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'I thought I knew London – but this Unseen Tour revealed a different city'

Cities and short breaks
Katherine Masters
30 April 2026

As TTG's 30 Under 30 fundraising challenge gathers momentum, we experience the social enterprise the group is supporting and discover how it is rewriting the London tourism experience

Unseen Tours
© Katherine Masters

By Sir John Betjeman's statue are Katherine (far left) and Ben (middle) along with TTG 30 Under 30's Kira Richards, Daniel Grayburn and Harneet Singh Sachdev who are fundraising for Unseen Tours

Our tour starts at the one bit of King’s Cross I think I know well, The Meeting Place statue, inside St Pancras International station.

The nine-metre-high statue was designed by British artist Paul Day, and the embracing couple are hard to miss, directly beneath Tracey Emin’s neon pink sign: 'I want my time with you'.

I’ve looked at the statue on my way to and from Paris by Eurostar – but did I ever really see it, I wonder?