LONDON on the Ground

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

Over more than 300 years it has staged everything from aquatic shows and Shakespeare to pantomime and ballet. Today Sadler’s Wells is London’s leading venue for dance, both classical ballet and contemporary dance. The corridors of its 1,500 seat main auditorium and 182 seat Lillian Baylis Studio serve as a museum to its long and varied history. All the artworks, engravings and sculptures in this post are London On The Ground photographs of items displayed at the Theatre and S