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Farringdon: Gateway to the City
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The Red Lion. London’s history on tap.
The Red Lion23 Crown Passage, London SW1Y 6PPThe Court of St James’s When Henry acquired York Place, he also purchased 20 acres of land to its west (from a Christian mission to St. James for lepers) and created a private royal hunting park. Here, Henry built a lodge to meet with his favourites and have […]
The world’s first deep-level tube railway, London
The Tower Subway is an historic tunnel that runs beneath the River Thames from Tower Hill to Vine Lane on the south bank. Built in 1869 it is an engineering innovation and recognized as the world’s first deep-level tube railway. (The Thames Tunnel, three miles downstream, predates it but is a much larger diameter railway […]
Gordon’s Wine Bar, London’s history on tap!
Gordon’s Wine Bar47 Villiers St, London WC2N 6NE A palace for Uncle Peter. Strand evolved from the Saxon period as the main ecclesiastical highway between the king (living at the Tower of London) and his church (at Westminster Abbey). It was therefore a desirable place for Bishops and the aristocracy to establish a London residence […]
The London Underground station with the most lines and platforms
With five lines and ten platforms, Baker Street Station is more complex than any other Underground station in London. Being one of the seven original stations of the steam-powered 1863 Metropolitan Railway (the earliest Underground line), it is also one of the oldest underground stations. Built using the ‘cut and cover’ method the original station […]