Lambeth Palace, looking east across the River Thames and Lambeth Palace Road.

Lambeth Palace Road runs between Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Bridge, in Lambeth, London SE1, on the south bank of the River Thames. St Thomas' Hospital lies between it and the river. At the southern end is Lambeth Palace, the London base of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Download high resolution version (1083x488, 55 KB)Lambeth Palace, London, Englandacross the River Thames from the north side. ... Download high resolution version (1083x488, 55 KB)Lambeth Palace, London, Englandacross the River Thames from the north side. ... Lambeth Palaces gatehouse. ... The Thames (pronounced /temz/) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ... Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster, with a glimpse of Westminster Abbey behind the tower of Big Ben. ... Lambeth Bridge is a road traffic and foot bridge crossing the River Thames in an east-west direction in central London; the river flows north at the crossing point. ... Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... London SE1 is the London postal district covering the area of central London south of the river Thames, between Vauxhall Bridge and St Saviours Dock, which is just to the east of Tower Bridge. ... The Thames (pronounced /temz/) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ... Saint Thomas’ Hospital. ... Lambeth Palaces gatehouse. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Arms of the see of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ...

The road forms part of the A3036. To the south is the Albert Embankment and it also adjoins Lambeth Road. The Albert Embankment is a stretch of the river bank on the south side of the River Thames in central London. ... Lambeth Palaces gatehouse on Lambeth Road. ...

History

The road was constructed in the 1860s at the same time as the Albert Embankment as part of the land reclamation that allowed the construction of St Thomas' Hospital. The road originally ran in a straight line parallel to the river, with views between the pavilion blocks of the hospital to the Thames. // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... The Albert Embankment is a stretch of the river bank on the south side of the River Thames in central London. ...

Since the redevelopment of the hospital in the 1960s, the road now follows a route further inland, although its original alignment through the hospital as a continuation of Belvedere Road can still be seen between later buildings. Because the expansion of the hospital and the new road layout eliminated Stangate Triangle, a protected London Square, an area of land on the east of the road was provided as an extension to Archbishop's Park in compensation. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

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