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The Hippodrome, a BLOOMSBURY &
former nightclub, was FITZROVIA HOLBORN
& THE
once a variety theatre and INNS OF
is now a casino. SOHO & COVENT COURT
TRAFALGAR GARDEN &
SQUARE THE STRAND
C T h a m e s
H
PICCADILLY,
A SOUTH
MAYFAIR
R WHITEHALL BANK
Leicester Square
I & ST JAMES'S & WESTMINSTER
N
station Locator Map
G Cecil Court is lined with shops
selling old books and prints. See Central London Map pp16–17
S T R E E T 4 . St Martin-in- the-Fields
James Gibbs’s masterpiece inspired the
US “colonial” style.
C R A N B O U R N C R O S S R O

E A D
R
A
U
Q
5 . National Portrait Gallery
S
R Portraits of prominent Britons from
E Tudor times to the present-day adorn
L E I C E S T I R V I N G S T the walls here.
D U N C A N N O N S T

O R A N G E S T R E E T S T R A N D Over 2,000 paintings are housed

3 . National Gallery
in this exceptional gallery.
WHITCOMB S T R E E T
The Fourth Plinth
T R A F A L G A R S Q U A R E
P A L L M A L L E A S T CHARING corner of Trafalgar Square
NORTHUMBERLAND
The empty plinth in the
AVE
hosts changing pieces by
leading contemporary artists.
CROSS
C O C K S P U R S T R E E T

1 . Trafalgar Square
2 Admiralty Arch Millions of tourists come here
Nelson’s The entrance to the Mall to admire the statues and
Column was designed in 1911. the fountains.

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