Joanna's Whimsical Life: Sunny Sunday walk in Central London

Sunday, 6 October 2013

Sunny Sunday walk in Central London

Somebody sent me the sun from the Middle East this morning! Just to say it's arrived! May it stay.:-)
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Looking forward to hear the news about yesterday pataphysical event in Basel:
http://pataphysical.net/main!
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The day was great, I have lots of pictures of revamped Leicester Square, elegant Fortnum & Mason, Chinatown, Whitehall and The Embankment, to mention just a few locations!
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The first picture I took from the Central Line train in Ealing Broadway.

I emerged from the tube at Leicester Square and passing by the famous Hippodrome Club I headed for Leicester Square.

The square looks very different now, there is a pretty fountain around the statue of William Shakespeare in the middle and there are many seats around it.

The statue of London-born Charlie Chaplin has been moved from the square to the little street nearby:

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COME & EXPLORE OAK TOWN

Saturday March 9^th 2019, 1-3 pm

£10pp

Let's meet at 1 pm outside Acton Central Station, which splits the pretty Churchfield Road into two, and walk through Acton Park entering the same way as the annual Acton Carnival procession has entered the park over the recent years.

On the way we will see a brand new school and talk about the Goldsmiths’ Guild, the major benefactors of this part of the former London borough. We shall cross the east west through road, here known as The Vale heading towards Southfields Recreation Grounds which is situated on one of four ancient fields in Acton. The council bought in 1908 from Wilkinson Sword Co. who during World War 1 manufactured over two million bayonets on site.

Then we will stop to see St Peter’s Church which is especially popular with the Italian community and continue towards the long and curved Acton Lane to leave it soon for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Next we will make our way towards the same east west road which here uses the name of Acton High Street. We shall see more interesting edifices and ponder over the history of Berrymead Priory which was not really a priory. We will visit the newly open Arch Climbing Wall Centre. There will be some surprises on the way too! We will end up at The West London Trade Union Club and you are welcome to stay on and chill out over a drink but bring some food with you or buy some on the way. It's still £10 pp only, mind you!