This unique London guidebook opens the doors to sixty of the capital's most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment to some of the most historic and ornate shops, houses and hostelries in the city, take a trip through the capital's hidden treasure and discover a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, grand and inventive. Describing the history and the character of each place, the book uncovers a wealth of stories about an endlessly fascinating world city with its own unique character. Introduction Cleopatra's Needle St Pancras Renaissance Hotel Isabella Plantation Historical Homes Syon House Charles Dickens Museum Apsley House, Number One London Eltham Palace Leighton House Museum Strawberry Hill House Two Temple Place Kew Palace and The Royal Botanical Gardens Food and Drink Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Bibendum L. Manze Berry Bros. &amp; Rudd Pickering Place The Ivy Smithfield Meat Market The Black Friar Palaces of Entertainment The Rivoli Ballroom Wilton's Music Hall The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Regent's Street Cinema Gate Cinema Notting Hill The National Theatre Normansfield Theatre Wigmore Hall Gala Bingo Hall Tooting Places of Worship Westminster Cathedral Welsh Baptist Chapel Peace Pagoda Battersea Park Masonic Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel St Bartholomew the Great Bevis Marks Synagogue St Mary le Bow Shri Sanatan Hindu Mandir, Wembley Remarkable Shops LassCo Salvage L. Cornelissen &amp; Son Truefitt and Hill Steinway &amp; Sons James Smith &amp; Sons John Lobb Ltd The Roof Gardens in Kensington Science and Education Kempton Steam Museum Markfield Beam Engine Museum Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum Charterhouse Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret The Ragged School Museum London Museum of Water and Steam Royal Institution of Great Britain Inns of Court The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple The Temple Church Unusual Museums The Royal Airforce Museum Horniman Museum Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms Geffrye Museum of the Home HMS Belfast Massey Shaw The Monument Musical Museum The Wimbledon Windmill
Praise for Peter Dazeley and Mark Daly's previous book Unseen London:
'A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city's buildings.' Daily Telegraph
'Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.' Daily Express
'Fascinating.' Fabric magazine
'A joy' Evening Standard

London Uncovered: Sixty Unusual Places to Explore

Travel

Daly, Mark

Europe

Frances Lincoln

A follow-up to the hugely successful Unseen London, London Uncovered is a unique London guidebook that opens the doors to more than sixty of the capital's most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual to places of worship; palaces of entertainment to historic and ornate shops; city houses and hostelries, take a trip through the capital's hidden treasure and discover a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, grand and inventive. Describing the history and the character of each place, the book uncovers a wealth of stories about an endlessly fascinating world city with its own unique character. This fresh edition includes over a dozen new locations, including the Dennis Severs House, Les Ambassadeurs Casino and Sir John Soane's Museum. See a glimpse of uncovered London with this unique guide to the city's buildings. The buildings: Introduction: Cleopatra's Needle; St Pancras Renaissance Hotel; Isabella Plantation; Leake Street. Historical Homes: Syon House; Charles Dickens Museum; Apsley House; Eltham Palace; Leighton House; Two Temple Place; Kew Palace and The Royal Botanical Gardens; Freud's House; Kenwood House; Dennis Severs House; Handel &amp; Hendrix House. Drinking and Dining: Beefeater Distillery; Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese; Bibendum; L. Manze; Smeathfield Meat Market; The Ivy; The Black Friar; Berry Bros. &amp; Rudd. Palaces of Entertainment: The Rivoli Ballroom; Wilton's Music Hall; Normansfield Theatre; Wigmore Hall; Gala Bingo Club; Repton Park Pool; The Royal Automobile Club; Les Ambassadeurs. Places of Worship: Westminster Cathedral; London Peace Pagoda; Masonic Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel; St Bartholomew the Great; St Mary-le-Bow; Shri Sanatan Hindu Mandir. Remarkable Shops: LassCo Salvage; L. Cornelissen &amp; Son; Lock &amp; Co. Hatters; Steinway &amp; Sons; James Smith &amp; Sons; John Lobb Ltd. Education and Technology: The Charterhouse; Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret; The Ragged School Museum; London Museum of Water and Steam; Royal Institution of Great Britain; Rail Mail. Inns of Court: The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn; The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn; The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple; The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple; The Temple Church. Unusual Museums: The RAF Museum; Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms; HMS Belfast; The Monument; Wimbledon Windmill; Design Museum; Sir John Soane's Museum.
Praise for Peter Dazeley and Mark Daly's previous book Unseen London:
'A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city's buildings.' Daily Telegraph
'Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.' Daily Express
'Fascinating.' Fabric magazine
'A joy' Evening Standard

London Uncovered (New Edition): More than Sixty Unusual Places to Explore (Unseen London)

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Photography & Video

Product Description \nThis visually stunning guide takes you on a journey to some of London's most interesting, surprising and unique places.\nLondon is packed with 
little-known treasures: remarkably preserved historical houses, fascinating museums and galleries, unusual commercial and industrial buildings and sumptuous interiors that are glimpsed only on special occasions.\nA follow-up to the 
hugely successful Unseen London and London Uncovered, 
London Explored is a unique London guidebook that opens the doors to 
more than sixty of the capital's most surprising and intriguing places. The locations include an upmarket gun shop, a working bronze foundry, a secret underground bunker, a lavish casino and a jewel-like chapel. Mark Daly’s lively commentary accompanies the stunning photography of Peter Dazeley.\nFrom the lavish eighteenth-century 
private members' clubs of Westminster and the grand magnificence of the Admiralty Arch, through the city's 
wide array of cultural and historical museums, to a look inside the lesser known sights like 
Tower Bridge lifeboate station or Clapham's enormous 
abandonded underground bomb shelter, this beautiful compendium delves into the 
history and heritage of these places, offering a fascinating picture of one of the world's great cities as it was and as it is today.\nExplore London with this special guide to the city's 
secret and surprising buildings. Describing the history and the character of each place, the book uncovers a wealth of stories about an endlessly remarkable world city with its own unique character.\nPraise for Peter Dazeley and Mark Daly's previous book Unseen London: 
 ‘A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city's buildings.’ 
Daily Telegraph 
 ‘Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.’ 
Daily Express 
 ‘Fascinating’ 
Fabric magazine 
 ‘A joy’ 
Evening Standard\nReview 
Praise for Peter Dazeley and Mark Daly's previous book Unseen London: 
 ‘A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city's buildings.’ 
Daily Telegraph 
 ‘Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.’ 
Daily Express 
 ‘Fascinating’ 
Fabric magazine 
 ‘A joy’ 
Evening Standard\nAbout the Author \nPETER DAZELEY FRPS, known as Dazeley, is a celebrated London photographer renowned for fine art and advertising photography. He was born in West Kensington and studied photography at Holland Park School, now known as the Socialist Eton. His work has won many awards from organisations across the world, including the Association of Photographers and the Royal Photographic Society in the UK, EPICA in France, Applied Arts Magazine in Canada, and Graphis Inc. in the USA. Dazeley is a member of the Association of Photographers and a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. Peter Dazely is the photographer of Unseen London, London Uncovered, London Theatres (all Frances Lincoln). 
MARK DALY is a writer and publisher with a longstanding interest in secret and little-known aspects of London. He has also devised a number of London walking tours, focussing on little-known or unusual aspects of the city. His previous book with Dazely is the acclaimed Unseen London.

London Explored: Secret, surprising and unusual places to discover in the Capital (Unseen London)

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