Welcome to Hidden London
The world’s most visited website devoted to lesser-known London
Hidden London takes an informative look at a variety of the capital’s more obscure attractions, curiosities and localities. The two main sections are:
A growing series of new articles featuring relatively recherché attractions with qualities that make them worth visiting, or at least stopping to admire on your way past.
More than 300 illustrated (and often updated) extracts from Chambers London Gazetteer, with an emphasis on lesser-known localities throughout Greater London.
To find a specific place, consult the Index or use the search box, top right.
To explore Hidden London at random, click the button below the search box – or the one here:
Hidden London also includes some appetising extracts from Brewer’s Dictionary of London Phrase & Fable, a selection of London books and links to other useful websites.
Hidden London is constantly expanding. New additions to The Guide last month included:
- ‘Great men’s houses’ in Hampstead and Chelsea
- Westminster’s medieval Jewel Tower
- Contrasting collections of art and artefacts: Dulwich Picture Gallery and Euston Road’s Wellcome Collection
- Lord Leighton’s ‘little palace of art’, at the south-west corner of Holland Park
- The quaint ceremony of the Constable’s Dues, held about once a year at the Tower of London
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Recommended places
Leighton House
A one-bedroom Arabic palace of Victorian art in Kensington.
Walthamstow Village
An unexpected treat in an undistinguished district.
Shooters Hill
Ascend one of London’s highest peaks and find a towering folly.
Painted Hall
See the other 99.8% of this vast and intricate painting.
Caledonian Market
Browse among dishes, decanters, candlesticks and cutlery.
West Brompton
Potter around in one of London’s loveliest cemeteries.
