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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
23rd May 1951 Peter Ustinov's Love of Four Colonels, premieres in London
23rd May 1933 Born today: Joan Henrietta Collins, London, actress (Alexis-Dynasty, Bitch)
23rd May 1890 Born today: Herbert Marshall, London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes)
23rd May 1701 William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock.
Top Quirky-related places to visit in London.
You must be strange. Or tired of all the same old tourist locations. Good news, there's loads of bizarre and surreal places to visit in London. Dive in!
TOP 10 QUIRKY RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE QUIRKY SIGHTS:
11. The Thin House @ Thurloe Square, Knightsbridge, London
12. Australia House & Harry Potter @ Strand
13. A Lighthouse in King's Cross @ Gray's Inn Road
14. The Widow's Son @ 75 Devon's Road, Bow, London
15. Little Compton Street @ Charing Cross Road, London
16. David Bowie's Coal Mine @ 89 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
17. The House they left behind @ 27 Ropemakers Fields, Narrow Street, Limehouse
18. Wanstead's Stolen Cherry Pie @ Kingfisher Avenue, Wanstead
19. The Mayflower Inn @ 117 Rotherhithe Street, Bermondsey
20. The Lamb's Snob Screens @ 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, Holborn, London
21. Joe Orton lived and died here @ 25 Noel Road, Islington, London
22. Spiral Escalator @ Holloway Road, Islington
23. Museum of body parts... @ 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
24. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
25. The Field of Forty Footsteps @ Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, London
26. How To Measure A Cockney? @ St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
27. Merrick of Mile End @ Mile End Road
28. The Famous Berners Street Hoax @ 54 Berners Street, London
29. Stanley Green Protein Man @ 34 Haydock Green, Northolt, Middlesex
30. Neal's Yard Water Clock @ 21-23 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London
31. The Battle of Blythe Road @ 36 Blythe Road, Kensington
32. The Betsey Trotwood @ 56 Farringdon Rd, Clerkenwell
33. The Farthing Bundle Lady @ Fern Street, Bow
34. Top Hat Madness @ Strand
35. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
36. Tyburn Convent @ 8 Hyde Park Place
37. Anthony Hopkins Odd Coincidence @ Leicester Square Tube station, London
38. Stuntman Blondins Niagara Villa @ Northfield Avenue, Northfields, London
39. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
40. Sir Richard Burtons Bedouin Tomb @ St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, 61 Worple Way, Mor
41. Eccentric George Cecil Ives @ 196 Adelaide Road, Lewisham, London
42. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
43. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
44. The Last Wherryman's Seat @ Bankside, Southwark Bridge, Southwark
45. The Scooter Cafe @ Camden Market, Camden
46. The Frost Fair on the Thames @ Blackfriars Bridge, London
47. London's Most Expensive Haircut @ Park Lane
48. The Widest Pavement in London @ Whitechapel High Street, E1
49. Jim Henson's Creature Shop @ The Henson Building, 30 Oval Road
50. London's Deepest Car Park @ Bloomsbury Square
51. The First Coffee Shop in London @ St Michaels Alley, Cornhill, Bank
52. Earl's Court's Escalators @ Earl's Court Road, Earl's Court
53. A Big Tin @ West Silvertown
54. Thomas Hardy's Tree @ Pancras Road, Kings Cross
55. Princess Caroline's Sunken Bath @ Charlton Way Entrance, Blackheath Park, Greenwic
56. London's Smallest Pub, U Decide? @ 43 Linhope Street
57. Wanstead Park's Grotto @ Ornamental Waters, Wanstead Park
58. Curious Sign.... @ Near Waterloo
59. Ancient Hunting Cry In London @ Soho
60. A ghostly Bricklayer @ South Black Lion Lane
61. Screaming Lord Sutch lived here @ Parkfield Road, South Harrow
62. The Skinny House @ Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush
63. A Pyramid in Limehouse @ 5 Newell Street, Limehouse
64. Barmy Balmes House @ Downham Road, Hackney, London
65. Britain's BEST Boozer @ 289, Queens Rd, New Cross
66. The Turkish Baths @ Old Broad Street from Liverpool Street
67. The Coach and Horses @ 29 Greek Street, London
68. The Phoney Houses @ 23-24 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater
69. The Chinese Bridge and Pagoda @ St James Park
70. God's Own Junkyard @ Unit 12, Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall
71. Hackney's Mole Man @ Mortimer Road, Hackney, London
72. King's Cross @ York Road, Kings Cross
73. Jonas Hanway's Handy Gadget @ Hanway House, Red Lion Square
74. The Museum Tavern @ 49 Great Russell Street
75. Alien Autopsy location @ Rochester Square, Camden, London
76. Scene of the Flying Man! @ 15 Ashley Place, Westminster, London
77. Home of Guinness Book of Records @ 107 Fleet Street
78. Mad Jack Fuller died here @ 36 Devonshire Place, London
79. Harry Potter's Diagon Alley @ Cecil Court
80. Kaspar the Cat fights Evil @ Savoy Hotel, The Strand
81. One Nation under CCTV @ Newman Street, London
82. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
83. Alfies Rooftop Restaurant @ 13-25 Church Street, Marylebone
84. The Ubiquitous Undead Walk @ Junction Road, London
85. St. Pancras New Church @ Euston Road
86. Magician David Devant lived here @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, London
87. Notting Hill Carnival Facts @ Chepstow Road
88. Home of the Tichborne Claimant @ 14 Harley Gardens, Chelsea
89. Massage...on your time @ Neal's Yard, Covent Garden
90. Cursed Workplace? @ 71 Queen Victoria Street, London
91. Olympics 2012: Kapoor Sculpture @ Olympic Park, London
92. Sex Pistol was a Dianetic @ 68 Tottenham Court Road, London
93. Frank Buckland's Menagerie @ 37 Albany Sreet, London
94. Green Cabbie Hut...Hanover Sq @ Hanover Sqaure
95. The Temple of Health @ Schomberg House, 81 Pall Mall, London
96. The Francis Holland School @ 5 Ivor Place, Marylebone
97. Stokenchurch Shoe Tree @ Wycombe Road, Stokenchurch, Middle
98. The Statue that Copies You @ Sumner Street
99. Conan Doyle's Temple @ Rochester Square, Camden
100. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
101. Pepe's Polka Dot House @ 99 Talbot Road, Notting Hill
102. The Crosse Keys @ 9 Gracechurch Street, Bank
103. Home to a Classic Animated TV @ Festing Road, Putney
104. Mrs Montagu's Chimney Sweeps @ Portman Square, Marylebone
105. Cremorne Gardens @ Lots Road, Chelsea
106. The Piccadilly Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
107. The Bermondsey Tank @ Mandela Way, Bermondsey, London
108. Finland in London @ Finnish Church, 33 Albion Street
109. Time for Tea at the Palace... @ 175 Westbourne Grove
110. The Whispering Gallery @ St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster
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