City Stories Index · United Kingdom · 2026 edition
The figures of United Kingdom, street by street
271 historical figures live in the stories of the United Kingdom' 15 indexed cities; 12 of them appear in more than one city. Each entry shows where their story is told; walk the route to meet them.
Queen Victoria
20 places · 4 cities- Brighton: Brighton railway station · Seven Dials · The Clock Tower
- London: 41 Irving St · Queen Alexandra Memorial · Parliament Square
- Manchester: Queen Victoria's Statue
- Nottingham: Gate to Nottingham's Memorial Gardens · Trent End
St Peter
6 places · 3 cities- London: St Peter's Church · Admiral Nelson
- Manchester: Caffè Nero · Free Trade Hall
- Colchester: St Peter's Well · West Mersea Library
Queen Elizabeth
22 places · 2 citiesSt Paul
16 places · 2 cities- London: The Millennium Bridge · St Pauls · Jail & Trafalgar Square
- Colchester: St Peter's Well · West Mersea Library
John Lennon
11 places · 2 citiesOscar Wilde
10 places · 2 citiesRobert Burns
6 places · 2 citiesKing Edward
5 places · 2 cities- London: Queen Alexandra Memorial · Westminster Abbey · Charing Cross
- Nottingham: Mortimer's Hole
David Bowie
5 places · 2 cities- London: 6 Denmark St · Soho Lofts · 17 St Anne's Ct
- Manchester: Inhuman Barriers by Nevercrew · Stevenson Square
Sir Walter Scott
5 places · 2 citiesStephen Hawking
4 places · 2 citiesPrince Regent
3 places · 2 citiesKing Charles
15 places- London: Lincoln's Inn Fields · Richmond Riverside · Shadwell Fire Station, Cable St
Charles Dickens
13 places- London: The George · Crown & Greyhound Pub · Checkpoint
Winston Churchill
13 places- London: St Katharine Docks gate · Methodist Hall · The Cenotaph
King George
12 places- London: Middle Temple · Marlborough Street · Richmond Palace
William Shakespeare
12 places- London: William Shakespeare · The George · Shakespeare's Globe
Christopher Wren
10 places- London: Temple Bar · St Pauls · Lincolns Inn Chapel
Robin Hood
10 places- Nottingham: Nottingham's Flag · The Park Gates · Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
Arthur Conan Doyle
9 places- London: Checkpoint · Baker Street tube station · Sherlock Holmes Statue
Agatha Christie
8 places- London: The British Museum · The Mousetrap at St. Martin's Theatre · Agatha Christie memorial
Jimi Hendrix
8 places- London: Chance? · New Bond Street · 22 Lansdowne Cres
Samuel Pepys
8 places- London: Buckingham Street · Leicester Square · Guildhall
King Henry
7 places- London: Bonus Round - London Fun Fact · Ship Tavern · King Henry's Mound
Queen Anne
7 places- London: Fortnum & Mason · Fortnum and Mason · Queen Anne Street - Watson’s address
Florence Nightingale
5 places- London: The Old Operating Theatre · The Water Works · St Thomas'
Princess Diana
5 places- London: The Blue Bridge · Spencer House · St James's Palace
Samuel Johnson
5 places- London: Samuel Johnson Square · St Clement Danes · The Anchor
Virginia Woolf
5 places- London: Samuel Johnson Square · Richmond Riverside · Checkpoint
Major Thomas Weir
5 places- Edinburgh: Upper Bow · Makars' Court · West Bow
Admiral Nelson
4 places- London: Trafalgar Square · Somerset House · Cleopatra's Needle
Elton John
4 places- London: L'Escargot Restaurant · 6 Denmark St · 17 St Anne's Ct
Eric Clapton
4 places- London: The Coach House Cafe · Hard Rock Cafe Mayfair · Soho Lofts
Hugh Grant
4 places- London: The Globe Tavern · The Notting Hill Book Shop Ltd · Rosmead Gardens, Notting Hill
Mary Jane Kelly
4 places- London: Spitalfields Market · St Botoph Church · The Ten Bells Spitalfields
Oliver Cromwell
4 places- London: Richmond Palace · St James’s Park Entrance Information Board · Horse Guards Parade
Prince William
4 places- London: St James's Palace · Spencer House · The Earl of Lonsdale
Queen Maria
4 places- London: The Mousetrap at St. Martin's Theatre · Queen Mary's Rose Garden · Lambeth Bridge
Royal Air Force
4 places- London: Bomber Command Memorial · Waterloo Place · Monument to the RAF
Sir John Soane
4 places- London: Picture Gallery · Holy Trinity Church · Lincoln's Inn Fields
Tony Wilson
4 places- Manchester: Dry Bar · 10a Little Peter Street · The Hacienda Apartments
King James
4 places- Edinburgh: The Witchery by the Castle · The Mound · Edinburgh Castle
Emperor Claudius
4 places- Colchester: Colchester Castle · Jumbo · Balkerne Gate
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
4 places- Glasgow: Hunterian Museum · Hunterian Art Gallery · The Lighthouse
Little John
4 places- Nottingham: Old Market Square · Bell Inn · St. Mary's Church
Prince George
3 places- Brighton: Statue of King George IV · Brighton Dome · Royal Pavilion and India Gate
Anne Boleyn
3 places- London: King Henry's Mound · St James's Palace · Ye Olde Rose & Crown
Beautiful Bushy
3 places- London: Royal Artillery Memorial · Duck Island Cottage · The Pheasantry
Bridget Jones
3 places- London: The Globe Tavern · Middle Temple · Borough Market
Dr Watson
3 places- London: The Windmill Pub · New Cavendish Street · Queen Anne Street - Watson’s address
Edward Alleyn
3 places- London: Christ's Chapel · 20 Calton Ave · Picture Gallery
Gallant Green
3 places- London: Royal Artillery Memorial · Duck Island Cottage · The Pheasantry
George Orwell
3 places- London: Checkpoint · Checkpoint · Checkpoint
Her Majesty Queen
3 places- London: Bruton Street · King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Memorial · Buckingham Palace
James Bond
3 places- London: Leicester Square · Bond Street · King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Memorial
John Lewis
3 places- London: Richmond Park Pembroke Lodge · Richmond Hill viewing point · Terrace Gardens Upper passage
Metropolitan Police
3 places- London: The Dixon, Tower Bridge, Autograph Collection · Bow Street · Ballerina Statue
Mick Jagger
3 places- London: St Mary's Church · The Earl of Lonsdale · 19 Great Marlborough St
Nazi Germany
3 places- London: Waterloo Place · Australian War Memorial · Canada Memorial
Nicholas Hawksmoor
3 places- London: Christ Church, Spitalfields · St. Paul's Cathedral · St George in-the-East
Oliver Twist
3 places- London: Charles Dickens Blue Plaque · The One Tun Pub & Rooms · Charles Dickens Museum
Paddington Bear
3 places- London: Paddington Bear · Samuel Johnson Square · Alice's
Petersham Meadows
3 places- London: St Peter's Church · Petersham Meadows · Richmond Hill viewing point
Philip Henslowe
3 places- London: 20 Calton Ave · The Rose · The Clink Prison Museum
Prince Phillip
3 places- London: Lancaster House · John Lobb · Australian War Memorial
Queen Mother
3 places- London: Lancaster House · King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Memorial · Horse guards
Royal Family
3 places- London: Charlie Chaplin · St James's Palace · Tower Bridge
Royal Parks
3 places- London: St James’s Park Entrance Information Board · Espresso Bar · Greenwich Park
Savile Row
3 places- London: 15 Savile Row · 97 Jermyn St · Maurice Sedwell
Seven Dials
3 places- London: 97 Jermyn St · Seven Dials · Seven dials
Sex Pistols
3 places- London: Infernos · 6 Denmark St · 19 Great Marlborough St
Stunning St James
3 places- London: Royal Artillery Memorial · Duck Island Cottage · The Pheasantry
Tate Modern
3 places- London: The Millennium Bridge · Tate Modern · Tate Britain
Tom Cruise
3 places- London: The Anchor · Tate Modern · The Lanesborough
Touch Continue
3 places- London: Royal Artillery Memorial · Duck Island Cottage · The Pheasantry
William Blake
3 places- London: Remember William Blake · Swedenborg Gardens park · 29 D'Arblay St
Robert Louis Stevenson
3 places- Edinburgh: Makars' Court · Beehive Inn · The Burns Monument
Brian Epstein
3 places- Liverpool: Cavern Club · The Cilla Black Statue Mathew Street Liverpool · Epstein Theatre
Queen Boudica
3 places- Colchester: Scheregate Steps · Foundation House · Colchester War Memorial
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
3 places- Bristol: The SS Great Britain · Underfall Yard & A Bond Warehouse · The Lookout Lectern
Laurence Olivier
2 places- Brighton: Brighton Toy and Model Museum · The Lanes
Amy Winehouse
2 places- London: New Bond Street · 22 Lansdowne Cres
Annie Chapman
2 places- London: 29 Hanbury St · The Ten Bells Spitalfields
Auld Lang Syne
2 places- London: Victoria Embankment Gardens · New Bond Street
Bishop Ralph Neville
2 places- London: Lincolns Inn Chapel · Coach & Horses Hill
Brian Jones
2 places- London: The Tabernacle · 22 Lansdowne Cres
British Prime Minister
2 places- London: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Downing Street
Canadian Hospital
2 places- London: Totem Pole · Pheasantry Plantation Information Board
Captain James Cook
2 places- London: Holy Trinity Church · Captain James Cook Statue
Catherine Eddowes
2 places- London: St Botoph Church · Mitre Square
Cecil Court
2 places- London: 14 Cecil Ct · Cecil Court
Charlie Chaplin
2 places- London: Charlie Chaplin · Hackney Town Hall
Daniel Hearsum
2 places- London: Cottage Orné · Richmond Park Pembroke Lodge Gardens
Diamond Jubilee
2 places- London: St Katharine Docks gate · Victoria tube station
Dorian Gray
2 places- London: Shadwell Fire Station, Cable St · Bow Street
Earl Burlington
2 places- London: 15 Savile Row · Royal Academy of Arts
Edward Mountford
2 places- London: Hannahs and the Library · Battersea Arts Center
Elizabeth Stride
2 places- London: Mitre Square · The Ten Bells Spitalfields
Elle Silver
2 places- London: Paternoster Square · Richmond Hill viewing point
Ethan Hunt
2 places- London: The Anchor · Tate Modern
Foundling Hospital
2 places- London: Checkpoint · Checkpoint
Frank Matcham
2 places- London: Hackney Town Hall · Richmond Theatre
Freddie Mercury
2 places- London: Hard Rock Cafe Mayfair · L'Escargot Restaurant
Golden Hinde
2 places- London: The Golden Hinde · Golden Hinde
Great Stink
2 places- London: Terrace Gardens · Big Ben
Household Cavalry
2 places- London: Horse Guards · Horse guards
Hugh Mason
2 places- London: Fortnum & Mason · Fortnum and Mason
Iron Maiden
2 places- London: Sarm Studios · Soho Lofts
Jackie Onassis
2 places- London: The Ritz London · John Lobb
James Blunt
2 places- London: The Tabernacle · Horse guards
Jane Seymour
2 places- London: King Henry's Mound · Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan by Hans Holbein the Younger, about
Janis Joplin
2 places- London: New Bond Street · 22 Lansdowne Cres
Jim Morrison
2 places- London: New Bond Street · 22 Lansdowne Cres
Jimmy Hendrix
2 places- London: Carnaby St · Hard Rock Cafe Mayfair
Joe Strummer
2 places- London: The Tabernacle · The Earl of Lonsdale
John Adams
2 places- London: Mayfair · Eagle Squadrons Memorial
John Keats
2 places- London: The Shard · John Keats and Henry Stephens Blue Plaque
John Watson
2 places- London: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation · Queen Anne Street - Watson’s address
Julia Roberts
2 places- London: The Notting Hill Book Shop Ltd · Rosmead Gardens, Notting Hill
Kurt Cobain
2 places- London: New Bond Street · 22 Lansdowne Cres
Little Dorrit
2 places- London: The George · George
Lord Chamberlain
2 places- London: Shakespeare's Globe · Original site of the Globe Theatre
Lord Chancellor
2 places- London: Staple Inn · Ye Olde Mitre, Holborn
Martin Luther King
2 places- London: 22 Lansdowne Cres · Westminster Abbey
Noel Coward
2 places- London: The Ritz London · The Windmill Pub
Pink Floyd
2 places- London: The Muscial Bench · Soho Lofts
Prince Albert
2 places- London: 41 Irving St · Parliament Square
Prince Harry
2 places- London: Spencer House · Horse guards
Queen Alexandra
2 places- London: Queen Alexandra Memorial · St James's Palace
Richard Curtis
2 places- London: 27 St Lukes Mews · The Notting Hill Book Shop Ltd
Royal Academy
2 places- London: Remember William Blake · Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Residence
2 places- London: St James's Palace · Buckingham Palace
Sir Christopher Wren
2 places- London: King Henry's Mound · Saint Paul's Churchyard
Sir Francis Drake
2 places- London: The Golden Hinde · Golden Hinde
Sir Winston Churchill
2 places- London: Sir Winston Churchill Statue · St Botoph Church
St Mary Le
2 places- London: Somerset House · St Lawrence Jewry
Start Me Up
2 places- London: The Muscial Bench · Richmond Hill viewing point
Stevie Wonder
2 places- London: Clapham Common Bandstand · The Lanesborough
Thomas Gresham
2 places- London: Frederick's Place · Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington
Thomas Neale
2 places- London: Seven Dials · Seven dials
Tracey Emin
2 places- London: Checkpoint · The Golden Heart
Twelfth Night
2 places- London: Middle Temple · Leicester Square
William Fortnum
2 places- London: Fortnum & Mason · Fortnum and Mason
Winchester Geese
2 places- London: Winchester Palace · Crossbones Garden
Adam Ant
2 places- Manchester: The Britons Protection · O2 Ritz
Anthony Burgess
2 places- Manchester: Anthony Burgess and Hyuro, Cities of Hope · Manchester Central Library
Elizabeth Gaskell
2 places- Manchester: Manchester Central Library · The Portico Library
Emmeline Pankhurst
2 places- Manchester: Serenity · Back Piccadilly Bee
Deacon Brodie
2 places- Edinburgh: Makars' Court · St Giles' Cathedral
Henry Raeburn
2 places- Edinburgh: The Stock Bridge · The Burns Monument
William Burke
2 places- Edinburgh: Victoria Street · Surgeons' Hall Museums
Billy Fury
2 places- Liverpool: 62 Stanley St · Billy Fury
Elvis Presley
2 places- Liverpool: Cavern Club · Billy Fury
Stuart Sutcliffe
2 places- Liverpool: Liverpool Empire · Billy Fury
Sir Charles Lucas
2 places- Colchester: Obelisk · St John's Abbey Gate
David Attenborough
2 places- Cambridge: New Museums Site · The Guildhall Door
John Kibble
2 places- Glasgow: Gardens · Kibble Palace
Queen Languoreth
2 places- Glasgow: Provand's Lordship · George Square
Alexander Selkirk
2 places- Bristol: The Pirate Hunter · Llandoger Trow
Daniel Defoe
2 places- Bristol: The Pirate Hunter · Llandoger Trow
William Jessop
2 places- Bristol: The New Cut · Underfall Yard & A Bond Warehouse
John Bright
2 places- Birmingham: Statue on Hill Street · Concrete Man
Albert Einstein
2 places- Oxford: The Chalkboard · The History of Science Museum, Broad Street
Dorothy Hodgkin
2 places- Oxford: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road · Somerville College, Woodstock Road
Elizabeth Taylor
2 places- Oxford: Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street · Turf Tavern, Bath Place
Emma Watson
2 places- Oxford: Bodleian Library, Catte Street · Turf Tavern, Bath Place
Lewis Carroll
2 places- Oxford: Christ Church · Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
Margaret Thatcher
2 places- Oxford: Turf Tavern, Bath Place · Somerville College, Woodstock Road
Thomas Erpingham
1 place- Norwich: Erpingham Gate
Albert Booth
1 place- London: Woodwarde Road
Australian Rules Football
1 place- London: Clapham Common
Beau Brummell
1 place- London: 97 Jermyn St
Bomber Command
1 place- London: Bomber Command Memorial
Carnaby St
1 place- London: Carnaby St
Cutty Sark
1 place- London: The Cutty Sark
Dame Vera Lynn
1 place- London: Berkeley Street
Dennis Severs
1 place- London: Dennis Severs' House
Dulwich Estate
1 place- London: Lovers Walk
Emperor Trajan
1 place- London: St Clement Danes
Forest Shuffle
1 place- London: Mayfair
Gene Kelly
1 place- London: Gene Kelly Statue
Hanky Code
1 place- London: Neal's Yard
Hugh Grosvenor
1 place- London: Delfino
John Wesley
1 place- London: Methodist Hall
John Williams
1 place- London: Crown and Dolphin
Lord Palmerston
1 place- London: Parliament Square
Louis Daguerre
1 place- London: The Diorama, 18 Park Square E
Louis Vuitton
1 place- London: Louis Vuitton
Lovers Walk
1 place- London: Lovers Walk
Mary Poppins
1 place- London: Mary Poppins
Michael Jackson
1 place- London: The Lanesborough
Mr Selfridge
1 place- London: Queen of Time, Selfridges
Mrs Arnolfini
1 place- London: The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van Eyck,
Old Father Thames
1 place- London: Terrace Gardens
Oyly Carte
1 place- London: Palace Theater
Queen Consort
1 place- London: Constance Fund Statue of Goddess Diana
Richard Prince
1 place- London: Adelphi
Robert Horner
1 place- London: Spitalfields Market
Rod Stewart
1 place- London: The Coach House Cafe
Ronnie Scott
1 place- London: 47 Frith St
Royal Peculiar
1 place- London: Westminster Abbey
Sherlock Holmes Consulting
1 place- London: Northumberland Avenue
Sleepy Hollow
1 place- London: Coach & Horses
St Mary Aldermanbury
1 place- London: Aldermanbury Square
Thomas Burberry
1 place- London: Burberry
Thomas Farriner
1 place- London: Monument to the Great Fire of London
Umbra Sumus
1 place- London: Brick Lane Mosque
William Terriss
1 place- London: Adelphi
Evan Mellor
1 place- Manchester: Pizza Express - Evan Mellor Estate Agents
Frank Sidebottom
1 place- Manchester: Frank Sidebottom
Harold Shipman
1 place- Manchester: Manchester Town Hall
Mrs Ballington
1 place- Manchester: Piccadilly Train Station
George Heriot
1 place- Edinburgh: William McGonagall Tombstone
Kinloch Anderson
1 place- Edinburgh: Sundial Garden
Cilla Black
1 place- Liverpool: The Cilla Black Statue Mathew Street Liverpool
Larry Parnes
1 place- Liverpool: Billy Fury
Thomas Rigby
1 place- Liverpool: Thomas Rigby's
Catherine Alderton
1 place- Colchester: Colchester Town Hall
Dr Bensusan
1 place- Colchester: The Minories
Joyce Pallot
1 place- Colchester: Southway Subway
Lilian Hicks
1 place- Colchester: Foundation House
Queen Matilda
1 place- Colchester: St Botolph's Priory
St Botolph
1 place- Colchester: St Botolph's Priory
Francis Crick
1 place- Cambridge: The Eagle pub
James Watson
1 place- Cambridge: The Eagle pub
Jane Goodall
1 place- Cambridge: Laundress Ln
John Oliver
1 place- Cambridge: Christ's College
Melita Norwood
1 place- Cambridge: St. John's College
Sylvia Plath
1 place- Cambridge: Pembroke College
Ted Hughes
1 place- Cambridge: Pembroke College
James Watt
1 place- Glasgow: James Watt Building
John Clinch
1 place- Glasgow: Winchers' Stance
Princess Thenue
1 place- Glasgow: St Enoch SPT Subway Station
St Valentine
1 place- Glasgow: Blessed John Duns Scotus RC Church, Glasgow
Edward Colston
1 place- Bristol: Howard Lock
Nick Walker
1 place- Bristol: Quay St Diner
Pixel Pancho
1 place- Bristol: The Lanes
Woodes Rogers
1 place- Bristol: The Pirate Hunter
Friar Tuck
1 place- Nottingham: St. Peter's Church
Francis Joy
1 place- Belfast: Joys Entry