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Charing Cross (/ ˈ tʃ ær ɪ ŋ / CHARR-ing) [1] is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet.Since the early 19th century, Charing Cross has been the notional "centre of London" and became the point from which distances from London are measured.
Trafalgar Square (/ t r ə ˈ f æ l ɡ ər / ⓘ trə-FAL-gər) is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. The square's name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain that ...
The Charing Cross, Hammersmith and District Railway (CCH&DR) proposed a line from just north of Charing Cross to Hammersmith via Knightsbridge and Kensington. [49] Two stations were planned around Trafalgar Square: one to the north-east at Bedfordbury with its entrance probably to be located at the junction of Agar Street and Strand; the other ...
Its location at Charing Cross is on the former site of the most elaborate of the Eleanor crosses erected by Edward I, which had stood for three and a half centuries until 1647. [3] Charing Cross is used to define the centre of London and a plaque by the statue indicates that road signage distances to London are measured from this point. [4]
On 4 August 1974, the station was once again renamed Charing Cross Embankment. [8] Then, on 12 September 1976, it became Embankment, [8] so that the merged Strand and Trafalgar Square stations could be named Charing Cross. [17]
Originally, Embankment tube station was called Charing Cross, while the present Charing Cross tube station was the separate Trafalgar Square (Bakerloo line) and Strand (Northern line) stations. [41] The two northern stations were combined under the current name when connected by the development of the Jubilee line. New below ground passageways ...
The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, London.The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survivors.
This painting, c. 1865, in which Northumberland House is centre left, puts the location of the building into its modern context. The view is southwards across Trafalgar Square, with the towers of the Houses of Parliament on the skyline. By the end of the mid-19th century the other mansions on the Strand had been demolished.