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The Tube station with something unique not found anywhere else on the London Underground
London Underground
It's not often a Tube station manages to break the mould
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Croydon's haunted pub where customers 'went in and never came back' and 'witch boiled bones'
London Stories
The ghost was said to have murdered travellers who visited the inn and boiled their bones in a pot
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The London Underground's first ever escalators that turned out to be a 'total disaster'
London Underground
In 1988, the crumpled rusty remains of this lost engineering experiment were found buried at the bottom of a lift shaft
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What happened to the lost orange, white and stripy lines that disappeared from the Tube map
London Underground
It's amazing to see how much our beloved map has changed in 30 years
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The 'lost' London Underground station that took commuters directly onto a golf course
London Underground
Have you ever heard of a station built so people could play golf?
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The tiny little ledge near Shakespeare's Globe that holds hundreds of years of history - and you'd probably miss it if you weren't looking
London History
It's the last remaining object of its kind in London
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The 'cursed' River Thames island that makes everything go wrong
London History
It has been plagued by disaster for decades (contains an affiliate link)
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The abandoned tunnels below Shepherds Bush where you can spy on unsuspecting commuters
London History
The tunnels were closed a century ago and are an incredible piece of London history
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A day in the life of Tower of London's Ravenmaster who's as West Ham as they come
London's hidden secrets
Michael 'Barney' Chandler runs a team of five people tasked with taking care of Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, Edgar, Branwen and Rex - the tower's famous ravens
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The disaster that befell the original Lambeth Bridge meaning it had to be torn down
London History
The crossing has been used for nearly 700 years but the original bridge did not end well
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The history of London's 250-year-old green huts that you need to pass an exam to enter
London History
The huts, dotted across London, have now all been listed as protected buildings
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Inside beautiful hidden Victorian masterpiece of engineering that stopped London smelling like poo
London's hidden secrets
Crossness Pumping Station first opened in response to ‘The Great Stink’ of 1858
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Beautiful red London Waterloo building has a morbid past as 'gateway to the afterlife'
London's hidden secrets
It's a hidden and very human part of London's history
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The abandoned London Underground station you can still see at Westfield White City
London Underground
The remains of the long-abandoned station called Wood Lane are still visible
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London's 'Nazi dog' memorial next to famous statue that's a short walk from Buckingham Palace
London's hidden secrets
Giro the Alsatian met a tragic end at the former German embassy just off The Mall and there's still a tribute to him 90 years later
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The London train station that was once split in two and Royal Family had their own private entrance
London History
Most people don't know this about the Zone 1 station
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The mini mock-Tudor houses hidden in South London park that no one can explain
London's hidden secrets
The model village in Vauxhall Park remains mostly a mystery
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'I hunted for the 7 London noses stuck to random buildings in the city to see if it'd make me rich'
London's hidden secrets
There are many urban myths that have arisen from these weird noses glued to buildings all over Soho
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Bizarre ancient bylaw that still applies to London bridges is why you might see random straw bales
London History
If you see a straw bale dangling from a bridge it's not a sign of a strange farming mishap
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The Roman road to London built 2,000 years ago that you can still see clues about today
London's hidden secrets
The road, later called Stane Street by the Saxons, is believed to have been built in the first decade of the Roman occupation of Britain
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The real purpose for those seemingly empty green sheds dotted along London’s roads
London History
They're actually very useful!
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The first-ever McDonald's in London with hamburgers for 15p and ashtrays on every table
McDonald's
The first ever McDonald's in the UK opened in Woolwich in 1974 and it was a very different place to the ones we know today
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Inside historic London pub with prison cells underneath it visited by the FBI and MI6
London's hidden secrets
'Spies' drop by for whiskey tastings, but 'they'll never admit exactly who they are'
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London's longest street which hides one of city's most fascinating pubs and graveyards
London History
The street tucked away in South East London takes roughly 37 minutes to walk from start to finish
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London Underground
London Underground strike to hit London this week as stations may close 'last minute'
The weekend will be affected as well
Live: London Euston National Rail delays after train crashes into 'large piece of wood'
Transport
Services may be delayed by as much as 45 minutes on Southern, Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway
Mice on London Underground - from losing their tails to commuters warned to tuck trousers into socks
London Underground
There are more mice living across the London Underground network than there are people living in Croydon
Rapist invited intoxicated women to his home saying he'd cook for them
Crime
Similarities were recognised between victims' accounts
School worker had 'sexual relationship' with girl using 'secret email account'
Crime
Police say his actions were 'disgraceful'
Hammersmith and Fulham
Rich drivers ignore London council's clean air scheme paired with ULEZ and 'treat £65 fine like toll'
Hammersmith and Fulham Council collected almost £12m in fines from its two Clean Air Neighbourhood schemes in 2023 - here's what £3m of that is going to be spent on
Disabled blue badges stolen or used illegally as 24 Bromley drivers prosecuted for abuse
Bromley
The total sum of fines to the offenders was over £16,000
The shortest escalator on London Underground network so ridiculously small it only takes 5 seconds to ride from top to bottom
London Underground
Tube escalator ettiquette may well go out the window for such a short journey
HMP Wandsworth staff 'underestimated' risk prisoner posed to himself before he took his own life
Mental health
A psychiatrist had raised concerns prison was not the right place for Ross Springham
Met Police officer AirDropped sexual messages to strangers on a train and sent unwanted image to colleague
Crime
Two cases of alleged cyber flashing were dropped against Luke Stokes due to a lack of evidence
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London Underground
London Underground strike to hit London this week as stations may close 'last minute'
The weekend will be affected as well
Live: London Euston National Rail delays after train crashes into 'large piece of wood'
Transport
Services may be delayed by as much as 45 minutes on Southern, Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway
Mice on London Underground - from losing their tails to commuters warned to tuck trousers into socks
London Underground
There are more mice living across the London Underground network than there are people living in Croydon
Rapist invited intoxicated women to his home saying he'd cook for them
Crime
Similarities were recognised between victims' accounts
School worker had 'sexual relationship' with girl using 'secret email account'
Crime
Police say his actions were 'disgraceful'
Hammersmith and Fulham
Rich drivers ignore London council's clean air scheme paired with ULEZ and 'treat £65 fine like toll'
Hammersmith and Fulham Council collected almost £12m in fines from its two Clean Air Neighbourhood schemes in 2023 - here's what £3m of that is going to be spent on
The 'very strong' Ryanair cabin suitcase that's 'worth every penny'
Travel
The suitcase is made to easyJet and Ryanair's specifications (contains affiliate links)
Disabled blue badges stolen or used illegally as 24 Bromley drivers prosecuted for abuse
Bromley
The total sum of fines to the offenders was over £16,000
Dunelm's £15 'wrinkle-resistant' duvet set shoppers claim feels 'amazing' to sleep in
Deals
Dunelm shoppers say they can't wait to get into bed at night since getting the set (contains affiliate links)
The shortest escalator on London Underground network so ridiculously small it only takes 5 seconds to ride from top to bottom
London Underground
Tube escalator ettiquette may well go out the window for such a short journey