00 21 Winchester Road

51.542689, -0.172203 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

01 66 Wilkin Street Mews

51.548016, -0.147007 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Two plaques (oval and rectangular) under the railway bridge.
Year in the top line of the rectangular plaque
1980
02 10-12A Holmes Road

51.549464, -0.142227 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Palm tree to the left of the police station entrance.
Serial number of the palm tree
05 32 Leverton Street

51.552025, -0.139753 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Lowermost round stained glass window.
Mammal depicted on the stained glass
Whale
09 42-44 Gaisford Street

51.547996, -0.138894 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Pub "The Lion And Unicorn".
Corner wall of the pub.
Number of lions around the shields
3
19 2 Greenland Road  

51.538935, -0.141857 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Graffiti on the western wall of the building.
Number of foxes
2

Historical background Checkpoint picture 19

Camden Town began with a pub. When there was no settlement of Camden Town, just a crossroad, there already was a pub named Mother Red Cap, at the spot where World’s End pub stands these days. In 1791 the owner of Kentish Town manor, Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, began building houses here, but the area really came to life in the middle of the 19th century, when first the canal between Birmingham and London, and then the surrounding railway stations made Camden Town a trading and industrial centre of London.

After the industrial revolution came the music one. In 1966, a former locomotive garage north of the canal was reopened as The Roundhouse club. The opening night was the first London All Night Rave with Pink Floyd as the headliners. Soon, the Roundhouse became one of the main rock venues in London: The Beatles, The Doors, The Who, Jefferson Airplane and Jimi Hendrix all performed here. When punk rock came after the 60s rock, the Roundhouse did not lag behind — in 1976, The Ramones played their first British concert there, helping the wave of British punk to rise to unimaginable heights.

Others followed suit. In 1973, The Dingwalls Music Hall opened in a former warehouse near the Roundhouse, and soon it was occupied by the likes of The Ramones and their British counterparts, The Sex Pistols and The Clash. A small arts & crafts fair has opened in the backyard of Dingwalls, which soon moved to the former stables building nearby, and has since captured all the covered buildings in the area, becoming what is now known as the Camden Market.

The former Camden Theatre building, where Charlie Chaplin has often performed at the beginning of the century, reopened as The Music Machine club in 1977. It did not focus on rock music only, and in 1983 then-uprising star Madonna played her first British concert there.

All these venues are still very much relevant today. The Music Machine re-opened under as Koko in 2004, and since then Christina Aguilera, My Chemical Romance, Katy Perry, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, and many, many others have performed there. Dingwalls, which is now located in the centre of the expanded Camden Market, hosted shows by Noel Gallagher and Mumford & Sons. The Roundhouse, which had been closed since 1983, was reopened in 2006 as a multi-arts venue. And even Mother Red Cap, that, as we remember, started everything, was split into a pub called The World’s End and a club called The Underworld, the latter hosting metal rock festivals on a regular basis.
22 Gasholder Park  

51.536893, -0.128274 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Columns around the park.
Year on the foundation of the column closest to the canal
1883

Historical background Checkpoint picture 22

Until the 18th century King’s Cross was a quiet countryside location popular among the Londoners who sought an escape from the bustling city. It all began to change in 1756, when a new road appeared on the northern border of London (New Road, now Euston Road), which kickstarted the development of adjacent areas.

King’s Cross became an important transportation hub in 1820, when the newly built Regent's Canal connected it to major industrial cities of the north of England. Easy access to transport has attracted many industrial companies to the area — in 1824, the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company opened gasworks to the south of the canal. Ecologically questionable industrial enterprises created a bad reputation for the area, and in an attempt to improve its reputation, a statue of King George IV was opened at one of the crossroads in 1830. The statue became a subject of ridicule and did not take root — it was demolished in 1842, but the name, King’s Cross, stuck.

The importance of King’s Cross as a transportation hub increased with the arrival of railways to London in the second half of the 19th century. The Great Northern Railway built a passenger terminal, gasholders, good yards and coal drops — the proximity of the canal made it possible to transfer goods directly from the trains to the barges. Constant growth of London population lead to multiple expansions of the station and warehouses and a rival railway company, Midland Railway, has built another station (St Pancras) literally twenty meters away from the existing one.

Despite the fact that the gasholders continued to work until 2000, after the WW2 King’s Cross lost its status as a poor but busy industrial area, and was half abandoned. In the Eighties, prostitution and drug trade flourished here, and politicians tried their best to pretend that King’s Cross didn’t exist. In the late Nineties some former warehouses became home to club nights and raves, but the gentrification was still far away.

The railways came to the rescue again. At the beginning of the millennium, HS1 project was started, connecting London and the Channel Tunnel with a high speed railway track, and in 2007 the Eurostar terminal was moved to St Pancras station. Office buildings began to grow in the wastelands, warehouses were reconstructed — and now the world-renowned design school Central Saint Martins is based in a former grain warehouse, canal towpath is a nice place to have an Aperol-Spritz while watching Wimbledon on a big screen, a new Google office is being built on the last empty bits near the railway tracks, and all of these are connected by an urban space somewhat akin to the High Line park in New York. Gasholders also came back after having been dismantled in 2011, and are now a beautiful industrial framing for apartments buildings and a park.
24 8 Royal College Street

51.537367, -0.134153 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaque to the right of the door.
Second word in the fourth row
Rimbaud
27 Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road

51.542795, -0.1736 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument in the park north of the building.
Year on the pedestal
1964
31 1 Wellington Place  

51.531917, -0.169556 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Green shed near the park entrance. Notice reading "A place of affluence and decadence".
Price
£5

Historical background Checkpoint picture 31

In the early 1875 Sir George Armstrong, the editor of The Globe, couldn’t find a cab — the weather was nasty, and cabmen were all hiding in a pub nearby, drinking and not ready to drive. This motivated him to set up a charity to open a chain of establishments for cab drivers, in which they could find shelter from the rain, eat hot food, and drink hot (non-alcoholic!) drinks.

These shelters were supposed to be located by the road (so cabmen could safely leave their cabs), so Metropolitan Police imposed restrictions — shelters should not be larger than a horse carriage. Despite such strict restrictions, there was enough space inside for a small kitchen and up to 13 visitors.

Like pretty much everything else in Victorian Britain, these shelters were not just a convenient utilitarian establishment, but also raised the social status of the cabmen: they could not drink alcohol, gamble, and, in some cases, even discuss politics in these shelters.

People of other professions were allowed in as well — and enjoyed it quite often (where else could you have breakfast at 3am?). Edward Dawson, decadent poet, used to have breakfast there in the middle of the night, not because he was hungry, but simply for the sake of nonconformism. In September 1888 one of the shelter visitors, who introduced himself as Dr Duncan, insisted that he was in fact Jack the Reaper (nobody paid attention to him though).

Today there are 13 of these shelters left in London. Like in the old days, they’re welcoming cabmen, however now it’s exclusive for licensed black cab drivers — general public and Uber drivers are left with a takeaway menu.

Besides the cab drivers’ membership fees and revenue from selling coffee, a significant amount of profit comes from Universal Studios — the company bought the rights to replicate the shelters in the Harry Potter theme park in Orlando to create “London-like” vibe in one of the park areas.
34 Hawley Mews

51.5424719, -0.1471053 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Graffiti painting of a rose on house no. 5.
Artist signature in the top right corner
Origami Riots
37 Kentish Town City Farm, 1 Cressfield Close

51.5522476, -0.1500463 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Mosaic above the entrance.
Number of animals
4
43 St Pancras Gardens, Camley Street  

51.535168, -0.131439 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Three-storey building near the south entrance to the square. Plaque to the right of the white door.
Second word of the bottom line
Lottery

Historical background Checkpoint picture 43

The small St Pancras Old Church has seen a lot in its lifetime.

The first written mention of this church dates back to 1170, and it is thought (although there is no proof for that) that there’s been a church on this spot since 313 AD, which would make St Pancras Old Church the oldest Christian church on the British Isles.

In the Middle Ages, there was a small settlement around the church, but by the 14th century, the majority of the population had moved to the nearby Kentish Town, and the church was not really used: there was just a monthly Sunday service, and in the 17th century during the Cromwell uprising it was used as barracks for soldiers.

As time went on, London moved closer and closer. Even though in the 18th century the church was far enough from the city that medical students frequented it to dig up bodies from the cemetery for research, in the 19th century the railway got here, and everything changed. Part of the park around the church was used to build the railway tracks, and since people were moving back to the neighbourhood, the church came to life again. It was restored, and during the restoration church silver that had disappeared two hundred years ago (which apparently was buried until better times) was found, along with Norman and Roman structures used in the construction of the church, and a stone altar dating 625 AD.

Like many other places around Camden, this church also had something to do with music. In 1968, The Beatles held a photoshoot here while working on The White Album — one of the photos taken here became the gatefold cover of The Red & The Blue Albums. Since 2011, there are music performances happening in the church regularly. Sometimes well-known artists, like Sinead O’Connor or Laura Marling, pay a visit, but usually these are smaller, local performers. You never know who’ll become famous though: one of those uprising stars starting in St Pancras Old Church was none other than Sam Smith.
52 Greater London House, Hampstead Road  

51.53349, -0.139523 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Eastern side of the building.
Number of black cats in the decor of the building
12

Historical background Checkpoint picture 52

Those who took part in last year’s Running City London might remember point #144 located near the finish — a vintage advertising sign depicting a black cat. This actually was an advertisement for Carreras Black Cat cigarettes, which were extremely popular in the first half of the 20th century thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign: cigarettes started to come with gifts in the pack such as short stories and coupons, and in 1913 salesmen were giving out money to those who could present a pack of Black Cat in their pocket. During the early 1920s enthusiasm for the Black Cat was at its peak, with many people wearing badges and stickers featuring the cat and even going to fancy dress parties in black cat costumes.

To meet the demand, the Carreras factory had to expand production several times. In 1928, production moved from a small factory on City Road to a building on Mornington Crescent in Camden. The architects designed the factory building in the style of Egyptian Art Deco: just six years before that, Howard Carter’s expedition had found the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, so the Egyptian style was wildly popular, and the huge bronze black cats in front of the building would not let people forget what brand of cigarettes they should keep buying. Influenced by the Hollywood movies of those years, the opening of the factory turned out to be quite an extravagant event: the pavement around the building was covered with sand during the opening ceremony, there was a procession of cast members from a contemporary London production of Verdi's opera Aida, and then a chariot race was held on the Hampstead Road.

Black cats in the decor of this building lasted until 1959, when the factory moved to a new building in Essex, and this building was converted into offices. Cats was removed from the building, with one being moved to the new factory, and the other — to Carreras factory in Jamaica.

In 1996, the building was sold once again, and the new owners decided to restore the architectural heritage. Copies of the original cat statues were installed in front of the entrance, and columns with lotus flowers decor came back. Now this building houses offices of many companies, including British Heart Foundation and Asos.
53 Primrose Gardens

51.547066, -0.163057 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Metal plaque near the tree in the northern part of the gardens.
Number of words beginning with P
2
59 Ready Money Drinking Fountain, The Broad Walk, Regent's Park

51.532842, -0.150622 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Drinking fountain.
Animal depicted on the side of the fountain with a clock
bull
60 3 Prince Albert Road  

51.53735, -0.149839 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Information stand on the opposite side of the road.
Animal on the picture
hedgehog

Historical background

London Zoo is the world’s oldest scientific zoo. Since its opening 190 years ago, many of the resident animals became surprisingly famous.

In 1865 the world’s largest known elephant was brought to the London Zoo for permanent residency, enjoying an enormous success among visitors, especially children, as elephant rides were offered. The elephant was named Jumbo by one of the zookeepers, and in years, this word entered the English dictionary as a synonym for something very big (for example, Boeing 747 aeroplane bears this nickname).

In 1914 a black bear called Winnipeg — or Winnie for short — joined the zoo. Winnie struck the imagination of a boy named Christopher who visited the zoo with his father, Alexander Milne. After getting back home from the zoo, Christopher renamed his teddy bear Winnie, and the world soon got one of the most famous children's stories.

Many of you have probably seen some of the zoo’s pavilions depicted in cinema. The most famous appearance was in the first Harry Potter film: the scene where Harry talks to a python was filmed at the zoo’s Reptile House, however, in reality the depicted tank is home to a black mamba rather than a python.
62 146 Regent's Park Road  

51.541191, -0.157092 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Graffiti on the south-western wall of the building.
Last word of the note to the left of the painting
ABBAtude

Historical background

Unlike many other areas of North London, Primrose Hill was not a yet another village swallowed up by rapidly growing Victorian London. In 1840, the only large building here was the Chalk Farm Tavern (which, due to its distance from the city centre, was often used as a duelling ground). In 1842, by an Act of Parliament, the neighbouring hill was announced to become a park, and so development started in the nearby triangle formed by the Regent’s Сanal from the southeast, railway tracks from the northeast, and the future park from the west. The original plan included luxurious villas surrounded by large gardens, but the pollution from the railways, and the demand for housing near the traffic arteries did their job. So now instead of the villas, terraced houses were rising, only to be split further into apartments and rooms to be rented out to workers and their families.

All the more surprising that after going through the twentieth century without much drastic changes and remaining reasonably quiet, Primrose Hill started attracting British celebrities in the Nineties. Of course, famous people have called Primrose Hill their home before — take, for example, Sylvia Plath or Friedrich Engels — but none of them are associated with Primrose Hill as strongly as the so-called Primrose Hill Set. Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Kate Moss, Noel and Liam Gallagher, and many others lived and partied here. Over the past 25 years, many of them have moved out, but it seems that the star appeal of Primrose Hill won’t subside any time soon — the latest addition has been Stefano Gabbana, who bought a house in Primrose Hill a few years ago.
63 Primrose Hill  

51.539689, -0.161362 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Inscription on the edging on the top of the hill.
Word after “the”
spiritual

Historical background

The land currently taken by Regent’s Park and the adjacent Primrose Hill used to belong to Eton College. It was bought by the Crown in 1841, and was turned into a park a year later: more and more people were moving to North London, and they all needed a nice place to take a break from breathing the polluted air from the railways once in a while.

Primrose Hill is one of six points with protected views in London: it’s not allowed to build anything that will obscure the view from there to the Palace of Westminster and to St. Paul’s Cathedral. Rising 50 meters above London, Primrose Hill does offer a great overview of the city. This was noticed by HG Wells, who in the “War of the Worlds” placed the last, most important Martian encampment on Primrose Hill. Life then mimicked fiction, and during World War II Primrose Hill was an important part of London’s defences.
64 62 Regent's Park Road

51.538501, -0.15515 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Fountain on the opposite side of the road.
Second word of the fourth line on the metallic plaque
zealous
65 42 Woronzow Road

51.538248, -0.171361 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaque with a relief.
Architect’s surname
Bukhaev
66 29 Ordnance Hill

51.534818, -0.170181 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Pub "Ordnance Arms".
Street sign above the pub signboard.

First word
Late
76 Tasker Road

51.550735, -0.158127 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

White door located in the eastern part of the street, between the building with 5A sign and a metallic gate.
Number of people on the square pictures above the door
6
81 11 Harewood Ave

51.523254, -0.16487 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Door in the northern part of the fence around the building. Paper note on the letterbox.
First three characters of the bottom line
←←←
85 7 Mount Vernon

51.557389, -0.18048 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Black plaque to the right of the door.
First line of the plaque
Robert Louis Stevenson
89 59 Christchurch Hill

51.559881, -0.17628 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Speed limit sign at the north-western end of the street.
Text below the sign
Slower speed is what we need
90 Parliament Hill

51.559624, -0.159774 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Metallic panorama sign at the top of the hill.
Year below the picture of a tree
1897
92 394 Seven Sisters Road

51.568781, -0.097954 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

The largest sign facing Seven Sisters Road.
Reproduce the first two lines
Majeti htel
94 New River Path and Riverside Gardens junction

51.570141, -0.089725 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sign with a map near the junction.
Sponsor logos at the bottom of the sign. Text on the leftmost one
Hackney
97 Royal College Street and Camden Road intersection

51.542412, -0.138316 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Structure near the pillar supporting the bridge.
Number of "&" symbols on the sign at the top of the structure
5
98 Torbay Court, Clarence Way

51.54378, -0.143026 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Pedestrian pathway to the north of the building.
Number of mini golf courses
9
111 Camden Coffee Shop, 11 Delancey Street

51.53676, -0.142136 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Paper notes showing coffee prices on the store front.
Price for 500 grams of Santos Dark
£8.80
112 24 Anglers Lane

51.547609, -0.142232 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Square plaque on the building.
Name on the plaque
Boris
113 Macclesfield Bridge, Avenue Road

51.534724, -0.163035 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Yellow plaque on the canal towpath to the north-east of the bridge.
Words in quotation marks
Blow up, Tilbury
116 4 Redhill Street

51.53067, -0.143863 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Inscription above the door.
Topmost word of the left half of the inscription
granted
118 50 England's Lane

51.545801, -0.162778 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Pub “The Washington”.
Find Running City representative
119 65 Gloucester Avenue

51.54017, -0.150762 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Pub "The Engineer".
Find Running City representative
120 77 Castle Road  

51.545361, -0.146062 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Pub "Tapping The Admiral".
Find Running City representative

Historical background

Beer has existed on the British Isles pretty much forever. When the Romans had arrived here at the beginning of the era, the locals had been already preparing drinks with fermented grains for hundreds of years. In the Middle Ages, beer was served with food instead of water - it was considered much safer to drink than water. In the 15th century brewing was mainly managed by monasteries, and at about the same time hops were introduced as a flavouring — beer without hops was called ale, and beer with hops was called, well, beer.

Beer has successfully won the popularity war with gin in the 18th century, being “healthier and more nutritious”, and in the middle of the 19th century the industrial revolution allowed to produce beer in much larger volumes. However, by the end of the 1800s, beer consumption started to decline — improved clean water supply and improvements to diet meant that beer was no longer necessary to quench thirst or to boost calorie intake. During World War One, strict restrictions on beer production, sale and consumption were placed (for example, it wasn’t allowed to buy rounds of beer). All of this led to a drastic decline in beer consumption, which dropped from 36 million barrels per year in 1913 to 13 million in 1919. Introduction of artificially carbonated beers, and increasing popularity of a new style of beer, lager, seemed to be bringing the end of traditional ales (which at that time meant just a top-fermented beer, with or without hops).

However, not everyone was ready to part with ale. In 1971, an organisation called The Campaign For Real Ale, CAMRA, was founded. For the last 50 years they have been promoting small breweries producing traditional real ales and ciders, and pubs selling such beers without artificial carbonation. After the peak of megabrewering in the second half of the 20th century, beer seems to be having a sort of a rebirth — number of real ale breweries nowadays is at its highest since World War Two, and beer from microbreweries (so called craft beer) has been consistently growing in popularity for the last decade.
122 146 Regent's Park Road  

51.541197, -0.156856 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Сoats of arms above the graffiti on the building’s south-western wall.
Three words at the bottom of the coat of arms
make shit happen

Historical background

Unlike many other areas of North London, Primrose Hill was not a yet another village swallowed up by rapidly growing Victorian London. In 1840, the only large building here was the Chalk Farm Tavern (which, due to its distance from the city centre, was often used as a duelling ground). In 1842, by an Act of Parliament, the neighbouring hill was announced to become a park, and so development started in the nearby triangle formed by the Regent’s Сanal from the southeast, railway tracks from the northeast, and the future park from the west. The original plan included luxurious villas surrounded by large gardens, but the pollution from the railways, and the demand for housing near the traffic arteries did their job. So now instead of the villas, terraced houses were rising, only to be split further into apartments and rooms to be rented out to workers and their families.

All the more surprising that after going through the twentieth century without much drastic changes and remaining reasonably quiet, Primrose Hill started attracting British celebrities in the Nineties. Of course, famous people have called Primrose Hill their home before — take, for example, Sylvia Plath or Friedrich Engels — but none of them are associated with Primrose Hill as strongly as the so-called Primrose Hill Set. Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Kate Moss, Noel and Liam Gallagher, and many others lived and partied here. Over the past 25 years, many of them have moved out, but it seems that the star appeal of Primrose Hill won’t subside any time soon — the latest addition has been Stefano Gabbana, who bought a house in Primrose Hill a few years ago.
123 28 Canonbury Square Checkpoint picture 123
Green round plaque on the building.
The smallest number on the plaque
27
124 1-3 Crouch Hill
Pub "The Old Dairy".
Inscription under the rightmost mural
Present Day Delivery
125 686 Holloway Road

51.562972, -0.127523 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Floral cat sculpture on the opposite side of the road. Information stand near the sculpture.
Word in quotation marks on the second line from the bottom
greenspace
126 59 Ferme Park Road

51.576816, -0.114917 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Mount View Road bus stop. Sign above the information stand on the pole next to the stop.
5 digit code on the white background on the sign
48669
199 31 Marchmont Street

51.524405, -0.124884 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Pub "The Marquis Cornwallis".
901 Riddle

51.568734, -0.117288 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Many British politicians are of aristocratic descent, so it’s quite common for them to have streets in London named after their ancestors. However, in case of this MP, the street sharing his surname is just a coincidence. Another coincidence is that this street is located in his constituency. House no. 136 on this street. Coat of arms on the wall of the house next to this one.
Motto on the coat of arms

Detailed answer

The politician is Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2015. By a mere coincidence Corbyn Street lies within Islington North, which happens to be Jeremy Corbyn's constituency

Answer: Deus Per Omnia

Deus Per Omnia
902 Riddle

51.546835, -0.172745 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

According to a certain professor, this place lies on the east bank of the Brandywine river. We don’t know how to get there, but one thing we know for sure — there’s a crescent with the same name somewhere in London.
Victorian street lamp on the northern end of the street.
A letter and a digit on the pole

Detailed answer

We're talking about Brandywine river of the Shire, in the Middle-Earth, the world of the Tolkien's masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings". East of this river lies Buckland village

Answer: 8A

8A
903 Riddle Checkpoint picture 903 Checkpoint picture 903

51.540767, -0.145939 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

According to one historian, the British Empire began at this place. Not knowing history well, one could think that this place was named after one of these two people (see pictures). Find the road named after this place. Between houses no. 30 and 28 on this road there is an alley stretching to the north. A mirrorlike sculpture at the end of the alley, near the outdoor tables.
Number of spikes on the figure’s head (not including its neck)

Detailed answer

William Kelso once said "Jamestown is where the British Empire began". It was the first English first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
Two portraits are of two US presidents: James Madison and James Monroe

Answer: 11

11
904 Riddle

51.574929, -0.118393 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

This company wasn’t the pioneer in its service sector. Nevertheless, it climbed to the top quite fast. Nowadays its success is undeniable: the most common reason for people to use its competitors is to find a way to use the services of said company.
Take the town where this company’s headquarters is located, drop the last three letters from the first word of its name, and find a road of the resulting name in London.
Third line on the postbox near door 37A

Detailed answer

Google wasn't the first search engine in existence, however soon enough it became the biggest one. So big, that the Bing's most common search query is "google"

Answer: 9:00am

9:00am
905 Riddle

51.552059, -0.139818 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Based on the weather and population, one could think that these islands are somewhere near Scotland. In fact, they are more than ten thousand kilometers away from the British Isles, but people still get confused sometimes.
House no. 14 on the road of the same name (there are two roads of this name, pick the most southern of them). Lowermost round stained glass window on the wall overlooking the adjoining street.
Mammal depicted on the stained glass

Detailed answer

Falkland Islands, lying off Argentinian shore, once were a part of the British Empire and even sparkler a short military conflict between England and Argentina.
The weather and landscape there resembles Scottish (pale grey sky, grassy hills and cliffs) so much, many people in the UK are surprised to know it's that far

Answer: Whale

Whale
906 Riddle Checkpoint picture 906

51.530733, -0.143852 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

See the picture.
Building no. 4 on that street.
Inscription above the black door with the address sign.
Topmost word of the left half of the inscription

Detailed answer

This is RCHP logo with most of the letters hidden. Dots mark the letters, which combined make up the name "Redhill"

Answer: granted

granted
907 Riddle

51.549444, -0.142152 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Find the road. It’s elementary.
Serial number of the palm tree near the police station on this road

Detailed answer

"It's elementary, my dear Watson" - Sherlock Holmes' well-known catchphrase.
Funny enough, Kentish Town Police Station is located on Holmes Road

Answer: 001973

001973
908 Riddle

51.559941, -0.176264 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

1. X — 1.6 million
2. Y — 420 thousands
3. Z — 390 thousands

All the places listed below can be found in London:
X Road, X Rise, X Close, X Gardens
Y Street, Y Road, Y Place
Z Road, Z Avenue, Z Terrace, Z Hill

Go to Z Hill.

Speed limit sign across the road from a school at the north-western end of the street.
Text below the sign

Detailed answer

This is the list of the most populated cities in New Zealand:
X - Auckland
Y - Wellington
Z - Christchurch

New Zealand and Britain have lots of historical ties, so it only make sense that there are plenty of places sharing names.

Answer: Slower speed is what we need

Slower speed is what we need
909 Riddle

51.547923, -0.138955 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

A famous British trio comprises of a namesake of a prime minister, a namesake of an American Idol winner, and a namesake of an MP. Find the street sharing the name with the last one.
Pub at the south end of the street.
Number of lions around the shields on the corner wall of the building

Detailed answer

The famous British trio is ex-hosts of "Top Gear" on BBC:

Jeremy Clarkson (Kelly Clarkson is the winner of the first season of American Idol)
James May (Theresa May is current British Prime Minister)
Richard Hammond (Philip Hammond is a British Conservative politician serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2016 and the Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge since 1997)

Answer: 3

3
910 Riddle

51.540063, -0.150869 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

There are 12 of them living in Britain nowadays (however, not all of them are called that). The last one has joined the list just last year. In another universe to become one of them, you need to meet a number of criteria — one of them is to be human. It also helps to have an animal sidekick.
Pub at the north-east corner of the street.
Find Running City representative

Detailed answer

It's princesses: there are 12 living princesses in Britian (with Princess Megan joining the list just recently). Other well-known kind of princess is Disney princess, most of which had their animal sidekick
911 Riddle

51.540777, -0.155493 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Drop the letter E from the name of this street, and everyone will expect it to have courage, be decisive, and have a lot of ambition.
Find the square 200 meters north-west from the northern end of the street.
Blue plaque on the house no. 3.
Third line from the bottom

Detailed answer

It's Manley street. Masculinity is traditionally associated with the traits listed

Answer: Poet

Poet
912 Riddle

51.556996, -0.146374 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

According to a joke, he was the first millennial: his parents were well-off, had trouble holding a job, was a media influencer who changed lives of millions, and lived off his friend’s money who in turn got them from his father. Not far away from the London cemetery where he was buried, there is a road sharing the name with the cemetery.
Across the road from the building 157 on this road, find a church building. Letterboxes to the north-west from the church’s facade facing the road in question.
Black numbers on the letterboxes

Detailed answer

This quite popular tweet is about Karl Marx

Answer: 13 14

13 14
913 Riddle Checkpoint picture 913

51.544784, -0.157907 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

See the picture. Find a church on XXXX ZZZZ.
Southern entrance to the church (from a neighbouring street).
Information plate on the door.
Last four digits of the phone number

Detailed answer

XXXX - Eton
YYYYYYY - College
ZZZZ - Road

This simplified scheme shows the relative location of three places around London

Answer: 6522

6522
914 Riddle

51.545588, -0.146062 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

You can find this pair on a map of London. The second part of this pair is almost certainly European, while the first one can be either African or Indian.
Find the building 77 on the road sharing the name with the second part.
Find Running City representative

Detailed answer

Elephant & Castle is the area in South London and can be found on most maps (along with many pubs of the same name).
There are two types of elephants: Indian and African, while castles more often assossiated with European Medieval times
915 Riddle

51.545971, -0.155906 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

-, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, -, 7, 5, 8, 6, 2, 3(?).
You don’t need to know the name of the last one — after all, it can still change. Find the road named after his position — he has many of them, but he has been occupying this one longer than any of his predecessors.
Junction at the western end of the road in question. A stone pedestal with a coat of arms.
Text on the blue plaque under the coat of arms

Detailed answer

The list above is the ordinal numbers of the monarchs of the United Kingdom: Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II.
The last in this list is Prince Charles, who might become Charles III (but he can choose a different regal name).
Charles is the current Prince of Wales.
The checkpoint was located on Prince of Wales Road.

Answer: Maitland Park Estate

Maitland Park Estate
916 Riddle

51.523117, -0.164763 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

London pub names are often a tribute to the historical tradition rather than the owner’s brainchild. Pubs are being named after hunting grounds, professional guilds’ coats of arms, members of the Royal Family, and so on. The list, however, is not very long so you can find a lot of pubs with the same name which have nothing to do with each other.
Should a pub with a particular traditional name decide to merge with another pub with a more unique name, the result may share a name with this avenue. However, they might prefer “Hounds house” instead. There are almost a dozen pubs in London bearing the first name, while the second one is located in SE26 postcode area.
Door in the northern part of the fence surrounding no. 11 on the avenue in question. Paper note on the letterbox.
First three characters of the last line

Detailed answer

Pubs are "Hare & Hounds" (Traditional pub name for those located around hunting fields) and "Wood house"

Answer: ←←←

←←←
917 Riddle Checkpoint picture 917 Checkpoint picture 917

51.538558, -0.139566 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

See the pictures.
One man plays an important role in both of them. Find his street.
Gardens north of the street. Information stand next to a Celtic cross.
Last number in the text on the information stand

Detailed answer

The first picture is the logo of Los Angeles Parks & Recreation department. The second one is the picture of the galaxy surrounded by 5 newspapers. One of the major British newspapers is Guardian.
Chris Prass starred in "Parks & Recreation" TV series and the movie "Guardians of the Galxy"

Answer: 1889

1889
918 Riddle

51.527683, -0.138123 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

- Why did the __ __ the road?
- Because there was a black hole on the other side.

Remove the space between two missing words, and find the street of the same name.
Pedestrian passage located in 5 meters to the north-west from the western end of the street in question. Graffiti on the fence.
Number of bottles in the milkman’s basket

Detailed answer

- Why did the star cross the road?
- Because there was a black hole on the other side.

Cosmic twist to the traditional "why did the chicken cross the road" joke

Answer: 6

6
919 Riddle

51.559597, -0.159602 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

One may think that the institution this place is named after is located exactly there (especially given that this institution is world-renowned, and has even changed the meaning of the word by which it is called), but no, it is actually located in another part of London. A small consolation can be found in the fact that this institution can be seen from this place, and it’s not going to change.
Find this place. A metal information stand close to the centre of this place.
A year under the picture of the tree on the information stand

Detailed answer

The checkpoint was located at the summit of the Parliament Hill. The view from there at the Houses of Parliament are protected, so no new building can be erected which obscures this view and the view will still be there in the years to come.

Answer: 1897

1897
920 Riddle Checkpoint picture 920

51.569068, -0.097697 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

See the picture.
Find building no. 394 on their road.
The largest sign facing that road.
Reproduce the first two lines

Detailed answer

The following seven objects are depicted:
- Pleiades constellation
- One of the seven Moscow Stalinist skyscrapers
- Cliffs on the south coast of England
- Mountains in Canada
- States in eastern India
- Pleiades
- Norwegian waterfall.

All these objects are called "Seven Sisters".
The checkpoint was located on Seven Sisters Road.

Answer: M∀JE TI H TEL

M∀JE TI H TEL
921 Riddle

51.571832, -0.113125 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

This story could have been exhibited in a museum — it has everything that a proper love story should have. From the very beginning this story involved unicorns and princesses, and in the course of action princes and even an empress had appeared.
Intersection of a road named after the hero with a road named after the heroine. There are several such intersections in London — pick the one located just in 300 meters from an Overground station.
A church located 50 meters to the north-west from the intersection. Plaque on the western corner of the building.
The second line from the bottom

Detailed answer

The "museum" refers to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The checkpoint was located near the intersection of Victoria and Albert Roads.

Answer: January 1889

January 1889
922 Riddle

51.536806, -0.128156 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

If someone invites you over using this particular expression, you know that you are being invited for something else entirely. Find the lane named like the second part of the expression.
Follow the parallel street located 50 meters south-east from that lane, and you’ll end in a park at the southern end of this street.
Columns around the park.
Year on the foundation of the column closest to the canal

Detailed answer

The expression is "netflix and chill" - an Internet slang term used as a euphemism for sexual activity

Answer: 1883

1883
924 Riddle

51.557393, -0.180411 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

This person was the first to hold the office which to this day remains one of the most influential in the world. The other man and his wife were the first characters mentioned in a very popular book series — moreover, “Mr. and Mrs.”, followed by their last name, were the first words in the first book of the series.
Find the street named just like the place where the first person spent their retirement years. The name of this street contains the first name of the second person.
Building number 7 on this street. Black plaque to the right of the door.
First line on the plaque

Detailed answer

The first person is George Washington, the first US President.
The second is Vernon Dursley, who was one of the two characters to be mentioned in the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone"

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson
925 Riddle Checkpoint picture 925

51.531023, -0.121896 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

See the picture.
The westernmost Starbucks on the street in question.
The arch leading into the courtyard to the right of the Starbucks. A plate on the floor inside the arch.
Number of barrels

Detailed answer

The picture is a reference to a "Monopoly" board. Those are are second streets of each colour with Pentonville Road skiped

Answer: 10

10
926 Riddle

51.53686, -0.118264 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

A city with an interpretation is located just 10 miles away from the border with a country, capital of which is a city with a syndrome. Find a street named after a city with an interpretation.
A graffiti on the eastern wall of the building no. 183.
Second line on the red banner in the centre of the graffiti

Detailed answer

The cities are Copenhagen (the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics) and Stockholm (the Stockholm syndrome) with Copenhagen being 10 miles away from the border with Sweden, whose capital is Stockholm.
The checkpoint was located on Copenhagen Street.

Answer: that divide us

that divide us