Corey Fuller, Author at Secret London

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In 1848, Kew Gardens opened a Victorian glasshouse the world had never seen; before its closes for a major restoration, it’s the backdrop to the grand finale of the UK’s biggest Christmas light trail

For more than two centuries, the missing dragons of Kew were one of London's great royal rumours, and the story behind their disappearance is a surprisingly good one. When the Great Pagoda was finished...

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A striking £20 exhibition of real human bodies has opened inside a grand South Kensington mansion

South Kensington has spent the past century perfecting a particular kind of London theatre: red-brick mansion blocks, museum queues, polished black cabs, and the mild suspicion that everyone nearby owns a...

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The world’s oldest zoo is bringing the real ‘Winnie-The-Pooh’ story back to London this October

Most Halloween half-term plans in London this year are going heavy on ghosts, gore and jump scares. But the London Zoo has quietly decided to do the opposite, and it might be one of the most exciting...

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After 25 years of terror, Thorpe Park is debuting its first-ever fully pitch-black scare maze

October is about to get considerably louder at Thorpe Park. The Surrey theme park, home to the UK’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, is marking 25 years of its Fright Nights Halloween takeover with a...

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London’s UNESCO World Heritage garden, home to the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse, is turning into a Halloween light wonderland

Kew Gardens doesn't do anything by halves. It's been quietly hoarding superlatives since 1759, and this October, the garden is putting a decidedly spookier spin on its record-breaking reputation. R...

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London’s only indoor rollercoaster is hidden three storeys beneath Camden Market — plus a full theme park and arcade

Beneath the tourist scrum of Camden Market, where the smell of jerk chicken mixes with dubstep bass and everyone's haggling over the same leather jacket, there's a portal to another planet hiding in plain...

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East London’s new £300 million entertainment district has launched its most ambitious exhibition yet – a ‘portal’ through 12,000 years of human history

East London has quietly become home to the UK's largest immersive entertainment district, and its headline exhibition is about as ambitious as they come. The Timewalk Exhibition, now open at Immerse L...

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South London’s iconic 85-hectare urban park is preparing to host a massive two-day floating lantern spectacle this September

South London is about to get its own slice of the world's most awarded lantern celebration, and this time it's landing somewhere with nearly a thousand years of history behind it. Clapham Common, one o...

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Forget Thailand, this lake in one of London’s historic parks is about to look like Loy Krathong for one night only thanks to a stunning glowing lantern festival

Londoners won't need to board a flight to Chiang Mai to witness one of the world's most breathtaking visual traditions this autumn. After captivating hundreds of thousands of people across New York, L...

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Just 22 miles west of London, the world’s oldest inhabited castle is anchoring a massive 11-hour historical excursion, taking visitors to two iconic UNESCO World Heritage sites in a single day

Some day trips give you one good story to tell when you're back home. This one gives you three. Rather than choosing between a royal residence, a prehistoric wonder, or a Roman spa town, this single e...