Most tourists looking for Royal London head to Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London. Peter Marshall takes us on a tour of London’s less well-known sights with royal connections, like Queen’s Park in Brent, Park Royal in Ealing, the Royal Dockyards in Newham, breakfast at Joe Edwards Snack Bar in Queen Elizabeth St in Bermondsey, to see the boats on the River Thames from the Shipwrights’ Palace in Deptford, Lewisham, and for a spot of souvenir hunting in Lambeth’s Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre.
The Elephant And Castle, pub, South Lambeth Place, Vauxhall, Lambeth, 1989
Footbridge, Grand Union Canal and Houses, Queens Park, Westminster. 1984
Queen’s Gate, Queen’s Gate Place, Knightsbridge, Kensington & Chelsea, 1988
Queen’s Road Stores, Hartington Terrace, Stanley Grove, Queenstown Rd, Clapham, Wandsworth, 1989
The Blackfriar, New Bridge St, Queen Victoria St, City, 1987
North Woolwich, Royal Victoria North Woolwich Gardens. 1981
London & Brighton, pub, Asylum Rd, Queens Rd, Peckham, Southwark, 1989
Graffiti, Grand Union Canal and Baths, Queens Park, Westminster. 1984
Joe Edwards Snack Bar, Shad Thames, Queen Elizabeth St, Bermondsey, Southwark 1986
King & Queen St, Walworth, Southwark, 1989
Queens Gate Gardens, Kensington, Kensington & Chelsea, 1988
Horsleydown Lane, Queen Elizabeth St,, Bermondsey, Southwark 1986
King Of Lee, Motors, Lewisham High St, Lewisham 1990
Youngs Corner, Goldhawk Rd, King St, Stamford Brook, Hammersmith & Fulham
Danger Dry Docks, King George V Dock, Newham, 1984
Gasholders, Camley St, Goods Way, King’s Cross, Camden, 1989
Entrance Lock, King George V Dock, Woolwich Manor Way
King George V Dock, Royal Albert Dock, Newham, 1984
The George IV, pub, Cumming St, 156, Pentonville Rd, Pentonville, Islington
The Markham Arms, 138, King’s Road, Chelsea, Kensington & Chelsea, 1988
Royal Albert, King George V, Docks, Woolwich Manor Way, North Woolwich, Newham
Prince of Wales, pub, Fairholt St, Knightsbridge, Westminster, 1988
Lorry, Newsprint, Interior, Olympia Warehouse, Convoy’s Wharf, Prince St, Deptford, Lewisham, 1985
Works, Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick, Hackney
Sign, The Prince of Wales, New North Rd, Hoxton, Hackney, 1986
Public Laundry, Ladies Baths, Prince of Wales Rd, Kentish Town, Camden
Houses, Princess Crescent, Finsbury Park, Hackney
Princess of Prussia, Whitechapel County Court, Prescot St, Aldgate, Tower Hamlets 1986
Princess of Wales, Bridport Place, Hoxton, Hackney 1986
Mast Pond Wharf & River Thames, Woolwich, Greenwich Royal Dockyard
SCS, Car Sales, Baynes St, Royal College St, Camden, 1986
Warehouse, Royal Victoria Dock, West Silvertown, Newham
SCS, Car Sales, Baynes St, Royal College St, Camden, 1986
Waterlow & Sons, Radio Times, Twyford Abbey Rd, Park Royal, Ealing
Grace, factory, Eleveden Rd, Park Royal, Ealing
Former Royal Doulton Pottery, 28, Lambeth High St, Lambeth, 1987
Factory, Grand Union Canal, Park Royal, Ealing
Pontoon Dock, Royal Victoria Dock, Silvertown, Newham
Spillers, Ranks, CWS, Mills, Royal Victoria Dock, Silvertown, Newham, 1990
Royal Northern Hospital, Tollington Way, Holloway, Islington, 1990
South Quay, King George V Dock, Newham, 1984
Bridge, Granary, Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross, Camden, 1985
DLR, Canary Wharf, construction, Regents Canal Dock, Limehouse Basin, Branch Rd,Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, 1992
Regent Fish Bar, 47, Parkway, Camden, 1987
Buskers, Regents Canal, Camden Market, Camden, 1990
Regent Cafe, Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, 1986-8
Gas Holders, Regent’s Canal, Kings Cross, Camden, 1985
Gas holders, Regent’s Canal, Wharf Place, Andrews Rd, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, 1986
Lock, DLR, construction, Regents Canal Dock, Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, 1992
Bridges, Regent’s Canal, Marylebone, Westminster, 1987
John Lemanton & Son Ltd, Regents Wharf, Westferry Rd, Millwall, Tower Hamlets, 1990
Regent Corsetry, Store St, Holborn, Camden, 1987
Demolition, Regent’s Canal, Devonshire Arms, Kentish Town Rd, Camden, 1986
Thames Bank Iron Company, Regents Canal, Westminster, 1981
Duchess of Kent, pub, Deverell St, The Borough, Southwark, 1992
Elizabeth Industrial Estate, Juno Way, Cold Blow Lane, New Cross, Lewisham, 1988
The Junk Palace, Cheshire St, Brick Lane, ca 1980
Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, Haringey, 1991
Laurentian Forest, Sculpture, Shipwrights Palace, Convoy’s Wharf, Deptford, Lewisham, 1985
Shopping Centre, Elephant & Castle, Southwark, 1991
Faraday Memorial, Elephant & Castle, Southwark, 1989
Stephen Tull, Undertakers, Brook Drive, Elephant & Castle, Southwark. 1982
Prefabs, Dante Rd, and London Park Hotel, Elephant & Castle, Southwark. 1982
Prefab, Dante Rd, Elephant & Castle, Southwark. 1982
Pirate Castle, Regents Canal, Camden, 1981
All photographs by Peter Marshall.