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Wales Online
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Finn Byrne & Phil Norris

What lies behind London's 'fake houses' that are only 1.5m deep?

People out sightseeing along the elite streets of London will walk past hundreds of impressive looking properties. But two of the capital's impressive terraced houses near Hyde Park are not what they appear.

And while you may dream of living in some of those beautiful houses, these two in Leinster Gardens, Bayswater Road, have not a lot beyond the surface. In fact, there is no hallway, not kitchen, no bedrooms, no living room.

Behind just six inches of wall is a part of London history that has been 'covered up', MyLondon reports. The buildings, number 23 and 24, hide an old Metropolitan line railway from the 1860s.

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