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• TfL’s latest railway upgrades: New trains, signalling, and station enhancements detailed

  05-06-2024 18:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you want to know what railway upgrades Transport for London (TfL) has been carrying out in recent months, a summary can be compiled from the latest Commissioners Report for the board.
  The report will be discussed at TfL’s board meeting on Wednesday 12th June, but ahead of that, here is a summary of recent railway upgrades within TfL.
  New Piccadilly line train on test tracks in Germany (c) ianVisits
  DLR
  To date, 30 new DLR trains have been built and are in various stages of testing.
  The
  
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• Mayfield lavender farm reopens on 15th June

  05-06-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Row upon row of purple lavender fill the fields near Croydon, and you can walk through them from next Saturday.
  Mayfield Lavender Farm opens to the public annually to take in the remarkable sight and get all their purple-toned photos. It’s one of those places that is exceptionally photo-friendly, whether you’re taking serious photos or sharing on Instagram.
  (c) Mayfield Lavender Farm
  They’ve now confirmed that the farm will reopen to the public from Saturday 15th June through t
  
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• Decades of pollution removed from the National Gallery’s facade

  05-06-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The National Gallery’s grand stone frontage has been restored to its 1830s appearance now that decades of pollution has been cleaned off the front of the building.
  Ahead of the gallery’s 200th anniversary, the external façade overlooking Trafalgar Square underwent a major phased cleaning and refurbishment programme, made possible by support from the late Julia Rausing and her husband Hans Rausing.
  With the final scaffolding now removed, the stone looks as fresh and clean as it
  
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• How to get King Charles III banknotes from the Bank of England for a limited-time swap

  05-06-2024 12:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Although issued today, it’ll take ages to see a new King Charles III banknote in the shops and pubs, but if you are so minded, you can skip the wait and get some new notes in person from the Bank of England.
  The Bank of England maintains a counter service inside its grand building, which is normally open when people want to swap worn-out banknotes for fresh ones. However, for the next few days, they’re issuing King Charles III banknotes.
  It’s also a very easy process.Just get s
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Holly Road Garden of Rest, TW1

  05-06-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a small pocket park in Twickenham that was once a graveyard. Today, it’s a park, but it’s also the burial site of a controversial vicar.The site opened in 1782 as the burial ground for the local parish of St Mary the Virgin in Twickenham, but by 1835, it was already nearly full, so a larger burial ground in nearby Oak Lane was opened as an overflow site.
  Holly Road officially closed as a burial site in 1868, although some family burials continued for a few decades. It remaine
  
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