Victoria Embankment

Victoria Embankment is part of the <a href="/facts/Thames_Embankment/R6Jd402K">Thames Embankment</a> (the other section is the <a href="/facts/Chelsea_Embankment/YTWX9eow">Chelsea Embankment</a>), a road and river-walk along the north bank of the <a href="/facts/River_Thames/XnQWN52L">River Thames</a> in London, England. Built in the 1860s, it runs from the <a href="/facts/Palace_of_Westminster/HCUIhwQR">Palace of Westminster</a> to <a href="/facts/Blackfriars_Bridge/fQWqkl2l">Blackfriars Bridge</a> in the <a href="/facts/City_of_London/Psl9khal">City of London</a>, and acts as a major thoroughfare for road traffic between the <a href="/facts/City_of_Westminster/8pvuYHq2">City of Westminster</a> and the City of London.
It is noted for several memorials, such as the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Britain_Monument_in_London/7TwxoetU">Battle of Britain Monument</a>, permanently berthed retired vessels, such as <a href="/facts/HMS_President_(1918)/0M2sjBGD">HMS President</a>, and public gardens, including <a href="/facts/Victoria_Embankment_Gardens/yU2du2P3">Victoria Embankment Gardens</a>.

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Victoria Embankment