London’s 2024 ceremonial gun salutes

Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2024, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

London’s 2023 ceremonial gun salutes

Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2023, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

Mourning has broken

Green Park is sealed off, and another time this would be the sign a music festival is taking place, but this is a festival of mourning.

WW2 Lancaster bomber to fly over London on Sunday

Look to the skies on Sunday lunchtime, as a Lancaster Bomber will be flying over London.

Visit one of London’s last aristocratic mansions – Spencer House

Next to Green Park is a palace and a long row of grand houses, and one of those grand houses is open to the public.

Tickets Alert: Spencer House and garden tours

Spencer House, a rather grand house overlooking Green Park is resuming Sunday tours of its main state rooms, and will be including the normally off-limits garden in the tours.

London’s ceremonial gun salutes during 2022

Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2022, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

London’s Alleys: Queen’s Passage, SW1A

An all to easy to walk past without noticing is a narrow subterranean passage that runs underneath the posh houses next to Green Park giving access to the quiet streets behind.

Tickets Alert: Tours of Spencer House resume

Spencer House, a rather grand house overlooking Green Park is resuming Sunday tours of its main state rooms from June.

London’s ceremonial gun salutes during 2021

Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2021, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

Gun Salutes in London during 2020

Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2020, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

Sheep and cattle grazing in Green Park this week

It's "Green Park Grazing Week" this week, which means sheep and cattle will be roaming around the Royal Park munching away to keep the grasses low.

Tickets Alert: Spencer House’s gardens open days

For a few days this summer, the restored gardens of Spencer House in central London will be open to the public.

Listen out for cannon fire in London on Wednesday

If you're near Green Park or the Tower of London tomorrow (Wed), listen out for very loud cannon fire.

Gun Salutes in London during 2019

Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2019, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

Gun Salutes in London during 2018

Ceremonial military guns go bang bang several times each year in London, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.

Green Park tube station to get groundwater cooling system

I thought work on this had been paused as part of the Great Olympic Engineering Shutdown, but a note from TfL earlier today says that a rather interesting air cooling system will be introduced at Green Park station this summer.…