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Marble Arch

Nash's gateway to Buckingham Palace, moved to a traffic island where nobody may drive through it.

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Photo by Wei-Te Wong from Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Also in Royal London.

John Nash designed it in 1827 as the state entrance to Buckingham Palace, in white Carrara marble on the model of the Arch of Constantine, and it stood in front of the palace until 1851, when the east front was built and it was in the way. It was taken to the corner of Hyde Park, which was then the park's entrance and is now a roundabout. By law only the sovereign, the royal family and the King's Troop may pass through the central arch. Inside are three small rooms that were a police station until 1950. The plaque on the island nearby marks the Tyburn gallows, where London hanged its criminals for six hundred years.

Where
Marble Arch, W1H 7EJ
Nearest station
Marble Arch · 1 min walk

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