10 August: Pick blackberries on Wormwood Scrubs. The 200-acre green space is one of the largest commons in London.
2 August: Founded by Thomas Rule in 1798, this is London's oldest restaurant. John Betjeman described the interior as 'unique and irreplaceable, and part of literary and theatrical London.'
15 August: Indian Independence Day. First opened in 1939 before moving here in the 1950s, the restaurant has not changed much in recent years and offers a truly authentic Indian experience.
8 August: DUKWS amphibious vehicles, which previously served in the armed forces, now act as tour buses. Around 21,000 DUKWS were built, and were first used during the D-Day landings in Normandy.
23 August: Home to two formal half-size croquet lawns, adjoining Golders Hill Park tennis courts, the Club welcomes players of all ages, or non-members can hire equipment directly for a small fee.
30 August: Admire the view that inspired Turner. It was here that JMW Turner observed the Temeraire being tugged to be broken up in 1838, inspiring the painting which hangs in the National Gallery.
16 July: The walkway was designed by the same architects who created the London Eye and is based on a Fibonacci numerical sequence, one of nature's most common growth patterns.
Maltby Street is emphatically not a street market - it's merely a collection of rented railway arches, experimenting with opening to the public on Saturday mornings. Read more.
26 July: The Pagoda was built in 1985, after the monks of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Order came to London and lived within Battersea Park.
