Denis Johnson green plaque

Blue PlaqueLocation

Connection to This Location

# 69-75 Long Acre: Where the Hobby-Horse Was Born Standing before this modest stretch of Long Acre in Covent Garden, you're standing at the birthplace of British cycling—though Denis Johnson himself might have called it something far less grand. From his workshop nestled among these buildings in 18...

Location

69-75 Long Acre

Inscription

Denis Johnson (c. 1760 - 1833) From his workshop on this site in 1819 made and sold Britain's first bicycle in its hobby-horse form