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Abandoned London Underground station has been closed for nearly 100 years but you can still go in
London Underground
Apart from its brief stint as a war bunker, the Tube station in Mayfair has sat empty and idle for almost a century
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Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 does exist but you can't fly from there - here's what it's used for
Heathrow Airport
Most people won't know that it's essential to the smooth running of the airport
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Map shows incredible plan to make London more like New York after Great Fire
London History
London very nearly resembled New York
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The man who first proposed the London Underground’s original plan that everyone thought was stupid
London History
Believe it or not, congestion was a massive problem in the 1800s, as it remains today, with the caveat that it became a core inspiration to the invention of the Tube network
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Henry VIII's forgotten palace right next to what is now a London Underground station
London History
You're now more likely to find a brand meeting about soap taking place there
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The East London Victorian slum that is now a peaceful garden built from the rubble
London's hidden secrets
Arnold Circus was also one of London's first council estates
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The secret ‘party den’ bar and games room built in a former London Underground air raid shelter
London Underground
It had claim to be the UK's deepest licenced bar and games room
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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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Man, 26, stabbed on Tottenham High Road in early morning 'attack' as crime scene set up
There have been no arrests yet after the man was found just before 5am
Live: Tower Hamlets murder investigation after man, 38, stabbed to death in 'fight' on quiet street
Crime
There have been no arrests and a crime scene is in place
Baby in critical condition after incident at Legoland as woman arrested
Police Appeals
A 27-year-old woman is in custody
Demolition date 'confirmed' for Only Fools and Horses tower where Del Boy 'lived' being replaced by £850m flats
Only Fools and Horses
EXCLUSIVE: 'Shabby' Harlech Tower is set to be destroyed and is said to be at the end of its life expectancy
'My £900k flat is being surrounded by skyscrapers and I'll have to move out when the next one is built'
Housing
Will Ryan said when he bought his home by Leadenhall Market 10 years ago there was very little in terms of large office blocks, with even the Walkie-Talkie yet to be built
Industrial Action
Aslef train strikes: Routes affected, end date and how it will affect Tube
Bus strikes on the same day as the train strikes will halt transport in the capital
The old London Underground Northern line train now operating in sunny paradise
London Underground
The Alderney Railway is the only working railway in the Channel Islands and on specific days during the summer the carriages are former Northern line stock
London night bus routes that have Underground lines beneath them the whole way
London Underground
The night bus network in London is extensive and covers the whole of the capital - but some routes follow the same path as the Tube
EastEnders star who quit acting to work as security guard in B&M
Coronation Street
Katie Jarvis played Hayley Slater in EastEnders for two years before she quit acting to work as a security guard in B&M to support her family between acting jobs
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Crime
Man, 26, stabbed on Tottenham High Road in early morning 'attack' as crime scene set up
There have been no arrests yet after the man was found just before 5am
Live: Tower Hamlets murder investigation after man, 38, stabbed to death in 'fight' on quiet street
Crime
There have been no arrests and a crime scene is in place
9-hour thunderstorm and flooding Met Office warning for London as battering of rain continues
Weather
London should prepare itself for the possibility of fast flooding
The unfashionable commuter town named 1 of London's best where houses are £200K cheaper
Property
Redhill in Surrey is just 12 miles south of Croydon and has been named one of the best commuter towns in London - and it's not hard to see why
The little-known footpath that takes you from Croydon all the way to the seaside
Croydon
The Vanguard Way is a 66-mile long-distance footpath that starts in Croydon and ends in the seaside town of Newhaven in East Sussex, passing through some of the most beautiful countryside in the South East
Industrial Action
Aslef train strikes: Routes affected, end date and how it will affect Tube
Bus strikes on the same day as the train strikes will halt transport in the capital
The old London Underground Northern line train now operating in sunny paradise
London Underground
The Alderney Railway is the only working railway in the Channel Islands and on specific days during the summer the carriages are former Northern line stock
London night bus routes that have Underground lines beneath them the whole way
London Underground
The night bus network in London is extensive and covers the whole of the capital - but some routes follow the same path as the Tube
9-hour thunderstorm and flooding Met Office warning for London as battering of rain continues
Weather
London should prepare itself for the possibility of fast flooding
EastEnders star who quit acting to work as security guard in B&M
Coronation Street
Katie Jarvis played Hayley Slater in EastEnders for two years before she quit acting to work as a security guard in B&M to support her family between acting jobs