The Jubilee Walkway is an official walking route in

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. It was originally opened as the Silver Jubilee Walkway to commemorate Queen

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's accession; the Queen herself opened it on 9 June 1977 during her silver jubilee celebrations. The intention was to connect many of London's major tourist attractions and it is now one of seven such walks within the

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's strategic walking routes. Its length is 15 miles. The Jubilee Walkway Trust was set up in 1978 to look after the trail, in collaboration with local authorities. On 24 October 2002, during the Queen's

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, the renamed Jubilee Walkway (the word ''Silver'' was dropped as appropriate) reopened after refurbishment and a new spur walk was opened in 2003, called the Camden loop, which took walkers into north-west London. The Jubilee Walkway can be divided into five smaller loop walks: the Western loop, Eastern loop,

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loop, Camden loop and Jubilee loop.

Major sites

;Western loop The longest loop within the Jubilee Walkway, the Western loop is six miles in length and originates at

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in the

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. Walking in an anti-clockwise direction, some of the major sites taken in on the loop include: * National Gallery *

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* St. James's Park * Parliament Square * Westminster Abbey * Lambeth Palace * London Eye * OXO Tower *

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* Millennium Footbridge *

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* Lincoln's Inn Fields * Sir John Soane's Museum * Royal Opera House * Covent Garden * London Transport Museum * National Portrait Gallery ;Eastern loop Five miles in length, the Eastern loop originates at the

. Walking in an anti-clockwise direction, some of the main attractions on the Eastern loop include: * Shakespeare's Globe Theatre *'' Golden Hinde'' * Southwark Cathedral * Hay's Galleria * * City Hall * Tower Bridge * Tower of London *

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* The Monument *

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* Royal Exchange * Mansion House * Millennium Footbridge ;City loop The City loop is the shortest of the five on the Jubilee Walkway and originates at Bank junction in the heart of the

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. Walking anti-clockwise, the major sites on the City loop include: * No 1 Poultry * The Guildhall * Guildhall Art Gallery * London Wall * Barbican Centre * St. Giles' church * Museum of London * One New Change * Paternoster Square *

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;Camden loop The three-mile Camden loop originates on

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* School of Oriental and African Studies *

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;Jubilee loop Big Ben with Silver Jubilee Walkway marker - geograph

The fifth and final sub-loop on the walkway is the 1.7-mile Jubilee loop, originating at

and focusing on the British monarchy. Walking in an anti-clockwise direction, the main attractions on the Jubilee loop include: *

* Victoria Memorial *

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* Birdcage Walk * St Stephen's Club * Wellington Barracks * Parliament Square * St. James's Park

References

External links

Jubilee Walkway – Transport for LondonDetailed interactive mapThe Jubilee Walkway on the Go Jauntly app, in partnership with Transport for London
{{Authority control Footpaths in London Walkway Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II