City of Westminster Gaslights Short Walk
Enchanting, meandering route through the Royal Parks and the West End under the warm glow of gaslights. Through parks, squares & courtyards, along alleyways, secret passages, lanes, paths & streets.
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Covent Garden Market Hall, with plentiful gaslights, at night
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The last remaining sewer gas destructor light in Westminster, Carting Lane, at night
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Wed 26-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslights-lined end of Carlton Gardens road
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight in courtyard off Dean's Yard
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight in Green Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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‘Police’ gaslight 170, Hyde Park, at night
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Canada Gate of Green Park, from within the park: the most ornate and attractive gaslights in town (at night)
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Wellington Arch (or Constitution Arch), Hyde Park Corner, with two gaslights on the far side
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Goodwin’s Court (supposedly one of the two inspirations for the ‘Diagon Alley’ in the Harry Potter novels) at night
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Covent Garden Market Hall, with plentiful gaslights, at night
SWC Short Walk 68 - City of Westminster Gaslights (Lancaster Gate to Embankment)
Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Large gaslight to the right of The Lamb & Flag (Fuller’s) on the building’s corner
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The gas-lit Floral Street, Covent Garden
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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New building opposite Covent Garden Market Hall, with gaslights, at night
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Tue 25-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Westminster Abbey, on the gas-lit The Sanctuary and with gaslights flanking its entrance
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Entrance to Dean's Yard, Westminster, with gaslights
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Elaborate gaslights flanking entrance to Westminster Abbey
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Elaborate gaslight flanking entrance to Westminster Abbey
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight 5 in Dean's Yard, the oldest surviving gaslight here
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Unique stained glass gaslight above group entrance, Dean's Yard
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Dean's Yard towards Westminster Abbey, with gaslight
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ladder left overnight and chained to a gaslight, by London Lamplighters, Great College Street
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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St. John’s Church, Smith Square with flanking gaslights
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Bracketed gaslight, corner Barton Street/Cowley Street (and missing vital parts)
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Knife Edge Two-Piece by Henry Moore (1962-65), College Green, Westminster
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Jewel Tower, College Green, Westminster
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Two-bracketed gaslight above clock tower entrance, St. Margaret's Church, Westminster
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Queen Mary’s Steps in the Victoria Embankment Gardens
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross (1864-5), Charing Cross station forecourt
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight in Goodwin’s Court (supposedly one of the two inspirations for the ‘Diagon Alley’ in the Harry Potter novels)
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The gas-lit Cecil Court, the other of the two inspirations for the ‘Diagon Alley’
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Lamb & Flag (Fuller’s), with a converted gaslight above its entrance and a large gaslight to the right on the building’s corner
SWC Short Walk 68 - City of Westminster Gaslights (Lancaster Gate to Embankment)
Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Covent Covent Garden Market Hall, with plentiful gaslights
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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New building opposite Covent Garden Market Hall, with gaslights
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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St. Paul’s Churchyard (‘the Actor’s Church’) with some of its ten unique and specially commissioned gaslights
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Royal Opera House, Bow Street
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight by Crown Court Church of Scotland (1718, the longest-established Presbyterian Kirk in England)
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight 5 with an info panel, The Savoy Theatre
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The last remaining sewer gas destructor light in Westminster, Carting Lane
SWC Short Walk 68 - City of Westminster Gaslights (Lancaster Gate to Embankment)
Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Robert Burns Memorial, Victoria Embankment Gardens
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The River Gate, Victoria Embankment Gardens (on the line of the historic north bank of the Thames)
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Mon 17-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight 156, Hyde Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight 153, Hyde Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight 153, Hyde Park, Park Nursery
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Old water pump, Hyde Park (above the Tyburn Brook?)
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Sheep Trough, Hyde Park (above the Tyburn Brook?)
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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‘Police’ gaslight 170, Hyde Park
SWC Short Walk 68 - City of Westminster Gaslights (Lancaster Gate to Embankment)
Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lantern of ‘Police’ gaslight 170, Hyde Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Police Building in Hyde Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight on Serpentine Road, Hyde Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Bandstand with gaslight, off Serpentine Road, Hyde Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Statue of Achilles with gaslight, Hyde Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Queen Elizabeth Gate (with four of its six gaslights on its gate posts), Hyde Park, Park Lane side
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Decimus Burton Screen (or Apsley Gate), Hyde Park Corner
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Commonwealth Memorial Gates on Constitution Hill road, with another four gaslights in-between the lanes
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight in Green Park
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Canada Gate of Green Park, from within the park: the most ornate and attractive gaslights in town
SWC Short Walk 68 - City of Westminster Gaslights (Lancaster Gate to Embankment)
Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Canada Gate of Green Park, from within the park: the most ornate and attractive gaslights in town
SWC Short Walk 68 - City of Westminster Gaslights (Lancaster Gate to Embankment)
Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight 9, St. James’s Place (also with an old ‘8041’ sign on the riser)
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight at 44 St. James's Place
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blue Ball Yard: one of only two remaining wall-mounted bracket-less gaslights
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blue Ball Yard (The Stafford Hotel)
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Entrance to Pickering Place, St. James's
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Texas Legation sign on wood panelling, Pickering Place, St. James's
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pickering Place, St. James's, with one of its gaslights
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pickering Place, St. James's, gaslight above exit from the archway
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Stable Yard Road, with the Grade II-listed Stable Yard Gates and the Grade II-listed Stable Yard Lodge and Grade II-listed gaslights
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) Memorials, flanked by gaslights
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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General Charles de Gaulle Memorial, Carlton Gardens road
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Rare lantern gaslight high up on wall by steps down from Carlton Gardens to The Mall
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gaslight and backs of Government buildings, Horse Guards Road
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Wed 12-Feb • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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