London’s Alleys: All Souls’ Place, W1

This is a narrow alley that sits right next to the main entrance to the BBC’s Broadcasting House, and there’s some unexpected art and heritage down here.The alley is roughly 200 years old, as it owes its origins to the construction of Regent Street to the south. However, it nearly didn’t exist, as the area looked very different when the fields around here started being developed. A block of housing to the south of the church appears in John Roque’s map of 1746, which was