Right up our alley! From the street that inspired Harry Potter to a home for a king's mistress, London's alleyways harbour a sensational secret history of the capital
Goodwin's Court in Covent Garden is rumoured to have inspired Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter films
Angel Place in Borough touched sides with notorious Marshalsea prison where Charles Dickens's father went
Pickering Place in St James's leads to the smallest public square in London - the site of the last duel in capital