london !

by danibatterman

69 Places

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

London, England

The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Luke J Spencer

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God's Own Junkyard

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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Leadenhall Market

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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Crossbones Graveyard

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

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Goodwin's Court

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

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Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

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Novelty Automation

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

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London, England

Nunhead Cemetery

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

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Dennis Severs' House

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

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Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

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Horniman Museum and Gardens

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

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The Morpeth Arms

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

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The Monty Python Foot

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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Chelsea Physic Garden

London's old-school healing garden.

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Pelicans of St James's Park

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

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David Bowie Graffiti Mural

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

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Monument to Hodge the Cat

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Annetta Black

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David Bowie's Childhood Home

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

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'Treatment Rooms' Mosaic House

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

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London, England

I Goat

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

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Hampstead Pergola

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

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Peace Garden at Tavistock Square

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

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Church of Notre Dame de France

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

Kerry Wolfe

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Victoria & Albert Museum Dining Rooms

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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Electric Avenue

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

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Crystal Palace Subway

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

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'Tapestry of Life' Mural

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

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Magic Circle Museum

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

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Kyoto Garden

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

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Ruins of the Crystal Palace

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Annetta Black

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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

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Barbican Conservatory

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

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Masonic Lodge of the Andaz Hotel

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

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Village Underground

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

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Freud Museum London

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

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Columbia Road Shops and Flower Market

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

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London, England

Love Locks of East London

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

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Houseboats of Regents Canal

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

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Queen Mary's Garden

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

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Athena the Owl

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

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St. Nicholas Church Memento Mori

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

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Hackney City Farm

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

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Brown Dog Statue

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

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Tulip Stairs

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Tony Dunnell

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'Monument for a Dead Parrot'

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

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Black Cats of Carreras Cigarette Factory

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

Kerry Wolfe

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