A visit to the Sherlock Holmes museum

At 221B Baker Street is a museum devoted to that most famous of amateur detectives, Sherlock Holmes. Actually, there isn't, but bear with me.

Repairs for a Victorian sewer running above a London Underground line

A Victorian era sewer running over the top of Baker Street tube station is currently being repaired even as it still carries away our daily waste.

See Baker Street’s gloomy subway transformed

A once dingy subway just outside Baker Street Station has been transformed into fairyland tunnel of historical delights.

Easier access to Baker Street Station proposed

The pedestrian crossing outside Baker Street tube station, currently a congested mess is about to get a makeover.

A glimpse at Baker Street station’s sealed off exit

Plans have been announced to try and spruce up a subway next to Baker Street station that has a curious secret within it.

100th Anniversary of the Bakerloo Line Extension

One hundred years ago today, the process of linking up the tube railway with the city's main termini was completed with the extension of the Bakerloo Line to Paddington Station.

How the world’s first underground (passenger) railway was built

As we edge ever closer to the 150th anniversary of the opening of the world's first underground railway which is now just a couple of weeks away, it might be interesting to review of the newspaper reports about how the construction of the railway progressed up to that momentous date.

Of ancient paths, umbrellas and Chinese restaurants

The corner of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road is a place of considerable crush and bustle thanks to the very narrow pavement, tube entrance and market stalls trying to sell watches and tourist tatt. For that reason, when needing…