Tag: strand
Essex Street takes you down from the Strand to the Embankment by Middle Temple. At the south end of the street is this old Water Gate built in…
There they are, huddled together for strength against the prevailing and uncaring winds of this modern world. Known to the postman as 229-230 Strand and home to the…
It’s another wonderful, secluded London sanctuary hidden in plain sight from the busy streets that surround it, including Fleet Street and the Embankment. And it’s also another piece of…
One of the most interesting facts – and there are many – about Lincoln’s Inn is that the Elizabethan playwright and actor Ben Jonson, a contemporary and rival…
Carey Street runs from Portugal Street and the student quarter around the LSE across to Chancery Lane and London’s legal area. It is famous as the original “Queer…
It’s not a long street; just over one hundred metres I would guess. Nor does it have an exceptional location. Part of the underbelly of Covent Garden, it…