London Walking Tour 9

This walk starts at Green Park Station and finishes at Apsley House via Mayfair and Knightsbridge. The ninth in a series of free video guides to help tourists enjoy London.

The address of the map for this walking tour is https://drive.google.com/open?id=18cUx_L0LYyq9MaT8dW9Z7e-gALTeEhNv&usp=sharing

Clicking the markers along the route gives access to more detailed information.

Transcript:

The ninth stage of this walking tour starts at Green Park Underground station then meanders though Mayfair, Hyde Park and Knightsbridge, before finishing by Apsley House, former home of the Duke of Wellington. There's a link to a map of the route below.

From Green Park station walk along Piccadilly with Green Park to the left. Across the road, Clarges Street is home to the Kennel Club.

The Devonshire Gates, now incorporated into the boundary fence of the park, were once the entrance to the Duke of Devonshire's residence demolished soon after the First World War.

White Horse Street, opposite, follows the course of the now underground Tyburn River. At the end, just past Turmeaus, a popular specialist tobacco and wine merchant with a touch of class, enter secluded Shepherd Market, home to some rather nice restaurants, Victorian pubs and boutique shops.

Continue through to Curzon Street where Heywood Hill is one of London's leading bookshops. Next door, Trumpers, an equally famous gentleman's hairdresser and perfumer, is another shop which offers the opportunity to buy a present with a difference.

Follow the road to Berkeley Square where a nightingale once sang and where Annabel's, exclusive nightclub is situated next door to the one time residence of Clive of India.

Turn into Hill Street then right into Farm Street passing the Church of the Immaculate Conception and almost certainly a Rolls Royce or two.

By Thomas Goode's china shop, a specialist in luxury, holder of two royal warrants and undoubtedly proud of it's long standing association with the royal family, turn towards the Grosvenor Chapel which was the model for many churches built in New England. It was attended regularly by future US president Dwight Eisenhower during his wartime stay in London.

Pass James Purdey and Sons, a shop specialising in country pursuits, on the way to Grosvenor Square, home to the American Embassy with statues of presidents Reagan, Roosevelt and, as could be expected, Eisenhower in attendance.

After the embassy take Upper Brook Street in the direction of the trees in Hyde Park. At the end turn by the show room of car manufacturer Aston Martin, where looking in the window is allowed and free, towards Marble Arch, now marooned on a traffic island, but in grander times the entrance to Buckingham Palace.

Over at Hyde Park follow one of the diagonal paths towards the centre. On reaching the Serpentine walk along the water's edge to the bridge where the road over passes a couple of art galleries then the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain.

After Rotten Row, the tennis courts and Coalbrookdale Gates exit right.

Opposite, a statue of famous explorer David Livingston is recessed in a wall of the Royal Geographical Society Building.

Follow the perimeter of the park towards the Albert Memorial which faces the Royal Albert Hall, one of London's leading concert venues. Walk round to the far side of the building, past a second less well known statue of Prince Albert then down the steps towards the Royal College of Music.

Head left and then right into Exhibition Road where it's possible to undertake a self guided tour of Imperial College London, one of the very best universities in the world.

Further along, both the Science Museum and Natural History Museum are free to enter and extremely popular.

Then, to experience relaxation within a work of art, visit the cafe at the Victoria and Albert Museum, just over the road and around the corner.

From the V&A continue past a busy cabmen's shelter to the London Oratory, a significant place of prayer with an opulent interior where respectful visitors are welcome. During the cold war it was used as a dead letter box by the KGB.

About 250 meters further on, taking a peak inside Harrods will confirm it is more than just another department store.

Across the junction by Knightsbridge Station, opposite Harvey Nichols, another highly regarded department store, McLaren sells cars and Rolex watches. Next door, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which overlooks Hyde Park, offers five star luxury.

Pass the French Embassy, less luxurious but also overlooking Hyde Park, before turning into Wilton Place, home to the Berkeley Hotel and St Paul's Church which once counted the Duke of Wellington among it's congregation.

Enter left into Wilton Crescent.

Beyond the Embassy of Luxembourg follow narrow Wilton Row towards the secluded yet popular Grenadier pub where the gate to the side leads to Old Barrack Yard..............written transcript truncated by You tube.

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