Transport for London (TfL), which runs the city’s tube and bus network, has said the Circle line is entirely suspended while Embankment to Earl’s Court on the District line is part suspended, with the ...

In 1666 a devastating fire swept through London, destroying 13,200 houses and leaving an estimated 100,000 people homeless. Now, a map shows what that devastation would look like today.

The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted. Why?

After London’s great fire led to regulations requiring dwellings to be constructed of brick or stone, large numbers of often newly trained brickmakers and bricklayers rebuilt the city. By the late ...

A startling map shows how rebuilding London was modelled on New York following the Great Fire in 1666. The Great Fire destroyed 436 acres of land (75 per cent of the city), which included 13,200 ...

The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Great Fire of London of 1666 needs little introduction. In one combustable nutshell, the four-day fire destroyed much of the ancient heart of the city, taking with it 87 churches, 13,000 ...

Pre-1666 London was severely over-crowded, with narrow streets and buildings packed close together. John Stow wrote a description of the walled City of London in his 1598 'Survay of London', and the ...