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On a rather fine looking side street in Bethnal Green can be found a surprisingly impressive, and well maintained war memorial to the dead of WW1.

If you've ever seen them, you might think they're just old decoration, but many buildings in London are adorned with the bust of an anonymous woman.

The magnificent Victorian pumping station at Crossness that had to close suddenly earlier this year has secured its future after raising nearly £500,000.

A new narrow gauge steam railway is being built in South-East London to bring visitors on a scenic trip to the Victorian pumping station at Crossness.

A rare surviving signal box that once controlled trains through London Bridge is now being restored -- at the National Railway Museum in York

On the corner of a modern building near St Paul's Cathedral can be found an ancient stone plaque of a knight.

The Crystal Palace dinosaurs are fundraising for a new bridge, and one of the items donated to them is a top hat, from Slash, the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses.

A report has claimed that "millions of young adults never visit museums, galleries or theatres", but it's not as gloomy as the headline claims.

In the City of London there used to be a church devoted to two virginal saints, and 11,000 virgins.

Just behind the Gherkin skyscraper lies a modern grave, of a Roman girl who was reburied on the site just a decade ago.