31-548: The Hilton London Metropole is a 1,100-room 4-star hotel and conference centre located on Edgware Road in central London . It is bounded by the Marylebone Flyover to the north, Praed Street to the south, and the Paddington Basin development to the west. The London Metropole Hotel opened in 1972. Designed by noted modernist architect Richard Seifert, it consisted of a 24-storey 91-metre (299 ft) tower, one of
62-408: A bronze equestrian statue of George IV was commissioned from Sir Francis Chantrey , with the intention of placing it on top of the arch. Construction began in 1827, but was cut short in 1830, following the death of the spendthrift King George IV – the rising costs were unacceptable to the new king, William IV , who later tried to offload the uncompleted palace onto Parliament as a substitute for
93-609: A London building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a hotel or resort in the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Edgware Road Edgware Road is a major road in London , England. The route originated as part of Roman Watling Street and, unusually in London, it runs for 10 miles (16 km) in an almost perfectly straight line. Forming part of
124-462: A number of the local inns, functioned as stops for coaches, although they would have been quite close to the starting point of coach routes from London. During the 18th century, it was a destination for Huguenot migrants . By 1811, Thomas Telford produced a re-design for what was then known as a section of the London to Holyhead road, a redesign considered one of the most important feats of pre- Victorian engineering. Telford's redesign emerged only
155-486: A one-time pupil of John Nash, the arch was relocated to its current site, near the northeast corner of Hyde Park , so that expansion of Buckingham Palace could proceed. The arch gives its name to the area surrounding it, particularly the southern portion of Edgware Road and also to the underground station . The arch is not part of the Royal Parks and is maintained by Westminster City Council . Nash's three-arch design
186-505: A train leaving the tube station serving the Circle , District and Hammersmith & City lines and heading for Paddington tube station . Six people were killed in the blast. The perpetrator was the ringleader of the 7 bombings, Mohammed Siddique Khan . On the first anniversary of the bombings, a memorial plaque to the victims was unveiled at the station. The name "Edgware Road" is used to refer to informally to this area of London , meaning
217-484: A tube station means that the arch gives rise to a colloquial, entirely modern London "area", with no parishes or established institutions bearing its name. This generally equates to parts in view of the arch of Mayfair , Marylebone and often all of St George's Fields, Marylebone (west of Edgware Road) all in the City of Westminster, London, W1H. The area around the arch forms a major road junction connecting Oxford Street to
248-629: A year after the area saw the establishment of Great Britain's first Indian restaurant . The area began to attract Arab migrants in the late 19th century during a period of increased trade with the Ottoman Empire . The trend continued with the arrival of Egyptians and Iraqis in the 1950s, and greatly expanded beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present when events including the Lebanese Civil War and unrest in Algeria brought more Arabs to
279-401: Is a 19th-century white marble -faced triumphal arch in London , England . The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace ; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the well-known balcony. In 1851, on the initiative of architect and urban planner Decimus Burton ,
310-678: Is based on that of the Arch of Constantine in Rome and the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris. The triumphal arch is faced with Carrara marble with embellishments of marble extracted from quarries near Seravezza in Tuscany . John Flaxman was chosen to make the commemorative sculpture. After his death in 1826, the commission was divided between Sir Richard Westmacott , Edward Hodges Baily and J. C. F. Rossi . In 1829,
341-451: Is intersected by several London Underground lines along its length or nearby. A number of schemes have been put forward in the past to construct an Underground railway line underneath Edgware Road , including a plan to extend the Bakerloo line north to Cricklewood and an unusual proposal to build an underground monorail system, but these schemes did not succeed. Today, London Buses provide
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#1732909420742372-506: Is used as the boundary for four London boroughs : Harrow and Brent to the west, and Barnet and Camden to the east. The road runs north-west from Marble Arch to Edgware on the outskirts of London. It crosses the Harrow Road and Marylebone Road , passing beneath the Marylebone flyover . The road passes through the areas of Maida Vale , Kilburn and Cricklewood . It then crosses
403-629: The Gold State Coach passed under it during Elizabeth II 's coronation in 1953. Three small rooms inside the rebuilt arch were used as a police station from 1851 until at least 1968 ( John Betjeman made a television programme inside it in 1968 and referred to it as a fully functional police station). It firstly housed officers of the Royal Parks Constabulary and later the Metropolitan Police . One policeman stationed there during
434-663: The National Gallery . In 1843 the equestrian statue of George IV was installed on one of the pedestals in Trafalgar Square . The white marble soon lost its light colouring in the polluted London atmosphere. In 1847, Sharpe's London Magazine described it as "discoloured by smoke and damp, and in appearance resembling a huge sugar erection in a confectioner's shop window." The arch is 45 feet (14 m) high, and measures 60 by 30 feet (18.3 by 9.1 m) east-west by north–south. Buckingham Palace remained unoccupied, and for
465-627: The North Circular Road before West Hendon at Staples Corner . After this, the road continues in the same direction, through the Hyde, Colindale , Burnt Oak , and then reaches Edgware . The southernmost part of the road forms part of the London Inner Ring Road and, as such, is part of the boundary of the London congestion charge zone. However, when the zone was extended in February 2007,
496-514: The area immediately to the north of Marble Arch. The district's northern boundary is the Marylebone flyover . The postal codes of the area are W1, W2 , NW1 and NW2 . The part of the road between Marble Arch and the Marylebone Flyover also separates the areas of Marylebone and Bayswater . Edgware Road is well represented in terms of communities from across the Middle East and North Africa. Edgware Road has several London bus routes, and
527-465: The area. They established the present-day mix of bars and shisha cafes, which make the area known to Londoners by nicknames such as "Little Cairo" and "Little Beirut." or "Little Baghdad"These shisha cafés have been hard hit by the enforcement of the England-wide smoking ban in 2007. One of the two Edgware Road tube stations was one of the sites of the 7 July bombings . A bomb was detonated on
558-883: The early 1860s was Samuel Parkes , who won the Victoria Cross in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, during the Crimean War . Park Lane was widened as part of the Park Lane Improvement Scheme of the London County Council, and the Marble Arch became stranded on a traffic island. The scheme required an act of Parliament – the Park Lane Improvement Act 1958 ( 6 & 7 Eliz. 2 . c. 63) – and during
589-449: The east, Park Lane ( A4202 ) to the south, Bayswater Road ( A402 ) to the west, and Edgware Road ( A5 ) to the north-west. The short road directly to the north of the arch is also known as Marble Arch. The former cinema Odeon Marble Arch was located directly adjacent to the junction. Before 1997 this had the largest cinema screen in London. The screen was originally over 75 feet (23 m) wide. The Odeon showcased 70 mm films in
620-646: The end of the Edgware Road, following the old Roman road for much of its route and terminating at Holyhead , Wales (a port for Ireland ). Before the Romans , today's Edgware Road began as an ancient trackway within the Great Middlesex Forest . The Romans later incorporated the track into Watling Street . Many centuries later, the road was improved by the Edgware-Kilburn turnpike trust in 1711, and
651-546: The inner façades containing friezes and marbles matching and complementing those of the arch. When building work began in 1847, the arch was dismantled and rebuilt by Thomas Cubitt as a ceremonial entrance to the northeast corner of Hyde Park at Cumberland Gate. The reconstruction was completed in March 1851. A popular story says that the arch was moved because it was too narrow for the Queen's state coach to pass through, but, in fact,
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#1732909420742682-530: The modern A5 road , Edgware Road undergoes several name changes along its length, including Maida Vale, Kilburn High Road , Shoot Up Hill and Cricklewood Broadway; but the road is, as a whole, known as the Edgware Road, as it is the road to Edgware . The road runs from central to suburban London, beginning at Marble Arch in the City of Westminster and heading north to Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet . It
713-412: The most part unfinished, until it was hurriedly completed upon the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. Within a few years, it was deemed that the palace was too small to accommodate the large court and the Queen's expanding family. The solution was to enlarge the palace by enclosing the cour d'honneur with a new east range. This façade is today the principal front and public face of the palace and shields
744-434: The only public transport along the length of the road. Mainline and Overground rail stations: Night bus N16 is the only route to run the full length of the Edgware Road, from Victoria station to Edgware. Day bus routes operating over a significant length of Edgware Road are: 51°30′48″N 0°09′37″W / 51.5133°N 0.1604°W / 51.5133; -0.1604 Marble Arch The Marble Arch
775-410: The passage of this act the possibility of providing an underpass instead of a roundabout was dismissed due to excessive cost and the need to demolish buildings on Edgware Road. As part of the scheme, gardens were laid out around the arch on the traffic island. The works took place between 1960 and 1964. Still Water , a large bronze sculpture of a horse's head by Nic Fiddian-Green , was unveiled on
806-525: The recently destroyed Palace of Westminster . Work restarted in 1832, this time under the supervision of Edward Blore , who greatly reduced Nash's planned attic stage and omitted its sculpture, including the statue of George IV. The arch was completed in 1833. Some of the unused sculpture, including parts of Westmacott's frieze of Waterloo and the Nelson panels, were used at Buckingham Palace. His victory statues and Rossi's relief of Europe and Asia were used at
837-467: The road became part of the "free through routes" which allows vehicles to cross the zone during its hours of operation without paying the charge. The southern part of the road between Marble Arch and Maida Vale , noted for its distinct Middle Eastern cuisine and many late-night bars and shisha cafes, is known to Londoners by nicknames such as Little Cairo , Little Beirut and, especially near Camden , Little Cyprus . As it passes through
868-601: The same traffic island a short distance from the arch in 2011. In 2005 it was speculated that the arch might be moved across the street to Hyde Park, or to a more accessible location than its position on what was then a large traffic island. In 1900, the Central London Railway opened Marble Arch tube station across the road from the arch. The station is now on the Central line of the London Underground. Having
899-441: The tallest buildings in the City of Westminster . A second wing, of 11 storeys, was added in 1989. The Metropole Hotels chain was sold by Lonrho to Stakis Hotels in 1996 and the property was renamed Stakis London Metropole . Ladbroke bought Stakis Hotels in 1999 and rebranded the 48 Stakis Hotels within their Hilton Hotels brand, with the property renamed Hilton London Metropole . A 16-storey 52-metre (171 ft) third wing
930-630: The various neighbourhoods, the road name changes several times, becoming Maida Vale , Kilburn High Road and Shoot-Up Hill (in Kilburn), and Cricklewood Broadway (in Cricklewood), before becoming Edgware Road once again with intermittent stretches as West Hendon Broadway, and the Hyde . Along the entire route, it retains its identity as the A5 road under the Great Britain road numbering scheme . The A5 continues beyond
961-639: Was added to the hotel in 2000, including a conference centre, making it the biggest conference hotel in London, with 39 meeting rooms. In April 2014 the hotel was the venue for the 44th World Irish Dancing Championship, the first held in England. Hilton sold the hotel, along with the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, to the Tonstate Group in 2006 for £417m. Tonstate sold the two properties to Henderson Park for £500 million in 2017. This article about