The Highgate Two...

Whilst travelling up Highgate Hill I came across these two marvellous bollards that are placed either side of a step of a rather steep kerb.

The bollards are typical near bog standard, what makes these two Highgate bollards different is the fact they have been modified with the addition of some curved welded steel/pipe which turns into the rather oddest railing.

The Highgate Two.

Bollards of London...

Four Green Bollards...

We are back in the east of London at the junction of Wilmot Street and Three Colts Lane E2. This particular part of London is full of London taxi-cab garages and a constant hum of the near famous diesel engines can be heard from dawn till dusk.

Who though would have thought that this part of London would have the most interesting near artillery shell type bollards that I've ever seen. The bright green exterior certainly stands out against the back drop of a pale sky blue wall and old  brick work.

I'm not sure about the connecting kinked bars that add little and serve no purpose. These bollards really do look like artillery or tank shells.

Bollards of London...

The Vauxhall Three...

Vauxhall is a part of London better known for its links with the Secret Intelligence Service MI6, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) soon to be renamed National Crime Agency (NCA) and its busy gay night life that has effectively trumped Soho. Who would have thought that this part of South London could deliver on the bollards front.

Here at Glasshouse Walk I came across three royal blue coloured bollards of a rather typical cylindrical design. With flat tops and a slightly tapering ridged body these bollards don't flatter, but when placed in the context of a backdrop of a canary yellow wall complete with a horizontal fluorescent light this setting takes on a rather different look.

We are in fact under the railway lines leading into London Waterloo, you can see the water damage to the brickwork on the left hand side of the picture.

Bollards of London...

Bollards-with-Chain of Parliament Square...

Close to the statue of the great statesman  and former Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) we find these rather interesting stone bollards attached to each other by a spiked chain.

The bollards are square based with a tapering edge/sides that rise vertically to form a octagonal shaped top, which finally rises to form a centre point. The spiked chain is firmly placed into the upper part of the body of the bollard and enough chain is used to provide the near perfect curve.

The stone body of these bollards appears to be eroding away slightly, if we look closely at the bollard nearest to us in the picture we can see a pitted surface.

Bollards of London...

A Pair of Wapping Bollards...

Welcome to Wapping where we have found two bollards with a little difference and that being they appear to have a humped base which acts like its own form of defence against a kerb strike by a motor vehicle. Many of the streets and roads in Wapping happen to be cobbled, this a very difficult road pavement surface to drive or even walk over.

If we take a look at these two solid bollards I'm minded to think that the base looks like the foot of an elephant. The column rise vertically and tapers slightly. We can see on the body of the column two rings/ridges, the upper body of the bollard flares outwards and then curves smoothly to a tiered/stepped cannon ball top finish.

These bollards don't look that old (especially compared to last post dated at least 1887) but they are of a cannon style/type that actually fits in with the local wharfs/environment.

Bollards of London...