6) It hasn’t always been No. 10 Downing Street – once it was No. 5 The modern Downing Street was created between 1682 and 1684, after King Charles II granted the wealthy diplomat Sir George ...

Image: Simon Walker/No 10 Downing Street via creative commons 10 Downing Street's garden will be part of this year's London Open Gardens festival. Most of us never get to walk along the corridors ...