Best Of Londonist: 12-18 May 2025

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M@ Best Of Londonist: 12-18 May 2025

Your weekly roundup of Londonist news and features.

The Places That Have Closed Down In London So Far In 2025

It's already started...

Crayford dog stadium is no more

The Lost Streams Of Southwark

Using old maps to trace lost waterways.

Modern map of London was water overlaid
Background image from OpenStreetMap. © OpenStreetMap Contributors

This Bit Of Borough Market Is Finally Being Pedestrianised

Barrier to be erected on Bedale Street.

Borough Market canopy
Image: Matthew Knott, creative commons

Prince Charles Cinema Declared Asset Of Community Value

Council praises community ties and unparalleled programming.

Prince Charles Cinemea
Image: ace's photos via creative commons

Illustration: The Hidden World Beneath Wembley Stadium

Pie factories, trophy mines and an escape tunnel.

Doodle of wembley with stuff below

Ride This Retro-Style Train From London To The Seaside This Summer

Southeastern's summer seaside services: now with a special twist.

A train at London Bridge in the olden days
Image: Stephen Craven, creative commons

New Shoreditch Mural Features Faces Of Anonymous East Enders

Taken from Paul Trevor's book In Your Face.

A rail viaduct with lots of faces on it
Image: Benji Mitchell/Dancing Light Films

The Top Exhibitions To See In London: May 2025

On Mars. Out in the garden. Inside trees. Off to Japan.

© The Trustees of the British Museum

20 Mesmerising Photos Of London Between The 1910s And 1980s

Times photography book is coffee table must-have.

Wembley from the air

NFL In London 2025: When Are The Games, Who's Playing, And How To Get Tickets?

Game dates, teams and locations.

NFL footballers

The Secretive Eel Pie Island Is Open To Visitors This June And July

Explore the usually off-limits oddball artistic enclave.

Bridge to Eel Pie Island

Andrew Lloyd Webber The Musical - And Other West End Shows We Never Want To See

Four guaranteed flops.

Andrew Lloyd Webber clutching some roses, as though he's about to sing
Image: Effie via creative commons

Modern London Maps: The Best 20th Century Maps Collected In One Book

The most beautiful way to get lost.

Moder London Maps book

The Thames Tunnel At 200

Brunel and Brunel's finest hour.

The Thames tunnel

When Buster Keaton Jumped Off Westminster Bridge... Or Did He?

London features in one of Keaton's last ever films.

Buster Keaton on westminster Bridge

Look Out For These Stone Vending Machines Around Central London

Automatica is part of Clerkenwell Design Week.

A stone vending machine

A Lego Version Of London's First Skyscraper?

Vote now for a brickish 55 Broadway.

Lego 55 Broadway

Lambeth Country Show Returns To Brockwell Park In June

Putting the lamb in Lambeth.

Miss piggy and kermit made from vegetables
Image: Mark Longair via creative commons

Did You Know Walthamstow Has A 'Greek' Amphitheatre?

It's been putting on shows for almost 100 years 🤯

A black and white image of a play in an amphitheatre

Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition Returns

A week of FREE hands-on science overlooking The Mall.

Four scientific images

Looking Ahead: Things To Do This Week In London: 19-25 May 2025

Flower festivals galore, plus dinosaurs and more.

Man in a VR headset