Page 51 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - England's South Coast

L ONDON  49

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST 6 Banqueting
To Trafalgar Square House
Practical Information
SW1. Map D4. Open Horse Whitehall, SW1. Map D3. Tel 020 3166
Guards Parade: 8am–6pm daily. 6154. 3 Charing Cross. 1 Charing
Changing of the Guard: May–Jul: Cross. Open 10am–5pm daily. Closed
6 Banqueting 11:30am daily; Aug–Apr: 11:30am public hols & functions (call ahead).
& 9 7 limited. = ∑ hrp.org.uk
Sun (call ahead). Dismounting
House
Ceremony: 4pm daily. Completed by Inigo Jones in
Transport 1622, this was the first building
1 Westminster. in central London to embody the
Palladian style of Renaissance
Italy. In 1629 Charles I commis-
L
L sioned Rubens to paint the
A ceiling with scenes exalting
H the reign of his father, James I.
E
DOWNING
T The paintings symbolize the
I divine right of kings, disputed
STREET
H by the Parliamentarians, who
W executed Charles I outside the
building in 1649.
Horse Guards 7 Downing Street
A mounted guard is ceremonially SW1. Map D4. 1 Westminster.
R I C H M O N D T E R R A C E
P A R L I A M E N T S T R E E T B A N K M E N T dates from 1920. Number 10 Downing Street has
changed here twice a day.
Closed to the public.
K I N G C H A R L E S S T R E E T
been the official residence of the
The Cenotaph
British Prime Minister since 1732.
Sir Edwin Lutyens’
war memorial
It contains the Cabinet Room, the
State Dining Room and a private
apartment. Next door, Number 11
of the Exchequer. For security
R I A E M is the residence of the Chancellor
reasons, members of the public
O
T cannot visit Downing Street
C without authorized access.
I
V
Westminster Pier is the main 8 Tate Britain
starting point for river trips.
Millbank, SW1. Map D4. Tel 020 7887
B R I D G E S T R E E T
Westminster Station 8888. 3 Victoria, Vauxhall. 1 Pimlico.
4 to Tate Modern (every 40 mins).
Open 10am–6pm daily (to 10pm on
Key
select Fridays). Closed 24–26 Dec. &
Suggested route for major exhibitions. 9 7 Atterbury
St. 0 - = ∑ tate.org.uk
0 metres 100
0 yards 100 Founded in 1897, Tate Britain has
the world’s largest collection of
British art from the 16th to the
21st century. Highlights include
John Constable’s Flatford Mill
(1816–17), John Everett Millais’
Ophelia (1851–2) and Francis
Bacon’s Three Studies for Figures
at the Base of a Crucifixion (c.1944).
The Clore Gallery contains the
Turner Bequest, some 300 oil
paintings and 200 works on
5. Houses of Parliament paper that were left to the nation
The seat of government is dominated by a clock tower holding the 14-tonne by the great Romantic landscape
bell Big Ben, hung in 1858. Its deep chimes are broadcast daily on BBC radio. painter J M W Turner (see p76).
048-049_EW_ESC.indd 49 05/04/17 3:06 pm