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Book Synopsis London's Secrets: Parks & Gardens by : Robbi Atilgan
Download or read book London's Secrets: Parks & Gardens written by Robbi Atilgan and published by London's Secrets. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is one the world's greenest capital cities, with a wealth of places where you can relax and recharge your batteries. Britain is renowned for its parks and gardens, and nowhere has such beautiful and varied green spaces as London. So, whether you're a nature lover, horticulturist or keen amateur gardener, or just looking for somewhere for a bit of peace and quiet or a place to exercise or relax, you're sure to find your perfect spot in London.
Download or read book Look Up London written by Katie Wignall and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshing guide to discovering the hidden details of London with 10 fully guided walking routes from London's leading tour guide Look Up London. Have you ever noticed London's tiniest public sculpture? Or wondered why there are strange cone-shaped structures on the fanciest historic homes? Did you know that the Tower of London used to be a zoo, or about the now defunct London railway that transported over 200,000 people to their final resting place? These are just some of the fascinating details that Blue Badge Tourist guide Katie Wignall reveals in this absorbing guide to the secrets of London hidden in plain sight. Take a journey through London's rich past with these 10 fully guided walking routes and discover a whole world of incredible history hiding above your eye-line, just waiting to be spotted. From the saucy scandals of Covent Garden to stories of power and intrigue from the City, atmospheric pubs to hidden Roman remains, London is a city bursting with captivating stories which are etched into its very architecture. So, Look Up and discover a London you have never seen before.
Book Synopsis London Secrets by : Thomas Bruce Wheeler
Download or read book London Secrets written by Thomas Bruce Wheeler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is the most popular international destination for North American travelers. However, its size and variety of sites and events can be daunting. "London Secrets" was written by a London expert to offer tips and "secrets" for the first time visitor. The book's chapters range from what to do before you leave home, to a dictionary of British words and phrases. In between, there are tips on: how to get from the airport, sightseeing, museums and galleries, churches, Roman and medieval sites, shopping, theater, and even where to go for afternoon tea or a romantic dinner. London has something for everyone, and "London Secrets" will help you find the places and events that match your interests. The book offers practical advice. To get the most out of it, read "London Secrets" before you leave home, and highlight the places and events you want to see. Next, buy a pocket magnifying glass. After you arrive in London, purchase a modern street guide (for which you will need the magnifying glass), and a TravelCard for unlimited travel on London's Underground and Red Buses. Then, enjoy--London awaits you! Thomas Bruce Wheeler is the owner of London Secrets, a company that produces custom-made London guidebooks from a 300,000-word computer database. He and his wife live in Memphis, TN, and have visited London once or twice a year, for over 25 years. If you are a Sherlock Holmes fan, read Mr. Wheeler's "Finding Sherlock's London," It will be a perfect companion to "London Secrets,"
Download or read book Secret London written by Rachel Howard and published by Jonglez. This book was released on 2018 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to London's most peculiar and under-the-radar bars and restaurants is for serious foodies, intrepid drinkers, urban explorers -- and anyone curious to discover the infinite possibilities to have fun in London.
Book Synopsis Secret Gardens of the City of London by : Stephen Liddell
Download or read book Secret Gardens of the City of London written by Stephen Liddell and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is London and then there is the City of London, or Londinium as the Romans called it. The oldest part of the city; the City or Square Mile. Full of the buildings and institutions that have shaped our lives and not just our world, but the world.Greater London itself has just been declared the world's first National Park City with 50% of it being in some way green or indeed blue; gardens, footpaths and bridleways of course, canals, rivers, woods and parks. Many of them are known well beyond our shores, Hyde Park, Richmond Park, Wimbledon Common, Hampstead Heath to name but a few. Like many of the most famous districts, streets and buildings, they are not really in London but in places such as Westminster or Chelsea.The real London, the City of London, is something of a mystery to many, even those who work here every day, decade after decade. It has none of the wide streets of the West End or the mile upon mile of well-to-do housing of Notting Hill or Kensington. And maybe that is why it remains a mystery. Between St Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London is largely a hidden world all shaped by geography, Romans, Vikings, Saxons and the dynasties that came after the Norman invasions, the Great and not so great fires, the plagues and other natural disasters and all those wars.I still remember the day when the first steps towards writing this book took place. It was a freezing cold, muddy December day in 2017. I was out exploring so many of the multitude of lanes and courts that Dr Johnson himself would have been proud of me. There came a point towards the end of the day when I realised my shoes were muddy. Not dirty from the odd puddle or the natural winter grime of a big city but caked in mud. I realised that in all my life I had been to London to work, to study, to live, to shop, to eat, to enjoy culture, to date even but never before had my shoes got so muddy that I might as well have trudged miles through the Lake District.It piqued my curiosity, all those little green spaces I vaguely knew of and no doubt countless more I was blissfully unaware of. Every one of these gardens or squares had a reason for being. They were all different and largely overlooked even by workers passing the nearest busy road, often just feet away.I didn't think anyone else would be interested in my hare-brained line of thought. Of all the things to see in London, who would want to literally get away from it all? As it turned out tourists, like myself, were in awe that we could be standing in the middle of perhaps the most powerful and epic city of all time and yet be totally alone save for flowers, bushes, trees, butterflies, birds, mammals and more. Weekdays would see us barely meet anyone; weekends would see us meeting fewer still. I remember Boxing Day in 2018 and the 2nd of January 2020, when we didn't see a single person in the entire City of London.I've tried to make this as exhaustive as possible. I've walked down every road, lane and alley I could find and have been doing so for years. I've played hunches, and looked at old books and maps and the latest satellite imagery too. London is always changing, that's one of its great and sometimes annoying qualities. Several parks each year are renovated, new buildings spring up and even in the last year or two new developments have brought us gleaming new parks and open spaces in the City of London. This book doesn't claim to be in any way a garden encyclopaedia, it is just a guide to hopefully encourage more people to get the train or tube into the City of London and go off and explore this great old city that is so well visited and yet unexplored. Go out and find your own favourite garden, bench, tree or statue. I would say how badly could you get lost in a square mile? The answer is not only 'very' but also 'totally and utterly'.If this book is anything then it is an act of love; I hope you'll forgive me this act of indulgence.
Book Synopsis The Royal Parks and Gardens of London by : Nathan Cole
Download or read book The Royal Parks and Gardens of London written by Nathan Cole and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden by : Kate Felus
Download or read book The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden written by Kate Felus and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgian landscape gardens are among the most visited and enjoyed of the UK's historical treasures. The Georgian garden has also been hailed as the greatest British contribution to European Art, seen as a beautiful composition created from grass, trees and water - a landscape for contemplation. But scratch below the surface and history reveals these gardens were a lot less serene and, in places, a great deal more scandalous.Beautifully illustrated in colour and black & white, this book is about the daily life of the Georgian garden. It reveals its previously untold secrets from early morning rides through to evening amorous liaisons. It explains how by the eighteenth century there was a desire to escape the busy country house where privacy was at a premium, and how these gardens evolved aesthetically, with modestly-sized, far-flung temples and other eye-catchers, to cater for escape and solitude as well as food, drink, music and fireworks. Its publication coincides with the 2016 tercentenary of the birth of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, arguably Britain's greatest ever landscape gardener, and the book is uniquely positioned to put Brown's work into its social context.
Book Synopsis London's Secret Square Mile by : David Long
Download or read book London's Secret Square Mile written by David Long and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The streetscape of London's historic square mile has been evolving for centuries, but the City's busy commercial heart still boasts an extensive network of narrow passages and alleyways, secret squares and half-hidden courtyards. Using his wealth of local knowledge, historian David Long guides you through these ancient rights of passage – many dating back to medieval times or earlier – their evocative names recalling old taverns, notable individuals and City traditions. Hidden behind the glass, steel and stone of London's banks and big business, these survivors of modern development bear witness to nearly 2,000 years of British history.
Book Synopsis The Parks, Gardens, Etc., of London and Its Suburbs, Described and Illustrated, for the Guidance of Strangers by : Edward Kemp
Download or read book The Parks, Gardens, Etc., of London and Its Suburbs, Described and Illustrated, for the Guidance of Strangers written by Edward Kemp and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis London Parks and Gardens by : Mrs. Evelyn Cecil
Download or read book London Parks and Gardens written by Mrs. Evelyn Cecil and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret London written by Andrew Duncan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Secret Gardens of Somerset by : Abigail Willis
Download or read book Secret Gardens of Somerset written by Abigail Willis and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret Gardens of Somerset offers a personal tour of 20 of the UK’s most beguiling gardens in this much-loved area of southern England, defined by its distinctive horticulture, rolling hills, picturesque villages and the most traditional English landscape. Abigail Willis and Clive Boursnell give you privileged access to 20 gardens, from a highly productive working flower farm to very personal private retreats, revealing their history, design and plant collections, in the company of their devoted owners and head gardeners. In the footsteps of artists and trend-setters from Victorian designers such as Harold Peto to planting visionary, Gertrude Jekyll as well as contemporary pioneer Piet Oudolf, we find a series of beguiling country gardens of different sizes and atmospheres, which have shaped the English identity, and in different ways express the ideals of English life. The gardens: The American Museum and Gardens, Barley Wood Walled Garden, Batcombe House, The Bishop’s Palace, Common Farm, Cothay Manor, East Lambrook Manor, Elworthy Cottage, Forest Lodge, Greencombe Gardens, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Hestercombe, Iford Manor, Kilver Court, Midney Gardens, Milton Lodge gardens, The Newt in Somerset, Stoberry House, Westbrook House, and Yeo Valley Organic Garden. Most of the gardens included here are privately owned and usually open to the public. Meanwhile, all of these landscapes can now be enjoyed through the eyes of the owners themselves. Tour even more magnificent English gardens with Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds and Secret Gardens of East Anglia.
Book Synopsis London's Sinful Secret by : Dan Cruickshank
Download or read book London's Sinful Secret written by Dan Cruickshank and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgian London evokes images of elegant mannered buildings, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife and houses of ill repute widespread in a sex trade that employed thousands. In London's Sinful Secret, Dan Cruickshank explores this erotic Georgian underworld and shows how it affected almost every aspect of life and culture in the city from the smart new streets that sprang up in Marylebone, to the squalid alleys around Charing Cross to the coffee houses, where prostitutes plied their trade, to the work of artists such as William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds. Cruickshank uses memoirs, newspaper accounts and court records to create a surprisingly bawdy portrait of London at its most-mannered and, for the first time, exposes its secret, sinful underside. "A lively work of social history, full of surprises and memorable characters." - Kirkus Reviews
Book Synopsis Secret Gardens of London by : Caroline Clifton-Mogg
Download or read book Secret Gardens of London written by Caroline Clifton-Mogg and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is a city of hidden gardens, a place where few ever glimpse the many colourful secrets behind the sober townhouse facades that give so little away. This volume reveals 25 of London's finest private gardens, usually tantalisingly hidden from public view.
Book Synopsis The Best Of London Parks and Small Green Spaces by : Louise Read
Download or read book The Best Of London Parks and Small Green Spaces written by Louise Read and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A fully comprehensive guide . . . includes information and tips that even the park officers do not know about!' - What's on in London 'The Best of London Parks is a guide to more than 70 green spaces, with details of all their sporting facilities: from horse riding to Aussie rules football' - The Times London is one of the green cities in the world with thousands of acres of parks. There is a wealth of inexpensive, top quality facilities in the Parks that are often not known about even by the people who live near to them. These include numerous sports such as tennis, rugby, football, golf and bowls. There are gyms and athletics tracks, free playgrounds and paddling pools for children and clubs for their parents to meet and relax together. Every park in central London is covered. For each of these famous parks, there is a chapter detailing their history and all they have to offer. The chapters have something for all interests from the price of bacon butties, to rare goats (with frost-proof ears), to tennis courts, to boating. The information includes a brief historical background, how to get to the park, the opening times of all facilities and costs. Each park has a list of highlights and nearby places of interest and the larger parks include a map.
Book Synopsis The London Garden Book A-Z by : Abigail Willis
Download or read book The London Garden Book A-Z written by Abigail Willis and published by MetroBooks. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is home to over 3 million gardens, from pocket handkershief front yards to historic horticultural sites like Westminster College Garden. This book celebrates the wealth of London's gardens with an inspirational compost of specially commissioned photographs, reviews, practical gardening advice, and much more.
Book Synopsis Secret Gardens of East Anglia by : Barbara Segall
Download or read book Secret Gardens of East Anglia written by Barbara Segall and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The big skies and the extraordinary light of East Anglia make it unlike anywhere else in Britain, and offer the most amazing natural conditions in which to create gardens. The twenty-two gardens selected for Secret Gardens of East Anglia celebrate the culture, beauty and diversity of the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, and all deserve to be better known. Introduced by eminent East Anglian plantswoman and national treasure Beth Chatto, the gardens appearing on these pages are brought to life by the award-winning author and photographer team of Barbara Segall and Marcus Harpur. From each garden we can learn about the creator’s style, their talent for exploiting the genius loci, and the specific challenges and rewards they have encountered. Featured gardens include: -COLUMBINE HALL A moated garden with a series of green rooms -HELMINGHAM HALL GARDENS A gem of a garden hidden in its own moated island -KIRTLING TOWER A field of daffodils for a Tudor gatehouse -RAVENINGHAM HALL Exquisite planting in the RHS president’s private garden -THE MANOR HOUSE, FENSTANTON Garden rooms on Capability Brown’s private estate - ULTING WICK Thousands of tulips against a backdrop of black wooden barns -WINTERTON LIGHTHOUSE A lush yet restrained garden framing a lighthouse -WYKEN HALL Vines and roses around an Elizabethan manor house.
