Quirky London Attractions
a walking tour
by Kristof
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London Post Office Railway.
http://postalheritage.org.uk/exhibitions/onlineexhibitions/mountpleasant/undergroundrailway -
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Freightliners City FarmSharingham Road, London Area, London N7 8PF, United Kingdom | 020 7609 0467
Working city farm in Islington. http://www.freightlinersfarm.org.uk/ -
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Take the tube to Covent Garden for nice little walk. In the 1630s, the Earl of Bedford redeveloped some land that had formerly been a Convent Garden for Westminster Abbey. Architect Inigo Jones was employed and created England’s first public piazza. -
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The Masonic Peace Memorial is a tribute to the over 3000 masons who died in WWI. The Masonic Order offers free tours of this magnificent Art Deco building. -
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Enzo Plazzotta’s bronze sits opposite the Royal Opera House, home of the Royal Ballet. Plazzotta also sculpted a male dancer, Jeté. He first came to live in London after WWII, when he was active in the Resistance in his native Italy, and only started serious sculpture when he was already in his 40s -
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Yorke St 1636 is London’s oldest street sign although the three houses it is affixed to (34-38) date only to 1733. Note the blue plaque at No.36: In 1821, Thomas de Quincy, Thomas (1785-1859), wrote 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater' here when it was still No.4 York Street -
First laid out in 1631, and rebuilt through the centuries, this street now typifies late Georgian/early Victorian style. Jane Austen's brother Henry (a banker) lived at No.10 and she stayed here in 1813 and 1814 when visiting her London publishers. -
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Edith Cavell was shot in 1915 by the German army during World War I for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from Occupied Belgium, where she had been running a pioneering training hospital. Every October 12, nurses from The Royal London Hospital lay a wreath to mark the day of her execution. -
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The buildings in this tiny alley hidden off St Martin's Lane date to 1690. Still lit by gasllights, the Georgian bow-fronted former shops, brass door knobs and knockers and black doors take you back to a different age. -
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The iron hook near the Verve Bar in Covent Garden is said to have been here since the 1870s. Supposedly used for holding a policeman’s cape in hot weather or to let it dry after rain. -
- total distance: 7 miles (11 km)
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