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. Laura Ashley lived here @ 83 Cambridge Street, Westminster, London
12. News International HQ @ Thomas More Square, Pennington Street, Wapping
13. Spratt's Dog Food Factory @ Morris Road, Poplar
14. Doves Bindery and Press @ 15 Upper Mall, Hammersmith
15. Ford plant in Dagenham @ Kent Avenue, Dagenham, Essex
16. Explosive Dryads' Hall @ Woodbury Hill, Loughton, Essex
17. Heathrow the Hamlet @ Croydon Road, Hillingdon
18. Creator of the A-Z born here @ 3 Court Lane Gardens, East Dulwich, London
19. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
20. Fishmonger's Hall @ London Bridge, London
21. London's Capital Records @ One Kemble Street
22. A Huguenot Silk Weaver's Home @ 19 Princelet Street, London
23. Splendid Heath Hall @ 59 The Bishops Avenue, Barnet
24. God's Own Junkyard @ Unit 12, Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall
25. Inventor of Holograms lived here @ 79 Queens Gate, Kensington, London
26. Crystal Palace Transmitter @ off Crystal Palace Parade
27. Wapping Food Power Station @ Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall
28. Queen Victoria's Silk Weaver @ Howard House, 14 Fournier Street, Spitalfields
29. World's 1st Business Computer @ Kaevener House, Hammersmith Road
30. Lockwood Reservoirs Archaeology @ Lea Valley
31. Inventor James Wimshursts Home @ 7 Crescent Grove, Clapham Common
32. Whitechapel Bell Foundry @ 34 Whitechapel Road, London
33. Billingsgate Fish Market @ Trafalgar Way, London
34. Colour Mauve invented here @ 290 Cable Street, London
35. Beckton Gasworks: FMJ @ Royal Docks Road, East Ham, London
36. The Crystal Palace @ Hyde Park
37. Leavesden Warner Bros Studios @ Essex Lane, Leavesden, Watford
38. Ealing's Shoelace Inventor @ 17 Cantley Road, Ealing, London
39. The Silvertown Explosion @ North Woolwich Road, London
40. The Grunwick Dispute @ Chapter Road, Willesden
41. The Apprentice Pad @ Candahar Road, Battersea
42. Thomas Crapper was here @ 120 King's Road, Chelsea
43. Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum @ 10 South Access Road, Walthamstow
44. Freemans Started Here @ 131-143 Clapham Road, Clapham
45. Thames Ironworks @ Bow Creek, Canning Town
46. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
47. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
48. Birthplace of Charles Rolls @ 35 Hill Street, Mayfair, London
49. The Yorkshire Stingo @ Chapel Street, Marylebone, London
50. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
51. The Time Ball @ Flamsteed House, Greenwich
52. Markfield Beam Engine Museum @ Markfield Road, Tottenham, London
53. Home of WB Adams railway pioneer @ 9 Woodbury Hill, Loughton, Essex
54. Brunel's The Engineer @ 65 Gloucester Avenue, London
55. The Hop Exchange @ 24 Southwark Street, Bankside
56. The Original Media Mogul: Elias @ 19-24 Floral Street, Covent Garden, London
57. Plimsoll and Whitehall Garden @ Victoria Embankment, Westminster
58. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
59. The Imperial Hotel @ 61-66 Russell Square, Bloomsbury
60. Carpenters Hall @ 1 Throgmorton Avenue, London Wall
61. Morden Hall Park @ Morden Hall Road, Morden
62. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
63. William Morris' Birthplace @ Elm House, 341/343 Forest Road, Walthamstow
64. Napiers Rolls Royce made here @ The Vale, Acton Vale
65. London Museum of Water & Steam @ Green Dragon Lane, Brentford
66. Gestetner's Former Home @ 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury
67. Fairfield Works: Strike a Light! @ Fairfield Road, Bow
68. Millennium Mills @ Mill Road, West Silvertown
69. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
70. Tetley's Home of Tea @ 25 Cullum Street, Fenchurch Street
71. The Trebor Factory @ Katherine Road, Forest Gate
72. Tompion and Graham Clockmakers @ 69 Fleet Street, London
73. London Glassblowing Company @ 66-66 Bermondsey Street
pinpointing the forgotten and lost history of London
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