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Exhibition – 15 years of the UK’s Supreme Court

03-03-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Sitting opposite Parliament is a smaller but equally grand gothic-looking building. While people presume it’s private, the Supreme Court is actually freely open for visitors to wander inside.The Supreme Court came into existence when it was decided that having the highest legal authority in the land sitting inside the House of Lords, where the Law Lord could also speak in debates was an anachronism. In 2005, the Constitutional Reform Act reshuffled the legal system, creating a new Supreme

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Superloop 11 bus between Greenwich and Abbey Wood consultation opens

03-03-2025 12:08 via ianvisits.co.uk

The consultation for the next extension of the Superloop bus service, offering a faster link between North Greenwich and Abbey Wood, has opened. Less loop than line, it’ll partially alleviate Thamesmead’s lack of decent public transport by offering a faster bus link to the Elizabeth line stations at Woolwich and Abbey Wood.
(c) TfL
The SL11 would replace the 472 bus route but bypass Woolwich’s slow loop around the town centre and stick to the main road instead. That’s lik

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A 200th anniversary touring railway exhibition is visiting London in July

03-03-2025 11:35 via ianvisits.co.uk

Dates for your diary as a special train will be visiting Euston and Waterloo stations this summer to celebrate the railway’s 200th anniversary.
(c) Railway 200
The specially customised travelling exhibition train, Inspiration, will comprise four reconfigured Mark 3 coaches and tell the story of the railways over the past 200 years.
The mobile Railway 200 exhibition is designed to inspire schoolchildren and others to consider a rail career, spotlight the wide range of roles available, and c

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London’s Alleys: Cathedral Walk, NW6

03-03-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This is a newish alley in Kilburn named after a church that’s not a Cathedral and doesn’t have any Roman ruins. Is that clear so far?When all around here was still very green, there was a road through the fields called Kilburn Lane, and part of it roughly aligns with Cathedral Walk. As the area developed, thanks to the expansion of the city and the arrival of the railways, the old lane became Canterbury Road and was lined with classic Victorian terraced houses on the south side of th

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