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Waterloo (/ ˌ w ɔː t ə ˈ l uː / [1] [2]) is a district in Central London, and part of the Waterloo and South Bank ward of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Charing Cross. The area is part of a business improvement district which includes The Cut and the Old Vic and Young Vic theatres.
Waterloo station (/ ˌ w ɔː t ər ˈ l uː /), [5] [6] also known as London Waterloo, is a major London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station of the same name and is adjacent to Waterloo East station on the South ...
Map of Zone 1 Underground stations, pre 2021. London is split into six approximately concentric zones. Zone 1 covers the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London, as well as Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East, Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo.
Waterloo Place in 1830, looking northwards into Regent Street towards Piccadilly Circus.. Included in the plan for London prepared by architect John Nash in 1814 was a broad plaza intended as a space for monuments, [2] It would be the southern end of a prestigious new thoroughfare, later known as Regent Street, [3] and would create a grand open area in front of Carlton House, the London ...
From 1856 the area of the modern borough was governed by the Metropolitan Board of Works, which was established to provide services across the metropolis of London. [4] In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the County of London.
Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo district of London, England straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. It runs between Westminster Bridge Road close to St George's Circus at the south-east end and Waterloo Bridge across the River Thames towards London's West End district at the north-west end.
Waterloo is a London Underground station located beneath Waterloo National Rail station. As of 2023, it is the 2nd busiest station on the London Underground, with 70.33 million users. [ 5 ] It is served by four lines: Bakerloo , Jubilee , Northern and Waterloo & City .
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.