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Bomber Command Memorial – Wellington Arch loop from Goldhawk Road

Bomber Command Memorial – Wellington Arch loop from Goldhawk Road

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Bomber Command Memorial – Wellington Arch loop from Goldhawk Road

00:40

14.2km

70m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 349 m for 64 m

After 4.43 km for 56 m

After 6.46 km for 157 m

After 7.38 km for 83 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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367 m

Shepherds Bush Empire

Highlight • Structure

4.46 km

Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens

Highlight • Monument

When Prince Albert died on 14 December 1861, at the age of 42, the thoughts of those in government and public life turned to the form and shape of a suitable memorial, with several possibilities, such as establishing a university or international scholarships, being mentioned. Queen Victoria, however, soon made it clear that she desired a memorial "in the common sense of the word". The initiative was taken by the Lord Mayor of London, William Cubitt, who, at a meeting on 14 January 1862, appointed a committee to raise funds for a design to be approved by the Queen. The control and future course of the project, though, moved away from Mansion House, and ended up being controlled by people close to the Queen, rather than the Mayor. Those who determined the overall direction from that point on were the Queen's secretary, General Charles Grey, and the keeper of the privy purse, Sir Charles Phipps. Later, following the deaths of Grey and Phipps, their roles were taken on by Sir Henry Ponsonby and Sir Thomas Biddulph. Eventually, a four-man steering committee was established, led by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. Eastlake had overall control for the project until his death in 1865. An initial proposal for an obelisk memorial failed, and this was followed in May 1862 by the appointment of a seven-strong committee of architects. A range of designs were submitted and examined. Two of the designs (those by Philip Charles Hardwick and George Gilbert Scott) were passed to the Queen in February 1863 for a final decision to be made. Two months later, after lengthy deliberations and negotiations with the government over the costs of the memorial, Scott's design was formally approved in April 1863.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Memorial)

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7.43 km

Bomber Command Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Memorial for the RAF Bombers involved in the second world war.

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7.63 km

Wellington Arch

Highlight • Historical Site

7.66 km

Wellington Arch

Highlight • Monument

Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or (originally) as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde Park Corner in central London, between corners of Hyde Park and Green Park; it stands on a large traffic island with crossings for pedestrian access. From its construction in 1826 until 1830 the arch stood in a different location nearby; it was moved to its current site in 1882–1883. It originally supported a colossal equestrian statue of the 1st Duke of Wellington by the sculptor Matthew Cotes Wyatt, as a result of which it has acquired the name "the Wellington Arch" in the vernacular. A bronze quadriga (an ancient four-horse chariot) by Adrian Jones has surmounted it since 1912.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Arch

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13.6 km

Great War Memorial Angel Statue

Highlight • Historical Site

14.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.34 km

5.30 km

1.93 km

834 m

554 m

172 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.7 km

603 m

519 m

123 m

119 m

117 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 3 September

21°C

15°C

23 %

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Bomber Command Memorial – Wellington Arch loop from Goldhawk Road

Shepherds Bush Empire

Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens

Bomber Command Memorial

Wellington Arch

Wellington Arch

Great War Memorial Angel Statue

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