Hinchley Wood is a largely residential suburban village approximately 12.3 to 13.4 miles south-west of Charing Cross in central London, and within the Greater London Urban Area. It developed largely because of the railway line which has a station and many of its residents are commuters to London, the village has one main parade of convenience shops, services and a nearby petrol station; throughout the area is a light smattering of small businesses. The suburb is served by a railway station, and has the London dialling code 020.
Population: 3,674
Latitude: 51° 22' 28.60" N
Longitude: 0° 20' 18.17" E
Pudding Lane is a street in London widely known for being the former location of Thomas Farriner's bakery where the Great Fire of London began in 1666. The lane is located off Eastcheap, near London Bridge and the Monument, in the historic City of L…
The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased and run by Festival Republic since 2000. It was closed on 15 January 2009 and has since been demolished. The venue is still seen today as…
Hillingdon is a suburban area within the London Borough of Hillingdon, situated 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex that originally included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s Hi…
The Rolling Bridge is a type of curling movable bridge completed in 2004 as part of the Grand Union Canal office & retail development project at Paddington Basin, London.
The Clapham Junction rail crash was a multiple train collision just south of Clapham Junction railway station in London that occurred at about 08:10 on 12 December 1988. A crowded passenger train crashed into the rear of another train that had stopp…
Big Brother 1, also referred to as Big Brother 2000, was the first series of the British reality television show Big Brother. The show is based on an originally Dutch TV series of the same name created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The series pre…
The Lyceum Theatre is a 2,100-seat West End theatre located in the City of Westminster, on Wellington Street, just off the Strand. There has been a theatre with this name in the locality since 1765. From 1794 to 1809, however, the building hosted a …
The church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey, is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, and is the Anglican parish church of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London.
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England on the South Bank of the River Thames (between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge).
Shell Centre, in London is one of the two "central offices" of oil major Shell (the other is in The Hague). It is located on Belvedere Road in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a prominent feature on the South Bank of the River Thames near County…
The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 40-acre (16 ha) recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730 at the behest of Queen Caroline. Although it is common to refer to the entire body of water as the Serpentine, …
Kingsmeadow (known as the Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is an association football stadium in the area of Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, London, which is used for the home matches of both AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian.
Kensington High Street is the main shopping street in Kensington, London. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
The Heygate Estate was a large housing estate located in Walworth, Southwark, south London. The estate was demolished as part of the regeneration of the Elephant and Castle area.
Blackfriars Theatre was the name given to two separate theatres located in the former Blackfriars Dominican priory in the City of London during the Renaissance. The first theatre began as a venue for the Children of the Chapel Royal, child actors as…
Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London.
Coulsdon (/ˈkuːlzdən/, traditionally pronounced /ˈkoʊlzdən/) is a district of south London, mainly within the London Borough of Croydon, with parts of Coulsdon also falling under the London Borough of Sutton and Reigate & Banstead. It is south of Cr…
The BFI London IMAX is an IMAX cinema in the South Bank district of London, just north of Waterloo Station.