Street art · London
Photo: Duncan Harris from Nottingham, UK, CC BY 2.0
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich
This granite plinth in Woolwich marks the actual birthplace of Arsenal FC, founded in 1886 by munitions workers — the bronze vintage lace-up ball on top honors a club that only moved to north London decades later.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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