Stratford station will be easier to use with new entrance being built
Work has started on building a new entrance at Stratford station in East London which will make it much easier for people living to the west of the station to use get to the trains.

Mayfield lavender farm reopens in June
Row upon row of purple lavender fill the fields near Croydon, and you are able to walk through them from next month.

Book Review: London’s South Bank The History by Mireille Galinou
A richly illustrated book has taken on the challenge of trying to tell the history of London's South Bank region, which is more difficult than might seem at first glance.

Ten new plays for £5 each at the National Theatre’s Connections Festival
This summer, the National Theatre is celebrating youth theatre as ten youth theatre companies and school groups from across the UK will stage new plays in the Dorfman Theatre as part of its 2023 Connections Festival.

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

Another train strike announced by the RMT
The RMT union has announced that its members working for the train operating companies will walk out in strike on Friday 2nd June 2023.

Elizabeth line strike called off
A strike on the Elizabeth line that would have disrupted the service on its first anniversary has been called off.

New art appears at Gloucester Road tube station
Gloucester Road tube station has gained a series of huge plaster medallions that tell the stories of the local area's cultural redevelopment following the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park.

A roof garden could be coming to Oxford Street
A proposed office redevelopment in the centre of London could see a 10th-floor public roof garden opened right next to Oxford Street.

British Museum’s richly decorated look at China’s final century of imperial rule
A huge map of the known world at the time opens an exhibition about China's "hidden century", but unlike any map you might have seen before as it shows country size by their importance, so China dominates and Europe is a small insignificant blob in the far corner.

Video art installation illuminates Peckham Rye station’s hidden Victorian waiting room
The rarely seen huge unrestored waiting room at Peckham Rye station is open to the public at the moment, as it's hosting a large video art installation, which is free to visit.

New footbridge planned for the Royal Docks
As part of the large redevelopment of the derelict Millenium Mills in East London, a new footbridge is being planned that will link the housing development with Custom House station for the DLR and Elizabeth line.

Ticket Alerts: Tours of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a grand set of buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren, although far better known as the home to the famously red-coated Chelsea Pensioners.

Flying Scotsman visiting London in June
The legendary Flying Scotsman locomotive is 100 years old, and as part of the centenary celebrations, it will be visiting several London stations in June.

Heritage railway extension will link it to the mainline railway again
A long standing ambition to connect a heritage railway to the mainline network has taken a step forward after it was granted permission to rebuild a section of a disused railway.

London Underground themed clothing on sale at Uniqlo Covent Garden
If you head up to the top floor of the newly opened Uniqlo Covent Garden store, there's a whole section of specially designed tube themed t-shirts that are exclusive to that one store.

Mondrian meets Af Klint at the Tate Modern
Tate Modern's latest exhibition pairs two artists who never met and likely didn't know about each other's work, but in their own ways were contemporaries, even if they themselves didn't know it.

Isleworth station is next to receive step-free access upgrade
Isleworth station in southwest London is the latest to get an upgrade to step-free access as Network Rail outlines plans to add two lifts to the station.

Lee Valley ice rink opening with £1 skate day
The hugely enlarged Lee Valley Ice Centre is reopening next month, and they have an opening day offer of skating for a quid, if you register in advance.

Excavation at Old Oak Common station reaches HS2 track depth milestone
Excavation of the huge underground space that will eventually become HS2's new station at Old Oak Common has reached down to the track level, and they've completed the first base slab concrete pour at the western end.

A display of coronations from ancient to the most recent at Lambeth Palace Library
Coronations have been held pretty much since we invented the idea of a monarchy, and there's a topical exhibition about the coronations of the past, ranging from 900 years ago to the one that happened just a few days ago.

London Underground criticised after track worker hit by train
London Underground has been criticised after a trackside worker was hit by a Metropolitan line train while she was working on the railway between Chalfont & Latimer and Chesham stations last April.

A visit to Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare
Not far from Hampton Court Palace can be found a small temple, created by the actor David Garrick to honour William Shakespeare, and is said to be the world's only dedicated shrine to Shakespeare.

Consultation opens to create cycle lanes on Kensington High Street
Kensington and Chelsea council has opened a consultation to create cycle lanes on Fulham Road and Kensington High Street, but they will be advisory only -- not the partially segregated cycle lanes that were removed in 2021.

Three large scale models of London to enjoy
Three large scale models of London that have usually been in three different buildings can currently be seen together in one room.

London’s Alleys: Bucklersbury Passage, EC2
This is a modern alley that passes through a controversial building and is named after a family that owned land in the area some 900 years ago