2006-09-07 03:46:09 · 12 answers · asked by iranduarte 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
it is centre point, hence the huge building and the monument by it.
its where the end of oxford st meets the end of charing cross road and tottenham court road starts.
2006-09-07 03:53:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe it is at aldgate near/facing sir john cass primary school, further east is mile end. Also the entrance to the school ,mitre place is where 25ft under the pavement the remnants of the main roman gate to the city were discovered back in about 1979-81 i was a pupil there and we were invited by the archaeologists to be apart from themselves and the road workers the first to view it in situ before its removal to a local museum so i am sure that is where the 0 would have started at a major landmark in roman londinium
2006-09-08 06:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charing Cross, Westminster.
Whether it is the distance from Brighton, Manchester or Glasgow, the actual point for measuring the distance to and from London is located at Charing Cross, Westminster.
Why Charing Cross? Even though it is quite central it is not because of its geographical location, the real reason goes back over 700 years to the reign of Edward I.
Eleanor's Cross outside Charing Cross
In the year 1290 King Edward was in Scotland on an important trip awaiting the arrival of his wife, Queen Eleanor. On her journey to meet him she was taken ill with a fever and died shortly after at a manor house near Lincoln.
The Queen's body was to be taken from Lincoln to Westminster Abbey for a state burial. The grief stricken King decided that twelve memorial crosses would be installed at each stopping point of her funeral procession.
The twelve sites for memorial crosses were:
Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Hardingstone, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St. Albans, Waltham, Cheapside (West Cheap), Charing Cross.
The original cross was south of Trafalgar Square where the statue of King Charles I now stands. A plaque can be found on the floor behind the statue stating that mileage distances on road signage are still measured from this point.
"...a replica of which stands in front of Charing Cross Station. Mileages from London are measured from the site of the original cross"
City of Westminster Plaque
Only three of the original crosses remain at Geddington, Hardingstone and Waltham. The cross outside Charing Cross Station is a replica made in 1863 of the original that stood at the original site a few hundred metres away. Historians believe the original was not as ornate as the one seen today. The original memorials were large stone structures towering many feet high with carvings of the queen on each of the sides.
2006-09-08 10:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by julia s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tower of London - just a guess because that existed before Buckingham Palace was constructed.
2006-09-07 17:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is from Charing cross. It where all distance from wherever is measured from.
2006-09-08 10:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by MINOR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fookin good question that one.. i'd like to know the ansa to this as well -
here's my guess anyway - The Queen's en-suite toilet (to be more precise the great royal bogseat)
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ooh look
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/08/15/charingcross_feature.shtml
2006-09-07 10:54:23 · answer #6 · answered by themelon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it Charing Cross?
2006-09-07 10:52:45 · answer #7 · answered by bodhidhamma7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The GPO ( Post Office )
2006-09-07 10:49:45 · answer #8 · answered by Perry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always understood it to be Marble Arch !
2006-09-07 13:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by cosmo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the city centre lol not a clue
2006-09-07 10:49:03 · answer #10 · answered by lukescornershop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋