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