One of the largest medieval public toilets stood on this site for over four centuries. Explore the turbulent history of Dick Whittington’s Longhouse, founded by the famous Lord Mayor of London.

Peel back the centuries on a walk down St John’s Lane exploring the industrial, literary and religious histories of this street.

Two blue plaques, almost side-by-side in Tavistock Place, commemorate very different people. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the founder of the USSR with no sense of humour, and Jerome K Jerome, a British humourist with a sceptical take on Socialism.

The Wren church where William Blake, radical English poet, painter and engraver, was Christened on Sunday 11th December 1757.