London Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/london/ Mechanically-minded travel Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:32:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The London Museum – Docklands https://mechtraveller.com/2026/04/the-london-museum-docklands/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/04/the-london-museum-docklands/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:33:33 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12973 The London Museum Docklands is a ‘must-see’ museum that tells the history of the River Thames and the growth of London’s huge port system from the first Roman settlements to the modern-day regeneration of the Canary Wharf area. It is housed, appropriately, right at the heart of docklands in the ‘No. 1 Warehouse’ at West […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/04/the-london-museum-docklands/feed/ 0 The Chimney Lift at Battersea Power Station https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/the-chimney-lift-at-battersea-power-station/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/the-chimney-lift-at-battersea-power-station/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:40:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12510 The Chimney Lift at London’s Battersea Power Station (BPS) has reopened with a new interactive experience area designed to engage and inform visitors about the huge and historic former electricity generating plant. What is the Chimney Lift? It’s a glass enclosed lift that rises up through one of the power station’s four iconic chimneys and […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/the-chimney-lift-at-battersea-power-station/feed/ 0 The Science Museum opens its new ‘Space’ gallery https://mechtraveller.com/2025/09/the-science-museum-opens-its-new-space-gallery/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/09/the-science-museum-opens-its-new-space-gallery/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:01:26 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12058 London’s Science Museum has today (20 Sep 2025) opened its new ‘Space’ gallery showcasing some historic pieces of space equipment, together with some new technologies from the UK space industry. The ‘stars of the show’ are two historic space vehicles:  the Soyuz TMA-19M Descent Module and the Apollo 10 Command Module. Both of these are […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/09/the-science-museum-opens-its-new-space-gallery/feed/ 0 London Canal Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-canal-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-canal-museum/#respond Wed, 28 May 2025 17:17:15 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11726 The London Canal Museum (LCM) is housed in an historic canal warehouse, just north of King’s Cross. It has displays and artefacts on two floors, telling the story of canals, and London’s canals in particular, from their construction, the goods and industries that relied on them for transport, the lock keepers, boatmen and their families […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-canal-museum/feed/ 0 London Tunnels to house the Museum of Military Intelligence https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-tunnels-to-house-the-museum-of-military-intelligence/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-tunnels-to-house-the-museum-of-military-intelligence/#respond Thu, 22 May 2025 14:58:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11706 The London Tunnels project has announced a partnership with the Museum of Military Intelligence (MMI) which will put part of the museum’s collection on permanent display in the tunnels, showcasing the history of military intelligence and the military use of the tunnels. London Tunnels are developing the former World War II tunnel complex 30 metres […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/05/london-tunnels-to-house-the-museum-of-military-intelligence/feed/ 0 London Museum Docklands opens an exhibition of Thames Mudlarking https://mechtraveller.com/2025/04/london-museum-docklands-opens-an-exhibition-of-thames-mudlarking/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/04/london-museum-docklands-opens-an-exhibition-of-thames-mudlarking/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:41:06 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11567 The London Museum Docklands opened its new exhibition ‘Secrets of the Thames: mudlarking London’s lost treasures’ last week. It’s an exquisite exhibition focused on fascinating archaeological objects found on the Thames foreshore and the role of the “mudlarks” who found them and continue to expose thousands of years of human history with every turn of […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/04/london-museum-docklands-opens-an-exhibition-of-thames-mudlarking/feed/ 0 Review: London Transport Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2024/07/review-london-transport-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/07/review-london-transport-museum/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:00:04 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=10389 The London Transport Museum has a huge collection of fascinating vehicles, artefacts, documents and memorabilia covering, not only the technical history of London’s growing transport networks from the 19th century and earlier, but also many of the social changes that developed alongside them. The collection was started in the 1920s and first displayed in a […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/07/review-london-transport-museum/feed/ 0 More than half of London’s entire black cab fleet is now zero-emission capable https://mechtraveller.com/2023/12/more-than-half-of-londons-entire-black-cab-fleet-is-now-zero-emission-capable/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/12/more-than-half-of-londons-entire-black-cab-fleet-is-now-zero-emission-capable/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:03:11 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=9448 Over 50% of London’s 14,700 black taxis are now actively contributing to cleaning up London’s air, says the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) who have, under different names*, been building London’s black cabs since 1908. Their electric TX model has been on sale since January 2018 and can now be seen in large numbers, not […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/12/more-than-half-of-londons-entire-black-cab-fleet-is-now-zero-emission-capable/feed/ 0 Heathrow Airport has unveiled its preferred masterplan for expansion https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/heathrow-airport-has-unveiled-its-preferred-masterplan-for-expansion/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/heathrow-airport-has-unveiled-its-preferred-masterplan-for-expansion/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:17:14 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4794 Heathrow’s expansion plan forms the basis for a 12-week statutory consultation starting today on the airport’s proposed expansion, including the new runway and other airport infrastructure such as a new Terminal 6, and road access. The public will also be able to have their say on plans to manage the environmental impacts of expansion, including […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/06/heathrow-airport-has-unveiled-its-preferred-masterplan-for-expansion/feed/ 0 Regular Steam Train Service from London Waterloo to Windsor https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/regular-steam-train-service-from-london-waterloo-to-windsor/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/regular-steam-train-service-from-london-waterloo-to-windsor/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:21:12 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4394 This summer, The Steam Dreams Rail Co. is launching The Royal Windsor Steam Express, the first regular steam train service in recent history from London Waterloo to Windsor. The service will leave Waterloo at 08.02, 11.10 and 14.10 every Tuesday, June 4th – September 3rd.  There will be four classes of travel including elegant 1950’s […]

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