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• Thames sea levels are rising faster as flood defence pressures grow

  20-08-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Sea levels in the Thames Estuary are rising faster than previously measured, with the rate now matching the assumptions being used to plan London’s future flood defences.
  Thames Barrier
  A review of the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan has found that relative mean sea levels rose at an average rate of 4.10mm a year between 1993 and 2024 — up from the 3.65mm annual rate recorded between 1990 and 2018 in the previous monitoring review.
  Although that may sound like a small change, over decades i
  
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• Wish you were here? Exhibition looks back at six decades of British seaside holidays

  20-08-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  One of the defining images of the seaside photos isn’t necessarily the image, but the colour – Technicolour, in fact – and an exhibition is celebrating the colours of the seaside photo.Spanning six decades of social history from the 1960s to the 2010s, the exhibition ranges from a collection of garish postcards through to modern photography showing the contrast between cultures swimming in the sea.
  There’s also a timeline of changing appearances, from older photos of coup
  
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• Oxford Street pedestrianisation works to start next month

  20-08-2026 12:12 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Work to ban vehicles from a large section of Oxford Street is set to start next month, when the first major construction work gets underway.Subject to the necessary approvals, works will commence on 2 September 2026, and Oxford Street between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street should be traffic-free by mid to late October. That’s basically from Selfridges in the west through to just past Oxford Circus in the east.
  Pedestrian areas overlay on OpenStreet Maps, with gaps for the north-s
  
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• Tickets Alert: Free Back to Hogwarts experience next to the Tower of London

  20-08-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Harry Potter fans planning the traditional 1st September pilgrimage to King’s Cross should take note – there will be no official Back to Hogwarts event, countdown or announcement at King’s Cross station this year.
  Instead, the main London celebration is moving across town to Old Billingsgate, next to the Tower of London, where HBO Max will host a one-day fan event ahead of the new Harry Potter television series arriving this Christmas.Back to Hogwarts at Old Billingsgate
  The on
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: The Closes, West Drayton, UB7

  20-08-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This seemingly unremarkable looking public park has unexpected links with Roman England.This part of what is now London was originally part of the Manor of West Drayton, which King Athelstan gifted to the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in 925. Following the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII granted the Manor to William Paget – 1st Lord Paget, and in 1714, the 7th Lord Paget was created Earl of Uxbridge.
  Although West Drayton developed as a small village, it wasn’t much mo
  
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