Nature & Environment
Nature & Environment

The River Thames

Dive into stories about the key waterway that shaped – and has been shaped by – London

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

Frost fairs: Festivities on a frozen River Thames

Trading, feasting and entertainment on ice

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

Collecting cash at Shakespeare’s plays

Tudor and Stuart theatres may have relied on these single-use money pots

Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers

London Dock

The Wapping drop-off point for wine, tobacco, spices and ivory between 1805 and 1968

London Places
London Places

London’s famous bridges

Bridges have helped Londoners cross the Thames for 2,000 years – here's the best of them

Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home

Lambeth Bridge

The bridge that put a horse ferry out of business

London Places
London Places

London Bridge

The many lives of this 2000-year-old crossing

Music & Subculture
Music & Subculture

Twickenham’s Eel Pie Island

This little island had a thriving rhythm and blues scene – where the Rolling Stones were residents

Nature & Environment
Nature & Environment

Take a tour along the River Thames in the 1930s

An atmospheric trip through lost London riverscapes

Health & Disease
Health & Disease

How Bazalgette built London's first super-sewer

Taming a city’s-worth of sewage

Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home

Hammersmith Bridge

It’s survived three bombs – and a struggle to keep it standing

War & Weapons
War & Weapons

The Victoria Cross found in the Thames

When a mudlark recovered Britain’s prestigious medal for valour

Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home

Richmond Bridge

London’s oldest surviving Thames bridge

Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers

West India Docks

These were once the world’s largest docks, built to handle goods from Caribbean slave plantations

Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home

Kew Bridge

The west London crossing opened twice by George III

Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home

Waterloo Bridge

Sometimes called the “ladies’ bridge”, this is a crossing that’s inspired Monet and The Kinks

Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home

Westminster Bridge

A crossing to the heart of government

Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home

Chiswick Bridge

An excellent Boat Race viewpoint since 1933