Placecloud
Viewpoints – Placecloud
Leading cultural researchers tell stories of places around the world. For the full spatial multimedia experience and more episodes visit www.placecloud.io.
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Felbridge Close – a glorious, hidden view 26.02.2021 2:38
London, United Kingdom. Along a private road behind a block of flats, the land drops away to reveal South West London all the way to the Surrey Hills, spread out before you.
Unigate Woods 26.02.2021 3:18
London, United Kingdom. A wild piece of woodland, a reminder of the dairy that was on this site for more than 150 years and Streatham Wells, where spa water was bottled and sold.
The site of St. Anselm’s Church, Coventry Park 26.02.2021 3:28
London, United Kingdom. A lost church, destroyed in the Second World War, leaves a strange, triangular space and a sense that something is still missing.
The site of Coventry Hall 26.02.2021 3:19
London, United Kingdom. A single cedar tree is the only reminder of the demolished seat of the Dukes of Bedford and the Earl of Coventry, later Britain's only Anglican convent.
Old Royal Naval College – Backdrop to Horror films 17.02.2021 3:53
London, United Kingdom. If you have watched a horror film set in Victorian London, you have probably been looking at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. It has been the imagined Baker Street for Sherlock Holmes, a bar for Victor Frankenstein and a dozen more besides. Listen to this viewpoint to discover five of the most interesting horrors filmed here.
St Anne’s, Limehouse: The Church from “28 Days Later” 17.02.2021 4:08
London, United Kingdom. In "28 Days Later" bike courier Jim awakens from a coma and finds himself in deserted London, beginning a walk that leads him to St. Anne's church and the horrors inside.
The “Shaun of The Dead” Pub! 17.02.2021 3:10
London, United Kingdom. This unassuming corner building was once the Duke of Argyll Pub, better known as The Winchester, the pub that saved lives in "Shaun of the Dead". Starring Simon Peg and Nick Frost as two best friends faced with the zombie apocalypse, the film's stars can only think of one place to shelter from it all: The Winchester. Listen to hear more about the film and the scenes shot he...
Canary Warf Underground, a landmark of Horror Cinema 16.02.2021 3:53
London, United Kingdom. The Arched entrance of Canary Wharf Underground appears in 3 horror films, each with its own take on the area and the underground, but the station really shines in the zombie apocalypse film "28 Weeks Later". Listen to discover which films set here and to explore a deleted scene from Boyle's iconic zombie horror.
Oval Tube Station and “Attack the Block” 16.02.2021 3:48
London, United Kingdom. Oval Tube Station is the setting where all characters come together in the alien comedy-horror "Attack the Block".
Voodoo horror at Blackheath Park 15.02.2021 3:25
London, United Kingdom. Grassy Blackheath Park - just north of Greenwich Park - is also the location of a voodoo exorcism in the 2004 cult horror "London Voodoo".
Vauxhall Timbers 18.12.2020 2:25
London, United Kingdom. At low tide, timbers have been discovered in the Thames mud south of Vauxhall bridge that represent the earliest evidence of settlement in London - from the Mesolithic era, 6,000 and more years ago.
Bollo Brook 02.05.2020 1:43
Ealing Broadway, United Kingdom. A buried river running from Acton to Chiswick House.
Limehouse Chinatown 02.05.2020 2:05
London, United Kingdom. A vanished district that lives on in legend.
Seven Dials 02.05.2020 2:25
London, United Kingdom. A famous column that went disappeared for 200 years.
Chelsea Creek 02.05.2020 2:51
London, United Kingdom. A buried river and a lost neighbourhood.
Navvies Island 02.05.2020 2:08
London, United Kingdom. A lost circus district
Ye Olde Haunted Cross! 16.03.2020 2:26
Coventry, United Kingdom. The place of many a good night out, the Golden Cross pub in Coventry, dating back to 16th century and complete with a few ghosts!
The Fishery Tower Galway City 10.03.2020 2:55
Galway, Ireland. Keeping watch over the River Corrib is the Fishery tower. Hear of its origins up to its uses in the present day, and perhaps you can pay it a visit!
The tomb of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester 09.03.2020 3:29
Potters Bar, United Kingdom. In the Abbey church of St Albans, Hertfordshire, beneath the shrine of Britain's first martyr, Saint Alban, lays a tomb of a Prince of England - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. But his tomb hides a story of intrigue, witchcraft, and treason...
The Hurlers 29.02.2020 4:24
Plymouth, United Kingdom. High up on the Cornish moors are three unique stone circles.
The Cheesewring 27.02.2020 4:01
Plymouth, United Kingdom. Hear how The Cheesewring, an astounding stack of granite, was formed.
Helford Passage and the Ferryboat Inn 26.02.2020 3:10
Truro, United Kingdom. From medieval ferry crossing to secret World War II operations, the waterside hamlet of Helford Passage was formerly a far busier place than it appears today.
The Church of St. Mawnan, Cornwall 26.02.2020 3:08
Truro, United Kingdom. The parish church of Mawnan in Cornwall has far older Christian foundations than its medieval architecture suggests.
Farley Hospital and All Saints Church 24.02.2020 2:31
Winchester, United Kingdom. Examples of the philanthropy of one man returning to his village roots in the 17th century
Chawton House and Jane Austen 24.02.2020 2:56
Kingsley, United Kingdom. Two houses in Chawton now famous for their links to Jane Austen and her family
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