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7 Florence of garden design. It also runs
Nightingale a programme of exhibitions,
events and lectures and has
Museum an excellent café.
2 Lambeth Palace Rd SE1. Map 14 D5.
Tel 020 7620 0374. 1 Waterloo, 9 Lambeth Palace
Westminster. Open 10am–5pm daily
(last adm 4:30pm). Closed 25 Dec SE1. Map 21 C1. Tel 0844 248 5134.
(and other dates; call to check). & 1 Lambeth North, Westminster,
^ = 7 Videos, lectures. Waterloo, Vauxhall. Open for
∑ florence-nightingale.co.uk guided tours only. 8 Thu & Fri
(booking essential). The Tudor gatehouse of Lambeth Palace, a
This determined woman ∑ archbishopofcanterbury.org familiar landmark along the Thames
captured the nation’s imagination
as the “Lady of the Lamp”, who This palace has housed 0 Imperial War
nursed the wounded soldiers Archbishops of Canterbury
of the Crimean War (1853–6). since the 13th century and Museum
She founded Britain’s first school today remains the Archbishop’s Lambeth Rd SE1. Map 22 E1. Tel 020
of nursing at old St Thomas’ official London residence. 7416 5000. 1 Waterloo, Lambeth
Hospital in 1860, and generally The chapel and its undercroft North, Elephant & Castle. Open
revolutionised modern nursing. contain elements from the 10am–6pm daily. Closed 24–26 Dec,
Sited near the entrance to 13th century, but a large 1 Jan. & for tours and some special
St Thomas’ Hospital, this part of the rest of the build­ exhibitions. 8 booking required.
museum gives an account ing is far more recent. 7 0 - = Films, lectures.
of Nightingale’s career It has been frequently ∑ iwm.org.uk
through displays of restored, most recently
original documents and by Edward Blore in This museum is not just
personal memorabilia. 1828. The Tudor concerned with the engines
They illustrate her life gatehouse, however, of modern warfare. Massive
and the developments dates from 1485 and tanks, artillery, bombs and
she pioneered in is one of London’s aircraft are on show in the main
health care, until her most familiar riverside atrium, yet some of the most
death in 1910 at the landmarks. The fascinating exhibits in the
age of 90. Florence Nightingale garden, planted museum relate more to the
with many mature impact on the lives of people at
8 Museum of trees, is occasionally open in home than to the business of
summer, while you can visit
fighting; one display focuses on
Garden History the palace year­round by a London family’s experience of
guided tour. World War II, including food
Lambeth Palace Rd SE1. Map 21 C1.
Tel 020 7401 8865. 1 Waterloo, Until the first Westminster rationing, air raids, and the
Lambeth North, Westminster. Bridge was built, the horse ferry service of family members at
Closed for renovation until 2017; that operated between here home and abroad.
check the website for updates. and Millbank was a principal The First World War Galleries
∑ gardenmuseum.org.uk river crossing. The revenues and Levels 1 and 2 feature many
from it went to the Archbishop, large objects, including the
Currently closed for renovation, who received compensation Little Boy atomic bomb, Field
the world’s first museum of when the bridge opened Marshal Montgomery’s staff car
garden history is housed in the in 1750. used in North Africa and Sicily
restored church of St Mary of
Lambeth Palace, where it is set
around a central knot garden.
In the grou nds are the tombs
of John Tradescant father and
son, who, as well as being
gardeners to Charles I and
Charles II, were adventurous
plant hunters and collectors of
curiosities. The tomb of William
Bligh of The Bounty can also be
seen here.
The museum presents a
history of gardening in Britain,
including objects collected by
the Tradescants, and an archive Military aircraft at the Imperial War Museum

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