Hungerford House, WC2N

Residential block

Click here to explore another London street
We now have 653 completed street histories and 46847 partial histories
Find streets or residential blocks within the M25 by clicking STREETS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Whitehall, SW1A Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT	Othello takes a bow On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall. Reply
Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
Fumblina Whitfield Street, W1T Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT	Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91. Reply
Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Scott Hatton Savile Row, W1S Added: 30 Jan 2023 11:28 GMT	The Beatles on a London rooftop The Beatles’ rooftop concert took place on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London. It was their final public performance as a band and was unannounced, attracting a crowd of onlookers. The concert lasted for 42 minutes and included nine songs. The concert is remembered as a seminal moment in the history of rock music and remains one of the most famous rock performances of all time. Reply
Julian Collingwood House, W1W Added: 23 Mar 2021 10:11 GMT	Dennis Potter Author Dennis Potter lived in Collingwood House in the 1970’s Reply
Jessie Doring Tisbury Court, W1D Added: 22 Feb 2021 04:33 GMT	Tisbury Court Jazz Bar Jazz Bar opened in Tisbury Court by 2 Australians. Situated in underground basement. Can not remember how long it opened for. Reply
Pauline jones Bessborough Place, SW1V Added: 16 Oct 2017 19:04 GMT	Bessborough Place, SW1V I grew up in bessborough place at the back of our house and Grosvenor road and bessborough gardens was a fantastic playground called trinity mews it had a paddling pool sandpit football area and various things to climb on, such as a train , slide also as Wendy house. There were plants surrounding this wonderful play area, two playground attendants ,also a shelter for when it rained. The children were constantly told off by the playground keepers for touching the plants or kicking the ball out of the permitted area, there was hopscotch as well, all these play items were brick apart from the slide. Pollock was the centre of my universe and I felt sorry and still do for anyone not being born there. To this day I miss it and constantly look for images of the streets around there, my sister and me often go back to take a clumped of our beloved London. The stucco houses were a feature and the backs of the houses enabled parents to see thier children playing. Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. Reply
Robert smitherman Saunders Street, SE11 Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT	Saunders Street, SE11 I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign. Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

101 The Strand was an art school from 1750 until 1806.

101 Strand, WC2R This shop was one of the first in London to have gas lighting fitted.

101 Strand, WC2R

Ackermann’s Rudolph Ackermann (20 April 1764 in Stollberg, Saxony – 30 March 1834 in Finchley) was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman.

Ackermann’s

Charing Cross Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square

Charing Cross

Embankment Embankment underground station has been known by various names during its long history - including, indeed, ’Embankment’.

Embankment

Embankment to Charing Cross walk Arguably the shortest walk between two stations of the London Underground

Embankment to Charing Cross walk

Hungerford Bridge Hungerford Bridge is a rail bridge crossing the Thames into Charing Cross station.

Hungerford Bridge

Hungerford Stairs The Hungerford Stairs were the entrance point to Hungerford Market from the River Thames. They are now the site of Charing Cross railway Station.

Hungerford Stairs

Leicester Square Leicester Square, while indeed a square, is also the name for a tube station.

Leicester Square

Nelson’s Column Nelson’s Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square built to commemorate Horatio Nelson’s decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar during which he lost his life.

Nelson’s Column

Northumberland House Northumberland House was a large Jacobean townhouse in London, which was the London residence of the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland.

Northumberland House

The Adelphi The Adelphi is a small district surrounding the streets of Adelphi Terrace, Robert Street and John Adam Street.

The Adelphi

NEARBY STREETS

Adam Street, WC2N Adam Street is named after John and Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development in the 1760s.

Adam Street, WC2N

Adelaide Street, WC2R Adelaide Street was named for Queen Adelaide, Consort to King William IV.

Adelaide Street, WC2R

Adelphi Terrace, WC2N Adelphi Terrace is named after John and Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development in the 1760s.

Adelphi Terrace, WC2N

Admiralty House, SW1A Admiralty House is a block on Whitehall.

Admiralty House, SW1A

Agar Street, WC2N Agar Street is named after George Agar, who built the street in the 1830s with John Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough

Agar Street, WC2N

Bear Street, WC2H Bear Street is a streetname with two possible derivations.

Bear Street, WC2H

Bedford Street, WC2E Bedford Street was named after local 18th century landowners the Russell family, earls/dukes of Bedford.

Bedford Street, WC2E

Bedfordbury, WC2N Bedfordbury is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

Bedfordbury, WC2N

Belvedere Road, SE1 Belvedere Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Belvedere Road, SE1

Brettenham House, WC2R Brettenham House is a block on Savoy Street.

Brettenham House, WC2R

Brydges Place, WC2N Brydges Place replaced Taylor’s Buildings in 1904 when the Colloseum was built.

Brydges Place, WC2N

Buckingham Street, WC2N Buckingham Street is named after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

Buckingham Street, WC2N

Bull Inn Court, WC2R Bull Inn Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Bull Inn Court, WC2R

Canada House, SW1Y Canada House is located on Trafalgar Square.

Canada House, SW1Y

Cannon Street, WC2N Cannon Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

Cannon Street, WC2N

Carting Lane, WC2R Carting Lane is thought to be named after the carts that brought goods to and from the wharf formerly located here.

Carting Lane, WC2R

Casson Square, SE1 Casson Square is a square of South Bank buildings.

Casson Square, SE1

Cecil Court, WC2N Cecil Court is a pedestrian street with Victorian shop-frontages.

Cecil Court, WC2N

Chandos Place, WC2R Chandos Place is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

Chandos Place, WC2R

Charing Cross Mansions, WC2H Charing Cross Mansions is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.

Charing Cross Mansions, WC2H

Charing Cross, SW1A Charing Cross, long regarded as London’s central point, as an address is an enigma.

Charing Cross, SW1A

Cockspur Court, SW1A Cockspur Court is a building on Cockspur Court.

Cockspur Court, SW1A

Cockspur Street, SW1A Cockspur Street is possibly after the cock fighting that formerly occurred here, cocks often having spurs attached to their feet during fights.

Cockspur Street, SW1A

Concert Hall Approach, SE1 Concert Hall Approach ’does what it says on the tin’.

Concert Hall Approach, SE1

Craig’s Court, SW1A Craig’s Court is an alleyway off Whitehall.

Craig’s Court, SW1A

Craven Passage, WC2N Craven Passage is named after William Craven, 3rd Baron Craven, who owned the land when the street was built in the 1730s.

Craven Passage, WC2N

Craven Street, WC2N Craven Street is named after William Craven, 3rd Baron Craven, who owned the land when the street was built in the 1730s.

Craven Street, WC2N

Dover House, SW1A Dover House is a block on Whitehall.

Dover House, SW1A

Duncannon Street, WC2N Duncannon Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

Duncannon Street, WC2N

Durham House Street, WC2N Durham House Street was the former site of a palace belonging to the bishops of Durham in medieval times.

Durham House Street, WC2N

Elizabeth House, SE1 Elizabeth House is a block on York Road.

Elizabeth House, SE1

Embankment Place, WC2N Embankment Place runs from Villiers Street, under a railway arch, on to Northumberland Avenue.

Embankment Place, WC2N

Exchange Court, WC2R Exchange Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Exchange Court, WC2R

Exeter Street, WC2R Exeter Street is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Exeter Street, WC2R

George Court, WC2N George Court is named after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

George Court, WC2N

Golden Jubilee Bridge, WC2N Golden Jubilee Bridge is a road in the WC2N postcode area

Golden Jubilee Bridge, WC2N

Goodwins Court, WC2N Goodwins Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

Goodwins Court, WC2N

Great Scotland Yard, SW1A Great Scotland Yard is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area.

Great Scotland Yard, SW1A

Gwydyr House, SW1A Gwydyr House is a building on Whitehall.

Gwydyr House, SW1A

Heathcock Court, WC2E Heathcock Court runs north off Strand.

Heathcock Court, WC2E

Henrietta Street, WC2E Henrietta Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Henrietta Street, WC2E

Hop Gardens, WC2N Hop Gardens is a small courtyard.

Hop Gardens, WC2N

Horse Guards Avenue, SW1A Horse Guards Avenue stretches from Whitehall to the Embankment.

Horse Guards Avenue, SW1A

Horse Guards Parade, SW1A Horse Guards Parade dates to the time of Henry VIII.

Horse Guards Parade, SW1A

Hudson House, WC2E Hudson House is a block on Tavistock Street.

Hudson House, WC2E

Hungerford Lane, WC2N Hungerford Lane was a dark narrow alley that went alongside and then under Charing Cross Station.

Hungerford Lane, WC2N

Irving Street, WC2H Irving Street is named after Henry Irving, the popular Victorian actor.

Irving Street, WC2H

Ivybridge Lane, WC2N Ivybridge Lane is named after a former ivy-covered bridge.

Ivybridge Lane, WC2N

John Adam House, WC2N John Adam House can be found on John Adam Street.

John Adam House, WC2N

John Adam Street, WC2N John Adam Street is named after John Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother Robert in the 1760s.

John Adam Street, WC2N

King’s Building, WC2R King’s Building is a block on Strand.

King’s Building, WC2R

Kipling House, WC2N Kipling House is a block on Villiers Street.

Kipling House, WC2N

Kirkland House, SW1A Kirkland House is a block on Whitehall.

Kirkland House, SW1A

Lancaster Place, WC2R Lancaster Place is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Lancaster Place, WC2R

Leicester Square, WC2H Leicester Square is a central tourist attraction of London.

Leicester Square, WC2H

Maiden Lane, WC2E Maiden Lane runs from Bedford Street in the west to Southampton Street in the east.

Maiden Lane, WC2E

Main Building, SW1A Main Building is a block on Horse Guards Avenue.

Main Building, SW1A

Maple Leaf Walk, WC2R Maple Leaf Walk is a road in the SW11 postcode area

Maple Leaf Walk, WC2R

May’s Court, WC2N May’s Court is a road in the WC2N postcode area

May’s Court, WC2N

National Film Theatre, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

National Film Theatre, SE1

New Row, WC2E New Row is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

New Row, WC2E

New Street, SW1A New Street was made part of Spring Gardens in 1881.

New Street, SW1A

Norman House, WC2R Norman House can be found on Strand.

Norman House, WC2R

Northumberland Avenue, WC2N Northumberland Avenue runs from Trafalgar Square in the west to the Thames Embankment.

Northumberland Avenue, WC2N

Northumberland House, WC2 Northumberland House is a block on Northumberland Avenue.

Northumberland House, WC2

Northumberland Street, WC2N Northumberland Street commemorates the former Northumberland House, built originally in the early 17th century for the earls of Northampton and later acquired by the earls of Northumberland.

Northumberland Street, WC2N

Oceanic House, SW1Y Oceanic House is a block on Pall Mall East.

Oceanic House, SW1Y

Old Admiralty Building, SW1A Old Admiralty Building is a block on Spring Gardens.

Old Admiralty Building, SW1A

Orange Street, WC2H Orange Street gets its name from William III, Prince of Orange - the reigning king when the street was built.

Orange Street, WC2H

Robert Street, WC2N Robert Street is named after Robert Adam, who built the Adelphi development with his brother John in the 1760s.

Robert Street, WC2N

Savoy Court, WC2R Savoy Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Savoy Court, WC2R

Savoy Hill, WC2R Savoy Hill is located at a site originally called Savoy Manor.

Savoy Hill, WC2R

Savoy Place, WC2N Savoy Place is located at a site originally called Savoy Manor - taking its name from Peter II, Count of Savoy.

Savoy Place, WC2N

Savoy Street, WC2R Savoy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2E postal area.

Savoy Street, WC2R

Savoy Street, WC2R Savoy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Savoy Street, WC2R

Savoy Way, WC2R Savoy Way is located on the former site of the Savoy Palace, built for Peter II, Count of Savoy in 1245.

Savoy Way, WC2R

Shell Mex House, WC2R Shell Mex House is a block on Strand.

Shell Mex House, WC2R

Southampton Street, WC2E Southampton Street - named for Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton and landowner.

Southampton Street, WC2E

Southampton Street, WC2E Southampton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Southampton Street, WC2E

Southbank Centre Square, SE1 Southbank Centre Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Southbank Centre Square, SE1

Southbank, SE1 Southbank is a road in the SE9 postcode area

Southbank, SE1

Spring Gardens, WC2N Spring Gardens derives its name from the Spring Garden, formed in the 16th century.

Spring Gardens, WC2N

St Martins Court, WC2H St Martins Court is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

St Martins Court, WC2H

St Martins Lane, WC2N St Martins Lane runs up to Seven Dials from St Martin’s-in-the-Fields.

St Martins Lane, WC2N

St Martins Place, WC2N St Martin’s Place is a short stretch connecting Trafalgar Square to the bottom of Charing Cross Road.

St Martins Place, WC2N

Strand Bridge House, WC2 Strand Bridge House is a block on Strand.

Strand Bridge House, WC2

Strand Bridge House, WC2R Strand Bridge House is a block on Strand.

Strand Bridge House, WC2R

Strand Lane, WC2R Strand Lane is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Strand Lane, WC2R

Strand Underpass, WC2R Strand Underpass is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Strand Underpass, WC2R

Strand, WC2E Strand (or the Strand) runs just over 3⁄4 mile from Trafalgar Square eastwards to Temple Bar, where the road becomes Fleet Street inside the City of London.

Strand, WC2E

Strand, WC2N Strand begins its journey east at Trafalgar Square.

Strand, WC2N

Sutton Walk, SE1 Sutton Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Sutton Walk, SE1

The Arches, WC2N The Arches is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.

The Arches, WC2N

The Edmund J. Safra Fountain Court, WC2R The Edmund J. Safra Fountain Court is a road in the WC2R postcode area

The Edmund J. Safra Fountain Court, WC2R

The Grand Building, WC2N The Grand Building is located on Strand.

The Grand Building, WC2N

The Macadam Building Street, WC2R The Macadam Building Street is a location in London.

The Macadam Building Street, WC2R

The Terrace, SW1A The Terrace is a road in the SW1A postcode area

The Terrace, SW1A

The Tower Building, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

The Tower Building, SE1

Tower House, WC2E Tower House is a block on Southampton Street.

Tower House, WC2E

Tower House, WC2R Tower House is located on Southampton Street.

Tower House, WC2R

Trafalgar Square, WC2N Trafalgar Square commemorates Horatio Nelson’s 1805 victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Trafalgar Square, WC2N

Victoria Embankment, SW1A Victoria Embankment leads north out of the Westminster area.

Victoria Embankment, SW1A

Victoria Embankment, WC2N Victoria Embankment was built as part of Joseph Bazalgette’s Embankment scheme.

Victoria Embankment, WC2N

Victoria Embankment, WC2R Victoria Embankment runs from the Houses of Parliament to Blackfriars Bridge.

Victoria Embankment, WC2R

Villiers Street, WC2N Villiers Street was named after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

Villiers Street, WC2N

Watergate Walk, WC2N Watergate Walk is named after a former watergate built in 1626 for George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham as an entrance for the former York House.

Watergate Walk, WC2N

Waterloo Bridge, SE1 Waterloo Bridge is a road in the WC2R postcode area

Waterloo Bridge, SE1

Waterloo Bridge, SE1 Waterloo Bridge, as well as being the bridge itself, lends its name to the southern approach road.

Waterloo Bridge, SE1

Wellington House, WC2R Wellington House is a block on Strand.

Wellington House, WC2R

Whitehall Court, SW1A Whitehall Court runs north from Horse Guards Avenue.

Whitehall Court, SW1A

Whitehall Gardens, SW1A Whitehall Gardens is a road in the SW1A postcode area

Whitehall Gardens, SW1A

Whitehall House, SW1 Whitehall House is sited on Whitehall.

Whitehall House, SW1

Whitehall House, SW1A Whitehall House is a block on Whitehall.

Whitehall House, SW1A

Whitehall Place, SW1A Whitehall Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area.

Whitehall Place, SW1A

Whitehall, SW1A Whitehall is recognised as the centre of the government of the United Kingdom.

Whitehall, SW1A

Whitehouse Apartments, SE1 Whitehouse Apartments is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Whitehouse Apartments, SE1

William IV Street, WC2R William IV Street runs from Charing Cross Road to the Strand.

William IV Street, WC2R

York Buildings, WC2N York Buildings marks a house was built on this site in the 14th century for the bishops of Norwich.

York Buildings, WC2N

York Place, WC2N York Place marks the location of a house on this site.

York Place, WC2N

Zimbabwe House, WC2R Zimbabwe House is a building on Strand.

Zimbabwe House, WC2R

Click here to explore another London street
We now have 643 completed street histories and 46857 partial histories

Embankment

Embankment underground station has been known by various names during its long history - including, indeed, ’Embankment’.

The station has two entrances, one on Victoria Embankment and the other on Villiers Street, adjacent to Victoria Embankment Gardens.

The station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms opened in 1870 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) as part of the company’s extension of the Inner Circle eastwards from Westminster to Blackfriars and deep-level platforms opened in 1906 by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) and 1914 by the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR). A variety of underground and mainline services have operated over the sub-surface tracks and the CCE&HR part of the station was reconstructed in the 1920s.

After having been named both Charing Cross and Embankment, in 1974 the station was renamed Charing Cross Embankment. Then, on 12 September 1976, it became Embankment, so that the merged Strand and Trafalgar Square stations could be named Charing Cross.

Contrary to popular belief, the shortest walking distance between two stations is not the 250 metres between Leicester Square and Covent but between Charing Cross and Embankment, a distance of 100 metres.

During summer 2013, Oswald Laurence’s famous ’mind the gap’ announcement was reinstated to Embankment station after a request from his widow who would come to Embankment station after he died just to hear his voice. She asked for a copy of the iconic mind the gap announcement her husband made some 40 years before - instead staff decided to restore the recording.

LOCAL PHOTOS

Click here to see map view of nearby Creative Commons images
Click here to see Creative Commons images near to this postcode
Click here to see Creative Commons images tagged with this road (if applicable)

William Shakespeare TUM image id: 1509551019 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo. A noted venue for many a traveller awaiting their train or ending their evening. Credit: Virtual Tourist TUM image id: 1605093975 Licence:	Trafalgar Square was a former station on the Bakerloo Line before it combined with Strand station on the Northern Line to become the new Charing Cross underground station. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1624972963 Licence:	Strand stretches along the River Thames between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1625131830 Licence:	1893 programme cover - Canterbury Theatre Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1513437589 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Waterloo Bridge on an 1810 map. TUM image id: 1556885410 Licence:	Hungerford Stairs circa 1828 TUM image id: 1557403389 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buses outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, early twentieth century Credit: Stockholm Transport Museum TUM image id: 1557142527 Licence:	The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames, near the London Eye. It opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and hosts about one million visitors each year. TUM image id: 1557161405 Licence:	Tottenham Court Road (1927) TUM image id: 1556973109 Licence:
Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath (1749) Credit: Canaletto TUM image id: 1557315488 Licence:	The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground Credit: Russ London TUM image id: 1557227200 Licence:	London Hippodrome in 2017 Credit: Ethan Doyle White TUM image id: 1528649183 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sectional view of Wyld’s Great Globe, which stood in Leicester Square, London 1851–62 Credit: Illustrated London News TUM image id: 1490829375 Licence:	De Hems, 11 Macclesfield Street and the entrance to Horse & Dolphin Yard. Credit: Colonel Warden TUM image id: 1526658322 Licence: CC BY 2.0

In the neighbourhood...

Click an image below for a better view...

William Shakespeare
Licence: CC BY 2.0

Trafalgar Square was a former station on the Bakerloo Line before it combined with Strand station on the Northern Line to become the new Charing Cross underground station.
Credit: The Underground Map
Licence:

Strand stretches along the River Thames between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych
Credit: The Underground Map
Licence:

Waterloo Bridge on an 1810 map.
Licence:

Hungerford Stairs circa 1828
Licence: CC BY 2.0

Buses outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, early twentieth century
Credit: Stockholm Transport Museum
Licence:

The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames, near the London Eye. It opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and hosts about one million visitors each year.
Licence:

The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground
Credit: Russ London
Licence:

London Hippodrome in 2017
Credit: Ethan Doyle White
Licence: CC BY 2.0

Trafalgar Square (1905) The steeplejack firm of W. Larkins Co Ltd. are at work cleaning Nelson’s Column for the first time since it was erected in 1843. The firm had been founded by Willliam Larkins in 1897 and he is pictured at the top next to Lord Nelson.
Licence: CC BY 2.0

MAP YEAR:	1750	1800	1810	1820	1830	1860	1900	1950	2023	Show map without markers
ZOOM:	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17 18	14 15 16 17	14 15 16 17 18
	TIP: To create your own sharable map, right click on the map