As regular readers will know, each Friday I publish a mystery picture of one of London’s enormous herd of elephants, last week’s Weekend Elephant was the eighteenth in the series.

The photo below was kindly sent in by a reader, fellow City of Westminster Guide, Guy Rowston. I had no idea where it was.

So, last weekend I had intended hunting for it alongside  legion fellow elephant spotters. But before I could even  hop on a 24, that doyen of London obsessives, Matt Brown, Editor of The Londonist, had already sent in the correct answer. Congratulations Matt!

This elephant can be found at the Old Brewery building, on the corner of Hawley Crescent and Kentish Town Road, in Camden Town. The building dates from 1900 and was the home of the Camden Brewery until 1925. They used to brew a Pale Ale called Elephant there and this ale is also commemorated by the nearby Elephant’s Head Public House. There is another picture of the building here.

If you are reading this and don’t already read Londonist may I suggest that you start doing so. If you get the chance of a tour with Guy don’t miss it. Thank you both for enabling me to facilitate, rather than lead, last weekend’s elephant hunt.

If you would like to nominate an elephant for future inclusion please drop me a line; all publicly visible, permanent or semi-permanent, London-based elephants, regardless of size, medium or location will be considered.

The author of this blog is a qualified City of Westminster Tour Guide who runs unique walking tours in London, see tabs for details.