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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
15th November 1978 Harold Pinter's Betrayal, premieres in London
15th November 1960 Born today: Tilda Swinton, London England, actress (Orlando)
15th November 1930 Comedian Mike Winters (brother of Bernie) was born in Islington.
15th November 1923 Born today: Peter Hammond, London England, actor (Buccaneers)
15th November 1845 Opera Maritana is produced (London)
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. Princess Caroline's Sunken Bath @ Charlton Way Entrance, Blackheath Park, Greenwic
12. Camden Catacombs, 21 feet under @ Camden Lock Place
13. The First Shop in the World @ 25 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London
14. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
15. The House they left behind @ 27 Ropemakers Fields, Narrow Street, Limehouse
16. The Nose in Admiralty Arch @ The Mall
17. Little Compton Street @ Charing Cross Road, London
18. Joe Orton lived and died here @ 25 Noel Road, Islington, London
19. A Pyramid in Limehouse @ 5 Newell Street, Limehouse
20. London's Most Expensive Haircut @ Park Lane
21. Hanging Gardens of Paddington @ 16 London Street
22. A Lighthouse in King's Cross @ Gray's Inn Road
23. Brian Harvey's Car Accident @ The Drive, Walthamstow, London
24. Australia House & Harry Potter @ Strand
25. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
26. Green Cabbie Hut...Hanover Sq @ Hanover Sqaure
27. Anthony Hopkins Odd Coincidence @ Leicester Square Tube station, London
28. Time for Tea at the Palace... @ 175 Westbourne Grove
29. Spiral Escalator @ Holloway Road, Islington
30. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
31. The Battle of Blythe Road @ 36 Blythe Road, Kensington
32. Thomas Hardy's Tree @ Pancras Road, Kings Cross
33. See Through Building... @ Charing Cross Road
34. Frank Buckland's Menagerie @ 37 Albany Sreet, London
35. Sir Richard Burtons Bedouin Tomb @ St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, 61 Worple Way, Mor
36. St. Pancras New Church @ Euston Road
37. She's in Fashion... @ 51 Endell Street, Covent Garden
38. What No Skies @ 98 Finchley Road
39. Merrick of Mile End @ Mile End Road
40. Stanley Green Protein Man @ 34 Haydock Green, Northolt, Middlesex
41. The Red Lion @ 48 Parliament Street
42. Spilt Royal Soup @ Buckingham Palace
43. London's Deepest Car Park @ Bloomsbury Square
44. Scene of the Flying Man! @ 15 Ashley Place, Westminster, London
45. Monocles - Fashion for Today @ 41 New Cavendish Street
46. The Phoney Houses @ 23-24 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater
47. Eccentric George Cecil Ives @ 196 Adelaide Road, Lewisham, London
48. The Whispering Gallery @ St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster
49. Stuntman Blondins Niagara Villa @ Northfield Avenue, Northfields, London
50. Sandy Banks on the Thames @ Gabriel's Wharf
51. St Barnabas & the Penny Chute @ 1 Greek Street, Soho, London
52. Magician David Devant lived here @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, London
53. The Museum Tavern @ 49 Great Russell Street
54. The First Great Magician? @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Belsize Park
55. The Necropolis Railway @ 121 Westminster Bridge Road
56. Fahrenheit 451 Film: Opening @ Danebury Avenue, Roehampton, London
57. Miller's Residence @ 111a Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London
58. Lambeth Country Show @ Brockwell Park, Herne Hill
59. Trinity Buoy Wharf @ 64 Orchard Place
60. Colonel Elliott's Magic Home @ 54 Welbeck Street, London
61. Time for a Royal Mug @ Hope & Glory, 131a Kensington Church Street
62. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
63. Pat Sharp's Mullet @ 16 The Broadway, Mill Hill
64. The Field of Forty Footsteps @ Torrington Square, Bloomsbury, London
65. The Highbury Clock @ Highbury Barn, Islington
66. The Chinese Bridge and Pagoda @ St James Park
67. Robert's Fine Food & Drink @ 1 Upper James Street
68. A Very Long Speech @ House of Commons
69. Tyburn Convent @ 8 Hyde Park Place
70. Pie Pub's Unusual Plaque @ 23 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia
71. Exciting Books in Soho @ 11 Brewer Street
72. Conan Doyle's Temple @ Rochester Square, Camden
73. Jonas Hanway's Handy Gadget @ Hanway House, Red Lion Square
74. The Lamb's Snob Screens @ 94 Lamb's Conduit Street, Holborn, London
75. Kaspar the Cat fights Evil @ Savoy Hotel, The Strand
76. Mrs Salmon's Waxworks @ 17 Chancery Lane
77. Museum of body parts... @ 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
78. Mad Jack Fuller died here @ 36 Devonshire Place, London
79. House of the Mystery Hat @ Goldhawk Road
80. The Famous Berners Street Hoax @ 54 Berners Street, London
81. Have you seen him? @ Green Park Tube
82. Home of the Tichborne Claimant @ 14 Harley Gardens, Chelsea
83. The First Coffee Shop in London @ St Michaels Alley, Cornhill, Bank
84. Finland in London @ Finnish Church, 33 Albion Street
85. Cheeky chauffeur lived here @ 16 Drayson Mews, Kensington, London
86. London: Tornado capital? @ Whitmore Gardens, Kensal Rise
87. Are you Insured? @ Mount Terrace
88. Green Cabbie Hut...Chelsea @ Chelsea Embankment
89. Barmy Balmes House @ Downham Road, Hackney, London
90. Telephonic History... @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
91. Wanstead Park's Grotto @ Ornamental Waters, Wanstead Park
92. Hampstead's False Bridge @ Hampstead Heath, Hampstead
93. Charles Fort lived here @ 39A Marchmont Street, London
94. Magic, Gizmos & FUN @ 246 High Holborn
95. David Bowie's Coal Mine @ 89 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
96. The Piccadilly Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
97. Cartoonist Phil May lived here @ 20 Holland Park Road
98. Old Parr aged 152 lived here @ 405 Strand, London
99. The Last Wherryman's Seat @ Bankside, Southwark Bridge, Southwark
100. Time to shine a light @ Tower sundial
101. A Sunbeam of a Venue @ 79 Barlby Road, City of London
102. London Pride Morris Men @ Regents Park Road
103. London's Most Refreshing Sign @ York Parade Brentford, Middlesex
104. Buttons...are essential.. @ The Button Queen, 19 Marylebone Lane
105. The Blue House @ Garner Street, Haggerston, London
106. The Lancaster London @ Lancaster Terrace
107. The Time Ball @ Flamsteed House, Greenwich
108. An Ear for Music @ Westminster Abbey
109. Earl's Court's Escalators @ Earl's Court Road, Earl's Court
110. Britain's BEST Boozer @ 289, Queens Rd, New Cross
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
