Gravesend /ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd/ is an ancient town in north west Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east south-east of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the Thames estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Rochester, it is the administrative centre of the Borough of Gravesham.
Population: 54,263
Latitude: 51° 26' 28.97" N
Longitude: 0° 22' 25.36" E
The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (OLHC) is a United Kingdom government department. This relatively recently created office provides support for the Leader of the House of Commons in his or her duties to the House which includes plann…
North Woolwich railway station in North Woolwich in east London was the eastern terminus of the North London Line.
New Palace Yard is to the northwest of the Houses of Parliament (aka the Palace of Westminster), in Westminster, London, England. It is to the east of Parliament Square, to the west of Big Ben, and to the north of Westminster Hall.
Moor House is a large office building in the City of London.
Merton Priory was founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under Henry I.
Marylebone High Street is a shopping street in London, running sub-parallel to Baker Street and terminating at its northern end at the junction with the Marylebone Road. Given its secluded location, the street has been described as "the hidden wonde…
Maidstone East railway station is one of three stations in the central area of Maidstone, Kent, but currently the only one with a regular direct service to London.
The London Olympians is a British amateur American football team, based in Beckenham, London. They are the United Kingdom's most successful amateur American football club.
The London Lock Hospital, which opened on 31 January 1747, was the first venereal disease clinic and the most famous and first of the Lock Hospitals. The Lock Hospitals were developed for the treatment of syphilis following the end of the use of laz…
London Fields is a station in London Fields in north east London. It is 4 km (2½ miles) north east of London Liverpool Street on the West Anglia route.
The London Bridge Hospital is a private hospital on the south bank of the River Thames in London.
Little Ben is a cast iron miniature clock tower, situated at the intersection of Vauxhall Bridge Road and Victoria Street, in Westminster, central London, close to the approach to Victoria station.
Leamouth is the land, traditionally in Poplar, immediately west of the River Lea where it joins the River Thames at grid reference TQ394807. Its northern half lies within a small meander of the Lea named after its reach as Goodluck Hope. The south-e…
Kingsway telephone exchange was a Cold War-era hardened telephone exchange underneath High Holborn in London.
The Kingsway Hall, Holborn, London, built in 1912, was the home of the West London Mission of the Methodist Church, and eventually became one of the most important recording venues for classical music and film music.
Kingsley Hall is a community centre in the East End of London. It dates back to the work of Doris Lester and Muriel Lester, who had a nursery school in nearby Bruce Road. Their brother, Kingsley Lester, died aged 26 in 1914, leaving money for work i…
King William Street is a street in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London.
King George V Dock is one of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands.