WELCOME to SECRET LONDON, a guide to the hidden corners of this exciting city. Browse randomly through these pages, clicking the links on each page, or follow one of the walks to explore one of its many varied faces.
London has an amazing history that goes back more than 2,000 years. During that time it has been burnt down several times (the first in AD61), rebuilt, bombed in two world wars and rebuilt again.
These years have left a surprise hidden around every corner – you just need to look around, or look up. Street furniture and London’s statues provide fascination on every corner, while its past as a great port and centre of empire has left marks everywhere in its great buildings and public works.
The modern city is vast but its history of growth has left distinct villages that lend it a human scale. Each neighbourhood - and the City of London itself is merely one - has its own restaurants, theatres, galleries and other attractions.
Explore London through this site: clicking the Secret London logo will take you back to this home page.
If you have any suggestions for improvements, or any secrets you want to share, please e-mail me or add a comment to the Secret London blog.
There is a book in Japanese, based on this site, called London Repeaters’ Guide [Kawade Shobo Publishers].
Latest:
Topping my lists of the 12 best and 12 worst statues in London - but which is which? Click on the pictures to find out...
August 1-Sep 17: Summer Opening of the State Rooms, Buckingham Palace
www.royalcollection.org.uk
Mrs Coade’s Stone
September 11:
Merchant Navy Day
www.mna.org.uk/Events.htm
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- Sherlock Holmes
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