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5 unusual facts about Victoria Embankment


Blackfriars, London

The Victoria Embankment stretches along the north bank of the river west from Blackfriars to Westminster Bridge.

E-class lifeboat

There are currently four E class boats in use on the Thames, split between Chiswick Lifeboat Station to the west of central London, and Tower Lifeboat Station at Victoria Embankment in central London.

Queen Victoria Street, London

Queen Victoria Street, named after the British monarch who reigned from 1837 to 1901, is a street in the City of London which runs east by north from its junction with New Bridge Street and Victoria Embankment in Castle Baynard ward, along a section that divides the wards of Queenhithe and Bread Street, then lastly through the middle of Cordwainer ward, until it reaches Mansion House Street at Bank junction.

TS Queen Mary

She underwent a £2.5m refurbishment in 1997 and was moored at Victoria Embankment.

Victoria Embankment

Ships permanently moored by Victoria Embankment include HMS President, HMS Wellington and PS Tattershall Castle.


Frederick Wheeler

He was articled to Charles Henry Driver (1832-1900), whose offices were at 7 Parliament Street, London SW1, and who is best known as the architect for the Victoria Embankment and Abbey Mills.

St Stephen's Club

St Stephen's was originally on the corner of Bridge Street and the Embankment, in London SW1, now the location of Portcullis House.


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