London Places

Getting Londoners across the Thames since the 1300s

Royal ceremonies, human heads – and a brief spell in Hertfordshire

Palaces, ponds and plenty of plants

Portraits of the barren underbelly of London’s bridges, wharfs and piers

A list of the most notorious and historic prisons in the city

London’s Norman fortress that morphed into a Tudor palace

A grand Victorian terminus turned spacious 1960s rectangle

Highwaymen hangouts, Thameside landmarks – and a local co-owned by Ian McKellen

Trade, tunnels – and a very big explosion

This ornate Victorian viaduct connects Holborn with the City of London

Borough Market has drawn food enthusiasts to its stalls for around a thousand years