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Charing Cross Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Charing Cross

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Charing Cross history

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Location and etymology

The name of the area, Charing, is derived from the Old English word cierring, referring to a bend in the River Thames .

St Mary Rounceval

The Chapel and Hospital of St Mary Rounceval was founded between 1232 and 1236 . It was an Augustinian house tied to a mother house at Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees . The house and lands were seized for the king in 1379, under a statute “for the forfeiture of the lands of schismatic aliens” Henry V suppressed the ‘alien’ houses in 1414 .

Battle

In 1554, Charing Cross was the site of the final battle of Wyatt’s Rebellion . This was an attempt by Thomas Wyatt and others to overthrow Queen Mary I of England . Wyatt’s army had come from Kent and crossed the river at Hampton Court .

Civil war removal

The Eleanor Cross was pulled down, by order of Parliament, in 1647, at the time of the English Civil War . It became the subject of a popular Royalist ballad: Methinks the common-council shou’d Of it have taken pity .

Replacement

The railway station opened in 1864, fronted on the Strand with the Charing Cross Hotel . In 1865, a replacement cross was commissioned from E. M. Barry by the South Eastern Railway as the centrepiece of the station forecourt . It is not a replica, being of an ornate Victorian Gothic design based on George Gilbert Scott’s Oxford Martyrs’ Memorial (1838)

You can visit Charing Cross places with Walkfo Charing Cross to hear history at Charing Cross’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Charing Cross has 3551 places to visit in our interactive Charing Cross map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Charing Cross, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Charing Cross places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Charing Cross & the surrounding areas.

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3551 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Charing Cross places to visit

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Charing Cross has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Charing Cross’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Charing Cross’s information audio spots:

Kronenburgerpark The Kronenburgerpark is a park in the center of Nijmegen . It is close to the Central Railway Station and the Lange Hezelstraat . It touches the Parkweg are the remains of the medieval walls with the Kruittoren (powder tower)

Great Pilgrimage The Great Pilgrimage of 1913 was a march in Britain by suffragists campaigning non-violently for women’s suffrage, organised by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Women marched to London from all around England and Wales and 50,000 attended a rally in Hyde Park.

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk is a 7-mile (11 km) long circular walking trail in central London, England, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Royal Parks Half Marathon The Royal Parks Half Marathon, first held in 2008, takes place each October, starting and finishing in Hyde Park. It is the only half marathon that travels through central London and four of the Royal Parks and is one of London’s largest half marathons, with over 16,000 participants.

Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition which took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World’s Fairs, exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century. The event was organised by Henry Cole and by Prince Albert, husband of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria. Famous people of the time attended the Great Exhibition, including Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Michael Faraday (who assisted with the planning and judging of exhibits), Samuel Colt, members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson and William Makepeace Thackeray. The opening music, under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett, was directed by Sir George Smart. The world’s first soft drink, Schweppes, was the official sponsor of the event.

Japanese Village, Knightsbridge The Japanese Village in Knightsbridge, London, was a late Victorian era exhibition of Japanese culture located in Humphreys’ Hall, which took place from January 1885 until June 1887. The exhibition employed around 100 Japanese men and women in a setting built to resemble a traditional Japanese village.

Bowater House Bowater House was a 17-floor office block at 68 Knightsbridge in London SW1, completed in 1958. The building occupied a site between Knightsbridge and South Carriage Road, at the southern edge of Hyde Park. It was demolished in 2006 and redeveloped by Candy & Candy to create One Hyde Park.

Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.

Bulgari Hotel and Residences The Bulgari Hotel and Residences is a luxury hotel in Knightsbridge, London. When it opened in 2012, it was the most expensive hotel in London.

Royal Cornwall Yacht Club Situated on the waterfront setting of the Greenbank area in Falmouth, the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club (RCYC) was formed in 1871, and is the 15th oldest “Royal” yacht club in England.

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