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Parliament Walk – a circular walk of about 1.5 hours starting and finishing at Trafalgar Square, taking in Whitehall and Westminster areas and introducing some of the most famous landmarks in the capital. Learn some of the fascinating history behind these British icons and take the opportunity to visit Churchill’s "bunker" in the Old Cabinet War Rooms and feed the ducks and pelicans in St. James’s Park.
Points of interest on the walk are:
The National Gallery www.nationalgallery.org.uk
Trafalgar Square
Banqueting House www.hrp.org.uk
Horse Guards Parade
Downing Street
Cenotaph
River Thames River Tour
Aquarium www.londonaquarium.co.uk
The Eye www.ba-londoneye.com
Westminster Bridge
Big Ben
Houses of Parliament www.parliament.uk
Victoria Tower Gardens
Jewel Tower www.english-heritage.org.uk
St. Margaret’s Church www.westminster-abbey.org/stmargarets
Westminster Abbey www.westminster-abbey.org
Deans Yard
Abbey Museum and Cloisters
Winston Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Museum www.iwm.org.uk
St. James’s Park
The Mall
The Institute of Contemporary Arts www.ica.org.uk
Admiralty Arch
To view a map of the route, click below:
parliament walk map.pdf (27 Kb)
To view the images on the route, click below:
parliament walk images.pdf (1 Mb)
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