Maidenhead is a large affluent town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It lies south of the River Thames (although at Maidenhead the river runs north-south so the town is in fact on its west bank). The town has a population of 67,404. Its urban area (including the suburban villages of Bray, Holyport, Pinkneys Green, Taplow (Buckinghamshire) Cox Green and Woodlands Park) has a population of approximately 85,000. The mainline railway station was set to be the terminus of the Crossrail line until the announcement was made that Reading was to be the new terminus.
Population: 59,463
Latitude: 51° 31' 22.04" N
Longitude: 0° 43' 11.50" E
Gordon Square is in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, London, England (postal district WC1) part of the Bedford Estate. It was developed by master builder Thomas Cubitt in the 1820s, as one of a pair with Tavistock Square, which is a bloc…
Frederick Hitch, VC (29 November 1856 – 6 January 1913) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded …
The Empress State Building is a skyscraper on the West Brompton/Earl's Court border in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was built built between 1958 and 1961 on the site of the former Empress Hall and ice rink as a commercial buildin…
Penn is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Beaconsfield and 4 miles (6.4 km) east of High Wycombe. The parish, containing Penn village and the hamlets of Penn Street,…
The British Library of Political and Economic Science is the main library of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Britannia Row Studios is a recording studio in Fulham, London SW6, England.
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is the United Kingdom's oldest and most famous home for dogs and cats and is situated in the Battersea area of London, England.
The BBC Media Village was opened in 2004 and is the second phase of development at BBC White City.
Styllou Pantopiou Christofi (Greek: Στυλλού Χριστοφή; 1900 – 15 December 1954) was a Greek Cypriot woman hanged in Britain for murdering her daughter-in-law.
St Olave Hart Street is a Church of England church in the City of London, located on the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane near Fenchurch Street railway station.
St John's, Smith Square, is a former church in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster, London.
St Andrew Undershaft is a Church of England church in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London. It is located on St.
Rotten Row is a broad track running for 1,384 metres (4,541 ft) along the south side of Hyde Park in London. It leads from Hyde Park Corner to the Serpentine Road. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Rotten Row was a fashionable place for upper-clas…
The River Westbourne is a small River Thames tributary in London, primarily sourced from Whitestone Pond, Hampstead Heath which, notwithstanding meanders, flows approximately southward to skirt east of Hyde Park's Serpentine lake after about 3.3 mil…
The Colne is a river in England which is a tributary of the River Thames. Just over half its course is in south Hertfordshire. Downstream, the Colne is the boundary between Buckinghamshire (specifically the South Bucks district) and London (specific…
Resonance 104.4 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station specialising in the arts run by the London Musicians' Collective (LMC).
The Raymond Revuebar (1958–2004) was a theatre and strip club at 11 Walker's Court (now The Box Soho), in the heart of London's Soho district. For many years, it was the only venue in London that offered full-frontal, on-stage nudity of the sort com…
The Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley in the English county of Surrey south of London, is one of four gardens run by the Society, the others being Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall and Rosemoor.