LONDON on the Ground

The barracks and stable that’s also a Royal gateway, Household Cavalry HQ, the British Army’s London District HQ and a museum. If you walk down Whitehall, you will often encounter crowds of tourists gaping at mounted guards with shiny helmets, swords and breast plates, providing the type of timeless day-to-day spectacle at which London excels. Although they are a 20 minute walk from Buckingham Palace, these fairy-tale soldiers are guarding the royal residence from an officia

The world’s largest illustration museum is housed in historic 18th/19th century waterworks near Sadler’s Wells Theatre. I recently visited the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, which officially opened on 5 June 2026. The largest dedicated space for illustration in the world and the UK’s only charity for illustration, it is located in the historic New River Company’s former waterworks in Clerkenwell. Walks available for booking For a schedule of forthcoming London On

The pub is named after a self-proclaimed specialist in nervous disorders, who had no medical degree. According to its website a pub was...