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A chance to abseil off the Cheesegrater skyscraper
For charity of course, but later this month there's a chance to climb over the top of the Cheesegrater skyscraper in the City of London and abseil down the side.
Museums granted £60 million for upgrades and improvements
Twenty large museums and organisations have been granted a total of £60 million by the government to support projects and maintenance delayed by the pandemic
HS2 tunnel spoil to fill in a Cambridgeshire open-pit mine
A former brickworks and cement open-pit mine just outside Cambridge is to be filled in with spoil from HS2 tunnels at Old Oak Common.
See a huge scale model of central London at Kings Cross
Just behind King's Cross station can be found a large scale model showing off most of central London.
London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…
Dennis Severs’ House reopens this month
A remarkable time capsule in Spitalfields, Dennis Severs' House reopens its doors to visitors at the end of the month.
London exhibitions to visit in July 2021
A selection of rather fine exhibitions to visit in London during July 2021.
Science and art at the National Gallery’s Copernicus exhibition
A painting of the Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus is currently on display in the UK for the first time ever.
Tickets Alert: Nocturnal Creatures festival
Next month there will be a one-night arts festival taking place in East London, with free tickets available from tomorrow (Thur 1st July).
Westminster Abbey to open in the evenings
During the summer months, Westminster Abbey will be opening in the evenings for visitors to soak up the atmosphere of glowing stained glass windows after work.
Gainsborough’s Blue Boy returns to London next year
A century after it was sold to an American railway tycoon, one of Thomas Gainsborough’s most famous paintings will return to London for a short exhibition.
Four free exhibitions to visit at the V&A Museum
There's a number of temporary free exhibitions at the moment within the V&A museum, which are worth a trip to the museum in their own right.
Whitewebbs transport museum reopens this Sunday
A quirky museum of transport in the far edges of North London has said it will partially reopen from this Sunday following the lockdown.
City of London shows off its new police boxes
The design of new police boxes to be used in the City of London have been shown off following a recent design competition.
Chiltern Railways testing a train with a hybrid Rolls Royce engine
Chiltern Railways, which operates services out of Marylebone station, has started testing a train fitted with a special sort of Rolls Royce engine.
Cardboard models of London buildings
More cardboard models of famous buildings have been released by Open House Weekend, so you can build your own Dawson's Heights or Battersea Power Station.
Battery powered train trial for West London
A trial of battery-powered passenger trains on a shuttle service in West London could start next year, replacing the diesel trains used on the line at the moment.
Disruptions to Euston station during July and August
Network Rail is warning of travel disruption as a number of lines into Euston station will be taken out of service to enable the new HS2 terminus to be built.
Tickets Alert: Pick your own Lavender weekend
Late July is when Lavender plants are at their best, and an annual Lavender harvest takes place in Carshalton.
Ickenham becomes the latest step-free tube station, raising total to 84
Ickenham station in northwest London, on the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines, has become the 84th station on the tube to have step-free access added to the station.
London’s Alleys: Charterhouse Mews, EC1
This is a short covered passage that can be found next to The Charterhouse, a relatively hidden cluster of Tudor buildings that only recently opened to the public with a new museum.
IanVisits, London, UK
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