London Between the Lines: Abandoned Tube Stops, Hidden Pubs & Where Locals Actually Go

17/07/2025 9 min

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Episode Synopsis

Step off the tour bus and into the real London, where history hides underground, pubs are older than empires, and the best stories don’t come with signage. In this immersive episode of Behind the Guidebook, we dive beneath the city’s glossy surface to explore abandoned Tube stations, secret alleyway pubs, East End street markets, and canal-side quiet spots where locals actually go.We uncover hidden sculptures in Soho, unmarked doors to Victorian gas lamps, and sausage rolls that could change your life. From Borough Market breakfasts to late-night cocktails in Dalston, this is London unfiltered, unpolished, unforgettable.If you want to know what real Londoners do, where they eat, drink, wander, and disappear this is the episode you’ve been waiting for.