Page 59 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - London

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The City and Embankment
At the Lord Mayor’s Show a procession
accompanies the newly elected Lord
Mayor through the City, with events and
celebrations throughout the day.

The Thames
The river is the venue for
pageants and firework displays
Bloomsbury on ceremonial occasions, as
and Fitzrovia well as the annual University
Smithfield and Boat Race between Oxford
Spitalfields and Cambridge.
Holborn and the
Inns of Court
Covent The City 0 kilometres 1
Garden and 0 miles 0.5
the Strand T H A
V E R M E S
I
R
Southwark
and Bankside
South Bank

Tower of London
In the nightly Ceremony of
the Keys, a Yeoman Warder
locks the gates. A military
escort ensures the keys
are not stolen.

Houses of Parliament The Cenotaph
The Queen travels to Westminster On Remembrance Sunday
in the Irish State Coach for the the Queen pays homage to
annual State Opening of Parliament. the nation’s war dead.

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