Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today. With individual maps to show the course of each river and over 100 colour photographs, it's essential browsing for any Londoner and the perfect gift for anyone who loves exploring the past...'An amazing book' -- BBC Radio London

_______________****_______________The huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated for 2019THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEELook beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around...

Abandoned stations. Ghost platforms. Hidden viaducts and tunnels. Overgrown embankments and tantalising fragments of track concealed in plain sight.In London’s Lost Railways Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s lost history – sets out on foot to trace thirteen of the capital’s former railway lines and unearth their secrets. The stories he uncovers take us from the west London line completed as one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s final projec...