On Strand at Essex Street, on the right when traveling east on Strand.
In Memory Of
Andrew Young F S I
First Valuer to the London County Council
1889 — 1914
He Laboured to Beautify
The London He Loved — — Map (db m118774) HM
On Park Lane at Brook Gate, on the left when traveling north on Park Lane.
This monument is dedicated to all the animals that served and died alongside British and Allied Forces in wars and campaigns throughout time
They had no choice
Many and various animals were employed to support British and Allied Forces in . . . — — Map (db m121337) WM
On Grosvenor Place at Constitution Hill, on the right when traveling north on Grosvenor Place.
Whatever burden you are to carry
We also will shoulder that burden
Australia United Kingdom
1914 1918
1939 1945
This Memorial Honours The Commitment Of Australians
Who served alongside Britain and her Allies
In defence of . . . — — Map (db m118093) WM
On Piccadilly at Duke of Wellington Place, on the left when traveling west on Piccadilly.
The fighters are our salvation but the bombers alone provide the means of victory
Winston Churchill · September 1940
This memorial is dedicated to the 55,573 airmen from the United Kingdom British Commonwealth & Allied Nations who served . . . — — Map (db m118090) WM
Near Duncannon Street at Adelaide Street, on the left when traveling east.
Boys of St. Martin’s School
Rest in Peace
A. Askew · R. McMillan · W.C.A. Payne · W. Padwick · E.W. Rundle · C. Stone · W.T. Messenger · W.R.J. Price · W.F. Boulter M.M · W. Briggs · W.F. Marsh · C.W. Pratt · E.J. Gilmore · H. Yeates · G. . . . — — Map (db m122249) WM
Near Victoria Embankment close to Savoy Street, on the left when traveling north.
Britain In Bloom
London Regional Trophy 1971
Presented By The London Tourist Board
To The City of Westminster
Winner Of The Above Award
And Planted By The Right Worshipful
The Lord Mayor Councillor John Wells
On 7th January 1972 . . . — — Map (db m117966) HM
On Savoy Place at Victoria Embankment, on the right when traveling south on Savoy Place.
From 1923 to 1932
The Studios and Offices of
The British Broadcasting Company
And its Successor
The British Broadcasting Corporation
Were in this Building — — Map (db m117970) HM
Near Spur Road just south of The Mall, on the left when traveling south.
[Left side]
Buckingham Palace is the principal official residence of the British Monarch. It stands on the site of a country house, built for the Duke of Buckingham, which was purchased in 1761 by George III and re-modelled by Sir William . . . — — Map (db m199129) HM
On Constitution Hill at The Mall, on the left when traveling east on Constitution Hill.
Lest we forget … to whom this memorial is dedicated.
Designed by Canadian sculptor Pierre Granche and unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen in 1994, this memorial pays tribute to the nearly one million Canadian and Newfoundland men and women who . . . — — Map (db m118062) WM
On Strand at Duncannon Street, on the right when traveling north on Strand.
The Charing Cross Monument is modeled on an early medieval commemorative cross erected by King Edward I for his Queen Eleanor I of Castile (1246-90). Twelve crosses marked the journey of her funeral cortege from Harby near Lincoln where she died, . . . — — Map (db m157347) HM
On Cockspur Street at Whitehall, on the left when traveling east on Cockspur Street.
Charles James Napier
General
Born
MDCCLXXXII
Died
MDCCCLIII
Erected by Public Subscription
The Most Numerous Contributors
Being Private Soldiers — — Map (db m118034) HM
On Victoria Embankment close to Savoy Street, on the right when traveling north.
( northeast side )
This obelisk quarried at Syene was erected at On (Heliopolis) by the Pharaoh Thothmes III about 1500 B.C.
Lateral inscriptions were added nearly two centuries later by Ramses the Great
Removed during the Greek . . . — — Map (db m117968) HM
On Horse Guards Road 0.3 kilometers south of The Mall, on the right when traveling south.
This pretty cottage was built in 1841 as the home of the bird-keeper in St. James's Park. It also had a club room for the Ornithological Society of London, which once helped to look after the park's duck and geese.
The design, like a Swiss . . . — — Map (db m110146) HM
On Charing Cross Road at St. Martin's Place, on the right when traveling north on Charing Cross Road.
Humanity · Fortitude · Devotion · Sacrifice
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Dawn
October 12
1915
Patriotism is Not Enough
I Must Have No Hatred or
Bitterness For Anyone — — Map (db m122250) HM
Near West Carriage Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Country Doctor Who Benefited Mankind
In Jenner's time smallpox was a dreaded disease worldwide and caused many deaths particularly of children. Survivors were left badly scarred and often blinded or deformed.
In 1796 Jenner . . . — — Map (db m305721) HM
On Robert Street close to John Adam Street, on the left when traveling north.
London County Council
Robert Adam
Thomas Hood
John Galsworthy
Sir James Barrie
and
Other Eminent Artists
and Writers lived here — — Map (db m122123) HM
About 350 years ago, workmen dug a canal in St. James's Park for the enjoyment of the fun-loving Charles II.
The King swam in the canal in the summer and skated on the ice in winter; He spent many hours feeding his collection of . . . — — Map (db m109493) HM
On Wardour Street at Gerrard Street, on the left when traveling north on Wardour Street.
This is the
Former site of the....
1960s - Flamingo Club
Where Georgie Fame recorded
"Night Train"
1970s - Whiskey-A-Go-Go
Where James Brown and
Kool & the Gang played
1980s and 90s - The Wag Club
In 1984 . . . — — Map (db m116768) HM
On Strand at Catherine Street, on the left when traveling south on Strand.
Gaiety
Theatre
On this site until 1957 stood
the re-sited Gaiety Theatre which
continued the tradition set by its
predecessor for musical comedies,
and famed during the 1890’s for the
delightful Gaiety Girls and their
Stage Door . . . — — Map (db m118786) HM
On Whitcomb Street at Coventry Street, on the right when traveling south on Whitcomb Street.
Glockenspiel with 27 bells, a musical automaton clock and a procession of herdsmen and their animals ascending the alpine meadows. Dedicated in 1985 by the people of the Confederation of Switzerland and of the Principality of Liechtenstein to . . . — — Map (db m117773) HM
As well as transporting goods, in 1801 the opening of the Grand Union Canal allowed ideas and stories to flow from London along Britain's vast network of waterways.
Our canal still feeds imaginations today. An intriguing mix of historic and . . . — — Map (db m299101) HM
Near Victoria Embankment at Savoy Street, on the left when traveling north.
This Oak Tree Was Planted By
The Lord Mayor Of Westminster
Councillor Kevin Gardner B.D.S.
On Behalf Of The
Employees Of Shell U.K.
As One Of The Trees Planted To
Replace Those That Were Lost During
The Great Storm Of 16-17 October . . . — — Map (db m117963) HM
On Horse Guards Road at The Mall, on the right when traveling south on Horse Guards Road.
( east face )
To the Glory of God and in Memory of the Officers Warrant Officers Non Commissioned Officers & Guardsmen of His Majesty’s Regiments of Foot Guards Who Gave Their Lives for Their King and Country During the Great War 1914 . . . — — Map (db m117845) WM
On Orange Street at Irving Street, on the right when traveling north on Orange Street.
Henry Irving
Actor
Born 1838 · Died 1905 · Knight · Litt D Dublin · D Litt Cambridge · Ll D Glasgow · Erected by English Actors and Actresses and by Others Connected with the theatre in this country — — Map (db m117784) HM
On Horse Guards Road at The Mall, on the right when traveling south on Horse Guards Road.
Horse Guards Parade
This panoramic panel has been placed here to mark the 80th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. It shows a representation of the Queen's Birthday Parade, the annual ceremony of Trooping of the Colour on Horse Guards Parade. The . . . — — Map (db m117864) HM
Near Victoria Embankment at Savoy Street, on the left when traveling north.
To the Glorious and Immortal
Memory of the Officers NCO’s and Men
of the Imperial Camel Corps · British
Australian New Zealand Indian
Who Fell in Action or Died of Wounds
and Disease in Egypt Sinai and Palestine
1916-1917-1918 . . . — — Map (db m117962) WM
Near Cockspur Street at Whitehall, on the left when traveling east.
Imperial Standards of Length
Placed on this Site by the
Standards Department of the Board of Trade
By the Permission of the Commissioners of
Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings
MDCCCLXXXVI
( small plaque )
Imperial . . . — — Map (db m118036) HM
On Leicester Street at Lisle Street, on the left when traveling south on Leicester Street.
Johann Strauss 1st
1804 - 1849
Father of the waltz dynasty and
composer of the "Radetzky March"
Lodged here (formerly Hotel du Commerce) on his first visit to England in April 1838 — — Map (db m294547) HM
On Villiers Street at Watergate Walk, on the left when traveling south on Villiers Street.
Kipling House and the ground upon which it stands, enjoys an interesting and illustrious past. standing on the site of Norwich House, the town house of the Bishops of Norwich, which dates back to 1237. Upon the great dissolution of the monasteries . . . — — Map (db m122244) HM
Near Warwick Crescent, on the right when traveling east.
When Robert Browning's wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861, he returned from Italy to Warwick Crescent. Some historians believe that
Browning referred to this area as ‘Little Venice.’ Others say Lord Byron named it as a joke. Nobody . . . — — Map (db m299244) HM
Near Warwick Crescent, on the left when traveling east.
Little Venice: a place to be
Victorian poet, Robert Browning, made his home here. He lived in the street directly behind this wall from 1862. Living in Little Venice gave
him food for thought. Browning wrote many of his poems here, . . . — — Map (db m298738) HM
Near Victoria Embankment at Savoy Street, on the left when traveling north.
Major — General Lord Cheylesmore
G.B.E. K.C.M.G. K.C.V.O. Grenadier Guards
Born 1848 Died 1925
Soldier Administrator
Philanthropist and Steadfast Friend — — Map (db m117951) HM
On Maida Vale (Route A5), on the left when traveling south.
In the 1940s and 1950s, at 83 Rodney Court, lived London-born Jewish WW1 hero
Lt. Leonard M. Keysor V.C.
He earned the U.K.'s highest medal for valour at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, while serving with Australian Forces.
Be Strong and . . . — — Map (db m274792) HM WM
On Grosvenor Place at Piccadilly, on the right when traveling north on Grosvenor Place.
Erected To
Commemorate
The Glorious
Heroes
Of The
Machine Gun
Corps
Who Fell In
The Great War
Saul hath slain his thousands
but David his tens of thousands
MCMXIV MCMXIX
( back )
The . . . — — Map (db m118097) WM
On Cockspur Street at Whitehall, on the left when traveling east on Cockspur Street.
To
Major General
Sir Henry Havelock
K.C.B.
And His Brave Companions
In Arms
During the Campaign in India
1857
“Soldiers! Your labours
your privations your sufferings
and your valour
will not be forgotten by
a grateful . . . — — Map (db m118035) HM
On Gerrard Street just east of Wardour Street, on the left when traveling east.
Site of the Mont Blanc Restaurant where leading writers, including Belloc, Chesterton, Conrad and Galsworthy met regularly in the early years of the 20th century. — — Map (db m116773) HM
On Cockspur Street at Whitehall, on the left when traveling east on Cockspur Street.
An 18 ft statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson stands atop the column. Four bronze relief sculptures, cast from captured French guns, are on the faces of the plinth. They depict Nelson’s major battles.The Death of Nelson at Trafalgar, . . . — — Map (db m118031) WM
On Grosvenor Place at Piccadilly, on the right when traveling north on Grosvenor Place.
( some inscriptions on the columns of the memorial )
This memorial commemorates the enduring bonds between New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and our shared sacrifice during times of war. It is a symbol both of our common heritage, and . . . — — Map (db m118098) HM WM
On Orange Street at Long’s Court, on the left when traveling east on Orange Street.
This Church was founded in 1693 by Huguenot refugees who fled from France at the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In 1776 the Chapel passed into the hands of the Church of England. The Rev. Augustus III. Toplady author of "Rock of Ages . . . — — Map (db m304476) HM
Near Strand close to Savoy Court, on the left when traveling west.
Within these precincts stood the Palace of the Savoy, the erection of which was begun by Peter, Ninth Count of Savoy and Earl of Richmond. A.D. 1246 Henry III King of England bestowed the site “in vico qui vocato la straunde” on . . . — — Map (db m122106) HM
The Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross was erected in 1865 as the centrepiece for the newly opened Charing Cross railway station. It was commissioned by the South Eastern Railway Company, who also owned the Charing Cross Hotel, built above the station a . . . — — Map (db m221369) HM
On Long Acre at Neal Street, on the left when traveling north on Long Acre.
Queen’s Theatre
The Old Queen’s Theatre
occupied this site for just eleven
years from 1867 to 1878 and was
renowned in its day, albeit fleetingly,
for the distinguished players, including
Ellen Terry and Charles Wyndham,
who trod its . . . — — Map (db m118784) HM
On Victoria Embankment at Savoy Street, on the right when traveling north on Victoria Embankment.
In 2001, the UK Government asked the RNLI to provide lifeboat cover for a river - the Thames - for the first time in the charity's history. The following year, a lifeboat station was established at Tower Pier and a 40-knot E class lifeboat was . . . — — Map (db m117973) HM
On Strand at Ivybridge Lane, on the left when traveling west on Strand.
City of Westminster
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force was formed
and had its first headquarters here
in the former Hotel Cecil
1st April 1918
Through Adversity To The Stars
( small brass plaque )
This Plaque was Unveiled by . . . — — Map (db m122116) HM
On Victoria Embankment at Horse Guards Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Victoria Embankment.
( east side, facing the River Thames )
1914
1918
In
Perpetual
Memory
1939
1945
( west side, facing the street )
In Memory of
All Ranks of the
Royal Naval Air
Service Royal
Flying Corps
Royal Air Force . . . — — Map (db m117945) WM
On Grosvenor Place at Constitution Hill, on the right when traveling north on Grosvenor Place.
In Proud Remembrance Of The
Forty Nine Thousand & Seventy Six
Of All Ranks Of The
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Who Gave Their Lives For King
And Country In The Great War
1914 - 1919
Mesopotamia · Dardanelles · Macedonia · Arabia · . . . — — Map (db m119272) WM
On John Adam Street at Robert Street, on the right when traveling west on John Adam Street.
The
House of the
Royal Society for
The Encouragement
Of Arts Manufactures
and Commerce
Foundation Laid 28 March 1772
Completed 2 April 1774
Robert & James Adam
Architects — — Map (db m122120) HM
On Buckingham Street at John Adam Street, on the right when traveling east on Buckingham Street.
In a House
formerly standing
on this site lived
Samuel Pepys
1633 – 1703 Diarist &
Robert Harley
Earl of Oxford
1661 – 1724 Statesman
And in this house lived
William Etty
1787 – 1849 Painter &
Clarkson . . . — — Map (db m122210) HM
Near Strand at Savoy Court, on the left when traveling west.
This Plaque
Was Unveiled by
Her Royal Highness
the
Princess of Wales
To Celebrate
the
Reopening of the
Newly restored
Savoy Theatre
19th July 1993 — — Map (db m122111) HM
On Victoria Embankment close to Savoy Street, on the right when traveling north.
Sir Walter Besant
Novelist
Historian of London
Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund
Originator of the People’s Palace
and
Founder of the Society of Authors
This Monument is Erected
by
His Grateful Brethren in Literature . . . — — Map (db m117971) HM
Near Victoria Embankment at Savoy Street, on the left when traveling north.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt
Of Brayton Cumberland
Born September 4, 1829
Died July 1, 1906
Member of Parliament
For Carlisle Cockermouth
Camborne 1859-1906.
President of the
United Kingdom Alliance
1879-1906
( right side . . . — — Map (db m117960) HM
On Panton Street 0.2 kilometers east of Haymarket, on the left when traveling west.
At 4 Panton Street was the Headquarters of the mostly Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women's organisation.
The 43 Group
They confronted the British neo-fascist movement in 1946-50 and early 1960s to rid Britain of anti-Semitism and all . . . — — Map (db m216002) HM
On Charing Cross Road close to Bear Street, on the left when traveling north.
The
Bear & Staff
A public house by this name has occupied this site on Bear Street since 1714 with the current building dating from 1878 when it was rebuilt. “The Bear & Staff" takes its name from a heraldic sign normally referring to the Neville . . . — — Map (db m122351) HM
On Piccadilly at Duke of Wellington Place, on the left when traveling west on Piccadilly.
The Bomber Command Memorial was built to commemorate the sacrifice of the 55,573 airmen who lost their lives serving in Bomber Command during World War Two.
The Memorial, which was unveiled on 28 June 2012 in the presence of Her Majesty The . . . — — Map (db m118091) HM WM
On Strand close to Carting Lane, on the left when traveling west.
Nicholoson’s
The Coal Hole
The original Coal Hole was located in a cellar in Fountain Court, a few yards from our present establishment. Its name seems to have derived from the coal heavers who worked nearby on the River Thames.
Edmund Kean, . . . — — Map (db m122113) HM
On Oxford Street at Tottenham Court Road on Oxford Street.
The Flying Horse is the last remaining pub on Oxford Street. The current building was built in 1892 and had been called The Tottenham since then. Prior to 1892, another pub called The Flying Horse was located on the site which dates back to at least . . . — — Map (db m111433) HM
On Strand at Savoy Buildings, on the left when traveling west on Strand.
( left column )
In this court in the 18th century stood the Fountain Tavern where the political oponents of Sir Robert Walpole met using the title of the Fountain Club
Also the Coal Hole the meeting place of the Wolf Club of which about . . . — — Map (db m122103) HM
On St. Martin’s Street close to Whitcomb Street, on the left when traveling south.
The
Hampton Site
In the sixteenth century this site adjoined the Royal Mews and was an area of stables and coach houses. Whitcomb Street was known as Hedge Lane. The Duke of Monmouth owned property here and gave his name to Monmouth Court which . . . — — Map (db m117769) HM
Near Cockspur Street at Whitehall, on the left when traveling east.
Mayor of London
The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
Michael Rakowitz
b. 1973, New York
In 2006 Michael Rakowitz started his project The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist to recreate over 7,000 archaeological artefacts looted from the Iraq . . . — — Map (db m118037) HM
