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The London Buzz – 6th February 2025

06-02-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
Royal Museums Greenwich gets £1.25m towards Royal Observatory revamp Museums Association
A community boxing club which works to get young men off the streets and out of gangs is facing homelessness after the council asked for the building back. South London Press
The King’s Head Theatre in Islington is set to receive a £35,000 donation for a major upgrade. Islington Gazette
A derelict 1950s office block in Bromley town centre could be knocke

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Arty exhibition explores the hidden history of the tarot card

06-02-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The mystery and beauty of the tarot card are being explored in a London exhibition at the moment, with cards on display ranging from the 15th century to just a few months ago.Most of us have heard of Tarot, even if our knowledge is limited to the images being rather esoteric and that they’re used in fortune telling. The exhibition corrects many assumptions, telling the story of how richly decorated playing cards for the aristocracy slowly transformed over the centuries into the tools of di

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Step-free access work resumes at Northolt tube station

06-02-2025 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Work to add step-free access to Northolt tube station on the Central line has resumed, having been put on hold by the pandemic.
Northolt station entrance (c) ianVisits
Transport for London (TfL) started carrying out cable diversions at the station earlier this week as part of the preparatory works needed to make the station step-free. The main construction works are then expected to start this spring and be completed by summer 2026.
Bassam Mahfouz, London Assembly Member for Ealing and Hillingdo

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London’s Pocket Parks: Woodhouse Park, NW6

06-02-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This is a pocket park built out of post-war clearances of Kilburn’s Victorian terraced housing, but it also got somewhat larger recently as part of a local area redevelopment.When the old houses were cleared and replaced with tall blocks of flats, a small park was created and at the northern end was a smallish — by the standards of what was around it — block of flats called Wood House. At the time, the park was fairly unexciting lawn with trees and a small low rise brick

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Step-free access opens at South London’s Motspur Park station

06-02-2025 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A century after it opened, Motspur Park station in south London is finally providing step-free access after the shabby old footbridge was replaced with a new weatherproof bridge and three lifts.
New stairs, lifts and footbridge as seen from the station’s island platform
Although the railway opened in 1859, the area was still very rural, and it wasn’t until 1925 when a station was opened to serve the expanding suburbs. When the station opened the area was still fairly rural, and acces

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