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.

Charles Rolls 1877-1910 Pioneer of Motoring and Aviation, worked here 1905-1910
12-13 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2XH


Charles Sargeant Jagger 1885-1934 sculptor lived and died here
Charles Sargeant Jagger Blue Plaque
69 Albert Bridge Road, London, SW11 4QE

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) preacher lived here
Ashurst Mansions, 90 Nightingale Lane, London, SW12 8NP

Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope 1753-1816 reformer and inventor lived here
13 Mansfield Street, London, W1G



Sir Charles Stanford 1852-1924 musician lived here 1894-1916
Charles Villiers Stanford Blue Plaque
56 Hornton Street, London, W8 4NU


Sir Charles Vyner Brooke 1874-1963 last Rajah of Sarawak lived here
Charles Vyner Brooke Blue Plaque
35 Albion Street, London, W2 2AX

Charles W. Bowerman (1851-1947) veteran of the printing trade union movement lived here 1894-1947
Charles W. Bowerman Green Plaque
4 Battledean Road, London, N5 1UZ

Sir Charles Wheatstone 1802-1875 scientist and inventor lived here
Charles Wheatstone Blue Plaque
20 Park Crescent, London, W1B 1AL

Sir Charles Wyndham 1837-1919 actor-manager lived and died here
15 York Terrace East, London, NW1 4PT

Charles X 1757-1836 last Bourbon King of France lived here 1805-1814
73 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1JD


Charlie Chaplin 1889-1997 film maker and Water Rat lived here 1898-1899
& a Half, 38 Methley Street, London, SE11 4AJ

Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977 Actor and Film-maker lived here in Flat 15 1908-1910
97A Brixton Road, London, SW9 6EE
BBC Radio Theatre Broadcasting House, 30-34 Langham Street, London, W1W 7AW

Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell (born Charlotte Cowan) (1832-1906)
Charlotte Riddell Green Plaque
The Pavilion, 280 Saint Ann's Road, London, N15 5BN


Here lived and died Christina Georgina Rossetti poetess born 1830:died 1894
Christina Rossetti Bronze Plaque
16 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0NS

In memoriam Newman Hall, D.D. homes for the aged given by his widow
Christopher Newman Hall Brown Plaque
Christchurch, Hampstead Square, London, NW3 1AB

Christopher Whitworth Whall 1849-1924 stained glass artist lived here
17 Ravenscourt Road, London, W6 0UH


Site of the City of London School 1835-1882
City Of London School Blue Plaque
1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS
Site of the City of London School for Girls founded by William Ward 1894 to 1969
City Of London School For Girls And William Ward Blue Plaque
21 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0DJ

City Road Turnpike stood near here 1766-1864
City Road Turnpike Green Plaque
213 Old Street, London, EC1V 9NR


Clement Richard Attlee 1883-1967 Prime Minister lived here
2 Monkham's Drive, Woodford Green, IG8 0LQ
Heywood Court, 135 London Road, Stanmore, HA7 4PQ

Colen Campbell 1676-1729 architect and author of Vitruvius Britannicus lived and died here
78 Brook Street, London, W1K 5EF
Colin Chapman 1928-1982 founded Lotus Engineering Co. on this site in January 1952
5 Tottenham Lane, London, N8 9DJ

Site of the Collegiate Church of St Martin Demolished 1548
Collegiate Church Of St Martin, London Blue Plaque
16 Saint Martin's Le Grand, London, EC1A 4EN

Collins Music Hall was here from 1862-1958
Collins Music Hall Blue Plaque
11 Islington Green, London, N1 2XH

Constance Spry 1886-1960 Designer in Flowers worked here 1934-1960
65 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2QU

Constantine Cavafy 1863-1933 Greek poet lived here 1873-1876
Constantine Cavafy Blue Plaque
Manor Lodge Hotel, 14-15 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SS


Coppice Row Turnpike stood near here c1750-1830
Coppice Row Turnpike Green Plaque
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4SQ

The County Hall, the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889-1965. GLC 1965-1986
113 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7GL

Cowan Dobson portrait painter lived and painted here 1940-1980
The Temple, South Edwardes Square, London, W8 6HL

In memory of Crystal Hale (1915-1999) saviour of the City Road Basin
Islington Boat Club, 16-34 Graham Street, London, N1 8JX
On this and nearby sites stood Currier's Hall between 1583 and 1940
London Wall Place, London Wall, London, EC2Y 5AU

Site of Cutlers' Hall 1416 - 1883 Rebuilt after the Great Fire 1666
Cutlers' Hall, London Blue Plaque
1-3 College Hill, London, EC4R 2RA


Daniel Defoe (1661-1731) lived in a house on this site.
95 Stoke Newington Church Street, London, N16 0AS

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882 poet and painter was born here
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Blue Plaque
3-4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5DT

Dave Shepherd Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinetist and bandleader was born here on 7th February 1929
36 Brookdale Road, London, E17 6QL

David Ben-Gurion 1886-1973 first Prime Minister of Israel lived here
77 Warrington Crescent, London, W9 1EH