Although its difficult to give an exact number there are comfortably more than 500 named statues and 1000 plaques of various colour across Central London perhaps even double that if you include the whole of Greater London. These…

So my last blogpost was about war memorials as one of the staples I found in abundance on my walks during lockdown and this week I am going to talk about something else that has  a bewildering range in London…

As you probably know, a lot of my lockdown walking centred on my part of London, the north west suburbs and it is an area I will return to in more detail in future blog posts. However, during my walking,…

For my first proper blog page, I thought I would talk about my favourite structure in London and it probably won’t surprise you to learn it’s a bridge . When people learn I have a fascination for bridges, they often…

So welcome to my new blog page. I guess you are wondering why now and also why the Bridgeman?. Well to answer the second question first, during my extensive training as a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide, I had to…

August Bank Holiday 2020 was the fortieth anniversary of what many consider to be the most heinous example of heritage destruction in twentieth century London eclipsing even the loss of Euston Arch nineteen years previously. Over the course of the…