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London’s Alleys: Dairy Walk, SW19
There’s a remarkable alley in Wimbledon that many people passing by will notice one distinctive feature, but you can only see the other by walking along it. This is Dairy Walk, with a locally famous...
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London’s Alleys: Junction Mews, W2
This charmingly cobbled residential mews is just around the corner from Paddington Station, but it was dominated by light industry and lock-up garages until a few decades ago. The area was first laid...
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London’s Alleys: Green Dale, SE5
This is a long sloping passage in Denmark Hill that existed before the housing around it and was originally called Green Lane. Originally, it linked two large houses at the northern end, Hill Lodge and...
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London’s Alleys: Albion Channel, SE16
This is an unusual one for the London Alleys series, as it’s a modern walk with a new canal created in the 1980s and a very pleasant walk to enjoy. To understand why it’s here, we need to go back to...
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London’s Alleys: Conway Mews, W1
It is an outwardly normal mews in the Fitzrovia part of London with an old pub at the front, but something unexpected lurks behind. Like so many in this part of London, the mews came when the fields...
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London Alleys: Whalebone Court, EC2
This short alley in the heart of the City has existed for hundreds of years, but in recent times, it has gained an unfounded and totally undeserved reputation. The alley often claimed to be associated...
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London’s Alleys: Smart’s Place, WC2
This is an alley of mixed appearance in Holborn that starts at one end with large modern offices, but at the other still retains a bit of its older Victorian heritage. The alley is a lot older than...
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London’s Alleys: Founders’ Court, EC2
This alley behind the Bank of England is likely one of the oldest alleys in the City of London, with an alignment that can be traced back to at least medieval times, when it was a gap between rows of...
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London’s Alleys: Fellmongers Yard, CR0
This short, rather shabby alley in central Croydon is named after one of the oldest professions in the world. No, not that one! A fellmonger was a dealer in hides or skins, particularly sheepskins, who...
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London’s Alleys: Flood Walk, SW3
This is a short passage in Chelsea that sounded more interesting than it ended up being and was a lot more confusing than I would have expected. The main road that Flood Walk leads off was originally a...
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