Link to the Show / Show NotesA short walk of less than 50 minutes from Big Ben through St James's to
Buckingham Palace.
Start at Westminster Underground (Circle, District and Jubilee Lines Zone 1).
From Parliament Square, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey we walk
up Whitehall past the Cenotaph, Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence. The
route then crosses Horse Guards Parade to The Mall with views either side
towards Admiralty Arch and Trafalgar Square in one direction and Buckingham
Palace in the other.
After walking up Duke of York steps we enter the fascinating area of St
James's. Jermyn Street with its hand made shoes, bespoke tailoring, and other
delightful shops is a street in which you are bound to linger. if you have not
visited the church of St James Piccadilly on another of my walks, you can do so
here.
We then walk down St James's Street to St James's Palace where we hear a
guardsman pacing up and down, standing to attention, presenting arms and
standing easy. Finally we pass Stable Yard and enter Green Park beside the
quaintly named Milkmaid's Passage. Buckingham Palace then comes into view.
The walks ends at this point, but there are instructions to read either Hyde
Park Corner or Victoria Underground stations, both convenient points to catch
the Tube.
This walk is a little gem. There is so much to see and do in such a short
space of time. There are no points in the sound file where I pause the
recording, so the actual length on your iPod is all the time you will need to
complete the walk.
Welcome to all the new listeners who have joined us during the past month,
when London Walks has been promoted on the Podcast home page of iTunes. I would
especially like to welcome undergraduate and in-service teachers in Hangzhou
China who are listening to these walks as a way of getting to know London, it's
sights and sounds, and the spoken language.
Help me celebrate 100,000 downloads which we passed this month!
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