Charing Cross
About Charing Cross
Charing Cross is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Since the early 19th century, Charing Cross has been the notional "centre of London" and became the point from which distances from London are measured. Clockwise from north, the routes that meet at Charing Cross are: the east side of Trafalgar Square leading to St Martin's Place and then Charing Cross Road; the Strand leading to the City; Northumberland Avenue leading to the Thames Embankment; Whitehall leading to Parliament Square; The Mall leading to Admiralty Arch and Buckingham Palace; and two short roads leading to Pall Mall and St James's.
On the show — 4 mentions total
The 1930s actor George Arliss once booked himself into the left luggage office at Charing Cross as a parcel in order to escape people who wanted his autograph.
from No Such Thing As A Chihuahua Dog Sled Team, 2018-05-04 at 00:31:22 · read transcript
Other times Charing Cross came up
I went to the museum of the British Optical Association Or British Ophthalmological Association I didn't remember the name of it But I did go to it It's in Charing Cross It's great Just on the same street, five doors apart, there's Benjamin Franklin's house from when he lived here, and this amazing museum.
No Such Thing As Death By Aardvark, 2014-03-14 · listen
They were built by Edward I in 1290, Queen Eleanor died and he wanted to commemorate her and she died up in Nottinghamshire and he commissioned a huge spire cross everywhere her funeral procession stopped on the way from Nottinghamshire to London. He commissioned one of these huge crosses so there were 12 of them, there are only three remaining and outside Charing Cross there's a restored Victorian replica and it looks very cool, like a little space needle, it's got three statues of a woman.
206: No Such Thing As A Pig In Court, 2018-03-03 · listen
You actually found this out because you went to a museum, didn't you? I went to the Museum of the British Optical Association, or British Ophthalmological Association. I didn't remember the name of it, but I did go to it. It's in Charing Cross. Oh, OK. It's great. Just on the same street, five doors apart, there's Benjamin Franklin's house from when he lived here and this amazing museum.
2: No Such Thing As Death By Aardvark, 2014-03-14 · listen
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