Nelson, aloft his column, stares down on Trafalgar Square and Whitehall with an all commanding stance. He’s definitely the feature piece of the grand plaza that plays host to a famous collection of monuments and icons. In infrastructure terms however Nelson is but a mere footnote compared to the equestrian statue of King Charles I, who sits isolated in the middle of a mini roundabout. It’s at this exact point in front of Charlie’s horse’s hooves that all distances to and from London are measured. Seen a sign 120 miles to London on the M1? 120 miles to this exact point.

This subway entrance next to it is about as close as a tube station gets to being in dead centre of London. So what about the Underground? Is there a centre point, a mile zero, for the whole network? Yes… but it’s not here…

Image copyright A Carter – CallingAllStations.co.uk

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