Plans shown off for parks around Old Oak Common’s HS2 station
Two large parks are being planned to go around HS2's station at Old Oak Common, with initial plans now open for consultation.

Red Arrows flying over Wembley on Sunday evening
A note to look to the skies if you are in the area, as the Red Arrows will be flying over the Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening (11th July 2021).

Marble Arch Mound adds a lights display
When it opens to the public later this month, the Marble Arch Mound will also feature a one-off light exhibition by W1Curates, called Lightfield, lead by British/American artist, Anthony James.

Tickets Alert: Hidden highlights of Westminster Abbey tours
This summer there's a chance to explore behind the scenes of Westminster Abbey on a guided tour of some areas not usually open to the public.

St Paul’s Cathedral’s reopens its Dome to visitors
The Golden Gallery at the very top of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral is now open on Saturdays and later this month, school holidays, for people with a good head for heights to visit.

London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

Crossrail report warns of cost pressures as Elizabeth line nears completion
A report into the Crossrail project by the National Audit Office (NAO) is warning that while cost increases and delays are in line with Crossrail’s 2020 estimates, they exceed the available budget and there are still significant issues that could arise as the railway is brought into service.

Bid submitted to upgrade Sutton to Epsom Downs rail link
A single-track railway in southwest London could be doubled if plans by Sutton Council get the go-ahead.

A free football exhibiton in the City of London
If you head to Aldgate Square at the moment, there's a free public exhibition all about the history of football in London.

London Underground’s Northern line extension starts trial operations
The Northern line extension between Kennington and Battersea has entered the final trial operations stage ahead of its opening later this year.

London’s Pocket Parks: Calthorpe Community Garden, WC1
This community park and allotments on Grays Inn Road is a legacy of campaigning to prevent an office block from being built here.

Tickets Alert: 1950s British Transport films with live music
Next month, the Barbican will be screening a series of British Transport Films featuring a range of views of 1950s Britain, accompanied by hybrid electronic and orchestral music.

The Clash’s broken guitar going on display at the Museum of London
The Clash's third album, London Calling, famously features bassist, Paul Simonon breaking his guitar on stage, and that same broken guitar is going on permanent display at the Museum of London from 23 July 2021.

New summer poems on the London Underground/Overground
A new set of Poems on the Underground are currently appearing in Underground and Overground trains.

Blue Plaque for one of Britain’s first black British medical consultants
One of Britain’s first black British consultants, the pioneering neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell has been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque.

See a Parish Boy’s Progress at the Charles Dickens Museum
An exhibition at the Dickens Museum has opened about Charles Dicken's second novel as a full-time writer, which was also probably his second most famous novel, after a Christmas Carol.

Theatre displays fill empty shop windows
A number of shop windows in Central London have been turned into art galleries showing off work by students at several of London's theatre arts schools.

Julian Opie at Pitzhanger – bold lines meets ornate architecture
The recently restored Pitzhanger Manor in the heart of Ealing is currently home to one of those artists whose name is less familiar than their art is.

HS2 launches its second TBM under the M25 motorway
The second of two tunnel boring machines has been launched from just inside the M25 to dig tunnels for HS2 under the Chilterns.

Moorgate tube station entrance reopens after a decade of closure
The larger entrance into Moorgate tube station, which closed in 2011 for Crossrail works, has reopened with lifts and a cleaner wider appearance.

See the Charterhouse’s restored Great Chamber
Just around the corner from the brutalist Barbican estate can be found a medieval monastery, with a recently restored Great Chamber that you can now visit.

Bricket Wood station’s disused ticket office to be restored
A scheme to revitalise a disused station building on the Abbey Line between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey has been unveiled by London Northwestern Railway.

Tickets Alert: Cocktails in a garden square
There will be a series of outdoor cocktail drinks events in Bedford Square Gardens in central London in July and August.

London’s Alleys: Lancashire Court, W1
This is a cluster of alleys just off Bond Street that all share the same name, but were once totally separate alleys entirely.