Unseen London

By Mark Daly

Book Overview

Unseen London takes you backstage at some of the capital's great theatres, into the changing rooms of some of our greatest temples of sport, into the heart of the Establishment, the boiler room of the city's infrastructure and behind the scenes at some of the most opulent buildings in the Square Mile.

Contents:

Hidden Levers

Tower BridgeThames BarrierAbbey Mills Pumping StationCrossness Pumping StationBT TowerBattersea Power StationDisused Tube Station

Law and Order

Foreign OfficeCounty HallBig Ben (plus Whitechapel Bell Foundry)Westminster HallChurchill's Paddock Underground BunkerOld BaileyWandsworth Prison

Army and Navy

Household Cavalry Hyde Park Barracks Household Cavalry at Horseguards Honourable Artillery Company (oldest Regiment in British Army)Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, remains of Greenwich PalaceIn and Out Club (Old Naval and Military Club)Chelsea Hospital home of the Chelsea Pensioners

Backstage

Her Majesty's TheatreThe PalladiumTheatre Royal Drury LaneBBC White CityBBC Broadcasting HouseAbbey Road StudioAir StudiosAlexandra PalaceBody and SoulQueens ClubFulham Football ClubLords Cricket GroundRepton GymLambeth PalaceSt Brides the Journalist ChurchGreek Orthodox CathedralNew West End SynagogueFreemasons Hall

The Square Mile

Lloyds RegisterMidland BankBank of EnglandMansion HouseGuildhallLondon Metal ExchangeFishmongers HallCity of London SchoolBillingsgate Roman Bath House

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711235511
• ISBN13: 9780711235519
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 4.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 1.3" x 9.8"