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)