Other nearby Trafalgar Square Underground stations include Leicester Square six-minute walk , Embankment eight-minute walk and Piccadilly Circus nine-minute walk.
You can also take a bus to Trafalgar Square, with the following bus routes stopping at the square: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 29, 53, 87, 88, 91, , , and Nearby parking facilities are provided by Q-Park. There are many places to stay near Trafalgar Square, from luxury hotels to budget options. Take your pick from these nearby hotels.
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Trafalgar Square lions Snap a selfie with one of the Trafalgar Square lions. Trafalgar Square fountains Gather around the two spectacular Trafalgar Square fountains , which were added to the square in Check Out. Adults 1 2 3 4. LOG IN. Log into your account. Recover your password. London Attraction. Get to know Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park ahead of world-class athletics. Park Grand London Hotels. He strove for accuracy but he did make on big mistake: the lion's poses.
In real life, lion's backs are convex, and not concave, when lying down. Thomas Milnes originally made four stone lions, but they were judged not impressive enough for the memorial to Nelson, and were in the end bought by Titus Salt, and sent to his village of Saltaire, where they remain today.
In the south east corner of Trafalgar Square, a one-man police phone box was installed in , so officers could keep an eye on large gatherings and protests. Due to a desire to reduce the space for public gatherings, apparently, two fountains were added in to a design by Charles Barry. These were supplied by two wells on Orange Street and in front of the National Gallery Ian Visits has more information on this. When the water flow became unreliable, it was decided to install new fountains. The central fountains were given to the Canadian Government and are now in Ottawa and Regina see photos.
In , the Imperial Measures — detailing the official measurements of inches, feet, yards, links, chains, perches and poles — were set into the north terrace wall and relocated in , more information below.
The UK adopted metric units of measurement in so these standards are no longer required, but for a long time this was where people could come to check the accuracy of their rulers after the Standards of the Imperial Units of Measurement were destroyed by a great fire which wrecked the Houses of Parliament in A Standards Commission, chaired by Sir George Airy a mathematician and astronomer , created new standard units of measurement between and and decided to make three copies so the measurements would always be available.
While inches, feet and yards are familiar, links, chains, poles and perches are less commonly-known measurements today. Rods, poles and perches are different names for the same unit. Medieval ploughing was done with oxen, up to four pairs at a time. The ploughman handled the plough. His boy controlled the oxen using a stick, which had to be long enough to reach all the oxen. This was the rod, pole or perch.
It was an obvious implement to measure the fields, such as four poles to the chain. In traffic was blocked off from the north side of the square making a wide pedestrianised space. The central staircase was added plus a cafe, public toilets and disabled access lifts. The Imperial Standard Measures were moved behind the cafe seating and along the steps.
What many people know is that Charing Cross is the spot from where all distances to London are calculated. What many people don't know is how it got its name. The cortege rested in 12 locations on the way and the last stop was at the village of Charing. An Eleanor Cross was erected at each stopping place, including one at this location, but this cross was destroyed during the English Civil War The Victorians built a replacement cross outside Charing Cross Station in the s so the one you can see today is a copy and it's in the wrong place.
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