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The Victoria Embankment is a road and river-walk on the north bank of the River Thames in London, formed from land reclaimed during the construction of Joseph Bazalgette's sewerage system in the late 19th century. [1] From 1864 a sequence of public gardens called the Victoria Embankment Gardens was created from this land.
In 1874 gardens were created on the reclaimed land on the inward side of the roadway named Victoria Embankment. There were four sections created, the Temple Garden to the east, the Main Gardens to the west (originally known as the Adelphi Gardens), and two other sections to the south following the bend of the Thames.
Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment (the other section is the Chelsea Embankment), a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. Built in the 1860s, it runs from the Palace of Westminster to Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London , and acts as a major thoroughfare for road traffic between ...
Sadiq Khan said Ticketmaster is the only place to buy and resell tickets for the annual event, which sees thousands flock to the South Bank and Victoria Embankment, after fake tickets sparked ...
At the command of Queen Victoria, he was instead interred in St. Paul's Cathedral. [2] In 1903, a memorial to him was raised in Victoria Embankment Gardens , close to the site of the Savoy Theatre where many of his and Gilbert's comic operas premiered.
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Embankment is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known by various names during its history. It is served by four lines: Bakerloo , Circle , District and Northern . On the Bakerloo line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line, the station is between Charing Cross and Waterloo stations.
Statue of General Gordon on the Victoria Embankment in London (detail) Statue of General Gordon on its shortened plinth at the Victoria Embankment in London. A bronze statue of General Charles George Gordon by Hamo Thornycroft stands on a stone plinth in the Victoria Embankment Gardens in London. It has been Grade II listed since 1970.