After being planted avidly by the Victorians, plane trees in London thrived and are now the capital s most common tree. Above: Plane trees lining the Victoria Embankment in the late 19th-century.
The £4.2bn Thames Tideway Scheme was given planning permission in 2014 and began construction in 2016. Considering the havoc created by the pandemic, it’s
Digging for Britain: Expert explains findings at London roundhouse London and Britain’s other big cities boast a wealth of archaeological treasures, but also present archaeologists with lots of challenges. Each generation builds on what went before them, sometimes completely obscuring the previous layers. Such activity means it is particularly rare to find prehistoric remains under […]