by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 25, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
You’ll find that every area in London has its favourite boozer. It comes from the days when London was a series of villages so that ‘the local’ was an important meeting place. Here in Islington, probably the coolest borough in the capital, The Old Red Lion was a firm...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 16, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia. The site of the Scaffold on Tower Hill London where many notables were executed. Author Bryan MacKinnon Everyone knows the cry ‘off with his head’ but how many people visiting the Tower of London fail to spot the Tower’s most notorious execution...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 7, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Next time you pour yourself a glass of water from the kitchen tap, spare a thought for London’s early pioneers who grappled with the difficult question of how to supply clean water to a growing city. Meet Sir Hugh Myddelton, honoured here by this statue in the cool...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 4, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 4, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia. Lambeth Palace, London, England: across the River Thames from the north side. Taken by Tagishsimon, 24th April 2004. Largely overlooked by tourists due to its location south of Vauxhall Bridge, this Tudor Palace has been the official London home...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 1, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Colorful houses on Lancaster road in Notting Hill. Author Camerawalker When I drive to Notting Hill to visit Portobello Road Market, I can’t help take in some of...
