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Britain By Car - A Motoring History

Westminster

An area of central London, extending along the north bank of the River Thames from Pimlico to Charing Cross.

It probably contains more famous buildings that any other part of London.  These include: the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.

Hotel Metropole, London

The starting point of the 1896 London to Brighton Emancipation Run, organised to celebrate the repeal of the 1878 Locomotive Act.

Location
Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2BD.

Date
1885 – 1916, and 1918(?) - 1936.  From 2008 – present, as the Corinthia Hotel London.