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• Tickets Alert: Tours of Brompton Cemetery’s subterranean catacombs

  23-03-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Visitors will soon have the chance to explore the hidden catacombs beneath Brompton Cemetery during one of the cemetery’s occasional guided tours.
  Brompton Cemetery (c) ianVisits
  Brompton Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries built in the countryside after burials within the City of London were banned in the 1830s. The cemetery was designed to resemble a large open-air cathedral with a central nave running from Old Brompton Road towards a central colonnade and chape
  
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• Why shorter HS2 trains might actually carry more passengers

  23-03-2026 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There’s been a lot of chatter in recent weeks about whether the HS2 railway will redesign its trains or run them more slowly to save money.
  HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway (c) ianVisits
  Usually, that many leaks means plans are afoot, and I am reliably informed that there are high-level talks that could see the HS2 train contracts amended, but the facts are less silly than the headlines suggest.
  One problem that does need to be addressed is how many trains the shrunken HS2 rail
  
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• The Chinatown London forgot: New exhibition explores Limehouse’s past

  23-03-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  When you say Chinatown, many people think of the West End of London, but there was a much older Chinatown in the East, and a new exhibition is telling its story.This is the story of Limehouse, and the migrant workers who came with the docks, and sometimes stayed, not always willingly, put down roots and settled in the country.
  As an exhibition, it’s split into two halves – the myths and the facts.
  The myths were thanks to the sinophobia whipped up by tabloid headlines about the yello
  
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• Greenwich’s Cutty Sark DLR station reopens after escalator overhaul

  23-03-2026 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  After ten months of closure, Cutty Sark DLR station reopened this morning with lots of shiny new escalators.
  Old escalators at platform level (c) ianVisits
  New escalators at platform level (c) ianVisits
  The station is also much brighter, not just because the escalators have rows of lights and the ceiling lamps are brighter, but also because it’s been whitewashed.
  The pale blue, rather cold panels have been replaced with white panels, which reflect light much better and have a noticeable ef
  
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• London’s Alleys: Carter Court, City of London, EC4

  23-03-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a remarkable survivor, an alley that has changed very little over the past 350 years and gives off loads of Olde England vibes that appeals so very much.This is Carter Court, a small covered passage near St Paul’s Cathedral leading to an open – but now fenced off – courtyard.
  However, had you stood here in Roman times, you’d have had very wet feet, as the alley is just outside the old Roman Wall, and you’d have been in the often-flooded defensive ditch that
  
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• TfL’s Baby on Board turns 20 — and now it’s having twins

  23-03-2026 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Transport for London (TfL) is marking 20 years of its now-familiar ‘Baby on Board’ badge — a small roundel that is now old enough to have kids of its own, and in a neat nod to that milestone, TfL is introducing a new ‘Babies on Board’ version for those expecting more than one arrival.
  Babies on board! (c) TfL
  The new badge, available from today, is designed for parents expecting twins, triplets or more, with a simple plural twist on the classic design.
  The original
  
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