Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of central London, adjacent to the Greater London boundary and within the M25 motorway. The population at the 2011 census was 16,226. The local council is Swanley Town Council.
Population: 20,986
Latitude: 51° 23' 49.81" N
Longitude: 0° 10' 23.56" E
The New Cross house fire was a fire that occurred during a party at a house in New Cross, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 1981. The blaze killed 13 young black people; one survivor committed suicide two years later.
Nag's Head is a locality within the Holloway area of the London Borough of Islington.
Mote Park is a 180 hectare multi-use public park in Maidstone, Kent. Previously a country estate it was converted to landscaped park land at the end of the 18th century before becoming a municipal park. It includes the former stately home Mote House…
The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster was a metropolitan borough in the County of London, England, from 1900 to 1965.
The M26 is a motorway in Kent, England.
The London Film Museum, founded and created by Jonathan Sands in February 2008, is a museum dedicated to the British film industry.
This is a list of the districts of the London Borough of Havering in London, England.
Kingsland Road is the name of a road, part of the A10, in the London Borough of Hackney in England. It runs from the junction with Old Street and Hackney Road (the section of the A10 south of this is Shoreditch High Street) north to the junction wit…
Inq was a social software and app manufacturer who launched two successful software products and a series of award-winning handsets. Material, Inq's personalised magazine, became the top free news app in the UK App Store and achieved a number 4 posi…
Hyde Park Gate is a street in central London, England, which applies to two parallel roads in Kensington on the southern boundary of Kensington Gardens. It is probably most famous for having the former residence and death place of Sir Winston Church…
The House of Commons Library is the library and information resource of the lower house of the British Parliament.
Grosvenor Bridge, originally known as, and alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. Originally constructed in 1860, and widened in 1865 and 1907, t…
The George Tavern is a Grade II listed public house and music venue located at 373 Commercial Rd, London E1, in Tower Hamlets owned and operated by artist Pauline Forster.
Essex House was a house that fronted the Strand in London.
The Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London, was an exhibition hall built in the ancient Egyptian style in 1812, to the designs of Peter Frederick Robinson. In 1905 the building was demolished to make room for blocks of flats and offices.
Du Cane Court is an Art Deco apartment block on Balham High Road, Balham, south London. A distinctive local landmark, it was opened in 1937 and, with 676 apartments, is the largest privately owned block of flats under one roof in Europe.
Diggerland is the name of theme parks inspired by diggers and JCBs. There are four theme parks in England, and a fifth in the United States.
Croydon Palace, in Croydon, now part of south London, was the summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for over 500 years. Regular visitors included Henry III and Queen Elizabeth I.