The Sky Garden at the Walkie Talkie tower, 20 Fenchurch Street, London – photos
The Sky Garden in the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has now opened to the public, so I took a stroll around yesterday.
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An early Christmas London walk – baubles, gas lamps, ice rink, South Bank and ICA art launch
December is still several days away, but the Christmas frenzy is already in full flow around central London, as the shop tills start to ring out their seasonal fanfare. The …
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An autumnal London walk at dusk – Green Park, St James’s park, National Gallery and Oxford Street
Late Saturday afternoon, I went for a hangover-clearing autumnal stroll through central London, taking in two parks and stopping off for some art. I started off at Green Park tube …
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A photo walk around West India Quay and Canary Wharf, London E14
Here’s a small selection of photos taken around West India Quay and Canary Wharf from yesterday’s trip to the excellent Museum of London Docklands.
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A walk through Treptower Park and the Island of Youth, Berlin
Located to the south-east of the city centre, is Treptower Park, a large 88.2 hectare public space created between 1876 and 1888. Home to the striking Soviet War Memorial, the park …
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A short walk from Vauxhall tube station across the Thames to Blackfriars Bridge, London
Here’s a series of photos taken from a short (2.7 miles/4.5km) walk I took recently from Vauxhall tube station (Victoria Line), along the Thames to the north side of Blackfriars Bridge.
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Walking through the Star Trek-styled LED lightwall tunnel at Kings Cross station
Looking like something off the set of a Star Trek movie is the new pedestrian tunnel at King’s Cross. The 90 metre long curved tunnel features an LED integrated lightwall and …
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A walk along a deserted Hunter’s Point South Park, Long Island City, New York
The new Hunter’s Point South Park can be found on Long Island City, across the East River from Midtown Manhattan.
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Photo tour – a walk from central Philadelphia to Fishtown
I paid Philadelphia a short visit last month, and decided to take a meandering walk from the centre of town out to Fishtown, some four miles or so away to …
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A sunny walk through a rose-packed Regent’s Park in central London
One of London’s larger parks, The Regent’s Park covers 395 acres and includes the magnificent Queen Mary’s Gardens which packs in more than 30,000 rose-bushes and 400 cultivars. I took a walk around …
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A walk around Grand Ferry Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Affording fabulous views of Manhattan across the East River, Grand Ferry Park is a lovely place to pass away a few quiet hours and watch the world go by. Located between Grand …
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A walk around Cardiff Bay, south Wales with photos of the Millennium Centre, Pierhead and Senedd building
Taken during a chilly walk in December 2013, here’s a series of twenty photos taken around Cardiff Bay – an area that has undergone dramatic change in the last 20 years. …
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Developers unveil plans to stop the Walkie Talkie tower’s car-melting rays
Developers of the distinctive Walkie Talkie tower in the City of London have submitted plans to prevent the skyscraper reflecting powerful rays of sunlight to the street below.
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A walk around Bute Park, in the former grounds of Cardiff Castle, south Wales
Located in the former grounds of Cardiff Castle, Bute Park offers 130 acres of rather lovely landscaped gardens and parkland, slap bang in the the middle of town. On a breezy day at the …
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A walk along the Thames riverfront and beach by Vauxhall, south London
On Saturday afternoon, I took a stroll along the south bank of the Thames from Vauxhall to Waterloo. Apart from having to battle through the hideous tourist scrum around the …
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A walk around the lovely Morden Hall Park, south London
On a scorching Sunday afternoon, we headed off to Morden Hall Park, a National Trust park located on the banks of the River Wandle in Morden, south London.
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Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London nears completion as work starts on Europe’s highest roof garden
Costing over £200 million, the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has been designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly and features an opinion-dividing top-heavy form. Set to open in just under …
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A lovely walk through the Kent countryside around Otford and Shoreham
It’s only a 50 minute train journey out of downtown Brixton, but it sure feels like a different world when you get to the charming village of Otford in Kent, …
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A walk around the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire
Situated near Llanarthney in the Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire, is the the National Botanic Garden of Wales, which is both a great place to visit and an important centre for botanical research …
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A walk around The Crystal, the world’s largest urban sustainability centre in east London
Boldly billed as “London’s newest landmark building and the world’s first centre dedicated to improving our knowledge of urban sustainability,” The Crystal forms a striking, angular, dark glass construction. Located in the …
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A photo walk down Brixton Station Road, Brixton – railway arches, doorways and a bridge mystery
With its southern side flanked by a long row of railway arches, Brixton Station Road stretches from Brixton Road in the west to Barrington Road in the east. Once home …
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A damp and grey London walk along the Albert and Victoria Embankments
I was hoping to see London covered in clean, crisp white snow, but instead the New Year has started in a more traditional manner, with the capital under a grey, …
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Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street rises into the London sky
Seen from Aldgate, the skeleton of the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street can be seen rising into a dramatic London sky.
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A walk around Regent’s Canal and the King’s Cross redevelopment, central London
Work continues on the multi-billion redevelopment on the 65 acre brownfield site behind Kings Cross and St Pancras stations and bounded by the Regent’s canal. Here’s some photos from a …
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A winter’s walk around Williamsburg and Brooklyn, New York
After residents lost the battle to stop Williamsburg’s waterfront being rezoned for high-end development in 2005, the area has been gentrifying at an incredible rate. Although the main drag at …
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Margate – walking by the sea, sand and snow
There were snowy scenes around Margate last week, with the faded south coast seaside town enjoying a fairly substantial covering of snow. I loved walking along the deserted, snow-covered beach and grabbed a …
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