Emirates Air Line gets busy after the lockdown
The Emirates Air Line, aka, the Dangleway, had its busiest day for nearly three years last Saturday, with around 9,000 journeys made on the cable car.

See folklore art on display in a church crypt
If you head down a flight of stairs into a dark crypt under a church you will find an exhibition of folklore art keeping the ancient pagan traditions alive.

Partial suspension of the Circle/District lines planned for August
The southern half of the Circle line and part of the District line will be suspended and stations along the line will be closed for 9 days in early August, due to major engineering works being carried out.

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

200-Year old Brockwell Hall to be restored
A 200-year old mansion house that sits in the middle of Brockwell Park and is mainly used by the council park staff is to be restored and opened to the public.

Somerset House is filled with trees for the London Design Biennale
Somerset House's main courtyard has been filled with trees until the end of the month, breaking a long-held rule that trees should never be seen in the courtyard.

A day trip to – Hatfield House
Less than an hour from central London is a grand mansion house and huge gardens that are also open to the public.

Chopin sculpture outside the Royal Festival Hall
There's an abstract sculpture to the Polish composer and pianist, Frédéric Chopin outside the Royal Festival Hall, but on the side where it's not that obvious to spot.

A photobook abou the tube stations at the end of the tube lines
In April 2018, Richard Thomas started a two-year project to visit the ends of every tube line in London - a total of 79 stations.

Tower Bridge to be covered in a thousand photos of Londoners this Sunday
This coming Sunday will see Tower Bridge covered in nearly 1,000 photos of Londoners taken by the French artist, JR, who also happens to have an exhibition in London at the moment.

Public vote to rename the road outside new City Hall
The public is being asked to choose the name of the road that will run outside London City Hall when it moves to Canning Town.

London’s Pocket Parks: Leathermarket Gardens, SE1
This largish park near London Bridge is the result of post-WW2 clearance when most of the site was flattened by bombs.

Weekly late nights at the Transport Museum
Over the next few weeks, the monthly late night opening at the London Transport Museum will be a weekly affair.

Garden Museum seeking designs for a new entrance pavillion
Plans to simplify the road layout next to Lambeth Bridge has given the nearby Garden Museum an opportunity to revamp its entrance and make the museum much more noticeable to passers-by.

A new southern entrance opens at Ilford station
Ilford Station has gained a new southern entrance, as part of the Crossrail works to upgrade the station ahead of the Elizabeth line opening.

Heathrow Airport scrapping free local bus services
Buses that ply the streets around Heathrow Aiport, connecting passengers and staff to the airport will cease to be free of charge from this weekend.

Sign Language announcements at Euston station
London Euston has become the first railway station in the country to provide passenger information using British Sign Language.

Mayfair’s Sculpture Trail 2021 has opened
Mayfair's second annual Sculpture Trail has opened for people to wander around the area seeking out temporary, and permanent public artworks.

Exhibition – JR’s prolific gigantic street art
A subversive street artist, JR, whose works are known for their monumental scale as well as the social message has a new exhibition filling the Saatchi Gallery

London’s Alleys: Barley Mow Passage, EC1
This is a short alley in Smithfield that has been on this site ever since the area was first developed and sits in an area with a cluster of small alleys to explore.

The Waterloo & City line is reopening this morning
Good news for commuters into Waterloo heading to Bank, as the Waterloo and City line is reopening this morning, earlier than originally planned.