The Corridors of Power: Whitehall & Westminster
London, United Kingdom
This walk through Westminster and Whitehall traces how power in England and Britain was made, challenged, and remembered. It links Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, and 10 Downing Street with the Churchill War Rooms and the Cenotaph. From royal ceremony and medieval justice to modern government, war, and remembrance, the route shows the story of the state along the Thames.
The stops
- 01 Westminster Hall
Westminster Hall is a medieval great hall which forms part of the Palace of Westminster in London. It was built in 1097 for William II, and at that time was one of the largest halls in Europe.
- 02 The Cenotaph, Whitehall
The Cenotaph, designed by Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1920, stands at the centre of Whitehall as the national monument to the British war dead.
- 03 Horse Guards Parade
Duplicate entry for Horse Guards Parade. Thematically identical to Rank 9.
- 04 Palace of Whitehall
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were…
- 05 10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street has been the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury — in practice the Prime Minister — since Robert Walpole accepted it as a gift from King George II in 1732.
- 06 Churchill War Rooms
The Churchill War Rooms — the wartime underground headquarters of Winston Churchill and the British War Cabinet — occupy the basement of the Treasury building on King Charles Street, constructed in 1938 and kept operational until August…
- 07 Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square
The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London, is a bronze sculpture of the former British prime minister Winston Churchill, created by Ivor Roberts-Jones.
- 08 Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey has been the site of every English and British coronation since 1066, when William the Conqueror was crowned on Christmas Day.
- 09 Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side.
The narration at every stop is in the app — this is the map of where it takes you, with a line on each stop.
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