45: Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park

Speakers CornerThe bus goes around the traffic island at Marble Arch. On the left in Hyde Park is the location of Speakers' Corner where anyone can turn up to exercise their right to free speech. At the weekend, there is normally a small crowd gathered here to listen and heckle, but nobody regards this as a venue for serious debate. In the distance, the large grassed area is where the concerts in Hyde Park are staged. The Rolling Stones played here in 1968 and in 2005 this was the site for the Live8 charity event when over 1000 performers were seen worldwide on 182 TV networks.


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Paddington Station
Paddington Basin
Edgware Road
Marble Arch
Oxford Street
Selfridges
John Lewis
Oxford Circus
Liberty
Carnaby
Piccadilly Circus
Shaftesbury Avenue
Leicester Square
Trafalgar Square
Strand
Covent Garden
Aldwych
Law Courts
Temple Bar
Ludgate Hill
St. Paul's Cathedral
Bank of England
London Stone
All Hallows Church
Tower of London
London Wall
Tower Bridge
Port of London Building
Monument
Tate Modern
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Inns of Court
Dr. Johnson
Somerset House
Savoy Hotel
Charing Cross
Admiralty Arch
Texas Embassy
Eros Statue
Regent Street
Hamleys Toy Shop
BBC Broadcasting House
New Bond Street
Primark Store
Speakers' Corner
St. Mary's Hospital


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