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I'm taking three photos of each London Borough Top, here. So far there are 12.
Great read DG! Looking forward to 30 more!
Careful observation and memorable turns of phrase. Thank you, DG
Chancery Lane column - An old signpost (finger post), perhaps?
Did anybody else read "that is assuming rioting, looting and rampant malaria haven't taken out the capital by then. [3 photos]" and expect a picture of rioting, a picture of looting and a picture of a malaria outbreak?
Newham wins the "most picturesque borough top award" so far. Not often one can say such a thing - I don't expect it to remain true for much longer either....
Canals are indeed flat between locks, but this is what enables them to go up hills as the locks enable the water to defy gravity. The Regents Canal, 22 m above sea level in Tower Hamlets rises to more than 30m (100') in Camden as it approaches its summit at Maida Hill.

The entire Birmingham Canal Navigations (more miles than Venice but possibly not quite as nice) are above 400' with the Birmingham level being 453' (138m) and Titford Summit 511' (156m). When the centre of canal navigation was in the Midlands boatmen referred to going 'down the north' as up and down to them meant uphill and downhill.

The highest canal in Britain is the summit of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, at 645'(197m).
In 1956 the High Holborn post was used for traffic lights: http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/collage/app?service=external/FullScreenImage&sp=Zlondon&sp=74878&sp=X&sp=2
Good for number 6!
@Chris - I don't see any traffic lights in that picture. Are you sure the link is correct?
DG, please stop marking my comments as Spam. They aren't!

dg writes: It's not me, honest, it's "the system". But I can fix it if you leave an email address with each comment.
@timbo - Yes - but you have to click on the photo and scroll down to see them!
Your readers usually rise to the challenge, dg!
An excellent start to an inspired "challenge".
So my office is at the highest point in the City (above Cotswold)! Who knew? You should have popped in for a coffee . .
Given the other street furniture you've uncovered, it isn't a disused hot chocolate dispenser is it?!!
Thank you Chris - wish I'd read this before I spent a few minutes of my lunch break just now pondering from the pavement!
I'm impressed by the lines from Robert Frost on the lock-up door. Quite a discovery. It looks like this will be an interesting series although I'm not yet tempted to follow in your footsteps.
Looking at the OS Terrain 50 DEM, which is a grid of heights rather than contour lines, and is supposed to not include buildings, but includes artificial hills and trenches, suggests the following highest points for the City of London, Tower Hamlets and Newham:

City: Can't argue with your point - DEM says it's 21.9m.
Tower Hamlets: The yard between Shoreditch High St and the line into Liverpool St is 21.7m but the data is quite "noisy" here.
Newham: The road just outside John Lewis in Westfield Stratford City is apparently 21.6m.
re: old column/traffic light post...wonder why it was left there?
I note the disqualification of the Beckton Alps, but where exactly is the natural ground level in central London? Dig down almost anywhere and you'll find the archeological strata go a long way before you reach undisturbed soil, let alone bedrock.
The oddness of Wanstead Flats being the highest point in Newham is easily beaten by Hounslow, whose highest point is apparently The Vale.
I know it's artificial but the hill in between the Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar is quite 'tall'. That's assuming it hasn't been knocked down yet.










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