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.


Thomas Henry Huxley 1825-1895 biologist lived here
Thomas Henry Huxley Blue Plaque
33 Abbey Road, London, NW8 0AT

Thomas Henry Wyatt 1807-1880 architect lived and died here
Thomas Henry Wyatt Blue Plaque
58 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BA

Thomas Hodgkin 1798-1866 physician, reformer and philanthropist lived here
35 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3JU


Thomas Hood 1799 – 1845 Poet & humourist Lived in Rose Cottage on this site
61 Vicars Moor Lane, London, N21 2QG

Thomas Hosmer Shepherd 1793-1864 artist who portrayed London lived here
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd Blue Plaque
Batchelor Street, London, N1 0EG


Doctor Barnardo 1845-1905 began his work for children in a building on this site in 1866
Thomas John Barnardo Blue Plaque
3 Halley Street, London, E14 7SS
30 Coborn Street. Here Doctor Barnardo first lodged on coming to London in 1866.
31 Coborn Street, London, E3 2AB

In a house on this site lived Thomas Linacre Physician 1460-1524
Genesis House, 17 Godliman Street, London, EC4V 5BD
In this house lived Sir Thomas Lipton (1850-1931) philanthropist, grocer and yachtsman
35 Oakdale, London, N14 5RA

Thomas Lord And Marylebone Cricket Club Grey Plaque
Alliance house, 1 Dorset Square, London, NW1 6PU


Thomas Rowlandson 1757-1827 artist and caricaturist lived in a house on this site
8 John Adam Street, London



Sir Thomas Sopwith 1888-1989 aviator and aircraft manufacturer lived here 1934-1940
46 Green Street, London, W1K 7FY

Watchmaker Court West, 33 Saint John's Lane, London, EC1M 4DB

Thomas Wakley 1795-1862 reformer and founder of 'The Lancet' lived here
35 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3JU
Thomas Wall (1846–1930) entrepreneur, philanthropist
Bayford House, 16 Worcester Road, Sutton, SM2 6PG

Thomas Wilde 1st Baron Truro 1782 – 1855 Lord Chancellor 1850 – 1852 Lived here
4 Kelvin Avenue, London, N13 4TG


Tobias Matthay 1858-1945 teacher and pianist lived here
Bond Court, 5 Arkwright Road, London, NW3 6AA

Tom Baker 1966-2041 bespoke tailor works here but lives around the corner
83 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0AA




BBC Radio Theatre Broadcasting House, 30-34 Langham Street, London, W1W 7AW
Tommy Steele OBE entertainer. Born Bermondsey, 17th December 1936
Tapley House, Wolseley Street, London, SE1 2BW

Tommy Trinder comedian star of film, stage & radio was born in this house 24th March 1909
46 Wellfield Road, London, SW16 2BP

Tony Hancock @ BBC Radio Theatre
BBC Radio Theatre Broadcasting House, 30-34 Langham Street, London, W1W 7AW



Here lived Topham Beauclerk born 1739 died 1780 Lady Diana Beauclerk born 1734 died 1808
Topham Beauclerk And Diana Beauclerk Stone Plaque
101 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LH

105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn Gallows near this site 1535-1681
Tyburn Convent, 8-9 Hyde Park Place, London, W2 2LJ

Ugo Foscolo 1778-1827 Italian poet and patriot lived here 1817-1818
19 Edwardes Square, London, W8 6HE
149 Benhill Road, London, SE5 7LZ

Unity Theatre 1936-1975 A theatre run for the people by the people
Unity Theatre, London Slate Plaque
Crowndale Court, Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1TY


V. K. Krishna Menon 1896-1974 campaigner for Indian Independence lived here
V. K. Krishna Menon Blue Plaque
30A Langdon Park Road, London, N6 5QG

Sardar Vallabhbhai Javerbhai Patel 1875-1950 Indian statesman lived here
Aldridge Road Villas, London, W11 1BN

Vera Brittain 1893-1970 Winifred Holtby 1898-1935 writers and reformers lived here
Vera Brittain And Winifred Holtby Blue Plaque
57 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2JT


Sir Victor Horsley 1857-1916 pioneer of neurosurgery and social reformer lived here
127 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6DE

Victor Weisz "Vicky" 1913-1966 cartoonist lived in a flat in this building
35A Welbeck Street, London, W1G 8EY
The Gate House, 5 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3SB


Vincent Van Gogh the famous painter lived here in 1876
Van Gogh House, 158 Twickenham Road, Isleworth, TW7 7DL

Lady Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury 1887-1969 politician and writer lived here
Violet Bonham Carter Blue Plaque
38 Gloucester Square, London, W2 2TD

Violette Szabo GC 1921-1945 secret agent lived here. She gave her life for the French Resistance.
19 Burnley Road, London, SW9 0SJ

In this house Leonard and Virginia Woolf lived 1915-1924 and founded the Hogarth Press in 1917
Virginia Woolf And Leonard Woolf Blue Plaque
80 Paradise Road, Richmond, TW9 1LR

Virginia Stephen Virginia Woolf 1882-1941 Novelist and Critic born and lived here until 1904
22 Hyde Park Gate, London, SW7 5DH

Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf) 1882-1941 novelist and critic lived here 1907-1911
29-30 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6LQ

Vivian Stanshall, lived down our street "Into and Outro" 1990-1995
28 Hillfield Park, London, N10 3QS


Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 1870-1924 Founder of the USSR Lived here in 1908
Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RE

Voltaire 1694-1778 French philosopher and satirist lodged in a house on this site 1727-1728
12 Maiden Lane, London, WC2E 7NA
W. G. Grace 1848-1915 cricketer lived in a house on this site
274 Lawrie Park Road, London, SE26 6DX