Trying to use up the English Heritage membership as much as we can, we found that the Apsley house and Wellington Arch were part of it. We wandered through Hyde Park to get to Apsley house which is famously called 'Number One London'. It was home to the Duke of Wellington after his victory over Napoleon at Waterloo, the interior of the house has changed very little since the days of the Iron Duke. We were all imagining what it would be like to live in a grand house like this, we would definitely lose eachother!!
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| Apsley house |
We then headed off across the road to go inside the Wellington Arch. The arch was built around 1830 and is hollow inside, and until 1992 housed the second smallest police station in London (the smallest being in Trafalgar Square). It contains three floors of exhibits detailing the history of the arch and some of its uses. You can also step onto terraces on both sides of the top of the arch, which give very good views of Hyde Park Corner, Hyde Park and even glimpses of the private gardens of Buckingham Palace.
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| Wellington Arch |
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| Paul standing on one of the terraces - behind is Hype Park and the Apsley house |
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| The statute that sits on top of the arch |
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View looking towards Buckingham Palace - to the right are the private gardens of the palace
Video of roller skaters going through the arch, apparently they go past every Sunday |
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New Zealand memorial for ANZAC |
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| This little guy was in Hype Park and decided to pose for us |
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