, in driving rain.
On Good Friday, Wintershall presented the 2023 Easter Passion Play in Trafalgar Square, London, telling the story of Christ’s Resurrection.
On 7th April 2023 (Good Friday), Rolling Thunder held the “Ride of Respect” in memory of HM Queen Elizabeth II who passed away in 2022.
Every year, the London Festival of Railway Modelling brings a huge number of model railway layouts and trade stands to Alexandra Palace in North London.
Every Friday evenings, outside of winter, the Great Western Railway Paddington Band play to a transitory audience of commuters and long distance travellers.
The vast space under the Leadenhall Building in the City of London is hosting “Evanescent” presented by Atelier Sisu.
2023 is the 11th annual “Sculpture in the City” with artworks in prominent places and quite a few in some of the City of London’s corners.
“Floating Earth” by Luke Jerram has taken centre stage at the Middle Dock in the Canary Wharf Winter Lights show.
I only went because I got a free ticket and was blown away. You really do feel immersed in the animated paintings. Recommended.
The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, South East London, is now playing host to Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon”.
On 6th December 2022, LMS “Black Five” 44871 brought The Railway Touring Company’s “Sherborne Christmas Carol” back to London Victoria.
Unboxed presented About Us at the Tower of London, a kaleidoscope of imagery and sound projected on the walls watched by huge crowds.
2022 Remembrance Sunday observation at two of Bermondsey’s war memorials.
The reading, in the City of London, of the Royal Proclamation confirmed Charles III as King on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
As Autumn came, the flowers of the Superbloom meadow in the Tower of London’s moat are starting to die off. But there is still colour to be found.
The 17th century Götheborg of Sweden, the world’s largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship, visited London in August 2022.
The flower meadow, new for 2022, in the Tower of London’s moat ,had a different feel to it when seen at dusk with the lighting.
On a glorious summer’s day at the Tower of London, the Superbloom tapestry of flowers continue to weave themselves into the most magnificently coloured meadow, creating a new natural habit for wildlife.
The flowers of Superbloom in the Tower of London’s moat, started to appear transforming plain grass into a carpet of colour.
To mark the 150th birthday of “Poplar”, the locomotive came to London for local children to see a real life steam engine and climb on board.
Fireman’s corner is a part of Highgate East Cemetery in North London, which remembers Firefighters who died on duty.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee flypast seen from Waterloo Bridge on 2nd June 2022.
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.
St Florian is the Patron Saint of Firefighters and so his Feast Day of 4th May is marked as Firefighters’ Memorial Day. Firefighters Memorial is close to St Paul’s Cathedral.
Head Horseman Tom Nixon of Operation Centaur guides shire horses Joey and William dragging a farrow along the cross country running course on Hampstead Heath.
Photos from the 2022 annual English Civil War Society and Royal Stuart Society’s commemorations of King Charles I execution on 30-Jan-1649.
One of the City of London’s many ceremonies is “Cart Marking”. Vehicle which are allowed to ply for trade within the City’s walls have a registration number branded using a hot iron on to...
On 30th June 2021 the Goodyear Zeppelin Airship D-LZFN travelled to London and spent an hour circling over the City of London and Southwark.