Euston station will be closed over the Easter weekend
If you were planning to travel via Euston station this Easter, try to change your plans, as the station will be closed all weekend.

Tickets Alert: Pokemon Pop-Up coming to London
The 2024 Pokémon Europe International Championships will be coming to ExCeL in east London next month, and there's an associated pop-up store that will be open to the general public.

Identities of next two Trafalgar Square artworks confirmed
The names of the next two artworks to be displayed in Trafalgar Square have been confirmed following a public exhibition of the shortlisted artists.

Tickets Alert: Chevening House gardens open day
The date of the annual open day of Chevening House’s gardens has been announced, and it’s a chance to wander around an impressive garden normally reserved for government ministers and their staff.

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Tickets Alert: The Household Division’s Beating Retreat
Fancy an evening in Horseguards Parade watching a military precision drill, with cannons, and finished off with fireworks?

TfL rules out regular London Overground trains to London Bridge
A plan to run London Overground trains into London Bridge as a regular service is unlikely to happen because Southern is expected to restore their service through the Sydenham Corridor to four trains an hour in 2025.

London Mithraeum tops half million visitors since it opened
The restored Roman remains of the London Mithraeum in the City have been seen by half a million people since it opened in 2017, the Mithraeum has announced.

A visit to St Stephen’s Church, Hounslow
Just under 150 years ago a new church opened in Hounslow to serve the growing population.

Tickets Alert: Boat trip through a canal tunnel under Islington
Regular trips through a long dark canal tunnel under Islington will resume later this month, and tickets are on sale now.

From Dangleways to Driverless Pods: The rejected Thamesmead DLR extensions
There are plans to extend the DLR to Thamesmead, but before TfL put that out to consultation, they considered everything from extending the Jubilee line to building new cable cars.

Train Sim World adds London Overground expansion with Goblin “Easter Egg”
Train Sim World, the train simulator game, has added the GOBLIN branch of the London Overground to their platform, so you can now manage a train trip from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside.

Rare copy of a Beck-inspired tube map – for Australia
When the now classic Harry Beck designed tube map was first released in the 1930s, it proved so popular that a version - complete with tube roundel - soon appeared on the other side of the world, in Sydney.

Unleash your inner child at ‘Art of the Brick’ LEGO exhibition
Appropriately for the location, just off Brick Lane can be found an exhibition of bricks -- LEGO bricks in fact, over a million of them.

Initial funding for Elephant & Castle railway station upgrade
An ambition to upgrade the Elephant & Castle railway station has taken a step forward after initial funding was granted for planning work to be carried out.

Tickets Alert: Perivale Wood’s 2024 bluebells open days
A normally closed nature reserve in west London will be open for two days in April when the woods are filled with bluebells at their best.

Look out for this retro British Rail inspired train makeover
South Western Railway has unveiled a special ‘new’ livery for one of its Class 455 trains, inspired by its original 1980s British Rail design.

A feast of fabric at the Barbican
The usually brutalist Barbican is somewhat softer at the moment, as the art gallery has been filled with soft textiles, looking at how fabrics have been used in art rather than fashion.

Crowdfunding campaign to save HQS Wellington
The former HMS Wellington, the large white ship moored on the Thames in central London, is 90 years old this year but has had to launch a fundraising campaign to ensure it sees out its centenary.

Bronze baby animals filling a corner of Paternoster Square
Just around the corner from St Paul's Cathedral are some giant baby animals -- all frozen in bronze.

Waterloo station set for huge “London Bridge style” upgrade
Waterloo station could soon receive a huge London Bridge-style upgrade, according to plans shown off by Network Rail and Lambeth council.

London’s Alleys: Red Cow Yard, EC1
This is an exceptionally short stump of an alley on Old Street that resembles a post-war gap where a house wasn't rebuilt until you spot the street name sign and realise it's the remains of a once slightly longer passage.