Transfer from Islington (N1) to London City Airport The region of Islington was initially occupied during Roman times by a camp known as The Brill and started to develop in that period. Not much has been known about it until the 19th century when a monument of King George IV was built at the intersection between…
Transfer from Islington (N1) to Luton Airport Today, regarded as being one of the trendiest places in the capital, Hoxton was not till long ago a place where strip bars proliferated until the southern half of Hoxton had turned into a vibrant arts and entertainment district comprising a great number of restaurants, nightclubs, bars and…
Transfer from Islington (N1) to Stansted Airport One of the most beautiful areas you will find in Islington is Canonbury, a residential district formed about 8 centuries ago, when the land in the region was granted to the Canons of St.Bartholomew Priory, Smithfield. It soon became known as Canonbury. The most important places to see…
Transfer from Islington (N1) to Gatwick Airport The area where Kings Cross stands today was once the location of a major battle between the Romans and the Iceni tribe and was former named Battle Bridge because of this dispute. The region was initially occupied during Roman times by a camp known as The Brill and…
Transfer from Islington (N1) to Heathrow Airport Today we will be talking about the N1 district which is part of Islington and it is comprised of Canonbury, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, De Beauvoir Town and Hoxton. Islington is one of the most import areas in the N1 district which also bares its name. This gave…
Transfer from Bow (E3) to London City Airport Bow houses some magnificent architectural masterpieces such as Bromley Hall, the oldest building in East London or Kingsley Hall or Bromley-by-Bow Centre. Kingsley Hall is popular for the visits of Mahatma Gandhi while the second one is considered to be a design for the upcoming growth of…
Transfer from Bow (E3) to Luton Airport One of the areas that form the Bow district is also one of London’s oldest extant industrial centers. The Three Mills region started as the former working mills on the River Lea, at the time of the Domesday Book, around 8 or 9 in number, and remains, even…
Transfer from Bow (E3) to Stansted Airport A particular thing about Bow is its porcelain, which made Bow a well-known name among the admirers of porcelain shapes. Some even said that the porcelain made at bow was one of the best in the world. The story of Bow Porcelain is started with two local entrepreneurs…
Transfer from Bow (E3) to Gatwick Airport Bow made its first appearance in history as a settlement in 1177, under the name of Stratforde which can be defined as: a paved way to a ford, a route that was upgraded once the romans decided to use Colchester as their capital. It was then that the paved…
Transfer from Bow (E3) to Heathrow Airport Not far away from the center, in the eastern side of London, we find the district of Bow, named this way after a bridge before its construction was supposed to be unique and to a distinctively bow-shaped, three-arched form. The Bow district is part of the London Borough…