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  • 19 Years of Derelict London
  • Author's Guided Tours of London
    • Minories to Poplar
    • Woolwich Alldayer
    • Roman Road
    • Whitechapel & Bethnal Green
    • Derelict Limehouse & Poplar
    • Lost Docks of Wapping
    • Isle of Dogs
    • Grand Surrey Canal
    • London's Lost Rivers Tours
    • Shadwell & Stepney
    • Silvertown
    • Bow Creek: River Lea from Bromley by Bow to Leamouth via Canning Town
    • Croydon Canal
    • Dartford guided walk
    • Hammersmith
    • East Finchley to Gospel Oak
    • London's Lost Music Venues
    • Tower Hamlets Special
  • 2023 New Pics
  • 2022 New Pics
  • 2021 New Pics
  • Contact
  • Derelict London - The Book
  • Dereliction and Beyond...Then and Now Photos
    • Derelict London 2008 Book Then and Now Pics
    • Then and Now Pics South of the River
    • Then and Now Pics North of the River
  • London's Lost Rivers - The Book & Website
  • London Transport
    • Derelict London Tube Trains and Stations
    • Derelict London Railway Stations,Lines and Rolling Stock
    • Derelict London Trams
  • Factories and Warehouses
    • North of the Thames Factories and Warehouses
    • South of the Thames Factories and Warehouses
  • Derelict London Homes
    • Homes North of the Thames
    • Homes South of The Thames
    • Derelict homes now Demolished
  • Derelict London Cinemas
  • Derelict London Hospitals
    • Hospitals North of the River
    • Hospitals South of the River
    • Hospitals: Then & Now pics
  • Derelict London Pools and Baths
  • Music History
    • London's Lost Music venues 2
  • Various Derelict London Buildings
  • Derelict London Pubs
    • North London
    • Derelict East London Pubs >
      • East London Pubs from Dereliction to Demolition
      • East London Pubs - Dead Pubs to Conversion
      • East London Pubs Back from the Brink
    • Central London
    • West & South West London
    • South & South East London Pubs
  • Derelict London Cemetery & Churches
  • Derelict London Hotels and Restaurants
  • Graffiti & Streetart
  • Misc London Derelict pics
  • Derelict London Cafes
  • People
  • Porticos and Pillars
  • Shopping Trolleys
  • Derelict London Shops
  • Signs and Murals
  • Derelict London Sportsgrounds
  • Post Offices
  • Derelict London Toilets
  • Toys
  • Derelict London Telephone Boxes
  • War - Bunkers and Pillboxes
  • Waterways and Wharves
  • Wildlife
  • Vehicles
  • Long Lost Burial Grounds
  • London Riots 2011: The Aftermath
  • Derelict London Boats
  • London's Long Lost Sports Grounds
  • Derelict Kent
    • Derelict Kent DA postcodes
    • Derelict Kent ME postcodes
    • Derelict Kent TN postcodes
  • Derelict Essex
    • Derelict Essex RM postcodes
    • Derelict Essex SS Postcodes
    • Derelict Essex CO postcodes
  • Derelict London Public Buildings
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Derelict London - Photography, Social History and Guided Walking Tours
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Derelict London: The Book
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Derelict London: All New Edition
Paul Talling
Release Date: July 2019

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​The huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated and larger than the first book

THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEE
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Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . .
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Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine.

Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, DERELICT LONDON reveals a side of the city you never knew existed.
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It will change the way you see London. 
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For media/press enquiries please contact: ​ASpencer@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
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​PRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT:

'Excellent . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, DERELICT LONDON is valuable as a document of the one going on right in front of us.’ 
NEW STATESMAN


‘From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried ‘ghost’ stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying buildings. Paul Talling knows these places better than anyone in the capital.’ DAILY EXPRESS
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‘[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. Paul Talling’s surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby Pevsner.’ 
DAILY TELEGRAPH
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"Author, Paul Talling, prowled the metropolis for years photographing the wretched,
the ramshackle, the tumbledown and the downright sinister. It offers a moving
chronicle of living spaces that died and, for the moment, are not being revivified."

THE INDEPENDENT

"a wonderful catalogue of the capital's social history. Shots of the old Crystal Palace, the ill-fated
Tobacco Docks development and Victorian pubs giving way to Starbucks are richly evocative."

EVENING STANDARD

"There's nothing shabby about Derelict London, a thoughtful compendium of unloved and
forgotten buildings, the necrotic ulcers in London's hidden underbelly. Photos from the
author, some taken in locations where we wouldn't want to risk an expensive SLR, are
backed up with illuminating research and tip-offs from fans of his website."

LONDONIST

"When you're done with the London Eye and Buckingham Palace, turn to Paul Talling's detail-packed blog on obscure pockets of the British capital. He'll take you on a fascinating journey of derelict pubs, World War II bunkers, abandoned buildings, and more. Chances are you won't find any of this information in the guidebooks. "
TIME MAGAZINE 

"Those of us who like to explore the capital's hidden corners and forgotten byways can only applaud Paul Talling for compiling derelictlondon.com, an often uncomfortable record of the capital's underbelly. We see them every day: the disused cinemas, boarded-up shops, vermin and even human derelicts that society would rather turn a blind eye to. They may be less picturesque than Big Ben, Beefeaters and the London Eye, but they are no less part of London. Once you start noticing them, you just can't stop"  
THE GUARDIAN
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