by BlackTaxiTours | Nov 6, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
The futuristic Lloyds of London Insurance building a secret? Clearly not. Although not exactly small – 14 floors, 76 meters high and occupying 40,000 square meters – unless you’re a London cabbie or happen to work there, you’ll be hard pushed to find it. That’s...
by BlackTaxiTours | Nov 1, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Image courtesy of Wikipedia Stop at Mitre Square and sit down on one of the benches set amongst a small sculptured garden. Take a moment to take in your surroundings. On three sides, sleek modern office blocks rise confidently into the sky while on Mitre Street, sits...
by BlackTaxiTours | Oct 23, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Amongst the explosion of new modern buildings surging skywards in the City you can still find relics from the past dotted around that remind us of the city’s extraordinary and sometimes tragic history. One example is the ‘Aldgate pump’ found on the pavement at the...
by BlackTaxiTours | Oct 12, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Few churches in London, or anywhere I would imagine, carry such a grim image over their entrance as St Olave’s in Hart Street. Look up and you are greeted with not a very cheerful threesome of skulls gazing down at you; their hollow eye sockets sending a...
by BlackTaxiTours | Oct 8, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
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 site just across the road in a small sectioned off area within the now pleasant Trinity Gardens. In fact, comparatively few...
by BlackTaxiTours | Sep 1, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Anyone arriving at Tower Hill Station to visit the Tower of London might be puzzled to see a statue of a Roman Emperor next to be what appears to be the remains of an old stone wall. The wall is more easily explained. It is part of the remains of a fortified Wall that...
