John Sykes - 111 Places in London That You Shouldn’t Miss

1_Albert Bridge |
A frail old soldier

2_The Albert Memorial |
A shiny gold prince

3_Apothecaries Hall |
A survival from the age of guilds

4_The Argyll Arms |
A refuge from shopping hell

5_The Athenaeum Club |
The goddess admits those who are worthy

6_The Barbican |
A monstrosity or a home with culture?

7_Belgrave Square |
Family property

8_Berry Bros. & Rudd |
Wine merchants for 300 years

9_Bevis Marks Synagogue |
A 300-year-old Jewish community

10_Borough Market |
Heaven for foodies

11_The Bottle Kiln in Notting Hill |
Slums and piggeries

12_Brompton Cemetery |
Morbid splendour

13_The Brunswick Plane |
The urban tree

14_Bunhill Fields |
Lunch among the tombstones

15_Cabbies Shelter in Grosvenor Gardens |
Huts that are architectural heritage

16_Caf E. Pellicci |
A piece of the old East End

17_Centre Point |
Extremely coarse or worth preserving?

18_Chalybeate Well |
Hampsteads healing water

19_Cheyne Walk |
Mixed company

20_Chinatown |
An enclave in Soho

21_Christies |
Classier than eBay

22_City Hall |
A skewed seat of government

23_The Coade Stone Lion |
Unexpectedly humble origins

24_College Garden |
A hidden monastic garden

25_Cousin Lane Stairs |
Down to a beach on the Thames

26_Cross Bones Graveyard |
In memory of the outcast and downtrodden

27_Dr Johnsons House |
A dictionary and a cat

28_The Duke of York Column |
A man who made it to the top

29_Eccleston Mews |
Ideal homes in the stables

30_Edgware Road |
Little Beirut in London

31_Eel Pie Island |
A refuge for artists and musicians

32_Electric Avenue |
Reggae or salsa, dreadlocks or a wig?

33_Fournier Street |
The ghosts of Huguenots and Jewish tailors

34_Freemasons Hall |
A temple of arcane mysteries

35_Fulham Palace |
A country seat for bishops

36_The Gas Lamp in Carting Lane |
Sewers and street lighting

37_The Greenwich Foot Tunnel |
Under the Thames and off to Scotland

38_The Grenadier |
Cosy, until the ghost appears

39_Hawksmoors Pyramid |
An enigma in the churchyard

40_Holland Park |
More than a Dutch garden

41_Horse at Water |
A restful sight at Marble Arch

42_James Smith & Sons |
Where a gentleman buys his umbrella

43_Jamme Masjid Mosque |
A house of three religions

44_Jean Cocteaus Murals in Notre Dame |
The sixth-largest French city is Londres

45_The Jewel Tower |
Democracy, weights and measures

46_The K2 Telephone Kiosk |
The prototype of a famous design

47_The Kindertransport Monument |
The place where 10,000 Jewish children arrived

48_Leadenhall Market |
Romans, cheesemongers, bankers

49_Liberty |
Heart of oak are our shops

50_Lincolns Inn |
A tranquil refuge for lawyers

51_The Lloyds Building |
Futuristic, yet a monument

52_London Stone |
A mythical stone in shabby surroundings

53_Lords Cricket Ground |
A sacred site for fans of the summer sport

54_MI6 Headquarters |
James Bonds office

55_The Monument |
When 13,000 houses burned down

56_Mudchute City Farm |
Animals for urban children

57_Neals Yard |
Alternative lifestyle and Monty Python

58_The Niche from Old London Bridge |
Stones that were admitted to hospital

59_Old St Pancras |
Bones and legends by the railway tracks

60_Orbit |
An observation tower on the Olympic site

61_The OXO Tower |
Architecture as advertising

62_Parliament Hill |
The whole of London at your feet

63_The Peace Pagoda |
Shining gold in Battersea Park

64_The Peabody Estate in Whitecross Street |
150 years of social housing projects

65_The Piccadilly Line |
Design and architecture in the Tube

66_Pimlico Road Farmers Market |
Mozart and the magic fruit

67_The Police Lookout on Trafalgar Square |
Keeping an eye on demonstrations

68_Postmans Park |
A memorial for unsung heroes

69_Primrose Hill |
A free panoramic view

70_The Princess Diana Memorial Fountain |
Splashing around is tolerated

71_The Prospect of Whitby |
A last drink for condemned pirates

72_Quantum Cloud |
Art beneath wide skies

73_Queen Square |
A green place for parents, children and queens

74_The Regents Canal |
Leisure and work on the water

75_Richmond-on-Thames |
Where the river takes on a rural character

76_Richmond Palace |
A good place to live and die

77_Richmond Park |
Grass and trees as far as the eye can see

78_The Roman City Wall |
Londinium has not quite disappeared

79_Royal Arcade |
Connections to the palace are good for business

80_Shad Thames |
Sought-after homes in Charles Dickens slum

81_Shadwell Basin |
The transformation of a dock

82_Shoreditch Street Art |
Legal or illegal, subversive or sponsored

83_Shri Swaminarayan Mandir |
A Hindu temple, open to everyone

84_Soho Square |
King Charles, Paul McCartney and Casanova

85_Somerset House |
From government offices to a palace for the arts

86_Spencer House |
Old money, expensive taste

87_St Annes Church, Soho |
Where the German king of Corsica is buried

88_St Bartholomew |
The court jesters church, now a film set

89_St Brides |
Slender steeple, creepy crypt

90_St Helens Bishopsgate |
Christs message in the financial district

91_St Jamess Square |
An address for the privileged, a picnic spot for all

92_St John-at-Hampstead |
A village church for famous people

93_St Johns Lodge Garden |
A sequestered spot in Regents Park

94_St Pancras Station |
An engineering miracle based on beer barrels

95_St Sepulchre Drinking Fountain |
A campaign against beer and cholera

96_Temple Bar |
Where mayors greeted monarchs

97_Three Mills Island |
Grinding grain with tidal power

98_Tower Bridge Wharf |
A clear view of the river

99_Trellick Tower |
The rehabilitation of an architectural villain

100_Twinings Tea Shop |
A pillar of the economy for 300 years

101_Tyburn Convent |
A shrine to Roman Catholic martyrs

102_Waterloo Bridge |
One of the best views along the Thames

103_Wellington Arch |
A warrior and an angel of peace

104_The Westbourne |
The stream that flows through a Tube station

105_Westminster Cathedral |
The Cinderella cathedral in search of finery

106_Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
Where Big Ben was cast

107_Whitechapel Gallery |
Art for all and a golden tree

108_The Wildflower Garden in Lambeth |
Colour among the gravestones

109_Wiltons Music Hall |
Bare boards, crumbling plaster

110_Ye Olde Mitre |
A well-hidden pub

112_York Watergate |
An imposing entrance is all that remains

111 Places in London that You Shouldnt Miss