Aldwych

Aldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London. The road is a crescent, connecting to The Strand on the west side, and Fleet Street on the east. At its centre it meets the Kingsway. It is the site of The London School of Economics, Bush House, the Aldwych and Duchess theatres, the Waldorf Hotel and nearby in the Strand is the now-disused Aldwych tube station.

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A statue of 19th century prime minister Gladstone, inaugurated in 1905, is situated here.

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The name derives from the Old English eald and wic meaning 'old outlying farm', the name later being transferred to the street and district. It was recorded as Aldewich in 1211.

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The Aldwych underground station appears in a level of Tomb Raider 3

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On February 18 1996 an improvised high explosive device detonated prematurely on a bus travelling along Aldwych, killing Edward O'Brien, the IRA operative transporting the device and injuring eight others.

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The Strand: The Strand refers to:...

Fleet Street: :For the television series tentatively titled Fleet Street, see Boston Legal.There is also a Fleet Street in Temple Bar, Dublin....

Kingsway: Kingsway is the name of major roads in at least two large cities: central London in the United Kingdom and Vancouver in Canada. Both are of similar age, dating from the turn of the 20th century....

Aldwych related Images and Photos (experimental)

Aldwych Theatre Presents Miss Alexandra Carlisle as Proud Maisie

The Golden Land of Fairy Tales at the Aldwych Theatre