London Walks London Stories

Author : David Tucker
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780753520093

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London Walks: London Stories by David Tucker Pdf

London Walks is the award-winning original walking tour company. Written by the expert and knowledgeable guides who lead the walks, London Stories is the perfect way to discover the rich history of London and its hidden gems, including: Sinister London - haunted London and Jack the Ripper. Literary London - from Shakespeare to Dickens. Public Houses - the old pubs of Soho. Mystery and Secrets - the city's hidden past. A Tale of Two Cities - Westminster and the Square Mile. Perfect for tourists who want to experience London life beyond Trafalgar Square as well as for Londoners keen to step off the Circle Line and discover the secrets on their own doorstep, London Stories offers a fascinating glimpse into the capital's rich history. With photos, maps and illustrations to bring the stories to life, London Stories is for those who love London, written by those who know it best.

Author : Stephen Millar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1902910516

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London's Hidden Walks by Stephen Millar Pdf

Author : David Tucker,London Walks
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 0753515059

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London Stories by David Tucker,London Walks Pdf

The ultimate guide to exploring London on foot, "London Stories" provides theme-based walking tours that offer something for everyone, whether a history buff, a fan of the paranormal, or those looking for fun off the beaten path.

Author : David Fathers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781844865512

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Bloody London by David Fathers Pdf

An entertaining, revealing and beautifully illustrated walking guide to London's horrific history, Bloody London features walks that take in everything from Jack the Ripper's haunts, to the 'Route of the Damned' from Newgate Prison to Tyburn, to Gangland London, to the plague outbreak hotspots and burial pits, to the key places involved in the Great Fire of London, plus many many more iconic and delightfully gruesome moments in London's history. Each walk is beautifully illustrated with a map and gorgeous illustrations, and the book is perfectly pocket-sized so you can easily take it around with you as you go. David Fathers is the king of London walking guides, and Bloody London will delight both those who live in London and those visiting who are looking for a walking guide that's a little bit different.

Author : Andrew Duncan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 0844292133

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Walking London by Andrew Duncan Pdf

Author : David Tucker
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0753540444

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London Walks by David Tucker Pdf

Author : Becky Jones,Clare Lewis
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0711230676

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London Adventure Walks for Families by Becky Jones,Clare Lewis Pdf

London Adventure Walks for Families offers 25 carefully devised, imaginative explorations of the city from its center to its suburbs, all accessible by public transport and specifically designed to appeal to the mindset of children. These intriguing explorations of the historic (Tudor London/Fire of London/Florence Nightingale), literary (Coram Boy, Dickens, Shakespeare, 101 Dalmatians, Paddington Bear) and famous sights of the capital draw children in and keep them actively involved and enthralled. For the parents, there is all the add-on information that families need, such as facilities, opening times, shops, food, transport, places for a sit-down, places for a run-around, I-spy lists, and other game ideas. Highly creative in its content and design, the format tempts children and adults as well as London natives and tourists alike. Packed with tantalizing facts and unusual places, the book draws on the urban culture as much as the countryside within the city, revealing secret facts, hidden places, and little explored treasures of London.

Author : Nicola Perry
Publisher : Emons Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 3954518864

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33 Walks in London that You Shouldn't Miss by Nicola Perry Pdf

Featuring hundreds of interesting and unusual places, 33 Walks in London is the ultimate insider's guide to exploring Britain's capital on foot.

Author : Katie Wignall
Publisher : Greenfinch
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781529419436

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Look Up London by Katie Wignall Pdf

A refreshing guide to discovering the hidden details of London with 10 fully guided walking routes from London's leading tour guide Look Up London. Have you ever noticed London's tiniest public sculpture? Or wondered why there are strange cone-shaped structures on the fanciest historic homes? Did you know that the Tower of London used to be a zoo, or about the now defunct London railway that transported over 200,000 people to their final resting place? These are just some of the fascinating details that Blue Badge Tourist guide Katie Wignall reveals in this absorbing guide to the secrets of London hidden in plain sight. Take a journey through London's rich past with these 10 fully guided walking routes and discover a whole world of incredible history hiding above your eye-line, just waiting to be spotted. From the saucy scandals of Covent Garden to stories of power and intrigue from the City, atmospheric pubs to hidden Roman remains, London is a city bursting with captivating stories which are etched into its very architecture. So, Look Up and discover a London you have never seen before.

Author : Peter Aylmer
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781787650046

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Walking in London by Peter Aylmer Pdf

This guidebook presents 25 varied walks exploring London's green and open spaces. Covering both the city centre and the Greater London area, it takes in royal parks, heaths, forests, canals and rivers, including Epping Forest, Hampstead Heath, the World Heritage site of Kew Gardens and Wimbledon Common. Walks range from 4 to 14 miles and most can be accessed by public transport. Alongside detailed route descriptions and OS mapping, the book features practical information on parking, public transport and refreshments. Each walk showcases a particular species of wildlife that you might encounter, and there is fascinating background information the history and conservation of the capital's wild spaces. London is a city of 8 million people and 8 million trees, and its vast open spaces are home to 13,000 species of wildlife. This book is an ideal companion to exploring a greener, more gentle side to the city.

Author : Christina Henry De Tessan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : 0811838439

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City Walks by Christina Henry De Tessan Pdf

Author : Stephen Millar
Publisher : London's Hidden Walks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1902910680

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London's Hidden Walks Volume 4 by Stephen Millar Pdf

Author : David Rosenberg,Ash Sarkar
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Dissenters
ISBN : 0745338550

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Rebel Footprints by David Rosenberg,Ash Sarkar Pdf

A truly radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day trips, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in England's capital. David Rosenberg transports readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, while telling the story of protest and struggle in London from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From the suffragettes to the socialists, from the chartists to the trade unionists: Rosenberg invites us to step into the footprints of a diverse cast of dedicated fighters for social justice. Individual chapters highlight particular struggles and their participants, from famous faces to lesser-known luminaries. Rosenberg sets London's radical campaigners against the backdrop of the city's multi-faceted development. Self-directed walks pair with narratives that seamlessly blend history, politics, and geography, while specially commissioned maps and illustrations immerse the reader in the story of the city. Whether you're visiting London for the first time, or born and raised there, Rosenberg invites you to see London as you never have before--the radical center of the English-speaking world.

Author : Iain Sinclair
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786071750

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The Last London by Iain Sinclair Pdf

A New Statesman Book of the Year London. A city apart. Inimitable. Or so it once seemed. Spiralling from the outer limits of the Overground to the pinnacle of the Shard, Iain Sinclair encounters a metropolis stretched beyond recognition. The vestiges of secret tunnels, the ghosts of saints and lost poets lie buried by developments, the cycling revolution and Brexit. An electrifying final odyssey, The Last London is an unforgettable vision of the Big Smoke before it disappears into the air of memory.

Author : Paul Talling
Publisher : Random House
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473560239

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Derelict London: All New Edition by Paul Talling Pdf

______________________________ The huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated for 2019 THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEE Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . . Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine. Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, DERELICT LONDON reveals a side of the city you never knew existed. It will change the way you see London. ______________________________ PRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT ‘Fascinating images showing some of London’s eeriest derelict sites show another side to the busy, built-up capital.’ Daily Mail ‘Talling has managed to show another side to the capital, one of abandoned buildings that somehow retain a sense of beauty.’ Metro ‘Excellent . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, DERELICT LONDON is valuable as a document of the one going on right in front of us.’ New Statesman ‘From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried ‘ghost’ stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying buildings. Paul Talling knows these places better than anyone in the capital.’ Daily Express ‘[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. Paul Talling’s surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby Pevsner.’ Daily Telegraph ______________________________