Charing Cross station

At last the snow has cleared (although the cold has not yet relented) so as London returned to normal operations, I took the camera to a work meeting and used the opportunity of my location at Charing Cross to film afterwards.

Charing Cross is next to Trafalgar Square and the Strand, and just over the river from the Millennium Wheel.

Wikipedia notes that Charing Cross is named after a long demolished monument religious cross. The name originates from the Eleanor cross erected between the former hamlet of Charing and the entrance to the Royal Mewsf the Palace of Whitehall in 1291-4 by King Edward I as a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. The cross was the work of the medieval sculptor, Alexander of Abingdon. Originally built in wood, it was quickly replaced with a stone and marble monument. The name of the hamlet is derived from the old english word cierring, referring to the large bend in the River Thames nearby.

When you view Charing Cross today it's impossible to think that this place was once a little village (or hamlet) in the countryside!

Today Charing Cross is best known for its railway station terminus and underground station. At the front of the station is the Charing Cross hotel, an upmarket place to stay in this most busy part of central London.

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