by BlackTaxiTours | Sep 14, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
All I can say is go check out this tiny little square, the smallest in London, just off St James Street. It’s really what London does best: hidden gems off busy thoroughfares. There are still original gaslights down here, which would have borne witness to all...
by BlackTaxiTours | Aug 23, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
I have always had a fondness for Clerkenwell and for good reason too – there’s so much history here. St John’s Gate was originally the entrance to the Knights of St John, a monastic order set up during the Crusades to care for the ill on their...
by BlackTaxiTours | Jul 26, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
I’m often asked about this beautiful building, set back from Victoria Embankment facing the London Eye and designed in the style of a French Chateau.Truth is, apart from being a lovely piece of architecture, there’s not much to say about it, except it was...
by BlackTaxiTours | May 25, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
A nice feature of Mayfair are the Victorian shopping arcades. They were built in the 19th century for refined ladies to go shopping without getting their shoes dirty. In those days the streets were covered in horse dung and dog muck and there were no pavements to...
by BlackTaxiTours | Apr 30, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
One of my favourite Squares and the best preserved Georgian Square in London. It was built between 1776-80 and is sandwiched between Bloomsbury Street and Tottenham Court Road. It was the first Square to feature harmonious, architectural uniformity, setting the...
by BlackTaxiTours | Mar 12, 2021 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Cheyne Walk seems on the face of it a surprising place to see this striking statue of Sir Thomas More, the Chancellor who dared to defy Henry VIII in his plan to marry Anne Boleyn, and paid the ultimate price. Erected in 1969, it marks the fact that More was a Chelsea...
