Top Industry-related places to visit in London.
The wheels of industry have changed a lot in London since the industrial revolution, here are a bunch of locations that immortalised industry and business in the capital.
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11. The Oldest Bank in London @ Child's Bank, 1 Fleet Street, London
12. Doves Bindery and Press @ 15 Upper Mall, Hammersmith
13. World's 1st Business Computer @ Kaevener House, Hammersmith Road
14. Matchmakers Wharf @ Lee Conservancy Road, Homerton Road, Hackney
15. Heathrow the Hamlet @ Croydon Road, Hillingdon
16. News International HQ @ Thomas More Square, Pennington Street, Wapping
17. Creator of the A-Z born here @ 3 Court Lane Gardens, East Dulwich, London
18. Morden Hall Park @ Morden Hall Road, Morden
19. Tom Bata's Shoe Factory @ East Tilbury
20. Laura Ashley lived here @ 83 Cambridge Street, Westminster, London
21. Freemans Started Here @ 131-143 Clapham Road, Clapham
22. Whitechapel Bell Foundry @ 34 Whitechapel Road, London
23. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
24. A Huguenot Silk Weaver's Home @ 19 Princelet Street, London
25. Brunel's The Engineer @ 65 Gloucester Avenue, London
26. Crystal Palace Transmitter @ off Crystal Palace Parade
27. Ford plant in Dagenham @ Kent Avenue, Dagenham, Essex
28. Ealing's Shoelace Inventor @ 17 Cantley Road, Ealing, London
29. Leavesden Warner Bros Studios @ Essex Lane, Leavesden, Watford
30. Lockwood Reservoirs Archaeology @ Lea Valley
31. The Hoover Building @ Perivale, Middlesex
32. Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum @ 10 South Access Road, Walthamstow
33. Thomas Crapper was here @ 120 King's Road, Chelsea
34. The Apprentice Pad @ Candahar Road, Battersea
35. London Museum of Water & Steam @ Green Dragon Lane, Brentford
36. Carpenters Hall @ 1 Throgmorton Avenue, London Wall
37. The Crystal Palace @ Hyde Park
38. Birthplace of Charles Rolls @ 35 Hill Street, Mayfair, London
39. London Glassblowing Company @ 66-66 Bermondsey Street
40. London's Capital Records @ One Kemble Street
41. Queen Victoria's Silk Weaver @ Howard House, 14 Fournier Street, Spitalfields
42. Beckton Gasworks: FMJ @ Royal Docks Road, East Ham, London
43. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
44. The Yorkshire Stingo @ Chapel Street, Marylebone, London
45. Markfield Beam Engine Museum @ Markfield Road, Tottenham, London
46. Gestetner's Former Home @ 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury
47. The Trebor Factory @ Katherine Road, Forest Gate
48. The Imperial Hotel @ 61-66 Russell Square, Bloomsbury
49. Wapping Food Power Station @ Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall
50. Explosive Dryads' Hall @ Woodbury Hill, Loughton, Essex
51. Coal Drops Yard @ Kings Cross
52. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
53. Home of WB Adams railway pioneer @ 9 Woodbury Hill, Loughton, Essex
54. The Original Media Mogul: Elias @ 19-24 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London
55. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
56. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
57. The Silvertown Explosion @ North Woolwich Road, London
58. Fishmonger's Hall @ London Bridge, London
59. Splendid Heath Hall @ 59 The Bishops Avenue, Barnet
60. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
61. Inventor James Wimshursts Home @ 7 Crescent Grove, Clapham Common
62. Napiers Rolls Royce made here @ The Vale, Acton Vale
63. Inventor of Holograms lived here @ 79 Queens Gate, Kensington, London
64. God's Own Junkyard @ Unit 12, Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall
65. William Morris' Birthplace @ Elm House, 341/343 Forest Road, Walthamstow
66. Fairfield Works: Strike a Light! @ Fairfield Road, Bow
67. Tompion and Graham Clockmakers @ 69 Fleet Street, London
68. Tetley's Home of Tea @ 25 Cullum Street, Fenchurch Street
69. The Hop Exchange @ 24 Southwark Street, Bankside
70. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
71. The Time Ball @ Flamsteed House, Greenwich
72. The Grunwick Dispute @ Chapter Road, Willesden
73. Millennium Mills @ Mill Road, West Silvertown
pinpointing the forgotten and lost history of London
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