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. Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum @ 10 South Access Road, Walthamstow
12. Peek Frean's Biscuit Factory @ 100 Clements Road, Bermondsey, London
13. Splendid Heath Hall @ 59 The Bishops Avenue, Barnet
14. The Crystal @ Kamal Chunchie Way, Canning Town
15. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
16. Inventor James Wimshursts Home @ 7 Crescent Grove, Clapham Common
17. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
18. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
19. The Imperial Hotel @ 61-66 Russell Square, Bloomsbury
20. Inventor of Holograms lived here @ 79 Queens Gate, Kensington, London
21. The Apprentice Pad @ Candahar Road, Battersea
22. Ford plant in Dagenham @ Kent Avenue, Dagenham, Essex
23. Ronan Point Collapse @ Clever Road, Canning Town, London
24. The Time Ball @ Flamsteed House, Greenwich
25. Lockwood Reservoirs Archaeology @ Lea Valley
26. Crystal Palace Transmitter @ off Crystal Palace Parade
27. Laura Ashley lived here @ 83 Cambridge Street, Westminster, London
28. Markfield Beam Engine Museum @ Markfield Road, Tottenham, London
29. The Hop Exchange @ 24 Southwark Street, Bankside
30. Matchmakers Wharf @ Lee Conservancy Road, Homerton Road, Hackney
31. London Glassblowing Company @ 66-66 Bermondsey Street
32. Morden Hall Park @ Morden Hall Road, Morden
33. Whitechapel Bell Foundry @ 34 Whitechapel Road, London
34. Beckton Gasworks: FMJ @ Royal Docks Road, East Ham, London
35. Creator of the A-Z born here @ 3 Court Lane Gardens, East Dulwich, London
36. Thames Ironworks @ Bow Creek, Canning Town
37. Explosive Dryads' Hall @ Woodbury Hill, Loughton, Essex
38. Black Cat & Greater London House @ Hampstead Road London
39. A Huguenot Silk Weaver's Home @ 19 Princelet Street, London
40. London's Capital Records @ One Kemble Street
41. The Trebor Factory @ Katherine Road, Forest Gate
42. News International HQ @ Thomas More Square, Pennington Street, Wapping
43. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
44. Napiers Rolls Royce made here @ The Vale, Acton Vale
45. Tom Bata's Shoe Factory @ East Tilbury
46. Coal Drops Yard @ Kings Cross
47. God's Own Junkyard @ Unit 12, Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall
48. Brunel's The Engineer @ 65 Gloucester Avenue, London
49. Colour Mauve invented here @ 290 Cable Street, London
50. Birthplace of Charles Rolls @ 35 Hill Street, Mayfair, London
51. The Silvertown Explosion @ North Woolwich Road, London
52. Doves Bindery and Press @ 15 Upper Mall, Hammersmith
53. Spratt's Dog Food Factory @ Morris Road, Poplar
54. Carpenters Hall @ 1 Throgmorton Avenue, London Wall
55. Millennium Mills @ Mill Road, West Silvertown
56. World's 1st Business Computer @ Kaevener House, Hammersmith Road
57. William Morris' Birthplace @ Elm House, 341/343 Forest Road, Walthamstow
58. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
59. Thomas Crapper was here @ 120 King's Road, Chelsea
60. Heathrow the Hamlet @ Croydon Road, Hillingdon
61. Home of WB Adams railway pioneer @ 9 Woodbury Hill, Loughton, Essex
62. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
63. Plimsoll and Whitehall Garden @ Victoria Embankment, Westminster
64. Leavesden Warner Bros Studios @ Essex Lane, Leavesden, Watford
65. The Original Media Mogul: Elias @ 19-24 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London
66. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
67. Ealing's Shoelace Inventor @ 17 Cantley Road, Ealing, London
68. Fishmonger's Hall @ London Bridge, London
69. The Grunwick Dispute @ Chapter Road, Willesden
70. Queen Victoria's Silk Weaver @ Howard House, 14 Fournier Street, Spitalfields
71. Fairfield Works: Strike a Light! @ Fairfield Road, Bow
72. The Yorkshire Stingo @ Chapel Street, Marylebone, London
73. Billingsgate Fish Market @ Trafalgar Way, London
pinpointing the forgotten and lost history of London
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