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Regular events in London today. £11.55 Anatomy of the North Wing Conservation Tours. Join Barts Heritage for a Conservation Tour of the North Wing of St Bartholomew's Hospital. Explore the hospital’s rich history, and the architecture and people involved in the craftsmanship of the James Gibbs Great Hall.
Things to do in London tomorrow - ianVisits
2024-11-15. Free Rena Papaspyrou: Images Through Matter. This exhibition marks the London debut of Rena Papaspyrou, one of Greece’s foremost post-war artists. 11am to 5pm. Marylebone High St. Closing soon Sat, 16th November. 2024-10-02. Free Precious. Los Angeles-based artist Su Yu-Xin’s first solo exhibition in the UK.
Beautiful videos from the driver’s eye view of Britain ... - ianVisits
Published 20 March 2022 By Ian Mansfield Transport News. National Rail has set up an incredibly relaxing “tv channel” on YouTube that constantly shows train drivers’ view of some delightful train trips across the UK. Coupled with soft slow music it’s at times a dreamy experience. It bills itself as a livestream, which I will note unless ...
3D maps of every Underground station - ianVisits
Jul 12, 2015 · TfL has released a batch of documents that show almost every underground station in glorious 3D format. They are technically axonometric diagrams, which is 3D-like, but not to scale, which becomes obvious when you see some of the vertiginous descents offered on some stairs and escalators. In total, some 120 stations with underground tunnels are ...
Everything you (probably) didn’t know about… Trafalgar Square
Apr 18, 2018 · The towering centrepiece of Trafalgar Square, it stands 169 ft 3 in (51.6 m) tall, with the much larger than life, 18ft 1in (5.5 m) statue of Admiral Nelson at the top. Charles Barry, who designed the National Gallery and took over the layout of Trafalgar Square after Nash died, didn’t want Nelson’s Column to be here at all.
How to get National Theatre tickets for £10 - ianVisits
Dec 16, 2021 · On Friday’s the National Theatre has a “Friday Rush” where they offer tickets for unsold seats to shows the following week for just £10 per person. The way it works is that at 1pm on Fridays, the countdown timer on the National Theatre’s Friday Rush page becomes a button and you press it to be allocated a random number in the queue.
TfL to expand contactless payments outside London - ianVisits
May 13, 2022 · As TfL already runs a large contactless payments system that offers what the DfT is looking for, it’s understandable that TfL won the contract. Although TfL is carrying out the work, the project’s roughly £68 million cost is being fully covered by the DfT at no cost to TfL, who will be subcontracting the provision of in-station validation equipment to Cubic Transportation Systems, who ...
Cheap return fares offered by Greater Anglia for autumn travel
Oct 1, 2024 · Train operator Greater Anglia has launched its annual autumn ‘Hare Fares’, offering return trips from London for just £12 return for a limited time. The ‘Hare Fares’ offer passengers off-peak returns across the Greater Anglia network with simple return prices: £12, £18 and £24, with children travelling for just £2 return each.
Things to do in London in November 2024 - ianVisits
Autumn Candlelit Photography Evening. £13.17. Southwark Cathedral would like to invite all amateur and professional photographers to spend an evening taking photos of the Cathedral. 7:15pm to 9pm. Southwark. More London events on Wednesday 13th November.
Tickets Alert: Tours of Shoreditch Town Hall
Oct 9, 2024 · The 45 minute tours cost a mere £2 per person and can be booked here. Shoreditch Town Hall is a modest walk from Hoxton station on the London Overground or Old Street tube station on the Northern and Northern City Lines. ‹ Peek beneath Liverpool Street: Building site displays intricate tunnel layouts. The London Buzz – 9th October 2024 ›.