London Peculiarities

London is full of the weird and wonderful. This is a page to praise those sites.

The London Stone

One of the most important remnants of Roman London. Until recently, hidden behind a magazine rack.

Whalebone Park

An Arctic explorer brings some of his discoveries to North London

The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

The first ever attempt to depict dinosaurs at life size doesn’t get everything quite right…

The bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Multi-culturalism in East London

Hardy’s Tree

A redeveloped churchyard includes a relic created by one of England’s greatest novelists

Battle of Britain House

A retreat for Spies in Ruislip

Pottery Lane Kiln

A reminder of London’s dark industrial past in one of the wealthiest boroughs

Karl Marx’s head

The tomb of one of the most recognisable men from history becomes the target of a terrorist plot

The Achilles Testicle

A fig leaf to decency

Wonderwall

Searching for an Oasis in London

John Snow’s Pump

Pump it up
While your feet are stomping

The London Beer Flood

Wall to wall Porter

James Bond’s Flat

Where do secret agents live?

The Bombing of St Bride’s

A great fire visits London

The Giant Wellington

A huge statue of Wellington

Bunkering Down

World War Two fortifications in London

The Telltale Head

The story of a man losing his head