by BlackTaxiTours | Feb 23, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
A British heroine in every sense of the word and rightly deserving a place near Trafalgar Square facing the National Portrait Gallery. Edith Cavell was a British nurse stationed in Belgium during WW1 and was responsible for not only saving lives from both sides of the...
by BlackTaxiTours | Feb 13, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Feels like you’ve stepped back in time when you drive down this street which was built during the reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714). As most of London’s historic architecture can be dated to the later Georgian and Victorian periods, Queen Anne’s Gate...
by BlackTaxiTours | Jan 11, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Another treasure from Tudor times, there is a sign on the fascia saying it was built in 1567, making it the oldest shop in London. Known to have been visited by Charles Dickens who lived nearby, it was thought to be the inspiration for his novel The Old Curiosity...
by BlackTaxiTours | Nov 4, 2022 | Black Taxi Tours of London
This Huguenot Church, originally given a Royal Charter in 1550, bares testament to the large French Protestant community that settled in Soho in the late 17th century. French Protestants fled to England when in 1685, they were denied permission to practice their faith...
by BlackTaxiTours | Apr 27, 2022 | Black Taxi Tours of London
An essential part of any ‘Secret London’ tour is this unusual and touching memorial tucked away in Postman’s Park, just off King Edward Street in the City. It was the brainchild of G F Watts, an English painter and sculptor, who came up with the idea...
by BlackTaxiTours | Apr 20, 2022 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Take yourself back 150 years when Whitechapel in East London would have been home to Jewish immigrants escaping religious persecution and economic hardship in eastern Europe. Thousands would have crammed into ghettos in the area and poverty and malnutrition were rife....
