LONDON on the Ground

A selection of London’s lesser known, or lesser noticed, public clocks - time pieces that tell a tale. Everyone knows clocks such as ‘Big Ben’ and the one at Waterloo Station, but London is teeming with lesser known clocks, or at least clocks that most people pass without noticing. Here is my selection of ten less celebrated clocks of the capital. Walks available for booking For a schedule of forthcoming London On The Ground guided walks and tours, please click here. 1. ‘B

News of the admiral’s death reached London, via HMS Pickle, more than two months before his brandy-pickled body. The funeral of Britain’s most celebrated naval commander took place in St Paul’s Cathedral 220 years ago (yesterday), on 9 January 1806. It was the first state funeral at St Paul’s and the grandest yet for anyone outside the royal family. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1 st Viscount Nelson, died more than 11 weeks earlier, during the closing stages of his greatest

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