The Westminster Gaslights (Lancaster Gate to St. James Park) t=short.68
Meet: Lancaster Gate Station at 18.30 hours (at street level). Lancaster Gate is on the Central Line and a short walk from Paddington Station. Finish: St. James’s Park Station, a stop on the District and Circle Lines. Both stations as well as the whole route are within Zone 1.
Distance: 3.9 Miles/6.2km
Difficulty: None
This is the first half of a longer walk that explores the atmospheric gaslights of central London which were first fired up in 1807 -- London being the first city in the world to use gas lights! I thought it would be fun to explore the lights while the evenings are still dark.... Although there is some overlap with the start of last Thursday's walk -- it does not appear anyone did that walk.... Hopefully, there is better turn out this time around....
The first portion of this meandering route goes through the Royal Parks of the West End to St. James’s Park. The second half which will be posted in due course will go from St. James' Park to Embankment.
Eat/Drink: Plenty of options en route plus at the end The Two Chairmen (Greene King), The Sanctuary House Hotel (Fuller’s), the Blue Boar, The Feathers (Nicholson’s) or The Old Star (Greene King).
For more information on the walk and its instructions and map, click here .
3 comments:
Having missed the start of this walk on Thurs, I estimated I might intercept other walkers at Hyde Pk Corner but had no luck either there or subsequently. I hope other people did the route, and enjoyed it as I did - very atmospheric, as well as interesting historically.
Sorry we missed you! #4 of us assembled at Lancaster gate, and after waiting 5 minutes, we set off. The weather was surprisingly #mild_and_dry, the gas lamps still interesting, we ventured into Blue Ball Yard and Pickering Place too. Had to give a pass to a few pubs as they were very crowded, ended up in Silver Cross.
Final number is #5 with previous commenter.
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