London Walks by David Tucker

Author:David Tucker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780753520093
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Up close – Secret Westminster

Here’s a party trick for you. Put the following question to any Londoner: ‘You’re standing in Victoria Tower Gardens (just along from Parliament) – which side of the river, by the compass, are you on?’ The answer invariably will be, ‘Don’t be a fool, mate, you’re on the north side.’ Wrong. You’re on the west side. Every Londoner orients by the Thames, which basically flows west to east, bisecting London, but at this point the Thames has gone round a sharp bend and is flowing due north. Which means Victoria Tower Gardens is on the west side of the river. Ask that same Londoner where Docklands and One Canada Square (the tallest building in the UK) are and they’ll point in the direction in which the river is flowing. Whereupon you smile knowingly and say, ‘No, the next time you’re driving across Lambeth Bridge at night from this side of the river keep your eyes peeled; you’ll see it way in the distance, straight ahead of you.’ The disorientation is compliments of the bend in the river.

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