Apsley House
A Gang of Four less Michael walk from Green Park to Bond Street 22nd Mar 2026 A sunny, warm day
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 GPS Map of the Walk |
 Green Park Tube Station. The Piccadilly Line was shut so we went to Green Park |
 Diana fountain Green Park |
 Daffodils |
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 Narcissus |
 Gas Lamps |
 Still Alight |
 Green Park |
 Solid Trunks |
 Food? |
 149 Old Park Lane |
 Bomber Command Memorial..... |
 Airmen |
 Long view Apsley House |
 Constitution Hill, closed to traffic |
 Wellington Arch... |
 ....First Floor |
 Totally Irregular floor pattern |
 Was Georges Hospital and Royal Artillery Memorial |
 Apsley House,"No1 London" |
 The Duke of Wellington on Copenhagen |
 South Gate Hyde Park |
 Royal Artillery Memorial |
 Gunner carrying shells? |
 "Royal Fellowship"?? |
 Wellington Arch plus Steve |
 Quadiga on the Arch |
 "Where Right and Glory Lead", Royal Artillery Motto |
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 Horses Head |
 One of the Gates to close the Arch |
 Lion |
 Snooks the cat and PC Cecil Pollard from when the Arch was a Police Post |
 Constitution Hill |
 "Still Water" by Nic Faddian-Green on Park Lane |
| Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the early 19th century, twice serving as Prime Minister. Wikipedia |
 A young Arthur Wellesley' in Apsley House |
 Written Orders, Wellington Boots, Despatch Box and a Telescope to follow the Battle |
 The Duke and Archbishop of Canterbury defending Apsley House from Reformist Rioters. He fortified the Tower of London "in case" |
 The Duke's Funeral, his horse lead but Copenhagen was dead |
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 First Floor Apsley House |
 "Old Nosey" |
 The Egg Dance: Peasants Merrymaking in an Inn, Jan Steen |
 Staircase |
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 Chandelier |
 Napoleon "Boney" |
 The Duke's Uniforms |
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 Dining Room |
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 Centrepiece |
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 A Younger Duke |
 Queen Victoria with Spinning Wheel under a Glass Dome |
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| Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, 9th Prince of Waterloo, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th Duke of Victoria (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro between 1972 and 2014, is a British peer and politician. He served as Conservative Member of the European Parliament for Surrey (1979–1984) and Surrey West (1984–1989) and has sat as an excepted hereditary peer in the House of Lords since 2015. He still lives here in the closed part. |
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 Take home a Duke |
 Hyde Park, Park Lane Gate |
 Bluebells, a month early |
 "Achilles" a memorial to the Duke of Wellington |
 Memorial for the 52 people killed in the Terrorist Attacks on July 7th 2005. 52 Stainless Steel Pillars |
 A Hyde Park Path |
 Dry Fountain, "Joy of Life" |
 Snoozing |
 Hyde Park view |
 Animals in War..... |
 ...........They had No Choice |
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 Marble Arch |
 "Three Tuns" for Lunch |
 Mews! |
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 Bond Street |
 Dress for sale |
 Dobby (£200) |
 Shiny Shoes |
 Kreacher
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 The "Boy David" on the Machine Gun Corps memorial |
 Selfridges Clock |
Wellington rode Copenhagen in a number of battles. Before Waterloo he took him on his hazardous ride to Wavre to liaise with Marshal Blücher. Copenhagen was the Duke's mount during the Battle of Waterloo, carrying him for 17 hours continuously during the battle. Immediately after the battle, from which Wellington emerged uninjured, he dismounted and patted Copenhagen on the flank, allowing the horse to kick towards the Duke's head, which the Duke narrowly avoided. |
