Bollards Of London

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• Foley Street and the Stratford Upon Avon Two...

  

  Here we are back in central London taking a look at a bog standard bollard that does little for the imagination except when a council decides to conjoin two of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2011 DIARIES

• Foley Street and the Sheffield Two...

  

  Here we are back in central London taking a look at a bog standard bollard that does little for the imagination except when a council decides to conjoin two of... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 DIARIES

• Lanesborough Hotel London and Florence, Italy...

  

  On exiting the Lanesborough Hotel London by taxi-cab I came across these two bollards. With a large square base that rises vertically topped with a circular... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 DIARIES

• The Chelsea Collection, Cornerpin and a Timeout...

  

  Just by Imperial Wharf which happens to be very close to Chelsea Harbour a new singing/dancing rather swish taxi-cab rank has been installed with a set of new... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2011 DIARIES

• London, Kings/Queens and a Close to Derby Bollard...

  

  The bollards in the picture have always interested me for they sit neatly at corners to a beautiful monument to the Crimean War at Waterloo Place SW1. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2011 DIARIES

• West Square SE11 to New Cross...

  

  Close to London's Elephant Castle we find West Square SE11 which is one of those secret squares that pop up around the capital from time to time.Well this... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 DIARIES

• A Tale of Two Cities...

  

  Welcome to the first of many guest bollards that will appear throughout the months of December and January.A Tale of Two Cities (London/Birmingham), the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 DIARIES

• Warren Street...

  

  Near the far end of Warren Street (Cleveland Street end) you'll find this one off bollard planted by a kerb/corner stone.A square base that immediately morphs... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2011 DIARIES

• Keep Left...

  

  At the back of the Euston Road I came across this rather odd looking 'Keep Left' traffic bollard that looks like it's off its stand. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 DIARIES

• Bollard with Portcullis...

  

  Here in Tufton Street SW1 part of the Westminster Village I came across a rather lonely looking bollard of a standard variety found across parts of central... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 DIARIES

• The Leaning Bollard of Camden...

  

  They may have the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy but here in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the land of austerity we can certainly... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2011 DIARIES

• The Grosvenor House Hotel Bollards...

  

  With all the fog and subsequent dull gray gloomy skies I couldn't resist photographing these two stone bollards-with-chain right outside the famous Grosvenor... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2011 DIARIES

• Regents College, Regent's Park...

  

  Every now and then you manage to enter a drive way of a building and come across a piece of architecture or in this case a group of bollards belonging to Regent... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2011 DIARIES

• Bollards of Brockley Cross...

  

  Here we are at Brockley Cross at a width restriction which certainly has the full range of bollards/street furniture.We can see the back of a 'cheap' bendy... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2011 DIARIES

• A Bollard in a Pear Tree...

  

  Yesterday I found this beautiful bollard in Pear Tree Close, Clerkenwell EC1.The bollard is reasonably tall slender circular base that tapers slightly with a... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2011 DIARIES

• Latest from the City...

  

  The City of London recently upgraded the roads/streets around the new shopping facility called 'New Change' on Cheapside.Above we have a newly planted/painted... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 DIARIES

• Contemporary Look for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...

  

  We are at the the junction of Thurloe Place and the nearly finished redevelopment of Exhibition Road where the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 DIARIES

• Fleet Street EC4...

  

  Fleet Street EC4 was formerly the home to the nations newspaper industry. Now it's dominated by Goldman Sachs and Freshfields. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 DIARIES

• Painting of the Bollards...

  

  The City of London has been in the press recently for many different reasons but here at 'Bollards of London' the 'Corporation' is better know for having the... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 DIARIES

• Scarface...more Like Bollard-face...

  

  Every now and then you turn a corner and depending on whether is is night or day you notice something rather interesting about London. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 DIARIES