The Mall, London

Coordinates: 51°30′15″N 0°8′7″W / 51.50417°N 0.13528°W / 51.50417; -0.13528
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Not to be confused with Pall Mall, London or The Mall, Lahore.

51°30′15″N 0°8′7″W / 51.50417°N 0.13528°W / 51.50417; -0.13528

Queen Elizabeth II and royal family return from Trooping the Colour in 2018 with Admiralty Arch in the background

The Mall (

St. James's Palace with other official buildings, and to the south is St James's Park. Near the east end at Trafalgar Square and Whitehall it is met by Horse Guards Road and Spring Gardens, near the west end at the Victoria Memorial it is met by the Constitution Hill roadway and the Spur Road to the street of Buckingham Gate
. It is closed to traffic on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and on ceremonial occasions.

History

The Mall, looking towards Buckingham Palace (2003)

The Mall began as part of the tended grounds of

Victoria Memorial
was erected.

The Victoria Memorial is immediately before the gates of the Palace, whilst Admiralty Arch at the far end leads into Trafalgar Square. The length of The Mall from where it joins

St. James's Park is on the south side of The Mall, opposite Green Park and St James's Palace, on the north side. Running off The Mall at its eastern end is Horse Guards Parade, where the Trooping the Colour
ceremony is held.

The surface of The Mall has been coloured red since the 1950s giving the effect of a giant red carpet leading up to Buckingham Palace. This colour was obtained using synthetic

better source needed] which was created using the Deanox Process devised by chemist Ernest Lovell. David Eccles
, as Minister of Works from 1951 to 1954, chose the colour.

On

Princess Margaret appearing on the balcony, with the Palace's blacked-out windows behind them, to the cheers from a vast crowd on The Mall.[citation needed
]

During

Royal Family on the palace balcony.[citation needed
]

Scheduled buses are not allowed to use the Mall and go past Buckingham Palace except by permission of the monarch. This has only happened twice in history; in 1927 and in 1950.[4]

Events

The Mall, during Le Tour 2014

The annual

road race and the race walks of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The women's marathon took place on 5 August and the men's Olympic marathon on 12 August. The men's 20 km walk took place on 4 August, with the men's 50 km walk and women's 20 km walk took place on 11 August. The Paralympic marathons were held on 9 September.[6][7] In recent years the Mall has also been repeatedly used as the finishing line for UK cycling events, including the 2012 Olympics Road Races, the Ride London Prudential Classic in 2013, and stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de France. The opening ceremony for the 2019 Cricket World Cup was held on The Mall.[8]

During the Trooping the Colour events and other big National events, the Mall is used.

Starting pistol incident

In 1981, Marcus Sarjeant fired six blank shots from a starting pistol near Queen Elizabeth II as she and her entourage were making their way down the road on horseback for Trooping the Colour. Sarjeant was immediately apprehended and arrested.[9]

References

  1. ^ "How Do You Pronounce Theydon Bois?". Londonist.
  2. OCLC 35291703. Retrieved 2 July 2019 – via HathiTrust Digital Library. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )
  3. ^ "deanshanger CLUTCH Club". open.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ISBN 0-7230-0068-9
    .
  5. ^ "So you've crossed the London Marathon finish line... what happens now?". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2012
  6. ^ "marathon men results — Athletics — London 2012 Olympics". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  7. ^ "marathon women results — Athletics — London 2012 Olympics". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. ^ "The Mall set to crown opening of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Guard: I Saw Shots Being Fired at Queen".

External links

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