top of page
To receive blog posts and walking tour schedules by email, please subscribe (for free) at the bottom of the page
Search
London On The Ground
Jan 126 min read
A cow, an arrow and a Dame: Alice Owen’s 400 year legacy
Her legacy in Islington, the City of London and Hertfordshire has lasted more than four centuries and includes one of the country’s...
183 views1 comment
London On The Ground
May 12, 20244 min read
Art on a plate: Temple Bar's hidden treasures
Unique, architect-designed plates recognise support for the Architects Benevolent Society. City of London livery companies are known for...
131 views0 comments
London On The Ground
Oct 6, 20235 min read
Chelsea Physic Garden, Happy 350th birthday!
The garden of edible, medicinal and useful plants is London's oldest botanic garden. Chelsea Physic Garden is 350 years old on 9 October,...
98 views0 comments
London On The Ground
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Lonsdale Square, a Barnsbury beauty of Gothic Tudor
A one-off 19th century square in the Barnsbury area of Islington. Praised as "a unique, intense and immaculately composed piece of...
238 views0 comments
London On The Ground
Apr 14, 20236 min read
Shakespeare, the First Folio and the City of London
The first ever collection of William Shakespeare's plays was published 400 years ago this year. Known as the First Folio, it was...
152 views0 comments
London On The Ground
Aug 26, 20214 min read
London's livery lampposts: The Great Twelve at the Royal Exchange
Look carefully at the forecourt in front of the Royal Exchange and you notice that it is watched over by 12 ornate iron lampposts. They...
788 views1 comment
bottom of page