Footprints of London

A tour on the development of Dulwich Village with diverse architecture, historic graveyard, iconic London boozer and great local characters. On Richard’s second tour of Dulwich, he shows how it developed through the nineteenth century and onwards, with new transport links, a new Parish church, new park, new suburban streets, houses and shops springing up…

Plotting remains of the Crystal Palace High Level line: station sites, arches, tunnel portals, the track bed and other great features. When the Crystal Palace exhibition site opened in June 1854 it was served by one railway line to a station half way down the hill carrying thousands of visitors a day… But another private…

The dramatic development, characters and events of one of the highest and most attractive south London areas. When most people think of the history of Crystal Palace, they think of the historic exhibition site – the successor to the Great Exhibition. But there is so much more: in the C19th it was a fashionable shopping…

A tour of historic homes of writers to the north of Kensington High Street who created ground-breaking works and much-loved classics. Kensington has a rich bohemian history, with many great writers and artists having been attracted to the area. Richard’s tour includes a number of its historic writers: including those who wrote radical, epoch-making work…

A tour of historic homes of writers to the north of Kensington High Street who created ground-breaking works and much-loved classics. Kensington has a rich bohemian history, with many great writers and artists having been attracted to the area. Richard’s tour includes a number of its historic writers: including those who wrote radical, epoch-making work…