Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 8 and Version 6 of Locale Strand
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An area of London around the historic shopping thoroughfare (though it has been displaced as the centre of London shopping since the 19th centry by [[Locale Oxford Street|Oxford Street]] and that part of the West End). It is within the City of Westminster. |
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An area of London around the historic shopping thoroughfare (though it has been displaced as the centre of London shopping since the 19th Century by [[Locale Oxford Street|Oxford Street]] and that part of the West End). It is within the City of Westminster and in modern times is dominated at the eastern end by [[Locale Aldwych|Aldwych]] and the Royal Courts of Justice. |
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The area to the south of the Strand is sometimes known as "Adelphi". |
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<div class="neighbouring_postcodes">North: [[Locale Covent Garden|Covent Garden]] and [[Locale Aldwych|Aldwych]]<br> North-East: [[Locale Holborn|Holborn]]<br> East: [[Locale Fleet Street|Fleet Street]] and [[Locale City|the City]]<br> South: [[Locale Embankment|Embankment]]<br> South-West: [[Locale Trafalgar Square|Trafalgar Square]] and [[Locale St James's|St James's]]<br> West: [[Locale Soho|Soho]]</div> |
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| summary='' summary='Historic shopping street at the boundary of the City.' | summary='' summary='Historic shopping street at the boundary of the City.' |
An area of London around the historic shopping thoroughfare (though it has been displaced as the centre of London shopping since the 19th centry by Oxford Street and that part of the West End). It is within the City of Westminster.
It runs east from Trafalgar Square and becomes Fleet Street at the boundary of the City of London.
The word "strand" means "the land bordering a sea, lake, or river". Although the Strand now lies some distance from the river, the buildings on its southern side used to look directly onto the Thames; infilling of the Thames for the construction of the Victoria Embankment in 1865-1870 moved the river further away from the Strand.
See also:
Auto-generated list of things on or near Strand (view them on a map): (unprocessed INDEX_LIST macro)
North-East: Holborn
East: Fleet Street and the City
South: Embankment
South-West: Trafalgar Square and St James's
West: Soho
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