The final proposal for an underground, bombproof war headquarters was put forward on October 14th, 1938. Sir Warren Fisher (Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the first ever Head of the Home Civil Service), Major General L C Hollis (Secretary to the Chiefs of Staff Committee) and Genera...
I’ve found it at the Canary Wharf tube station, which sits along the Jubilee Line of London’s Underground (between Canada Water and North Greenwich). Located within the Canary Wharf financial district: This chic, other-worldly transportation center pays homage to the neighborhood’s many modern...
And within 5 minutes, you can reach Aldgate and Aldgate East Underground station which takes you the links in the District, Hammersmith, and City lines. Leman Locke is one of the best boutique hotels in London Aldgate High Street. The exact address is Leman Street 15 London E1 8EN ...
Most rooms offer views of the garden and come equipped with mobile keys and tablets that have a phone function. You can unwind at the Skybar on the 7th floor, which has an open terrace. Alternatively, head down to the basement, where you’ll find an underground bar full of music, cockt...
Where that central diamond of pens was is now the “Rotunda garden” a patch of green sitting on top of the circular entrance to the underground carpark and the rectangular northern area is the London Central Meat Market built between 1851 and 1899. To the west is the Poultry Market, rebui...
Amongst them were two designs advertising London Underground, which speak of an optimistic age of efficient, modern public transport to the new suburbs. It says so here I was sauntering down Charing Cross Road on Saturday last, minding my own and everyone else’s business, then perchance I ...
It was from this small warren of underground rooms—beneath the vast government buildings of the Treasury—that Winston Churchill and his team directed troops in World War II. Designed to be bombproof, the whole complex has been preserved almost exactly as it was when the last light was turned...
To get from College Street to Waterloo underground station, the tunnel crossed Belvedere Road and then routed along Vine Street. This street was also lost during clearance for the Festival of Britain, and in the late 1950s, the Shell Centre complex was built over the site of the street (onl...
Crystal Palace station. Rather than go straight home, I took the first train and enjoyed the line to Victoria followed by a wander around the backstreets of Belgravia and Knightsbridge because I recalled the was an exhibition of Underground maps I wanted to see... join me again tomorrow for ...
There are quite a mix of styles on the inside, along with the most spectacular roof terrace and views down the hill across London. There is even a ‘Crypt Utility Room’. A spiral staircase leads up to the Clock Room/Library and, finally, the Belfry/Music Room, and its 36 foot ...