One Tree Hill: the South London park with one of the best views in the city, and a genuinely weird history
The Alexandra Road Estate: the Brutalist masterpiece whose architect died months after finally being honoured for it
The word “bedlam” comes from this hospital’s old name, and its museum today tells a very different story – Bethlem Museum of the Mind
There’s a hidden wilderness behind Walthamstow’s reservoir fences, and it supplies water to 3.5 million Londoners – welcome to the Walthamstow Wetlands
Streatham has a 300-year-old secret garden, and its White Garden predates Sissinghurst’s by 30 years – say hello to The Rookery
A bishop, a brothel licence and the real origin of goose bumps: the dark history behind Winchester Palace’s ruins
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology: 80,000 objects, a very rude fertility god and free entry
