June 2021 archive

Turk’s Head, E1W

The Turk’s Head was one of two Wapping pubs of the same name.

Abbotsbury Road, W14

Abbotsbury Road runs between Melbury Road and the road known as Holland Park.

Victoria Embankment, EC4Y

Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment scheme of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed land next to the River Thames.

Carmelite Street, EC4Y

Carmelite Street continues south from Whitefriars Street, which itself is just off Fleet Street.

Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road: Where Rumpole of the Bailey hung his hat.

Abbeville Road, SW4

Abbeville Road runs parallel to Clapham Common Southide, lying close to the line of Stane Street – the Roman military road from London to Chichester.