Hand-Drawn Maps: The River Fleet
The River Fleet vanished from the streets of London long ago. Likewise, in our latest hand-drawn map, its course has been ‘erased’ from the sketch.
River Fleet
The Fleet River: Paddling Through London’s Most Famous Sewer
This is the Fleet, the largest of London’s ‘vanished’ rivers. And we’re enjoying a rare opportunity to paddle along its slimy bed thanks to an invitation from the good people at Thames Water.
Subterranean London…Mapped!
View Larger Map Cold War bunkers, abandoned Tube stations, buried rivers, deep level shelters…London’s concealed features are among its most intriguing. So, in age-old Londonist tradition, we’ve created a map to try and show what a hollow city this is. And we need your help. …
Londonvidium: #1 The Fleet River Walk
Video. Everyone’s at it. After our recent clip showing the haunted vaults beneath London Bridge and Stompie the Bermondsey tank, we thought it was about time to make a regular slot for this not-so-new medium. So we’ll be poking our lenses into all kinds of …
Monday Miscellanea
This Week In London’s History Monday – 21st January 1976: Concorde’s first commercial service, from London to Bahrain (and Paris to Rio de Janeiro) commences. Tuesday – 22nd January 1876: The Royal Aquarium opens in Westminster. It would be demolished just 26 years later and …
Touch Up London #34
Unleash the River Fleet! It still flows beneath Farringdon Road. Wouldn’t it be an improvement to let it loose once more? Imagine canal trips from Blackfriars to Kings Cross. Keep sending in your distorted images of the capital. In fact, please resume sending them in, …
What’s It Like On Top Of The Dome?
These guys know. They scaled the bastard a few weeks ago, apparently without any permission. Just walked in, climed up, and took some stunning pictures. They followed the ascent with a quick peek inside. There’s major works going on everywhere, and we were dodging the …
Londonist’s Back Passage
A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 20. Faulkner’s Alley Where? Runs parallel to Turnmill Street, between Cowcross Street and Benjamin Street. What? Wooooo! Spooky, eh? And so it should be. This little shortcut is 350 years old, predating the Great Fire. This …
Londonist’s Back Passage
A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways. 12. St Chad’s Place Where? Dingy little dogleg behind King’s Cross Thameslink. What? Ah, St Chad. You know, the brother of St Cedd and St Cynibild? Founder of the moanstery at Barrow-upon-Humber? Patron saint of rigged …
Londonist Loves…The Romans
We like modern Italians so very much, what with their rich foods and fine wines, innate sense of style, glamorous crime syndicates and all that dolce vita stuff. But we love their Roman forbears, who came, saw, conquered and, most importantly for us, founded this …
Drink Until The River Runs Dry
A woman walks up to a bar. “Can I have a glass of water, please.” A questioning look from the barman. “Could I see some proof of age, Madam?” No, it’s not some Orwellian union betwixt ID card legislation and the new drinking laws – …
