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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
25th March 1947 Singer and pianist Elton John born today in Pinner, London.
25th March 1946 Heathrow Airport officially opened by Lord Winster, the Minister of Aviation.
25th March 1905 Born today: Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers)
25th March 1843 Brunel's Thames Tunnel is finally opened to the public.
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 First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
12. Farting Lane's Sewer Lamp @ Carting Lane, Strand, London
13. Aleister Crowleys Den @ 67-69 Chancery Lane, Holborn
14. Australia House & Harry Potter @ Strand
15. Cremorne Gardens @ Lots Road, Chelsea
16. The Nose in Admiralty Arch @ The Mall
17. The Thin House @ Thurloe Square, Knightsbridge, London
18. Thomas Hardy's Tree @ Pancras Road, Kings Cross
19. The Lamb's Snob Screens @ 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, Holborn, London
20. Brian Harvey's Car Accident @ The Drive, Walthamstow, London
21. Anthony Hopkins Odd Coincidence @ Leicester Square Tube station, London
22. A Lighthouse in King's Cross @ Gray's Inn Road
23. The House they left behind @ 27 Ropemakers Fields, Narrow Street, Limehouse
24. Neal's Yard Water Clock @ 21-23 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London
25. Museum of body parts... @ 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
26. The Mayflower Inn @ 117 Rotherhithe Street, Bermondsey
27. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
28. Stanley Green Protein Man @ 34 Haydock Green, Northolt, Middlesex
29. The Turkish Baths @ Old Broad Street from Liverpool Street
30. The Battle of Blythe Road @ 36 Blythe Road, Kensington
31. Sir Richard Burtons Bedouin Tomb @ St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, 61 Worple Way, Mor
32. Tyburn Convent @ 8 Hyde Park Place
33. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
34. Joe Orton lived and died here @ 25 Noel Road, Islington, London
35. The First Coffee Shop in London @ St Michaels Alley, Cornhill, Bank
36. The Scooter Cafe @ Camden Market, Camden
37. Top Hat Madness @ Strand
38. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
39. The Last Wherryman's Seat @ Bankside, Southwark Bridge, Southwark
40. Ancient Hunting Cry In London @ Soho
41. The Famous Berners Street Hoax @ 54 Berners Street, London
42. Britain's BEST Boozer @ 289, Queens Rd, New Cross
43. Merlin's Cave @ Carlisle House, Soho Square, London
44. Stuntman Blondins Niagara Villa @ Northfield Avenue, Northfields, London
45. The Farthing Bundle Lady @ Fern Street, Bow
46. London's Deepest Car Park @ Bloomsbury Square
47. David Bowie's Coal Mine @ 89 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
48. Jonas Hanway's Handy Gadget @ Hanway House, Red Lion Square
49. Eccentric George Cecil Ives @ 196 Adelaide Road, Lewisham, London
50. London's Smallest Pub, U Decide? @ 43 Linhope Street
51. The Betsey Trotwood @ 56 Farringdon Rd, Clerkenwell
52. The Skinny House @ Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush
53. The Field of Forty Footsteps @ Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, London
54. The Phoney Houses @ 23-24 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater
55. The Frost Fair on the Thames @ Blackfriars Bridge, London
56. Magician David Devant lived here @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, London
57. The Necropolis Railway @ 121 Westminster Bridge Road
58. The Coach and Horses @ 29 Greek Street, London
59. Alfies Rooftop Restaurant @ 13-25 Church Street, Marylebone
60. Merrick of Mile End @ Mile End Road
61. Earl's Court's Escalators @ Earl's Court Road, Earl's Court
62. Home of the Tichborne Claimant @ 14 Harley Gardens, Chelsea
63. Home of Guinness Book of Records @ 107 Fleet Street
64. Hackney's Mole Man @ Mortimer Road, Hackney, London
65. Eating in Darkness @ Dans le Noir, 30-31 Clerkenwell Green, London
66. The Statue that Copies You @ Sumner Street
67. Pimlico Gardens and Huskisson @ Chelsea Embankment, Pimlico
68. A Very Long Speech @ House of Commons
69. The Museum Tavern @ 49 Great Russell Street
70. Mad Jack Fuller died here @ 36 Devonshire Place, London
71. Screaming Lord Sutch lived here @ Parkfield Road, South Harrow
72. One Nation under CCTV @ Newman Street, London
73. A Big Tin @ West Silvertown
74. Home to a Classic Animated TV @ Festing Road, Putney
75. The Ice Bar...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr @ 31-33 Heddon Street
76. Pat Sharp's Mullet @ 16 The Broadway, Mill Hill
77. Miller's Residence @ 111a Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London
78. How To Measure A Cockney? @ St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
79. Time for a Royal Mug @ Hope & Glory, 131a Kensington Church Street
80. Stokenchurch Shoe Tree @ Wycombe Road, Stokenchurch, Middle
81. Alien Autopsy location @ Rochester Square, Camden, London
82. Harry Potter's Diagon Alley @ Cecil Court
83. Tip-Top Umbrellas @ James Smith & Sons, 53 New Oxford Street
84. A ghostly motorcycle passenger @ Blackwall Tunnel
85. The Bermondsey Tank @ Mandela Way, Bermondsey, London
86. St Barnabas & the Penny Chute @ 1 Greek Street, Soho, London
87. The Ubiquitous Undead Walk @ Junction Road, London
88. Princess Caroline's Sunken Bath @ Charlton Way Entrance, Blackheath Park, Greenwic
89. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
90. The Chinese Bridge and Pagoda @ St James Park
91. Curious Sign.... @ Near Waterloo
92. Green Cabbie Hut...Hanover Sq @ Hanover Sqaure
93. London's Most Expensive Haircut @ Park Lane
94. St. Pancras New Church @ Euston Road
95. Buttons...are essential.. @ The Button Queen, 19 Marylebone Lane
96. The Devils of Cornhill @ St Peter upon Cornhill, Gracechurch Street, Lond
97. Jim Henson's Creature Shop @ The Henson Building, 30 Oval Road
98. Spiral Escalator @ Holloway Road, Islington
99. Conan Doyle's Temple @ Rochester Square, Camden
100. Brixton Prison Treadwheel @ Jebb Avenue, Streatham Hill
101. The Whispering Gallery @ St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster
102. Thomas Crapper was here @ 120 King's Road, Chelsea
103. Scene of the Flying Man! @ 15 Ashley Place, Westminster, London
104. Tommy's 1st BBC Audition @ 25 Marylebone Road
105. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
106. Notting Hill Carnival Facts @ Chepstow Road
107. Finland in London @ Finnish Church, 33 Albion Street
108. The First Human Cannonball @ The Royal Aquarium, Tothill Street, Westminster
109. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
110. Time for Tea at the Palace... @ 175 Westbourne Grove
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