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16 INTRODUCING L ONDON
Central London
Most of the sights described in this book lie within
14 areas of central London, plus two outlying districts
of Hampstead and Greenwich. Each area has its own
chapter. If time is short, you may decide to restrict
yourself to the five areas that contain most of London’s
famous sights: Whitehall and Westminster, The City, Tower of London
Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia, Soho and Trafalgar For much of its 900-year history the
Square, and South Kensington. Tower was an object of fear. Its bloody
past and the Crown Jewels make it a
major attraction (see pp158–61).
PRIN C E ALBERT ROAD REGENT'S PANCRA S RD
PARK
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MIDLAND
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PARK ROAD
GREAT
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EASTERN ST
MARYLEBONE RD GOWER STREET RUSSELL GUILFORD ST CLERKENWELL BUNHILL ROW CITY ROAD
SQUARE
BLOOMSBURY ROAD ALDERSGATE ST BISHOPSGATE COMMERCI A L ST
British THEOBALD’S RD GARDENS HATTON FARRINGDON RD
GOODGE Museum BLOOMSBURY LONG LANE
STREET
PLACE
MAR Y LEBONE
HI G H STREET
PORTLAND PL
National Gallery GLOUCESTER PLACE MARYLEBONE HIGH HOLBORN LANE LONDON MOORGATE WALL MIDDLESEX
TO TTENHAM COURT RD
ST
This gallery has over WIGMORE STREET OXFORD ST KINGSWAY NEWGATE ST GRESHAM ST BISHOPSGATE HOUNDSDITCH
BAKER STREET
CHANCERY
HIGH ST
2,300 paintings, and the ST DRURY L FLEET STREET St Paul’s CHEAPSIDE CITY LEADENHALL ALDGATE
Cathedral
CORNHILL
ST
collection is particularly SHAFTESBURY AVE GARDEN FEN CHURCH MINORIES
COVENT ANE
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strong on Dutch, early ROAD MARBLE MAYFAIR REGENT ST STRAND ALDWYCH Q.VICTORIA ST CANNON ST ST
ARCH
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Renaissance Italian ROAD V I QUEENSWAY LEICESTER EMBANKMENT TOWER HILL
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and 17th-century NOTTING PE M B R IDGE BAYSWATER PARK L ANE BERKELEY ST Gallery T h a m e s Tower of
London
Spanish painting HILL THE RING HYDE SQUARE JAMES'S HAYMARKET TRAFALGAR Tate
PORTOBELLO LLAS
BANK STAMFORD ST
SQUARE
Modern
(see pp108–11). NOTTING HILL GATE KENSINGTON PARK SHEPHERD PALL MALL SOUTH SOUTHWA R K ST SOUTHWARK BRIDGE RD
HIGH STREET
MARKET
GARDENS PICCADILLY T H E M A L L WHITEHALL BOROUGH ST THOMAS ST ST
THE RING HYDE PARK GREEN ST JAMES'S VICTORIA London THE CUT BLACKFRIARS ROAD SOUTHWARK
TOOL EY
PARK
CORNER
CHURCH S T
KENSINGTON
HOLLAND KEN SINGTON GORE KNIGHTSBRIDGE PARK Buckingham PARLIAMENT Eye WATERLOO ROAD TOWER BRIDGE RD
KENSINGTON HIGH ST Museum EXHIBITION RD BROMPTON RD STREET Abbey Parliament BRIDGE R O A D
PARK KNIGHTSBRIDGE GROSVENOR PL Palace Westminster SQUARE Houses of WESTMIN S T E R LONG LANE
Science
KENSINGTON
Natural History VICTORIA WESTMINSTER MILLBANK LAMBETH PALACE RD ROAD
Museum Victoria and LAMBETH
CROMWELL RD Albert Museum VAUX HALL ROCHESTER ROW HORSEFERRY
ROAD
Tate
SLOANE
Britain
SQUARE BRIDGE RD M ILLBAN K
FULHAM ROAD CHELSEA CHELSEA BRIDGE RD
ROAD
ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD
KING’ S OAKLEY ST CHELSEA EMBANKMENT
T h a m e s
BEAUFORT ST
Natural History Museum
Life on Earth and the Earth
itself are vividly explored at the 0 kilometres 1
museum, through a combination 0 miles 0.5
of interactive techniques and
traditional displays (see pp206–7).
For keys to symbols see back flap
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