10 Adam Street
Not Downing Street | 10
Albert Bridge
A frail old soldier | 12
Angela's Fountain
The gift of a remarkable woman | 14
Animals in War Memorial
A memorial that touches the heart | 16
Apothecaries' Hall
A survival from the age of guilds | 18
The Argyll Arms
A refuge from shopping hell | 20
The Athenaeum Club
The goddess admits those who are worthy | 22
The Barbican
A monstrosity or a home with culture? | 24
Battersea Power Station
A colossus on the Thames, saved from ruin | 26
Belgrave Square
Family property | 28
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Wine merchants for 300 years | 30
Bevis Marks Synagogue
A 300-year-old Jewish community | 32
The Boat Gardens
Pink blossom on the grey river | 34
Brixton Market
An explosion of colours and flavours | 36
Brockwell Park
Adele was moved to tears | 38
The Brunswick Plane
The urban tree | 40
Bunhill Fields
Lunch among the tombstones | 42
Bushy Park
The beginning of a mass movement | 44
Cabbies' Shelter in Grosvenor Gardens
Huts that are architectural heritage | 46
Chinatown
An enclave in Soho | 48
Christie's
Classier than eBay | 50
The Coade Stone Lion
Unexpectedly humble origins | 52
Cousin Lane Stairs
Down to a beach on the Thames | 54
The Duke of York Column
A man who made it to the top | 56
East India Dock
Spice and dragonflies | 58
Eccleston Mews
Ideal homes in the stables | 60
The Ecuadorean Embassy
Asylum for Julian Assange | 62
Edgware Road
'Little Beirut' in London | 64
Eel Pie Island
A refuge for artists and musicians | 66
The Fan Bridge
Is Tower Bridge too touristy? Try an alternative | 68
Fournier Street
The ghosts of Huguenots and Jewish tailors | 70
The Fourth Plinth
No more statues of soldiers, please! | 72
Fulham Palace
A country seat for bishops | 74
The Gas Lamp in Carting Lane
Sewers and street lighting | 76
Gasholder Park
Mirrors of change | 78
God's Own Junkyard
Rolling Scones and an assault on the eyeballs | 80
The Golden Boy
Gluttony, fire and body-snatching | 82
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Under the Thames and off to Scotland | 84
The Grenadier
Cosy, until the ghost appears | 86
Hawksmoor's Pyramid
An enigma in the churchyard | 88
The Head of Invention
Inspiration for designers | 90
Highgate Wood
The remains of an ancient forest | 92
Holland Park
More than a Dutch garden | 94
The Horniman Museum
Varied fun for all ages | 96
Inner Temple Garden
For lawyers and everyone else | 98
Isabella Plantation
An enchanted garden in the wide green park | 100
James Smith & Sons
Where a gentleman buys his umbrella | 102
Jamme Masjid Mosque
A house of three religions | 104
The K2 Telephone Kiosk
The prototype of a famous design | 106
The Kindertransport Monument
The place where 10,000 Jewish children arrived | 108
Limehouse Basin
Post-industrial London | 110
Lincoln's Inn
A tranquil refuge for lawyers | 112
Little Ben
Off-message since Brexit | 114
The Lloyd's Building
Futuristic, yet a monument | 116
London Stone
The city's mythical foundation stone | 118
Lord's Cricket Ground
A sacred site for fans of the summer sport | 120
M. Manze
Eel, pie and mash in Peckham | 122
The Marx Memorial Library
Lenin, trade unions and the Spanish Civil War | 124
The Molehill
How a victorious king was laid low | 126
Mudchute City Farm
Animals for urban children | 128
The Naked Ladies
Unexpected frolics by the Thames | 130
Neal's Yard
Alternative lifestyle and Monty Python | 132
The Niche from Old London Bridge
Stones that were admitted to hospital | 134
Nunhead Cemetery
Romantic decay | 136
Old St Pancras
Bones and legends by the railway tracks | 138
One New Change
A free vista of London and St Paul's Cathedral | 140
Orbit
An observation tower on the Olympic site | 142
The OXO Tower
Architecture as advertising | 144
Paddington Street Gardens
Keep the city clean and green | 146
The Peabody Estate in Whitecross Street
150 years of social housing projects | 148
Peckham Levels
A car park, garish and creative | 150
The Piccadilly Line
Design and architecture in the Tube | 152
Pimlico Road Farmers' Market
Mozart and the magic fruit | 154
Postman's Park
A memorial for unsung heroes | 156
The Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
Splashing around is tolerated | 158
The Prospect of Whitby
A last drink for condemned pirates | 160
Quantum Cloud
Art beneath wide skies | 162
The Queen Mother Memorial
Horses, corgis and the Blitz | 164
Queen Square
A green place for parents, children and queens | 166
Richmond-on-Thames
Where the river takes on a rural character | 168
Robbie Williams' House
Disharmony among musicians | 170
The Roman City Wall
Londinium has not quite disappeared | 172
The Roof Garden
Flowers and concrete | 174
The Ropewalk
Street food from the railway arches | 176
Royal Arcade
Connections to the palace are good for business | 178
The Scalpel
Play video! | 180
Shad Thames
Sought-after homes in Charles Dickens' slum | 182
Shoreditch Street Art
Legal or illegal, subversive or sponsored | 184
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
A Hindu temple, open to everyone | 186
Spencer House
Old money, expensive taste | 188
St Anne's Church, Soho
Where the German king of Corsica is buried | 190
St Bartholomew-the-Great
The court jester's church, now a film set | 192
St Bride's
Slender steeple, creepy crypt | 194
St Helen's Bishopsgate
Christ's message in the financial district | 196
St John's Lodge Garden
A sequestered spot in Regent's Park | 198
St Pancras Station
An engineering miracle based on beer | 200
The Tactful House
Love thy neighbour | 202
Three Mills Island
Grinding grain with tidal power | 204
The Tibetan Peace Garden
A mandala at the cannon's mouth | 206
Tower Bridge Wharf
A clear view of the river | 208
The Trafalgar Tavern
Maritime tradition on the Greenwich Meridian | 210
Trellick Tower
The rehabilitation of an architectural villain | 212
Tyburn Convent
A shrine to Roman Catholic martyrs | 214
Waterloo Bridge
One of the best views along the Thames | 216
The Westbourne
The stream that flows through a Tube station | 218
The White Building
Art and pizza by the canal | 220
Whitechapel Gallery
Art for all and a golden tree | 222
Wilton's Music Hall
Bare boards, crumbling plaster | 224
The Wimbledon Windmill
A survival from rustic village days | 226
Word on the Water
The floating bookshop | 228
Ye Olde Mitre
A well-hidden pub | 230
