Grim’s Dyke
Norman Shaw built many houses in Bedford Park but he built one stand-alone home in Harrow called Grim’s Dyke where the great musical writer WS Gilbert lived an unusual life. John Cannon […]
Bedford Park
Take a District Line train towards Ealing Broadway or Richmond. Alight at Turnham Green. Welcome to Bedford Park! “The Healthiest Place in the World” This is a model suburban development. At one time the […]
Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift
From the theatres of Southwark to the hills of Sydenham, Edward Alleyn, the great actor of the English renaissance stage established a school in South London which, nearly 400 years later, […]
London Undone 