Dec 2, 2024 · Proposed Beam Park station entrance – source: Planning application. Beam Park station would be on the c2c railway line between Rainham and Dagenham Dock and provide journeys into London Fenchurch Street in about 20 minutes. However, the Department for Trade did not approve the station when it expressed concerns about its financial viability.Since then, there’s been a mix of recriminations ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Spring 2023 (c) ianVisits. As it happens, the gardens used to be free to wander around every morning, but that changed after the pandemic, and now they’re only open a few days a year — but the upside is that they’re open for the entire day.

Nov 15, 2024 · By date they close: Battersea. Open until 5th January 2025. Three interlinked ice rinks in front of the Battersea power station and the river. Prices vary from £18 to £25.

Feb 12, 2011 · Discover the extraordinary story of popular music in London’s East End. From Elizabethan ballads to the birth of grime, this first-of-its-kind exhibition takes visitors on a journey spanning four centuries, exploring how the East End and its people have inspired …

Mar 4, 2024 · It’s one of those genuine once-in-a-lifetime events to attend, even if the pomp and ceremony isn’t your sort of thing, because it’s a memory you’ll treasure and trigger many envious looks from friends when you tell them you’ve been in the audience for the Trooping the Colour.. I attended in 2018, so here is a taste of what to expect.. …

Jan 23, 2024 · (c) ianVisits. And it’s exceptionally richly decorated inside. Over the centuries, it passed through several owners, some wealthy and occasionally some less so, until a century ago, it was bought by Lord Leverhulme (of Sunlight Soap fame) and turned into the members’ house for a large golf course.. Usually only open to members, a few times a year, the public are allowed to look inside to ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Today’s London news round-up: A driver led police on a terrifying chase through London’s West End after suffering a panic attack when his girlfriend revealed she was pregnant.

Jul 12, 2015 · TfL has released a batch of documents that show almost every underground station in glorious 3D format. They are technically axonometric diagrams, which is 3D-like, but not to scale, which becomes obvious when you see some of the vertiginous descents offered on some stairs and escalators.

May 17, 2014 · This will make some of us feel old -- it has been 30 years since Prince Charles stepped into the controversial limelight and made his famous Carbuncle speech.

Jan 9, 2024 · (c) Cosgrove Hall Films. Actually, that turned out to be fortunate for the Blue Plaque though, as locating a Penfold design post box on Baker Street would be impossible, but there is one that looks just about close enough to the cartoon series — and it’s in roughly the correct location, just down the road from the Sherlock Holmes Museum, on the corner of Baker Street and Melcombe Street.