by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 24, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Everyone’s familiar with the large four bronze Lions at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. They are an iconic and much-loved London sight. Their job is to guard the statue of Admiral Nelson who gave his life to win the battle of Trafalgar. Close up they...
by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 14, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
When you’re doing The Knowledge, the world famous but fiendishly difficult test to become a London black cab driver, you’re presented with a series of tough challenges. Firstly, you have to learn the name of thousands of roads, how they fit in to London’s road system,...
by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 11, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Statues of French Military leaders (and French politicians in general) are in pretty short supply in London based on the fact that we spent the best part of the past 900 years either at war, or at least in some sort of conflict, with them. However, our traditional foe...
by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 8, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
“So, who’s this guy up there” an American visitor once asked me looking up at the imposing statue on Waterloo Place. “He must have been pretty successful right, to be on top of such a tall column.” Well actually no. The story goes that it was just the opposite. The...
by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 6, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Psst. Want to know a secret? There’s something not quite right about this statue of Edward VII. Edward VII was the eldest son and heir to Queen Victoria. He was King from November 1901 until his death in 1910, just under ten years, a comparatively short reign. That’s...
