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• Lost underground water network beneath Royal Parks to be mapped

  29-07-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Hidden waterways that once supplied water to royal palaces are to be uncovered in a new archaeology project exploring what lies beneath three of London’s Royal Parks.The Royal Parks charity has launched the Lost Waterways of the Royal Parks, a three-year project that will investigate forgotten conduits, wells, reservoirs and underground tunnels hidden beneath Richmond Park, Greenwich Park and Bushy Park.
  Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with additional support from the Friends
  
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• It’s time to start planning your Heritage Open Day trips

  29-07-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For a couple of weeks in September, thousands of buildings across the UK, mostly outside London, are open to the public.The Heritage Open Days are a UK-wide version of the London Open House events, and while the vast majority are open to wander in and look around, some require advance booking. They range from old buildings to theatres to sewage pumping stations.
  Some are taking bookings now, but many won’t be for a week or two, so now is the time to plan your day trips to (mostly) outside
  
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• Gangsters in camera: Exhibition shines a light into London’s criminal underworld

  29-07-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a cast of characters on show at the Leica Gallery that you’d probably hope never to meet – London’s gangster underworld.The photographs were taken by agency and fashion photographer David Hurn, who was originally commissioned by British Elle to photograph a journalist interviewing two well-known villains. The assignment led to something far more unusual. Hurn built a relationship with one of the men and, over the following three years, was granted remarkable acces
  
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• Crowded Harrods plaza to be reshaped in bid to improve pedestrian flow

  29-07-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The pedestrianised but very busy street outside Harrods, next to the tube station entrance, is being refurbished to reduce the clutter and create more space for pedestrians.
  (c) Andy Sturgeon Design
  Although fully pedestrianised in 2004 when the new tube station entrance was created, some of the space is occupied by food stalls and with the tube station entrance next to the department store, it can be a bit of a muddle with crowds trying to get around each other.
  Work on the improvements was due
  
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• TfL expands Routemaster ‘ding-ding’ trial after promising safety results

  29-07-2026 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) is bringing back one of London’s most familiar sounds – ding-ding – as it expands a trial to see whether the classic Routemaster bell can help prevent passengers from falling over when buses pull away.The four-week trial starts on Friday 31st July on Route 188 (North Greenwich to Tottenham Court Road) and is the latest stage of TfL’s Bus Safety Innovation Challenge. Every time the doors close, passengers will hear the classic Routemaster ding-di
  
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• Tower Gateway DLR station getting a new entrance and lift in hotel development

  29-07-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Tower Gateway DLR station is to get a second lift and entrance as part of a deal with a property developer building a hotel and recently completed new flats next to the station.
  The new hotel and DLR station entrance – source: planning documents
  The DLR station already has a lift and escalators at its main entrance, but in 2009, TfL added a second entrance at the rear. However, that entrance only has stairs, as adding a second lift wasn’t viable at the time.
  That all changes now, wit
  
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