The Mythical Creatures of London
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https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/@JagoHazzard (mostly train/tube-related but does go a bit broader too)
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/?m=1
Goes into all sorts of London miscellany as well.
Probably unrelated, but acceptable if Anime is your thing.
It's sort of a mix between james blondian secret agent action and indiana jones on the hunt for lost ancient artifacts with superpowers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-heeled_Jack
Mythical non existent creatures live among us!
> Here by dragons.