Best Of Londonist: 3 July 2022

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Best Of Londonist: 3 July 2022

Your weekly Londonist roundup, featuring our best articles from the past seven days.

A Map Of Fictional Tube Stations

Elsware via Cairo East.

A Visit To The Legendary Blackheath Tea Hut

Cheeseburgers with pineapple are a speciality.

Bikes parks up outside a small wooden tea hut

In Pictures: Battersea Power Station's Restored Art Deco Control Room

You might recognise it from the King's Speech.

A bank of controls with dials a gauges

The Top 7 Exhibitions To See In London And Beyond: July 2022

Our top picks for a summer of art.

A smiley cloud floating above a grand building

The Northern Line Night Tube Returns This Weekend

Piccadilly line's coming back soon, too.

A night tube roundel

Where To Drink Martinis In London

Make it as dirty as you like 🍸

A hand reaches for a shelf of gin

Get This Trippy Tube Merch In Your Life

"Bakerloo Boogie Woogie", "DLR Daydream" and "Mighty Metropolitan" (sponsor)

A load of trippy tube merch

This Book Reveals The Secrets Of The City's Bollards

Far more than just a load of old bollards.

Dozens of black, white and red bollards in a row

Independence Day Events: Where To Celebrate 4 July In London

O say, can you see...

Sliders with sparklers stuck in the top, next to a beer

The Coastline And Hinterlands Of Folkestone: A Walk

Your next day trip from London: sorted.

Harbourfront with a small lighthouse at the end of it

Take Part In The Great Willy Waddle 2022

Warning: you will look like a giant d**k.

Lots of people dressed up as giant penises

Did Charles Dickens Ever Ride On The London Underground?

FYI: he was alive when it opened.

Dickens' massive head popping out the side of a tube carriage

61 Summery Things To Do In London This Month: July 2022

Festivals, footie and a chance to visit Buckingham Palace.

Two people with flowers in their hair laughing by a maypole

Look Out For These Pride Posters Across The TfL Network

Coming to an Underground/Overground near you.

A football team posing in front of goal - one of them being held horizontally by the others

The Spark House

A beacon of light in Leyton. (sponsor)

A lovely pub garden with fairy lights and tropical foliage

Former East London Industrial Site Could Become Swimming Ponds

Goodbye concrete, hello outdoor swimming.

A bucolic pond scene

Last Updated 01 July 2022