Junction of Merlin Street and Wilmington Street  

51.527199, -0.110126 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Address plaque at Merlin Street
Word at the top right
Finsbury

Historical background

TFL Lost Property Office
// Do you have any idea where lost in London's transport things go? Sometimes, of course, immediately to their new owners. And the others? No, not to scrap! To the Baker Street, to Sherlock himself!
Nearby to the house of the famous detective there is a TFL Lost Property Office. It turns 85 years old this year. Everything found in transport is brought there, all things are carefully classified and their data is entered in the computer system ‘Sherlock’. Findings are stored for three months and, after this period, the Office will dispose them at its discretion. Something will go for recycling, something — to charity or for sale in favour of the Office, something goes to the museum. A plush full-size gorilla was named Eddie and remained in the Office to please its' employees. During the war, people often forgot helmets and gas masks in transport. And now the list of founding is headed by books and documents, this is almost a third of everything found. With some gap they are followed by handbags, clothes and phones. Passengers forget ten thousands of umbrellas in a year, and this is only 3% from the forgotten. Sometimes Office's staff return umbrellas in a circle, handing them out to the subway on a rainy day. Passengers often surprise Office's staff not by lost things, but by the fact of losing. How can you not notice that you came out of the subway without five-foot figure of Spider-Man? Turns out this is possible. And without skull in the bag. And without false teeth. And without a fourteen-foot boat. By the way, is your control book in place?

Present in routes of categories Atlas, Griffin

Passed by: 9/9 (100%).

By categories:

  • Atlas: 6/6 (100%)
  • Griffin: 3/3 (100%)