Hidden beneath the city streets lie 2,000 kilometres of brick tunnels that take raw sewage direct from our homes, along with 130 kilometres of interconnecting main sewers the size of railway tunnels.Read more read more
The Thames Estuary has been the traditional entry point for imports and exports, both human and material, for centuries. Read more read more
The city’s bridges and embankments have been at the forefront of lighting innovations in London for centuries.Read more read more
Scientific interest in caves and rock shelters began in the early 19th century, when discoveries of bones of extinct animals were thought by some to come from an age before the Biblical flood.Read more read more
The tumultuous Tudor period lasted from 1485 until 1603, and saw huge changes brought about by three generations of monarchs and the break away from the Catholic Church.Read more read more