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Places of interest in WC2
On 30 June 1900, the Middle Circle service was shortened to terminate at Earl's Court,[5] and, on 31 December 1908, the Outer Circle service was withdrawn from the MDR tracks.[6] In 1949, the Metropolitan line-operated Inner Circle route was given its own identity on the tube map as the Circle line.[2]
A famous inn called the "Golden Cross" - first mentioned in 1643 - was situated in the former village of Charing. From here, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coaches departed by various routes to Dover, Brighton, Bath, Bristol, Cambridge, Holyhead and York. The inn features in Sketches by Boz, David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. In the latter, the dangers to public safety of the low archway between the inn to the street were pointed out by Mr Jingle in a somewhat memorable fashion:
London River Services boat services operate from Westminster Millennium Pier, Embankment Pier and Blackfriars Millennium Pier at points along Victoria Embankment. Pleasure cruises operate from Savoy Pier.
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The building has a wealth of history; for example, during the First World War the park was closed and the palace and grounds were used as a refugee camp for Polish civilians.
Information by Wikipedia.com
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