A Walk Along The Mall

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The road between Admiralty Arch and Buckingham Palace is called The Mall and on Sunday's it is closed to traffic allowing visitors to walk along one of  the most famous routes in London.


The Queen Victoria Memorial is immediately before the gates of the Palace, whilst Admiralty Arch at the far end leads into Trafalgar Square. The length of The Mall from where it joins Constitution Hill at the Victoria Memorial end to Admiralty Arch is exactly 0.5 nautical miles (0.58 miles). St. James's Park is on the south side of The Mall, opposite Green Park and St James's Palace, on the north side. Running off The Mall at its eastern end is Horse Guards Parade, where the Trooping the Colour ceremony is held.


I started my walk outside Buckingham Palace and headed towards Admiralty Arch.  On the left hand side half way down The Mall are two statues to their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the parents of HM Queen Elizabeth II.  

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died in 2002 at the age of 101 and her statue was unveiled in 2009 to stand below the statue of her husband that was placed there in 1955.
Through the trees of St James's Park Big Ben is clearly visible.  In fact Big Ben is not visible, it is the Elizabeth Tower that is visible as Big Ben is the great bell, not the tower.  However over the years the tower has become known as Big Ben. 


Admiralty Arch provides road and pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to the South-West, and Trafalgar Square to the North-East. Admiralty Arch is a Grade I listed building. Until recently, the building housed government offices, but in 2012 the government sold a 125-year lease over the building to a property developer for redevelopment into a luxury hotel.



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 All images were taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 and either the Fujinon 56mm f1.2 or the 55-200mm f3.5/4.8 lenses.

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