Index of Places
The 350 localities and attractions featured on Hidden London
The places listed below are in the Gazetteer section unless marked as being in The Guide
Places in the Gazetteer section are mostly localities, while those in the Guide tend to be smaller – often an individual structure. Some places in the Guide are double-indexed, to help you find them more easily. A few listed places have yet to be added, so they don’t yet have a hyperlink. Please be patient, they’re coming soon!
For each attraction or locality, the parent borough is shown in brackets after its name. You can view an annotated map of the London boroughs on this page. Where a place straddles two or more boroughs, they are named in order of local significance.
A
Abbey Wood (Greenwich/Bexley)
Ace Café (Brent) The Guide
Addington (Croydon)
Aldborough Hatch (Redbridge)
Aldersbrook (Redbridge/Newham)
Aldersgate (City of London)
Alexandra Palace (Haringey)
All Saints (Tower Hamlets)
All Saints Church, Margaret Street (Westminster) The Guide
Alperton (Brent)
Alton Estate (Wandsworth)
Angel, Edmonton (Enfield)
Angell Town (Lambeth)
Archway (Islington)
Arnos Grove (Enfield)
Arnos Grove station (Enfield) The Guide
Arsenal (Islington)
Ashburnham Triangle (Greenwich)
Avery Hill (Greenwich)
B
Bakers Arms (Waltham Forest)
Balham (Wandsworth)
Barking (Barking & Dagenham)
Barnehurst (Bexley)
Barnes Cray (Bexley)
Barnet Gate (Barnet)
Barnsbury (Islington)
Barons Court (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Battersea (Wandsworth)
Beavers Farm (Hounslow)
Beckenham (Bromley)
Beckton (Newham)
Becontree (Barking & Dagenham)
Beddington Corner (Sutton/Merton)
Bedford Park (Ealing)
BedZED (Sutton)
Belsize Village (Camden)
Belvedere (Bexley)
Bermondsey (Southwark)
Berrylands (Kingston)
Bethlem Hospital Museum and Gallery (Bromley) The Guide
Bexley (Bexley)
Biggin Hill (Bromley)
Billingsgate (City of London and Tower Hamlets)
Bishops Avenue, The (Barnet)
Blackheath (Lewisham/Greenwich)
Blackhorse Road (Waltham Forest)
Blackwall (Tower Hamlets)
Bostall Heath (Greenwich/Bexley)
Boston Manor (Hounslow/Ealing)
Botany Bay (Enfield)
Bow Common (Tower Hamlets)
Brackenbury Village (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Brentham (Ealing)
Brimsdown (Enfield)
Broadwater Farm (Haringey)
Bromley-by-Bow (Tower Hamlets)
Brompton (Kensington & Chelsea)
Brownswood Park (Hackney)
Bruce Grove (Haringey)
Brunswick, The (Camden)
Brunswick Park (Barnet)
Bunhill (Islington)
Bury Street (Enfield)
Bush Hill Park (Enfield)
Bushy Park (Richmond)
C
Caledonian Market (Southwark) The Guide
Cambridge Heath (Tower Hamlets)
Cannon Street (City of London)
Canonbury (Islington)
Carlyle’s House, Cheyne Row (Kensington & Chelsea) The Guide
Carshalton Beeches (Sutton)
Castelnau (Richmond)
Chalkhill (Brent)
Chapel End (Waltham Forest)
Chapel Market (Islington)
Charlton Village (Greenwich)
Chase Side (Enfield)
Chelsfield Village (Bromley)
Chipping Barnet (Barnet)
Church End (Waltham Forest) The Guide
Cheam (Sutton)
Clapham Common (Lambeth)
Clerkenwell (Islington)
Clissold Park (Hackney)
Coldblow (Bexley)
Cole Park (Richmond)
College Park (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Columbia Road (Tower Hamlets)
Colney Hatch (Barnet)
Coney Hall (Bromley)
Coombe (Kingston upon Thames)
Copenhagen (Islington)
Coppermills (Waltham Forest)
Cornhill (City of London) The Guide
Cranford (Hounslow/Hillingdon)
Cranley Gardens (Haringey)
Crayford (Bexley)
Crews Hill (Enfield)
Crooked Billet (Merton)
Crossness (Bexley)
Crouch End (Haringey)
Cuddington (Sutton)
Cudham (Bromley)
Custom House (Newham)
D
Dagenham Dock (Barking & Dagenham)
Danson Park (Bexley)
Dartmouth Park (Camden/Islington)
Denmark Street (Camden) The Guide
Deptford (Lewisham/Greenwich)
Devons Road (Tower Hamlets)
Dollis Hill (Brent)
Down House (Bromley) The Guide
Downe (Bromley)
Dulwich Picture Gallery (Southwark) The Guide
Dulwich Village (Southwark)
E
East Acton (Ealing/Hammersmith & Fulham)
East India (Tower Hamlets)
East Finchley (Barnet)
East Greenwich (Greenwich)
Edmonton Green (Enfield)
Elm Park (Havering)
Elmstead (Bromley)
Emerson Park (Havering)
Enfield Island Village (Enfield)
Erith (Bexley)
Essex Road (Islington)
Estorick Collection (Islington)
F
Fan Museum (Greenwich) The Guide
Farthing Street (Bromley)
Figge’s Marsh (Merton)
Finsbury (Islington)
Fish Island (Tower Hamlets)
Fitzrovia (Westminster/Camden)
Foots Cray (Bexley)
Forestdale (Croydon)
Fortis Green (Haringey)
Forty Hill (Enfield)
Fox of St James’s (Westminster) The Guide
Frognal (Camden)
G
Gallions Reach (Newham and Greenwich)
Gants Hill (Redbridge)
Garrick’s Temple (Richmond upon Thames) The Guide
Globe Town (Tower Hamlets)
Golders Green (Barnet)
Goodge Street (Camden)
Goodmayes (Redbridge)
Gospel Oak (Camden)
Gower Street (Camden)
Grant Museum of Zoology, off Gower Street (Camden) The Guide
Great Portland Street (Westminster)
Green Lanes (Hackney/Haringey/Enfield)
Greenland Dock (Southwark)
Grove Park (Hounslow)
Grove Park (Lewisham)
Gunnersbury (Hounslow)
H
Hackney Wick (Hackney/Tower Hamlets)
Hadley (Barnet)
Hanger Hill (Ealing)
Hanover Square (Westminster)
Hans Town (Kensington & Chelsea)
Harefield Grove (Hillingdon)
Harley Street (Westminster)
Harmondsworth (Hillingdon)
Harold Park (Havering)
Hatton Garden (Camden)
Havering-atte-Bower (Havering)
Hawley’s Corner (Bromley)
Haydons Road (Merton)
Hendon (Barnet)
Herne Hill (Lambeth/Southwark)
Heron Quays (Tower Hamlets)
Higham Hill (Waltham Forest)
Highbury (Islington)
High Elms (Bromley)
Highgate (Camden/Haringey)
Highwood Hill (Barnet)
Hockenden (Bromley)
Holloway (Islington)
Holloway Road (Islington)
Homerton (Hackney)
Hoover Building, Perivale (Ealing) The Guide
Horniman Museum, Forest Hill (Lewisham) The Guide
Hornsey Vale (Haringey)
Houndsditch (City of London)
Hounslow Heath (Hounslow)
Hoxton (Hackney)
I
Imperial Wharf (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Island Gardens (Tower Hamlets)
J
James Lock, St James’s Street (Westminster) The Guide
Jermyn Street (Westminster)
Jewel Tower (Westminster) The Guide
JJ Fox, St James’s Street (Westminster) The Guide
K
Keats House, Hampstead (Camden) The Guide
Kennington (Lambeth/Southwark)
Kensal Green (Brent/Kensington & Chelsea)
Kensington Olympia (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Kenwood (Camden)
Kevington (Bromley)
Kew Bridge (Hounslow)
Kilburn (Brent/Camden)
Kilburn Park (Brent/Westminster)
Kingsbury (Brent)
L
Lamb & Flag, Covent Garden (Westminster) The Guide
Lamorbey (Bexley)
Lampton (Hounslow)
Lancaster Gate (Westminster)
Lansbury (Tower Hamlets)
L continued
Lea Bridge (Waltham Forest/Hackney)
Leadenhall Market (City of London) The Guide
Leamouth (Tower Hamlets)
Lee Green (Lewisham)
Leighton House, Holland Park (Kensington & Chelsea) The Guide
Little Ilford (Newham)
Little Italy (Camden)
Little Venice (Westminster)
Lock & Co., St James’s Street (Westminster) The Guide
London Fields (Hackney)
Lonesome (Lambeth/Merton)
Longford (Hillingdon)
Loughborough Junction (Lambeth)
Lower Place (Brent)
Loxford (Redbridge)
Lyonsdown (Barnet)
M
Maida Hill (Westminster)
Malden Rushett (Kingston)
Manor House (Hackney/Haringey)
Marble Hill (Richmond)
Marks Gate (Barking & Dagenham)
Mawney (Havering)
Maypole (Bromley)
Maze Hill (Greenwich)
Mill Hill (Barnet)
Mill Hill East (Barnet)
Mill Meads (Newham)
Millwall (Tower Hamlets)
Mogden (Hounslow)
Monks Orchard (Croydon/Bromley)
Morden South (Merton)
Mornington Crescent (Camden)
Mossford Green (Redbridge)
N
Nag’s Head (Islington)
Neasden (Brent)
New Addington (Croydon)
Newbury Park (Redbridge)
New Caledonian Market (Southwark) The Guide
New Cross Gate (Lewisham)
New Eltham (Greenwich)
New End (Camden)
Newington (Southwark)
Newlands (Barnet)
New Malden (Kingston)
Newyears Green (Hillingdon)
Noak Hill (Havering)
Norbiton Common (Kingston upon Thames)
North Chingford (Waltham Forest)
North End (Camden)
North Hyde (Hounslow)
North Ockendon (Havering)
North Woolwich (Newham)
Norton Folgate (Tower Hamlets/City/Hackney)
Norwood Green (Ealing)
O
Old London Bridge (City of London and various other locations) The Guide
Oliver’s Island (Hounslow)
Osidge (Barnet)
Osterley (Hounslow/Ealing)
P
Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College (Greenwich) The Guide
Panyer Boy, St Paul’s (City of London) The Guide
Park Royal (Brent/Ealing)
Park Village (Camden)
Parsons Green (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Pentonville (Islington)
Perivale (Ealing)
Petts Wood (Bromley)
Phipps Bridge (Merton)
Pitshanger Village (Ealing)
Platt’s Eyot (Richmond)
Pontoon Dock (Newham)
Pool of London (City/Tower Hamlets/Southwark)
Pot Kilns (Havering)
Pratts Bottom (Bromley)
Primrose Hill (Camden)
Pudding Mill Lane (Newham)
Putney Bridge (Hammersmith & Fulham/Wandsworth)
Q
Queen’s Park (Brent/Westminster)
R
Rainham (Havering)
Ravenscourt Park (Hammersmith & Fulham)
Rayners Lane (Harrow)
Rectory Road (Hackney)
Reedham (Croydon)
Richmond Park (Richmond)
Riddlesdown (Croydon)
Roe Green (Brent)
Roehampton (Wandsworth)
Rowley Green (Barnet)
Roxeth (Harrow)
Royal Albert (Newham)
Royal Victoria (Newham)
Ruislip Common (Hillingdon)
Ruislip Manor (Hillingdon)
Russell Square (Camden)
Ruxley (Bexley/Bromley)
S
St George’s Fields (Westminster)
St Ghastly Grim (City of London)
St Giles (Camden)
St James Street (Waltham Forest)
St John’s Wood (Westminster)
St Katharine’s (Tower Hamlets)
St Luke’s (Islington)
St Mary’s Village (Hackney)
St Peter upon Cornhill (City of London) The Guide
Sandy Heath (Camden)
Selsdon (Croydon)
Sewardstonebury (Epping Forest, Essex)
Shacklewell (Hackney)
Shad Thames (Southwark)
Shadwell (Tower Hamlets)
Shooters Hill (Greenwich)
Silvertown (Newham)
Silvertown Quays, West Silvertown (Newham)
Slade Green (Bexley)
Snaresbrook (Redbridge)
Soho Square (Westminster) The Guide
Somers Town (Camden)
South Acton (Ealing)
South Barnet (Barnet)
South Bromley (Tower Hamlets)
Southgate (Enfield)
South Woodford (Redbridge)
Stamford Hill (Hackney/Haringey)
Stanmore (Harrow)
Stepney (Tower Hamlets)
Stockley Park (Hillingdon)
Stockwell (Lambeth)
Stoke Newington (Hackney)
Stonebridge (Brent)
Streatham Common (Lambeth)
Streatham Vale (Lambeth)
Stroud Green (Haringey/Islington)
Summerstown (Wandsworth)
Sundridge Park (Bromley)
Surrey Quays (Southwark)
Sydenham Hill (Southwark/Lewisham)
Syon Lane (Hounslow)
Syon Park (Hounslow)
T
Temple (City of London)
Temple Mills (Newham/Waltham Forest)
Thamesmead (Greenwich/Bexley)
Thames View (Barking & Dagenham)
Three Mills (Newham)
Tin Pan Alley, Denmark Street (Camden) The Guide
Tokyngton (Brent)
Tolmers Village (Camden)
Tolworth (Kingston)
Tooting Broadway (Wandsworth)
Totteridge (Barnet)
Tufnell Park (Islington)
Tulse Hill (Lambeth)
Turnham Green (Hounslow)
Turnpike Lane (Haringey)
U
Upminster (Havering)
Upminster Bridge (Havering)
Upney (Barking & Dagenham)
Upper Clapton (Hackney)
Upper Woodcote (Croydon)
Upton (Bexley)
V
Valentines Park (Redbridge)
Vale of Health (Camden)
Victoria Park (Tower Hamlets/Hackney)
Vine Street (Westminster)
W
Wall End (Newham)
Walthamstow Village (Waltham Forest) The Guide
Warren Street (Camden)
Warwick Avenue (Westminster)
Wellcome Collection, Euston (Camden) The Guide
Welsh Harp (Brent/Barnet)
West Acton (Ealing)
West Brompton (Kensington & Chelsea)
West Dulwich (Lambeth/Southwark)
Westerham Hill (Bromley)
Westferry (Tower Hamlets)
West Hendon (Barnet)
West Silvertown (Newham)
Westway (Westminster/Kensington & Chelsea/Hammersmith & Fulham)
Whipps Cross (Waltham Forest)
White Hart Lane (Haringey)
Whitton (Richmond/Hounslow)
Wimbledon Common (Merton)
Wimpole Street (Westminster)
Woodberry Down (Hackney)
Wood End (Hillingdon)
Woodford Green (Redbridge)
Woodridings (Harrow)
Wood Street (Waltham Forest)
Woolwich (Greenwich)
Y
Yeading (Hillingdon)
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.
