Unseen London takes you backstage at some of the capital's great theatres, into the changing rooms of some of our greatest temples of sport, into the heart of the Establishment, the boiler room of the city's infrastructure and behind the scenes at some of the most opulent buildings in the Square Mile.


Contents:


Hidden Levers




Tower Bridge
Thames Barrier
Abbey Mills Pumping Station
Crossness Pumping Station
BT Tower
Battersea Power Station
Disused Tube Station

Law and Order




Foreign Office
County Hall
Big Ben (plus Whitechapel Bell Foundry)
Westminster Hall
Churchill's Paddock Underground Bunker
Old Bailey
Wandsworth Prison

Army and Navy




Household Cavalry Hyde Park Barracks
Household Cavalry at Horseguards
Honourable Artillery Company (oldest Regiment in British Army)
Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, remains of Greenwich Palace
In and Out Club (Old Naval and Military Club)
Chelsea Hospital home of the Chelsea Pensioners

Backstage




Her Majesty's Theatre
The Palladium
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
BBC White City
BBC Broadcasting House
Abbey Road Studio
Air Studios
Alexandra Palace
Body and Soul


Queens Club
Fulham Football Club
Lords Cricket Ground
Repton Gym
Lambeth Palace
St Brides the Journalist Church
Greek Orthodox Cathedral
New West End Synagogue
Freemasons Hall

The Square Mile




Lloyds Register
Midland Bank
Bank of England
Mansion House
Guildhall
London Metal Exchange
Fishmongers Hall
City of London School
Billingsgate Roman Bath House

Text by: Mark Daly