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• Camden’s iconic Black Cap gay pub to reopen in March 2026

  23-02-2026 14:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Camden’s legendary gay pub, The Black Cap, has confirmed its reopening date, a smidge over a decade since it was forced to close.The pub, which has been a gay haunt since the winter of 1965/66 was forced to close in 2015 when the owners decided they wanted to redevelop the site. The owners themselves closed in 2020, and the company’s administrators sold the building to a new owner who has been working to reopen the venue once again as a gay cabaret pub.
  It had been expected to reopen
  
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• Relief for Stansted Airport travellers as contactless train ticketing arrives in March

  23-02-2026 12:19 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Travellers heading to Stansted Airport will finally be able to use contactless payments for train journeys from next month, after long-delayed approval was given to extend London’s contactless system.
  The lack of contactless payments on the railway to Stansted Airport has often caught travellers out, as they were unaware they needed to buy a conventional ticket, and were often hit with fines when arriving at the airport. Warning signs were added at Liverpool Street ticket barriers to try t
  
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• TfL warns of widespread rail and Tube disruption throughout March

  23-02-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There will be significant disruption to TfL’s rail and tube services throughout March due to large-scale engineering works, and TfL is advising people to plan ahead.
  The new Piccadilly line train at Hammersmith station, Jan 2026 (c) ianVisits
  The Elizabeth line will be particularly affected in the eastern branch as Network Rail carries out engineering works on their tracks. In the central part of the Elizabeth line, TfL will also undertake some track renewals.
  The Overground will be affect
  
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• Royal Docks plans would add floating parkland and residential boat berths

  23-02-2026 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Plans are being shown off to encourage more boats to use the Royal Docks for long-term mooring, as well as an intention to create a new floating park in the dock.
  (c) Royal Docks Management Authority
  The plans would affect an area known as Royal Victoria Dock West, which is the end closest to London City Hall and the Cable Car.
  If carried out, the two biggest changes will be a range of floating walkways reaching into the dock, lined with water plants. There already is one small floating park in
  
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• London’s Alleys: Ship Tavern Passage, City of London, EC3

  23-02-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This central London alley, next to Leadenhall Market, is named after a ship but dominated by a swan.The alley likely came into existence when the first Leadenhall Market, as a market for herbs, opened, with a long passage leading from the market to Gracechurch Street.
  William Morgan’s Map 1682
  OS Map 1875
  The alley used to be longer and straighter, but the eastern half was cut off when a building was constructed on the site. That building was demolished in 2000, and archaeologists research
  
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