Horse Guards Avenue, London
Horse Guards Avenue is a minor road in the
City of Westminster, London. It is located across
Whitehall from the Horse Guards Parade building. The avenue is about 600 feet (180 meters) in length.
The Ministry of Defence Building faces Horse Guards Avenue, with a
statue of the Gurkha soldier unveiled in 1997 across the road, at the junction with Whitehall Court. It is just one of three monuments along the avenue. At the Whitehall end is a
statue of the Duke of Devonshire while the entrance to the Ministry of Defence Building is flanked by a pair of gigantic statues known as
Earth and Water.
Other buildings located here includes the Banqueting House, Old War Office Building and
Whitehall Court.
How to reach Horse Guards Avenue
Take the
Bakerloo Line,
Circle Line,
District Line or
Northern Line to the
Embankment Tub Station and walk from there.
More streets in London
To explore more streets across the capital, visit our
Streets in London page, where you'll find an interactive map and a growing list of all the streets we've documented so far.
Map of Streets in London
View all the streets that I have documented on Google Maps in this
Map of Streets in London.
