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To Trafalgar
Square PICCADILLY,
w Horse Guards Parade MAYFAIR SOUTH
A mounted guard is & ST JAMES'S BANK
ceremonially changed T h a m e s
here twice a day. WHITEHALL
& WESTMINSTER
Dover House, a stately
mansion dating from Victoria Lambeth
1787, now houses the Locator Map
Scotland Office.
See Central London Map pp16–17
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L
A
H
E
T Earl Haig, the British
I
H World War I chief, was
W sculpted by Alfred
Hardiman in 1936.
D O W N I N G S T R E E T
9 Downing Street
British prime ministers have
lived here since 1732.
K I N G C H A R L E S S T R E E T
8 Cenotaph
T
R I C H M O N D T E R R A C E
E Edwin Lutyens’s
E
R war memorial
T dates from 1920.
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T
N Richmond House
E
M is William Whitfield’s
A prize-winning 1980s
I K M E N T q . Banqueting House
L building for the
R Department Inigo Jones designed this elegant
P A A N of Health. building, which has a Rubens
B ceiling, in 1622.
M
G R E A T G E O R G E S T R E E T
A E
I Westminster Pier is
R
T O a starting point for
E riverboat excursions.
R C
U A B R I D G E S T R E E T V I
Q
S Portcullis House provides offices for
P A R L I A M E N T
Members of Parliament.
Boudicca, the British queen who
resisted the Romans, was portrayed
by Thomas Thornycroft in the 1850s.
Westminster
station
1 2 . Houses of
0 metres 100
Parliament and Big Ben
0 yards 100 These were designed by
Charles Barry in 1834 when
Key the Palace of Westminster
Suggested route burned down.

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