Pitsea is a small town in the east of the Basildon district of south Essex, England. It comprises five sub-districts: Eversley, Northlands Park Neighbourhood (Previously known as Felmores), Chalvedon, Pitsea Mount and Burnt Mills.
Population: 25,000
Latitude: 51° 33' 49.93" N
Longitude: 0° 30' 30.92" E
South Bank Tower (formerly King's Reach Tower until 2013) is a high-rise building in Stamford Street, Southwark, London. It was originally a thirty storey structure 111 metres (364 ft) high and was completed in 1972, designed by the architect Richar…
The Secret Nuclear Bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, in the Borough of Brentwood in the English county of Essex, is a large underground bunker maintained during the cold war as a potential regional government headquarters.
G-A-Y is a gay nightclub in London. It operated from the London Astoria music venue for 15 years until July 2008. The Boston Globe described it as "London's largest gay-themed club night", NME reported that it "attracts 6,000 clubbers each week", an…
The O2 Arena has hosted some of the world's best known performers, comedy acts and sports teams from around the world.
Chelsea Barracks was a British Army barracks located in the City of Westminster, London, adjacent to Chelsea, on Chelsea Bridge Road.
The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, or as named in its Grade II* architectural listing, The Oratory, is a large neo-classical Roman Catholic church in South Kensington, London. It is traditionally known as Brompton Oratory, which distinguish…
Harringay (pronounced /ˈhærɪŋɡeɪ/) is a residential area in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, in the United Kingdom. It is centred on the section of Green Lanes running between the New River, where it crosses Green Lanes by Finsbury Pa…
The Willis Building is a commercial skyscraper in London named after the primary tenant, Willis Group.
West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre (16 ha) cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
Shad Thames is a historic riverside street next to Tower Bridge in Bermondsey, London, England, and is also an informal name for the surrounding area.
The Rotherhithe Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Thames in East London, connecting the Ratcliff district of Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets north of the river to Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark south of the riv…
Riverside South is a proposed skyscraper development in Canary Wharf, London. Some below ground-level work has been carried out on behalf of investment bank J.P. Morgan & Co., which bought a 999-year lease on the site with the intention of making th…
Hyde Park Corner is an area in London located around a major road junction at the southeastern corner of Hyde Park. Six streets converge at the junction: Park Lane (from the north), Piccadilly (northeast), Constitution Hill (southeast), Grosvenor Pl…
Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet.
Camberwell College of Arts (formerly known as Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, and is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost art and design institutions. It is located in Ca…
Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years. Given to the City of London Corporation by his son King Edward VI for use as an orphanage and place of correction for…
The Woolsack is the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords, the Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In the 14th century King Edward III (1327-1377) commanded that his Lord Chancellor whilst in council should sit on a wool ba…
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a bell foundry in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and is the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. The foundry's main business is the bellfounding and manufacture of church bells and their…