Bollards Of London

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• The 199th MBW 1870...

  

  The 200th Bollard of London...Metropolitan Board of Works 1870...A near perfect bollard top...The 199th post (bollard) on this blog/site goes to a rather... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 DIARIES

• The 198th on the Minories EC3...

  

  A very different CoL bollard...We are at the Minories EC3 just within the City of London where I came across this rather unusual looking 'City of London'... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 DIARIES

• The 197th St. Marylebone Parish Church...

  

  No public right of way...We are outside St. Marylebone Parish Church on London's busy Marylebone Road. In front of the parish church we can see a gray painted... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 DIARIES

• The 196th Southbank Bollards...

  

  Southbank Bollards...Welcome to the Southbank London and the recently installed tank stopping bollards.If we take a close look at the picture above we can see... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 DIARIES

• The 195th A City of London 1878 Bollard...

  

  A near perfect City of London bollard...Another angle...Get to America Square and cross over the road to Vine Street EC3 in the City of London and you'll find... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 DIARIES

• The 194th on the Parliamentary Estate...

  

  Parliamentary bollards by College Green...Removable bollards...We are at the junction of Great College Street/Abingdon Street SW1 and on the paved area of... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 DIARIES

• The 193rd Westminster and the Wookey Hole Bollards, Somerset...

  

  Westminster City Council bollard with gold painted badge/crest...Bollards of Wookey Hole, Somerset and models of Policemen...The 193rd post (bollard) is of a bo... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 DIARIES

• The 192nd Floored...

  

  Lincoln's Inn Fields bollard floored...Greenford Road bollard floored...We are at the junction of Gate Street and Lincoln's Inn Field (top picture) where we hav... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 DIARIES

• Southwark to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA...

  

  Southwark bollard...A Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA bollard...This is the 191st post (bollard) and I must admit I found these pebble dashed bollards (top... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 DIARIES

• Broomhouse Lane SW6 to Toulon, France...

  

  Broomhouse Lane SW6...Toulon, France Bollard...Here we are in Broomhouse Lane (top picture) SW6 where I came across a modern trying to look older slim bollard... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 DIARIES

• Buckingham Gate SW1 to SE12...

  

  Something Moon like about this bollard top ?@Feisty_Onions SE12 bollard...We are at Buckingham Gate SW1 in the heart of central London next to a London... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 DIARIES

• Highgate West Hill 1826...

  

  A very tall imposing 'cannon' type bollard.St. P/S.W.D/1826 another 19th century bollard ?With a square shaped shallow base this rather tall 'cannon' type... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 DIARIES

• Highgate, North Road N6 and the Clown...

  

  North Road, Highgate N6...North Road Highgate certainly has a collection of bollards and none more interesting than these near beehive looking hedged covered... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2012 DIARIES

• St. Luke's Chelsea 1820...

  

  With 2011 about to come to an end it is befitting to find a bollard dated 1820 sitting upon the King's Road Chelsea in such an obvious place.The bollard... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2011 DIARIES

• Theatre Royal Drury Lane WC2 to Waterfields Retail Park, Watford...

  

  The Theatre Royal Drury Lane runs along Russell Street WC2 with many beautiful columns supporting this wonderful London landmark. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 DIARIES

• Lambeth Road SE1...

  

  At the junction of Lambeth Road and Hercules Road SE1 we have a railway bridge with a large central supporting column. Directly in front of the brick built... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2011 DIARIES

• Wilmington Street WC1 to Sheffield...

  

  Wilmington Street WC1 can be found in the London Borough of Islington and the bollard pictured above is very unusual and one I've noted before but driven past... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 DIARIES

• Cannon Lane Hampstead NW3...

  

  The bollards of Cannon Lane Hampstead were mentioned on the comments section of the recent timeout blog feature. Well has luck would have it in the world of... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2011 DIARIES

• Merry Christmas from Bollards of London...

  

  A very Merry Christmas to you all from me John Kennedy author of Bollards of London and a huge thank you to all of you who have clicked, looked, viewed,... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 DIARIES

• Automatic Bollard and a Masterpiece from the King of Colour...

  

  We are back at the Royal Albert Hall where I found what I missed last time I took a photograph of a bollard here and that is this beautiful sign attached to a... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 DIARIES