This Quiet Back Street Has Two Interesting Pieces Of History

By Londonist Staff Last edited 80 months ago
This Quiet Back Street Has Two Interesting Pieces Of History

Visit Braithwaite House, the last place notorious gangsters the Kray Twins had freedom before they were arrested in a dawn raid in 1968. Just beneath the Tower Block on Chequer Street is another relic of history, the last remaining section of wooden paving blocks in London.

Last Updated 25 August 2017