Search & Discover Blue Plaques in London
Start hunting down London's hidden heritage and history one blue plaque at a time with our guide to London's blue plaques.
Whether you are retracing the footsteps of your heroes or enjoying a trip to London and wish to incorporate some history in to your London visit our Blue Plaque Guide can expand your view of London.


Lord Palmerston 1784-1865 statesman lived here
Henry John Temple Brown Plaque
2 Carlton Gardens, London, SW1Y 5AA

Sir Henry Morton Stanley 1841-1904 explorer and writer lived and died here
30 Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JL



Sir Henry Segrave 1896-1930 World Speed Record Holder lived here in flat No.6 1917-1920
Saint Andrews Mansions, Dorset Street, London, W1U 4EQ

Henry Stringer Tailor traded here 1884-1903 Bloomsbury Festival 2013
61 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1AP

Sir Harry Vane 1612-1662 statesman lived here. Born 1612, beheaded 1662.
80 Rosslyn Hill, London, NW3 1ND


Henry Watson Fowler 1858-1933 Grammarian and lexicographer lived here 1900-1903
Henry Watson Fowler Blue Plaque
14 Paultons Square, Chelsea

Sir Henry Wellcome 1853-1936 pharmacist, founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation lived here
3 Gloucester Gate, London, NW1 4HG
Henry Williamson writer 1895–1977 lived here (1902-1920)
Henry Williamson Maroon Plaque
23 Eastern Road, London, SE4 1LD

Bath House, 53 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2FD

The Artists Rifles was formed here at the studio of Henry Wyndham Phillips 1860
Henry Wyndham Phillips And Artists Rifles White Plaque
10 Saint George Street, London, W1S 2FE

On this site lived Sir Herbert Tree 1852-1917 actor manager
Herbert Beerbohm Tree Blue Plaque
65 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9SH

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree 1853-1917 actor-manager lived here
Herbert Beerbohm Tree Blue Plaque
8 Rosary Gardens, London, SW7 4NS


Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. 1852-1928 Prime Minister. Lived here.
Herbert Henry Asquith Black Plaque
27 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SD

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1852-1928 statesman lived here
Herbert Henry Asquith Blue Plaque
18 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PH

Herbert Howells 1892-1983 Composer and Teacher lived here 1946-1983
6 Beverley Close, London, SW13 0EH


Near this site during the Peasants' Revolt 1381 Highbury Manor was burnt and destroyed
26 Highbury Park, London, N5 2AB

Hilaire Belloc 1870-1953 poet, essayist and historian, lived here 1900-1905
103 Cheyne Walk, London, SW10 0DQ

H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) poet and writer lived here 1917-1918
William Goodenough House, 35-42 Mecklenburgh Square, London, WC1N 2AN

Hodge 'a very fine cat indeed' belonging to Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) of Gough Square
Hodge And Samuel Johnson Black Plaque
12 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DW


Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, KG (1850-1916) lived here 1914-1915
2 Carlton Gardens, London, SW1Y 5AA


Horatio Nelson lived here in 1797. Born 1758, fell at Trafalgar 1805.
148 New Bond Street, London, W1S 2JT

Howard Carter 1874-1939 Egyptologist and discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun lived here
19 Collingham Gardens, London, SW5 0HL

Howard Staunton 1810-1874 British World Chess Champion lived here 1871-1874
113 Lansdowne Road, London, W11 2LF

Lord Hugh Dowding Air Chief Marshal 1882-1970 Leader of Fighter Command lived here 1941-1951
5 Saint Mary's Road, London, SW19 7DF

Millennium Bridge House, 2 Lambeth Hill, London, EC4V 4BG

Lord Hugh Jenkins 1908-2004 Putney MP 1964-1979 Minister for the Arts lived at Kenilworth Court
Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, London, SW15 1HB

Hugh Lane Kt. 1876-1915 Director of the National Gallery of Ireland lived here
9 South Bolton Gardens, London, SW5 0DH

Formerly Bush Hill House. Sir Hugh Myddelton engineer of the New River lived here 1609-1613
Aislabie House, 7 Cunard Crescent, London, N21 2TL
Formerly Bush Hill House Sir Hugh Myddelton Engineer of the New River lived here
Aislabie House, 7 Cunard Crescent, London, N21 2TL

Hugh Price Hughes 1847-1902 Methodist preacher lived and died here
5-10 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BX

Humphrey Jennings 1907–50 documentary film maker lived here 1944-1950
7 Regent's Park Terrace, London, NW1 7EE




On this site the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor was founded on 27th April 1908
Imperial Society Of Knights Bachelor Blue Plaque
29 Essex Street, London, EC4Y 9DH

Ira Aldridge 1807-1867 Shakespearian actor 'The African Roscius' lived here
55 Anerley Road, London, SE19 2AS

Isaac D'Israeli author lived here. Born 1766 died 1848
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA


Isaac Rosenberg 1890-1918 poet and painter lived in the East End and studied here
80 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 1FE


Isambard Kingdom Brunel And John Scott Russell Blue Plaque
Plate House, 262 Westferry Road, London, E14 3AG

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926), writer and philanthropist, lived here.
274 Old Ford Road, London, E3 5SP

Ettore Schmitz alias 'Italo Svevo' 1861-1928 writer lived here 1903-1913
65 Charlton Church Lane, London, SE7 7AB