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The Gas Light, Carter Lane
Take a turn off the Stand and into Carting Lane behind the Savoy, and visitors can find London's last remaining sewage lamp – it is actually a replica but is in full working order. Today it is fuelled (mostly) by the mains supply of gas but curiously the Webb Patent Sewer Gas Lamp was originally powered from Bazalgette's Victorian sewers. The metha...
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The Lamb and Flag
This pub is (possibly) one of the oldest in London and is tucked away outside the main currents ebbing and flowing to Covent Garden. The Lamb and Flag is a favourite with locals and visitors to the city and has been renamed quite a few times. It is recorded as being licensed premises in 1772, when it was the Cooper’s Arms but whether the building w...
Royal Opera House
The home of British opera is ‘Covent Garden’ in the beautiful, historic venue home to two famous companies - The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet.
Built in 1858, the Royal Opera House has hosted Maria Callas, Margot Fonteyn, Luciano Pavarotti and Rudolf Nureyev. It is the third incarnation and the last reconstruction in the 1990s pr...
The Seven Dials
Seven Dials lies on the border of Covent Garden and London's West End and is a stones throw from hedonistic Soho. It has a very distinctive layout with a central monument – essentially a big sundial and streets passing off it like spokes in a wheel.
There is also a fascinating story behind it which goes back to the 17th century and...
Vintage Heaven & Cakehole
Every available space and surface of this family-run vintage store is piled to the rafters with antique china. Visitors will discover art deco glassware, table linen and novelty cutlery at their finger-tips. Vintage crockery lovers will be in heaven at this little hidden gem on the Columbia Road. Retro tea sets and even one or two vintage fabrics a...
Lincoln's Patisserie
Lincoln’s Patisserie is a family run Caribbean bakery and is almost 3 decades old. The head of the family Lincoln is the master baker and is supported by industrious support staff. Their products are freshly prepared in an open plan environment and visitors can see exactly what is going on and where everything comes from. The patties are unique, an...
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York Gate
Nestled in the corner of Victoria Embankment Gardens is the York Gate upon the steps which the waters of the River Thames gently lapped for centuries. The steps themselves used to be where river traffic would stop allowing passengers to disembark for York House. Today it is over 100 yards from the Thames and marks the point where the ‘old’ river us...