The owners of a 300-year-old Georgian townhouse who dug a basement underneath it without permission have been told to fill it in again. The house, on Mayfair’s Park Street, is an early 18th-century ...

The boss of the Elizabeth line has called for greater protection for rail workers in the wake of a fatal attack on one of his staff at an east London station. Standard Airport-style luggage barriers ...

East London is about to get two new road tunnels as the Silvertown Tunnels carry out their final tests before opening to road traffic. The tunnel is undeniably controversial, with arguments on both ...

This is a newish alley in Kilburn named after a church that’s not a Cathedral and doesn’t have any Roman ruins. Is that clear so far? When all around here was still very green, there was a road ...

Ongoing uncertainty about how Euston station will be built is a major problem for the HS2 railway, according to a Parliamentary report into the railway project. HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 ...

The cost of upgrading the three of the London Underground lines to driverless trains would cost at least £20 billion, for just three of the oldest lines. The figure was revealed in a recent Mayor of ...

Right in the middle of the station, Clapham Junction has a disused platform, and thousands of people stand opposite it every year without realising its significance. Platform 8 (c) ianVisits This is ...

One of London’s largest and oldest thatched roofs, on a 15th-century Tithe Barn, is currently being removed and replaced with fresh thatching as part of a large restoration project. Upminster tithe ...

Plans to open a section of a London canal to pedestrians have been set back again after Westminster Council blocked the proposed property development next to the canal. The pathless side of the ...

Last month, the Elizabeth line suffered two days of problems when the signalling system broke down, and now a clearer timeline of what happened is emerging. Closed Elizabeth line station (c) ianVisits ...

In the heart of Marylebone, a narrow gap between rows of upmarket shops leads to an alley that was once a notorious slum. The slums were built on the site of an actual grotto — an early tourist ...

This is a covered alley in Seven Dials near Covent Garden that looks old and is on an old alignment but is actually entirely modern. An alley that aligns loosely with Cucumber Alley first appears on ...