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8 Canada Square
8 Canada Square (also known as HSBC Group Head Office, or HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper located at Canary Wharf in London Docklands. The building serves as the global headquarters for the HSBC Group, the world's largest company by the Forbes Global 2000 in 2008 and houses around 8,000 staff.
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Admiralty Arch
Admiralty Arch is a large office building in London which incorporates an archway providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to the South-West, and Trafalgar Square to the North-East. It was designed by Sir Aston Webb, constructed by John Mowlem & Co and completed in 1912. It adjoins the Old Admiralty Building, hence the name.
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Albert Memorial
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ArcelorMittal Orbit
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a high observation tower planned for the Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The steel sculpture will be Britain's largest piece of public art, and is intended to be a permanent, lasting legacy of London's hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics, assisting in the post-Olympics regeneration of the Stratford area. Sited between the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre, it will allow visitors to view the whole Olympic Park from two observation platforms.
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Barbican Estate
The Barbican Estate is a residential estate in the City of London, in an area densely packed with commerce and finance. It also contains, or is adjacent to, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Museum of London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican public library, the City of London School for Girls and a YMCA, forming the Barbican Complex. With the exception of Milton Court, which contained a fire station, medical facilities and some flats, the complex has been Grade II listed as a whole.
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Battersea Park
Battersea Park is an 200 acre (83-hectare) green space at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth in England. It is situated on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Chelsea, and was opened in 1858.
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Beaumont Palace
Beaumont Palace built outside the north gate of Oxford was intended by Henry I about 1130 to serve as a royal palace conveniently close to the royal hunting-lodge at Woodstock (now part of the park of Blenheim Palace). Its former presence is recorded in Beaumont Street, Oxford. Set into a pillar on the north side of the street, near Walton Street, is a stone with the inscription: ''Near to this site stood the King's Houses later known as Beaumont Palace. King Richard I was born here in 1157 and King John in 1167''. The "King's House" was the range of the palace that contained the king's lodgings.
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Birkhall
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Bishopsgate Tower
The Pinnacle, also known as The Bishopsgate Tower and The Helter-Skelter, is a , 63-storey skyscraper currently under construction in the centre of London's main financial district, the City of London. It is one of several major towers planned for London, others being Shard London Bridge, Heron Tower, 122 Leadenhall Street and the 20 Fenchurch Street redevelopment. When topped out at the end of 2012, it will become the tallest building in the City of London and the second tallest building in both the United Kingdom and the European Union, after the Shard London Bridge, which is due for completion in May 2012.
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Bond Street
Bond Street is a major shopping street in London which runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. It is one of the principal streets in the West End shopping district and is more upmarket than nearby Regent Street and Oxford Street. It is in the Mayfair district of London, and has been a fashionable shopping street since the 18th century. Technically "Bond Street" does not exist: The southern section is known as Old Bond Street, and the northern section, which is rather more than half the total length, is known as New Bond Street. This distinction, however, is not generally made in everyday usage.
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Borough Market
Borough Market is a wholesale and retail food market in Southwark, South East London, England. It is one of the largest food markets in the world, and sells a large variety of foods from all over the world.
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Brantridge Park
Brantridge Park, Balcombe, West Sussex, England is one of the lesser royal residences. Standing in Brantridge Forest, it was the seat of the 1st Earl of Athlone, and his wife, Princess Alice of Albany, the last surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, also lived in Brantridge Park from 1919 to 1944.
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Brent Cross
Brent Cross is an area of north London, in the London Borough of Barnet. It is located near the A41 Brent Cross Flyover over the A406 North Circular Road. Brent Cross is best known for its shopping centre and the proposed Brent Cross Cricklewood development.
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Bridewell Palace
Bridewell Palace, London, was originally a residence of Henry VIII, and later became a poorhouse and prison. Its name has come to be synonymous with police stations and detention facilities in England and Ireland.
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British Library
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom and the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is one of the world's major research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and much more. The Library's collections include around 14 million books (second only to the American Library of Congress), along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a rallying point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis.
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Burgess Park
Burgess Park is a public park situated in the London Borough of Southwark, in an area between Camberwell, Walworth and Peckham. At 46ha (113 acres), it is one of the largest parks in South London.
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Burlington Arcade
The Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London that runs behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping centre. The Burlington Arcade was built "for the sale of jewellery and fancy articles of fashionable demand, for the gratification of the public".
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Carnaby Street
Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in London, United Kingdom, located in the Soho district, near Oxford Street and Regent Street. It is home to numerous fashion and lifestyle retailers, including a large number of independent fashion boutiques. The nearest London Underground station is Oxford Circus tube station (on the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines).
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Castle of Mey
The Castle of Mey (formerly Barrogill Castle) is located in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland, about west of John o' Groats. In fine weather there are views from the castle north to the Orkney Islands.
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Centre Point
Centre Point is a substantial concrete and glass office building in central London, England, occupying 101-103 New Oxford Street, WC1, close to St Giles Circus and almost directly above Tottenham Court Road tube station. The site was once occupied by a gallows. The building was designed by Richard Seifert with engineers Pell Frischmann and was constructed by Wimpey Construction from 1963 to 1966. It is 117 m (385 ft) high, has 32 floors and of floor space and is the joint 27th tallest building in London. It was one of the first skyscrapers in London.
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City Hall (London)
City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
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Clarence House
Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated on The Mall, in the City of Westminster. It is attached to St. James's Palace and shares the palace's garden. For nearly 50 years, from 1953 to 2002, it was home to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, but is now the official residence of The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, and the Princes William and Harry. It is open to visitors for approximately two months each summer.
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Coombe Abbey
Coombe Abbey is a hotel which has been developed from an historic grade I listed building and former country house. It is located roughly midway between Coventry and Brinklow in the countryside of Warwickshire, England. The house's original grounds are now a country park known as Coombe Country Park and run by Coventry City Council.
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Coppins
Coppins is a country house north of the village of Iver in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly a home of members of the British Royal Family, including Princess Victoria, Prince George (Duke of Kent), Princess Marina and Prince Edward (Duke of Kent).
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County Hall, London
For the headquarters of the Greater London Authority, see City Hall (London).
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Epping Forest
Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is a former royal forest, and is managed by the City of London Corporation.
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Falkland Palace
Falkland Palace in Falkland, Fife, Scotland is a former royal palace of the Scottish Kings. Today it is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, and serves as a tourist attraction.
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in London, England, named after the River Fleet, a London stream that now flows underground. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the street's name continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press.
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Gatcombe Park
Gatcombe Park is the private country home of Anne, Princess Royal, situated in England between the Gloucestershire villages of Minchinhampton and Avening, five miles (8 km) south of Stroud and around six miles (10 km) north of Highgrove House, the country residence of Prince Charles.
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Guildhall, London
The Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. It has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London and its Corporation. The term Guildhall refers both to the whole building and to its main room, which is a medieval-style great hall. The Guildhall complex houses the offices of the City of London Corporation and various public facilities.
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Hamleys
Hamleys is one of the world's largest toy shops. Its flagship store is in Regent Street, London. Major stores worldwide are in Dublin, Dubai, Amman, Glasgow and Mumbai.
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Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath (locally known as "the Heath") is a large, ancient London park, covering . This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London clay. The Heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds, and a training track, and it adjoins the stately home of Kenwood House and its grounds. South of the Heath is Parliament Hill, whose view over London is protected by law.
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Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London; it has not been lived in by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames. It was originally built for Cardinal Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII, circa 1514; in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the palace was passed to the King, who enlarged it.
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Harrods
Harrods is a high-end department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and Harrods Buenos Aires.
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Havering Palace
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Highgrove House
Highgrove House is the country home of the Prince of Wales, in Gloucestershire, England. Situated at Doughton, southwest of Tetbury, Highgrove House was purchased in 1980 by the Duchy of Cornwall. The Duchy also manages the estate surrounding the house.
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Holyrood Palace
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The palace stands at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle. Holyrood Palace is the setting for state ceremonies and official entertaining.
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Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London, at grid reference . It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and Beating Retreat. It was formerly the site of the Palace of Whitehall's tiltyard, where tournaments were held in the time of Henry VIII. It was also the scene of annual celebrations of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park. Most of it is in the City of Westminster, but a section to the west is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The park covers an area of 111 hectares (275 acres).
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Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century. Today it is the official residence of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Kensington Palace is also used on an unofficial basis by Prince Harry, as well as his cousin Zara Phillips.
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Kew Palace
Kew Palace is a British Royal Palace in Kew Gardens, Kew on the banks of the Thames up river from London. There have been at least four Palaces at Kew, and three have been known as Kew Palace, the first building may not have been known as Kew as no records survive other than the words of another courtier. One survives and is open to visitors. It is cared for by an independent charity, Historic Royal Palaces, which receives no funding from the Government or the Crown.
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Kings Langley Palace
Kings Langley Palace was a 13th century Royal Palace located at Kings Langley in Hertfordshire.
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Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is located in Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames a short distance upstream of the Palace of Westminster on the opposite shore. It was acquired by the archbishopric around 1200. Lambeth Palace Road is to the west, Lambeth Road is to the south and Lambeth Bridge is to the south-west.
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Lancaster House
Lancaster House (previously known as York House and Stafford House) is a mansion in the St. James's district in the West End of London. It is close to St. James's Palace and much of the site was once part of the palace complex. The a Grade I listed building is now managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market is a covered market in the City of London, located at Gracechurch Street.
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Leicester Square
: For the British guitarist, see Lester Square.
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Linlithgow Palace
The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are situated in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles west of Edinburgh. A royal manor existed on the site in the 12th century. This was replaced by a fortification known as 'the Peel', built in the 14th century by English forces under Edward I. The site of the manor made it an ideal military base for securing the supply routes between Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle.
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Lloyd's building
The '''Lloyd's building (also sometimes known as The Inside-Out Building''') is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at One Lime Street, in the City of London, England.
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Llwynywermod
Llwynywermod, (), also known as Llwynywormwood, is an estate owned by Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.
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London
London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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London IMAX
The London IMAX is an IMAX cinema in the South Bank district of London, England, just north of Waterloo Station. It is operated by the British Film Institute.
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London Zoo
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 15,104 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom.
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Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a white Carrara-marble monument at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England. The arch is on a large traffic island, which also includes a very small park, in the midst of swirling traffic. The traffic island is directly across from the Marble Arch tube station.
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Marlborough House
:''This article is about Marlborough House, Westminster. For the property in Brighton, please see Marlborough House, Brighton
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Millbank Tower
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Mitcham Common
Mitcham Common or Seven Islands is 182 hectares (460 acres) of common land situated in South London. It is predominantly in the London borough of Merton, with parts straddling the borders with Sutton and Croydon.
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Museum of London
The Museum of London documents the history of London from the Prehistoric to the present day. The museum is located close to the Barbican Centre, as part of the striking Barbican complex of buildings created in the 1960s and 70s as an innovative approach to re-development within a bomb damaged area of the City. It is a few minutes' walk north of St Paul's Cathedral, overlooking the remains of the Roman city wall and on the edge of the oldest part of London, known as the City, now the financial district. It is primarily concerned with the social history of London and its inhabitants throughout history. The museum is a non-departmental public body.
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National Gallery
The National Gallery in London was founded in 1824 and houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom and entry to the main collection (though not some special exhibitions) is free of charge.
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Nonsuch Palace
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Oatlands Palace
Oatlands Palace is a former Tudor and Stuart royal palace located between Weybridge and Walton on Thames in Surrey, England. The surrounding modern district of Oatlands takes its name from the palace. Little remains of the original building and excavations of the palace took place in 1964 to rediscover its extent.
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Old Bailey
The Central Criminal Court in England, commonly known as the Old Bailey from the street in which it stands, is a court building in central London, one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court. The Crown Court sitting at the Central Criminal Court deals with major criminal cases from Greater London and, in exceptional cases, from other parts of England. Part of the present building stands on the site of the medieval Newgate Gaol, on Old Bailey, a road which follows the line of the City of London's fortified wall (or bailey). It lies between Holborn Circus and St Paul's Cathedral.
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One Canada Square
One Canada Square (also known as the Canary Wharf Tower) is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London, England. The building is famous for being the tallest building in the United Kingdom since 1991, standing at above ground level and containing 50 storeys.
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One Hyde Park
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Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster in London, England. There are 548 shops in Oxford Street; it is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most dense. The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate, City of London, when it was known as Oxford Road. Today the road forms part of the A40, although, like many roads in central London which are not now intended as through traffic routes, it is not signposted with the road number.
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OXO Tower
The OXO Tower is a building with a prominent tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The building currently has a set of bijou arts and crafts shops on the ground and first floors. A well-known restaurant is located on the 8th floor, which is the roof top level of the main building. The second to 7th floors contain 78 residential apartments.
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Palace of Beaulieu
The Palace of Beaulieu also known as New Hall was located in Essex, England, north of Chelmsford.
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Palace of Placentia
The Palace of Placentia was an English Royal Palace built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester in 1447, in Greenwich, on the banks of the River Thames, downstream from London. The Palace was demolished in the seventeenth century and replaced with the Greenwich Hospital (now The Old Royal Naval College) in the late seventeenth century.
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Palace of Whitehall
The Palace of Whitehall was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698 when all except Inigo Jones's 1622 Banqueting House was destroyed by fire. Before the fire it had grown to be the largest palace in Europe, with over 1,500 rooms, overtaking the Vatican and Versailles.
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Park Lane (road)
Park Lane is a major road (designated A4202) in the City of Westminster, in Central London.
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Piccadilly
Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the city of Westminster. The street is part of the A4 road, London's second most important western artery. St. James's lies to the south of the eastern section of the street, while the western section is built up only on the northern side and overlooks Green Park. The area to the north is Mayfair.
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Queen's House
The '''Queen's House, Greenwich''', is a former royal residence built between 1614-1617 in Greenwich, then a few miles downriver from London, and now a district of the city. Its architect was Inigo Jones, for whom it was a crucial early commission, for Anne of Denmark, the queen of King James I of England. It was altered and completed by Jones, in a second campaign about 1635 for Henrietta Maria, queen of King Charles I. The Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, being the first consciously classical building to have been constructed in Britain. It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613-1615 grand tour of Roman, Renaissance and Palladian architecture in Italy. Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat, had made borrowings from the classical style; but these were restricted to small details and were not applied in a systematic way. Nor was the form of these buildings informed by an understanding of classical precedents. The Queen's House would have appeared revolutionary to English eyes in its day. Jones is credited with the introduction of Palladianism with the construction of the Queen's House. Although it diverges from the mathematical constraints of Palladio and it is likely that the immediate precedent for the H shaped plan, straddling a road is the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano by Giuliano da Sangallo. Today it is both a grade I listed building and a Scheduled ancient monument, a status which includes the , axial vista to the River Thames. The house now forms part of the National Maritime Museum and is used to display parts of their substantial collection of maritime paintings and portraits. It will be used as a VIP centre in the 2012 Olympic games.
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Regent Street
Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London's West End, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations. It is named after the Prince Regent (later George IV), and is commonly associated with the architect John Nash, whose street layout survives, although all his original buildings except All Souls Church have since been replaced.
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Ribsden Holt
Ribsden Holt is a former royal residence at Windlesham, Surrey, England.
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Richmond Park
Richmond Park is a 2,360 acre (9.55 km2; 3.69 sq mi) park within London. Almost three times as large as New York City's Central Park, it is the largest of the Royal Parks in London and Britain's second largest urban walled park after Sutton Park, Birmingham. It is close to Richmond, Ham, Kingston upon Thames, Wimbledon, Roehampton and East Sheen. The park is famous for its red and fallow deer, which number over six hundred.
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Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900 seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected (in April 1988). The London Philharmonic Orchestra performs the majority of its London concerts in the hall.
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Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Originally called the Theatre Royal, it served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. In 1734, the first ballet was presented. A year later Handel's first season of operas began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there.
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Royal Pavilion
The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in three campaigns, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, from 1811 Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century, with the most extravagant chinoiserie interiors ever executed in the British Isles.
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Sandringham House
Sandringham House is a country house on of land near the village of Sandringham in Norfolk, England. The house is privately owned by the British Royal Family and is located on the royal Sandringham Estate, which lies within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Savoy Palace
The Savoy Palace was considered the grandest nobleman's residence of medieval London, until it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It fronted Strand, on the site of the present Savoy Theatre and the Savoy Hotel that memorialise its name. In its area the rule of law was different from the rest of London.
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Scotland Yard
New Scotland Yard (NSY) is the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police. Commonly known as the "Met", the force is responsible for law enforcement within Greater London, excluding the square mile of the City of London, which is covered by the City of London Police. The London Underground and national rail network are the responsibility of the British Transport Police.
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Shard London Bridge
Shard London Bridge, previously known as London Bridge Tower, and also known as the Shard of Glass, 32 London Bridge and The Shard, is a skyscraper under construction in Southwark, London, United Kingdom. When completed in 2012 it will become the tallest building in the European Union.
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Shell Centre
Shell Centre, in London, United Kingdom is one of the two "central offices" of oil major Shell (the other is in The Hague). It comprises a skyscraper tower and three nine-storey wings (formerly the "Upstream Building"). It also once included a separate building known as the "Downstream Building" but that building was disposed of by Shell in the 1990s and is now a block of residential apartments known as the White House. Shell Centre is located on the Belvedere Road in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a prominent feature on the South Bank of the River Thames near County Hall, and now forms the backdrop to the London Eye. Shell Centre was constructed in 1961, to a design by Sir Howard Robertson, and the tower stands at with 27 storeys (26 numbered and a mezzanine level) and extends three storeys below ground. The tower was the first London skyscraper to exceed the height of the Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster.
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Smithfield Market
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Somerset House
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Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.
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St James's Palace
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St. James's Park
'''St. James's Park''' is a 23 hectare (58 acre) park in Westminster, central London, the oldest of the Royal Parks of London. The park lies at the southernmost tip of the St. James's area, which was named after a leper hospital dedicated to St. James the Less.
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Stirling Castle
:For ships named after the castle, see Stirling Castle (disambiguation)
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Strand, London
The Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London, England. It is just over 3/4 of a mile long. It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at Temple Bar, which marks the boundary of the City of London at this point, though its historical length has been longer than this.
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Sunninghill Park
Sunninghill Park is a country house and estate of some , located north of Sunninghill, lying between Ascot and the southern boundary of Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England. It was the official residence of the Duke of York from 1990 until 2004.
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Thames Barrier
The Thames Barrier is the world's second largest movable flood barrier (after the Oosterscheldekering in the Netherlands) and is located downstream of central London. Its purpose is to prevent London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the sea. It only needs to be raised during high tide; at ebb tide it can be lowered to release the water that backs up behind it. Its northern bank is in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and its southern bank is in the New Charlton area of Charlton in the London Borough of Greenwich.
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Thatched House Lodge
Thatched House Lodge is a royal residence in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England.
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The Mall, London
The Mall () in London is the road running from Buckingham Palace at its western end to Admiralty Arch and on to Trafalgar Square at its eastern end, where it crosses Spring Gardens, which was where the Metropolitan Board of Works and, for a number of years, the London County Council were based. It is closed to traffic on Sundays and public holidays, and on ceremonial occasions. The surface of The Mall is coloured red which gives the effect of a giant red carpet leading up to Buckingham Palace. This colour was obtained using synthetic iron oxide pigment from The Deanshanger Oxide Works (Deanox), which was created using The Deanox Process devised by head chemist Ernest Lovell (b. London 1917).
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The Oval
The Brit Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval. In past years it was officially named as the 'Fosters Oval', 'AMP Oval', and, presently, as the 'Brit Insurance Oval' (or 'Brit Oval') due to commercial sponsorship deals.
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Tower 42
Tower 42 is the second tallest skyscraper in the City of London and the sixth tallest in London as a whole. The original name was the National Westminster Tower, having been built to house the National Westminster Bank's International Division. Seen from above, the tower closely resembles the (three chevrons in a hexagonal arrangement).
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Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London.
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Tower of London
'''Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London''', is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison since at least 1100, although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under Kings Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late 13th century remains despite later activity on the site.
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Trent Park
Trent Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a mansion house which currently forms the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom. The campus is home to the performing arts, teacher education, humanities, product design and engineering, television production and biological science departments of the university. The sports ground in the park, Southgate Hockey Centre, provides facilities for the local community and the university.
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Wandsworth Common
Wandsworth common is a public common in Wandsworth, south London. It is close to Clapham Common and Wandsworth Common railway station. It is wholly in the London borough of Wandsworth. It is 73 hectares (175 acres) large and is maintained and regulated by Wandsworth Council.
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Westfield London
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Westminster Abbey
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Whitehall
Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I, which is often regarded as the heart of London. Recognised as the centre of HM Government, the road is lined with government departments/ministries; "Whitehall" is therefore also frequently used as a metonym for overall UK governmental administration, as well as being a geographic name for the surrounding district.
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Whitehall Palace
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Wimbledon Common
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Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation. The castle's floor area is about .
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Woodstock Palace
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The title of "palace" was first used to refer to it during the twelfth century, when it was favoured by King Henry I of England. In about 1120, he created a zoo in the grounds. His grandson, Henry II was also fond of Woodstock, and spent time here with his mistress, Rosamund Clifford. Important events which took place at the palace include:
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Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third, and later for a few years was second in the line of succession to the thrones of seven independent states; however, after additions to the Royal Family, and an evolution of the Commonwealth, Anne is currently tenth in line to the thrones of 16 countries. She is resident in and most directly involved with the United Kingdom, the oldest realm, while also carrying out duties in and on behalf of the other states of which her mother is sovereign. The seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, Anne is known for her charitable work, being the patron of over 200 organisations, and she carries out about 700 royal engagements and public appearances per year.
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Charles I of England
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Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren (20 October 1632 – 25 February 1723) was one of the best known and highest acclaimed English architects in history,
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Daniel Defoe
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German Chancery
The German Chancery (German: Deutsche Kanzlei; also popularly called the Hanoverian Chancery) was the official name given to the office of the Hanoverian ministry in London during the years of personal union between Great Britain (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and the Electorate of Hanover (later Kingdom of Hanover) from 1714 until 1837. The office ceased upon the accession of Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom and Ernest Augustus in Hanover in 1837.
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James the Just
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Mary I of England
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was Queen regnant of England and Queen regnant of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Henry VIII and only surviving child of Catherine of Aragon. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism after succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI, to the English throne. In the process, she had almost 300 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions, earning her the sobriquet of "Bloody Mary". Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed by her successor and half-sister, Elizabeth I.
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Nikolaus Pevsner
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Oliver Cromwell
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Queen Victoria
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Saint James the Less
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William and Mary
The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the coregency over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, of King William III and Queen Mary II. Their joint reign began in February 1689, when they were called to the throne by Parliament, replacing James II & VII, Mary's father and William's uncle/father-in-law, who was "deemed to have fled" the country in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. After Mary died in 1694, William ruled alone until his death in 1702. William and Mary were childless and were ultimately succeeded by Mary's younger sister, Anne. She was daughter of James II.
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William Kent
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William Morris
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William Neville Hart
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St James's Palace Stakes 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Published: 14 Jun 2011
- Updated: 21 Aug 2012
Frankel kept his unbeaten tag by holding on to win the St James's Palace Stakes by three quarters of a length from the fast-closing Zoffany, with German Guineas winner Excelebration third.
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St James's Palace
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- Duration: 2:53
- Published: 30 Apr 2009
- Updated: 25 May 2012
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St James's Palace Stakes 2012
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- Duration: 2:06
- Published: 19 Jun 2012
- Updated: 26 Jun 2012
Most Improved bounced back to form to take the St James's from Hermival and Gregorian. www.attheraces.com http
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Frankel - St James's Palace Stakes 2011
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- Duration: 6:08
- Published: 14 Jun 2011
- Updated: 23 Aug 2012
Frankel wins the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot
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Grenadier Guards outside St James's Palace in London
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- Duration: 1:22
- Published: 22 Oct 2008
- Updated: 29 Jul 2012
Grenadier Guards outside St James's Palace in London
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Parade from St James's Palace
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- Duration: 0:47
- Published: 31 Dec 2006
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
The procession moved to Buckingham direction
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Shamardal - St James Palace
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- Duration: 1:39
- Published: 22 Oct 2007
- Updated: 24 May 2012
A look back at Shamardal's scintilating victory in the St James Palace Stakes, a Group 1 event over 1 mile.
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St James's Palace Stakes 2011 Preview
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- Duration: 9:51
- Published: 09 Jun 2011
- Updated: 14 Jun 2011
Gary Nutting joins Mike Cattermole in the ATR studio to preview the St James's Palace Stakes, a Group 1 contest over a mile for 3yo colts. Can anything stop runaway 2000 Guineas winner Frankel? Includes video form.
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St James's Palace Stakes 2012_British Champions Series_Group 1_Most Improved_K Fallon
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- Duration: 5:45
- Published: 19 Jun 2012
- Updated: 19 Jun 2012
St James's Palace Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1) (Rnd) 3YO only Klasse: 1 Dotierung: 295.000 GBP Distanz: 1760 yards (1.609 m) Einlauf: 12 - 9 - 8 Royal Ascot den 19.06.2012 Starterfeld: 1 (8) Arnold Lane ,3j. cb Footstepsinthesand (UK) / Capriole (UK) M Harley MR Channon...
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London Changing of Guards at St James Palace
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- Duration: 2:01
- Published: 08 Nov 2011
- Updated: 08 Nov 2011
London Changing of Guards at St James Palace, Oct 2, 2011 - by Bob Altzar Djurdjevic
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Buckingham Palace / St. James Palace
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- Duration: 2:52
- Published: 02 May 2007
- Updated: 27 Aug 2010
A real quick look at St. James Park, St. James Palace and Buckingham Palace in London, April 2007.
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St James's Palace, London (1926)
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- Duration: 0:49
- Published: 31 Jul 2008
- Updated: 11 Jul 2012
Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' is available to buy on DVD at filmstore.bfi.org.uk This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally restored by the BFI National Archive. Britain seen in colour for the first time was heralded as a great technical advance for the cinema audience - now we can view a much improved image, but one which still stays true to the principles of the colour process. The rather haphazard journey from Land's End to John O'Groats creates a series of moving picture postcards. Look out for shots containing the component colours - red and blue-green - such as when a little girl in a red coat and hat walks among peacocks in the grounds of a castle, and three girls with red curly hair pose by the sea at Torquay. The car is a Vauxhall D-type - considered a sporty model at the time. A long-distance journey by car was a relatively new concept, with none of the amenities en route now taken for granted. The visit to a petrol station shows smoking on the forecourt: no health and safety issues back then! The travelogue ends with a series of recognisable London landmarks. Much remains the same - one major exception being the volume of traffic on the roads. (Jan Faull) For more information about 'The Open Road' see www.bfi.org.uk You can watch the whole of 'The Open Road' and over 1200 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge at the new BFI <b>...</b>
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Buckingham Palace & St James' Palace Guard Mount 14/6/09 - Scots & Welsh Guards
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- Duration: 6:42
- Published: 15 Jun 2009
- Updated: 02 May 2012
Buckingham Palace & St James' Palace Guard Mount 14/6/09
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St James's Palace Stakes Betting Preview
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- Duration: 9:53
- Published: 19 Jun 2012
- Updated: 19 Jun 2012
TRIBUTE to Queens Guard St James's Palace London
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- Duration: 6:03
- Published: 17 Sep 2008
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
GUARDSMAN MICHAEL J GOGGINS (DIED 4TH MAY 2008 AGE22) Grenadier Guard 6 post sentry duty St James's palace London
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St James's Palace Stakes G1 Most Improved ROYAL ASCOT 2012
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- Duration: 3:39
- Published: 29 Jun 2012
- Updated: 29 Jun 2012
St James's Palace Stakes G1 - Most Improved - ROYAL ASCOT 2012.wmv
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2010 St. James's Palace S. -- Canford Cliffs
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- Duration: 2:35
- Published: 18 Jun 2010
- Updated: 28 Jun 2012
2010 St. James's Palace S. -- Canford Cliffs
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Grenadier Guards outside St James's Palace in London
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- Duration: 0:12
- Published: 22 Oct 2008
- Updated: 15 Jul 2012
Grenadier Guards outside St James's Palace in London
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Rock of Gibraltar- 2002 St James' Palace Stakes
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- Duration: 1:45
- Published: 16 Jun 2008
- Updated: 05 Jun 2012
The Rock holds off his ill-fated stablemate Landseer to win his 5th consecutive Group 1 at Royal Ascot. Disclaimer- this video is not mine, I have uploaded it purely for the education and enjoyment values of the horse racing fans on Youtube.
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Brief Truce - 1992 St James's Palace Stakes
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- Duration: 4:41
- Published: 22 Sep 2009
- Updated: 13 Apr 2012
Never out of the first 3 in 9 starts, this win was significant in that he beat a below par Arazi and Rodrigo De Triano. His highest RPR was 123 when he finished second in the Moulin to All At Sea and Lahib in the QEII.
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Queen's Guard Mounting from St. James's Palace
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- Duration: 3:05
- Published: 21 Jul 2008
- Updated: 26 Apr 2012
Visiting London in late June, I was able to watch the Queen's Guard Mounting (the "Changing of the Guard"), as some of the old guard assembled, was inspected, and marched out of St. James's Palace. I followed them toward Buckingham Palace and watched the ceremony conclude. Very cool, very traditional, very British.
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Shavian - 1990 St James's Palace Stakes
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- Duration: 3:52
- Published: 11 Sep 2009
- Updated: 11 Jan 2011
A decent animal owned by Lord Howard De Walden, and yet another great ride from the front by Steve Cauthen. His highest RPR was 129 in the Celebration Mile at Goodwood.
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Horse Racing 1984 St James Palace Stakes Royal Ascot. Chief Singer.avi
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- Duration: 2:08
- Published: 25 Apr 2011
- Updated: 23 Aug 2012
2 years running this horse put up amazing performances at Royal Ascot in winning the Coventry Stakes on debut in 83 and this in 84.
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Real Madrid Beats Barcelona In Supercup Second Leg: Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Incredible Goal (VIDEO)
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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal celebrates his goal during a Spanish Supercup second leg soccer match against FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday,...
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30 Aug 2012
The UEFA Champions League is back for another campagin, as the reigning champions of Europe look to repeat. See where...
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30 Aug 2012
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia says it has suffered fatalities in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led military coalition there reported that a man in an Afghan army uniform had killed three of its troops....
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31 Aug 2012
Much of the recent history of Afghanistan can be told through the life of one commander in the western city of Herat - Abdullah, known as "Charsi", which means "the hashish...
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30 Aug 2012
A UNITED NATIONS report will confirm this week that Iran is expanding its nuclear program in defiance of the international community, bolstering calls for tougher sanctions amid the threat of an...
St James’s Palace asks British media organisations not to publish pictures of a naked Prince ...
22 Aug 2012
The Independent
Royal aides confirmed the authenticity of the photographs, which depict the third-in-line to the throne standing in front of a topless woman, cupping his genitals with his hands. Another picture shows the Prince “bear-hugging” a naked woman from behind, apparently attempting to assist her with her...(size: 2.0Kb)
The Guardian
• Jockey records first British Group One win since 2006 • The Nile suffers fatal injury in dramatic contest Kieren Fallon on his way to victory on Most Improved in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. Photograph: Tom Jenkins...(size: 5.3Kb)
TWO SUPPLEMENTED FOR ST JAMES'S PALACE
13 Jun 2012
Sporting Life
Richard Fahey's Gabrial and the Francois Rohaut-trained Lucayan have been supplemented for the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on...(size: 0.9Kb)
Oxx to run Born To Sea in St James's Palace
30 May 2012
Irish Times
BRIAN O'CONNOR RACING�: BORN TO Sea will be kept to Group One company when he lines up next in Royal Ascot's St James's Palace Stakes in 20 days' time. The brother to Sea The Stars and Galileo finished fifth...(size: 1.4Kb)
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The Daily Mail
The Queen has approved hiring out one of her palaces for up to £30,000 a day during next year’s Olympics. In a break with centuries of royal tradition, St James’s Palace will offer some of its most lavish state apartments – including the Throne Room, Tapestry Room, and Queen...(size: 5.2Kb)
St. James Palace opens doors for London Olympics
13 Nov 2011
The Examiner
In a historic move, HM Queen Elizabeth has personally approved plans to rent out rooms in historic St. James Palace for the upcoming 2012 London Olympics. The move breaks with 500 years of royal protocol as the Palace, London homes to TRH Prince Charles, The Princess Royal and Princess...(size: 5.3Kb)
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The Examiner
Thursday evening, Kate Middleton and Prince William attended a fundraising dinner at the St. James' Palace. Scottsdale fans of the royal pair are buzzing about Kate's gorgeous one shoulder Grecian-style silver gown, adorned by a red poppy. Prince William also wore a red poppy on his dinner jacket,...(size: 6.0Kb)
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St. James's Palace is one of London's oldest palaces. It is situated in Pall Mall, just north of St. James's Park. Although no sovereign has resided there for almost two centuries, it has remained the official residence of the Sovereign[1][2] and the most senior royal palace in the UK. For this reason it gives its name to the Royal Court (the "Court of St James's").[1][2] It is the ceremonial gathering place of the Accession Council which proclaims a new sovereign.
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The palace was commissioned by Henry VIII, on the site of a former leper hospital dedicated to Saint James the Less,[3] from which the Palace and its nearby Park retain their names; the hospital was disbanded in 1532.[4] The new palace, secondary in the king's interest to Henry's Whitehall Palace, was constructed between 1531 and 1536 in the red-brick Tudor style around four courtyards: its gatehouse (illustration) survives on the north side, flanked by polygonal turrets with mock battlements, fitted with Georgian sash windows.
Two of Henry VIII's children died there: Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset and Mary I (Mary's heart and bowels were buried in the palace's Chapel Royal). Elizabeth I was said to have spent the night there while waiting for the Spanish Armada to sail up the channel. Charles I slept rather less soundly—as it was his final bed before his execution. Oliver Cromwell then took it over, and turned it into barracks during the English Commonwealth period. It was then restored by Charles II (Charles I's son), who also laid out St. James's Park. It became the principal residence of the monarch in London in 1698, during the reign of William III and Mary II after Whitehall Palace was destroyed by fire, and became the administrative centre of the monarchy, a role it retains.
The first three Georges used St James's Palace as their principal London residence even though it was far from grand for the city palace of a major European monarchy; Daniel Defoe called it "low and mean" in 1725. For most of the time of the personal union between Great Britain (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and the Electorate of Hanover (later Kingdom of Hanover) from 1714 until 1837 the ministers of the German Chancery were working in two small rooms within St James's Palace. In 1757, George II donated the Palace library to the British Museum;[5] this gift was the first part of what later became the Royal Collection.[6]
In 1809 a fire destroyed part of the palace, including the monarch's private apartments at the south east corner. These apartments were not replaced, leaving the Queen's Chapel in isolation, and Marlborough Road now runs between the two buildings. George III had purchased Buckingham House – the predecessor to Buckingham Palace – for his queen back in 1762, and St James's continued to decline in importance in the first half of the 19th century. It increasingly came to be used only for formal occasions such as official receptions, royal marriages, and christenings. Queen Victoria formalised the move in 1837, ending St James's status as the primary residence of the monarch. Some structures and interiors survive by Sir Christopher Wren and William Kent, but most was remodelled in the nineteenth century. William Morris and his firm were commissioned to redecorate the Armoury and the Tapestry Room, 1866-67.[4]
Diana, Princess of Wales's coffin was kept for a few days at the Chapel Royal at the Palace before being taken to Kensington Palace on the eve of her funeral at the Westminster Abbey in September 1997.
Notable people born at St James's Palace[link]
Today[link]
St James's Palace is still a working palace, and the Royal Court is still formally based there – foreign ambassadors are still accredited to the Court of St James's, even though they are received by the monarch at Buckingham Palace. It is also the London residence of the Princess Royal, Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. The Palace forms part of a sprawling complex of buildings housing Court offices and officials' apartments. The immediate palace complex includes York House, the former home of the Prince of Wales and his sons, Princes William and Harry. Lancaster House located next-door, is used by HM Government for official receptions, and the nearby Clarence House, the home of the late Queen Mother is now the residence of the Prince of Wales.
The Queen's Chapel, built by Inigo Jones, adjoins St James's Palace. While the Chapel is open to the public at selected times, the palace is not accessible to the public. St James's Palace is one of the four buildings in London where guards from the Household Division can be seen (the other three are Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London and Horse Guards).
Since the beginning of the 2000s, the Royal Philatelic Collection has been housed at St James's Palace, after spending the entire 20th century at Buckingham Palace.
From October 2008 onwards, and officially from 6 January 2009, the staff of Princes William and Harry moved into their own rooms in St James's Palace and began reporting directly to the royal princes for the first time. In addition, the staff also began serving Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge upon her marriage to Prince William in 2011. Prior to 2008, the brothers' duties were looked after by the Prince of Wales' office at Clarence House.[7]
References[link]
- ^ a b "History of St. James's Palace". The Official Website of the British Monarchy. August 2008. http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/StJamessPalace/History.aspx.
- ^ a b "Ambassadors' credentials". The Official Website of the British Monarchy. August 2009. http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCeremonies/Audiences/Ambassadorscredentials.aspx.
- ^ The uncertainty as to which James was intended is expressed in the Survey of London ascription British-History.ac.uk Edward Walford, 'St Henk's Palace', Old and New London Vol. 4 (1878:100-122. Date accessed: 22 February 2008.) of the hospital's dedication to "St James the Less, Bishop of Jerusalem"; bishop of Jerusalem was a title of James the Just, brother of Jesus.
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England: London 6: Westminster (2003), pp 594-601
- ^ Warner, George (1912). Queen Mary's Psalter Miniatures and Drawings by an English Artist of the 14th Century Reproduced from Royal Ms. 2 B. Vii in the British Museum. London: Britism Museum. p. n. http://bestiary.ca/etexts/warner1912/queen%20mary%20psalter%20-%20introduction%20-%20warner.pdf.
- ^ "Books and Manuscripts". Royal Collection. http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=21. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "A new Household for His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales and His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales". The Prince of Wales - Media Centre. Clarence House. 2009-01-06. http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/a_new_household_for_his_royal_highness_prince_william_of_wal_995146659.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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- Read a detailed historical record on St James Palace
- Historic photos of St James' Palace
- Edward Walford, 'St James's Palace', Old and New London Vol. 4 (1878:100-122). Date accessed: 22 February 2008.
- The Royal Household: about St James's Palace
- Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London 6: Westminster (2003), pp 594–601
- Friends of Cathedral Music
- St James's Palace tourist guide
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St James's is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. It is bounded to the north by Piccadilly, to the west by Green Park, to the south by The Mall and St. James's Park and to the east by Haymarket.
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St James's was once part of the same royal park as Green Park and St. James's Park. In the 1660s, Charles II gave the right to develop the area to Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, who proceeded to develop it as a predominantly aristocratic residential area with a grid of streets centred on St James's Square.
Until the Second World War, St James's remained one of the most exclusive residential enclaves in London. Famous residences in St James's include St James's Palace, Clarence House, Marlborough House, Lancaster House, Spencer House, Schomberg House and Bridgewater House. It is now a predominantly commercial area with some of the highest rents in London and, consequently, the world. Corporate offices in St James's include the global headquarters of BP. The auction house Christie's is based in King Street, and the surrounding streets contain a great many upmarket art and antique dealers.
St James's is also the home of many of the best known gentlemen's clubs in London, and is sometimes, though not as often as formerly, referred to as "Clubland".[1] The "clubs" found here are organisations of English high society. A variety of groups congregate here, such as royals, military officers, motoring enthusiasts, and other groups. In 1990, the Carlton Club, traditional meeting place for members of the Conservative Party, was struck by an IRA bomb. See List of London's gentlemen's clubs. In a similar vein, the area is also home to fine wine merchants including Berry Brothers and Rudd, at number 3 St James's Street. Adjoining St James's Street is Jermyn Street, famous for its many tailors. St James's is also famous for being home to some of the most famous cigar retailers in London. At 35 St James's Street is Davidoff of London, 19 St James's Street is home to J.J. Fox and 50 Jermyn St has Dunhill; this makes the area a Cuban cigar haven.
The area has a good number of art galleries, covering a spectrum of tastes. The White Cube gallery, which represents Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, had originally opened in Duke Street, St James's, then moved to Hoxton Square. In September 2006, it opened a second gallery in St James's at 25–26 Mason's Yard, off Duke Street, on a plot previously occupied by an electricity sub-station. The gallery is the first free-standing building to be built in the St James's area for more than 30 years.
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These include:
- St James's Square, which retains many of its original houses, but is mostly in office use. The London Library is located here.
- Jermyn Street, an upmarket retail street best known for its bespoke shirtmakers and shops offering the finest gentlemen's attire.
- Pall Mall, which contains many of London's most venerable gentlemen's clubs.
- Haymarket was once the best known centre of prostitution in London, but no trace of this remains now. It contains two of London's most historic theatres, the Haymarket Theatre and Her Majesty's Theatre.
- Carlton House Terrace, a pair of grand terraces of houses designed by John Nash overlooking St. James's Park.
- St James's Street which runs down from Piccadilly to St James's Palace.
Economy[link]
BP is headquartered in St. James's.[2]
Education[link]
For education in St. James's, see List of schools in the City of Westminster.
References[link]
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- ^ Royal Opera Arcade. Accessed March 23, 2012.
- ^ "Contact BP in the United Kingdom." BP. Retrieved on 18 August 2009.
External links[link]
- St James Westminster, Part 1 - a volume of the Survey of London which provides a very detailed architectural history of most of St James's. However a few sections of the parish of St James's fall outside the district, so they are omitted (map).
- Map of St James's and surrounding areas
- Clubland at Virtual London
- Tourist Information on St James's
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