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.



David Edward Hughes 1831-1900 scientist and inventor of the microphone lived and worked here
David Edward Hughes Blue Plaque
94 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7NU


David Gestetner 1854-1939 Developer of Office Copying Machinery lived here 1898-1939
Park View Estate, Collins Road, London, N5 2UD
David Greig 1885-1952 founder of the chain of grocers and Hornsey school's benefactor lived here
44B High Street, London, N8 7NX

David Letterman American talk show host (born April 12th, 1947) got drunk here for a week
Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1LJ

David Lloyd George Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor 1863-1945 Prime Minister lived here
David Lloyd George Blue Plaque
1 Routh Road, London, SW18 3SW

Sir David Low 1891-1963 Political Cartoonist had his studio here 1929-140
14 Heath Street, London, NW3 6TE

Lord Pitt of Hampstead 1913-1994 physician and civil rights campaigner worked here 1950-84
204 North Gower Street, London, NW1 2LY


David Thompson 1770-1857 explored and mapped Canada studied at this school 1777-1784
2 Greycoat Place, London, SW1P 1SB
Socialist MP Denis Nowell Pritt 1887-1972. North Hammersmith 1935-1950.
Saint Lukes Vicarage, Uxbridge Road, London, W12 0NS

Dennis Gabor 1900-1979 physicist and inventor of holography lived here
81 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 5JU

Princess Diana Millennium Peace Garden opened by Sarah Ebanja 1999-2000
4 Templeton Close, London, N16 8UY


Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945 Theologian and Pastor lived here 1933-1935
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Maroon Plaque
20 Manor Mount, London, SE23 3PZ

Dire Straits first gigged here 1977
Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, Pick Withers, And 1 Other
523 Deptford Church Street, London, SE8 3DY




Dorothea Lambert Chambers 1878-1960 lawn tennis champion lived here 1887-1907
Dorothea Lambert Chambers Blue Plaque
7a North Common Road, London, W5 2QA

Dorothy Dene 1859-1899 artist's model and stage actress livd here 1881-1887
103 The Chase, London, SW4 0NR

Dorothy L. Sayers 1893-1957 writer of detective stories lived here 1921-1929
22 Northington Street, London, WC1N 3ES

Lady Dorothy Nevill 1826-1913 horticulturist, collector, writer and hostess live here 1873-1913
45 Charles Street, London, W1J 5EH

Dorothy Richardson 1873-1957 writer lived here 1905-1906
Dorothy Richardson Blue Plaque
14-16 Duke's Road, London, WC1H 9SZ


Doug Mullins 1932-1991 Master Dairyman Born over the shop on this site.
8 Burney Street, London, SE10 8RR

Sir Douglas Bader 1910-1982 RAF fighter pilot lived here 1955-1982
4 Petersham Mews, London, SW7 5NR

Douglas Macmillan 1884-1969 founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief lived here
13 Ranelagh Road, London, SW1V 3EX

Maharajah Duleep Singh 1838-1893 last ruler of Lahore lived here 1881-1886
52 Holland Park, London, W11 3RS






Eadweard Muybridge photographer 1830-1904 lived here
Eadweard Muybridge Blue Plaque
1 Liverpool Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7SX

Childhood home of Eadweard Muybridge pioneer photographer 1830-1904
Eadweard Muybridge Green Plaque
1 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1HH

Ebenezer Howard 1850-1928 pioneer of the Garden City Movement lived here
50B Durley Road, London, N16 5JS
Edgar Kail Dulwich Hamlet FC 1900 to 1976 Last amateur footballer to play for England
80 Dog Kennel Hill, London, SE22 8BB



Edith Margaret Garrud 1872 - 1971 the suffragette that knew ju jitsu lived here
Edith Margaret Garrud Green Plaque
49 Thornhill Square, London, N1 1BE
John Arnold (1736–99) watchmaker and Edith Nesbit (1858–1924)
Edith Nesbit And John Arnold Maroon Plaque
152A Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SN
Edith Nesbit 1858-1924 Children's writer & poet lived here 1882-1885
30 Elswick Road, London, SE13 7SP


Edmond Malone 1741-1812 Shakespearian scholar lived here 1779-1812
40 Langham Street, London, W1W 7AS


Co-founder of the RAD and BBO Espinosa 1871-1950 Maitre de Ballet lived and taugh here 1913-1950
78 Lonsdale Road, London, SW13 9JS

In this house was born Eduard Suess (1831-1914) geologist economist statesman
6 Duncan Terrace, London, N1 8BZ

Dr Edvard Benes 1884-1948 President of Czechoslovakia lived here
26 Gwendolen Avenue, London, SW15 6EH

Edvard Grieg 1843-1907 Norwegian Composer stayed here when performing in London
5 Cedars Road, London, SW4 0PN

Edward Adrian Wilson 1872-1912 Antarctic explorer and naturalist lived here
Edward Adrian Wilson Blue Plaque
Brunel Lodge, 34 Vicarage Crescent, London, SW11 3LD

Edward Ardizzone 1900-1979 artist and illustrator lived here 1920-1972
130 Elgin Avenue, London, W9 2NS

Myddelton House Edward Augustus Bowles 1865 – 1954 Botanist and Horticulturalist lived here
Edward Augustus Bowles Blue Plaque
Myddelton House, Bulls Cross, Enfield, EN2 9HG