Bus route 9
Explore London’s Museums and Palaces
Route 139
Somerset House Covent Garden Market
The Number 9 bus route runs Bus route
from Aldwych in Central London 9
to Hammersmith Bus Station in
West London.
Start your tour at Somerset House Somerset House
Strand, WC2R 1LA
Bus stop
Route 9 H Aldwych/Bush House
Somerset House Covent garden market
Somerset House is an exciting
Trafalgar Square St James Palace
centre for the visual arts. Visit the
Courtauld Gallery to see some
Covent Garden Market and stunning Impressionist and Grand Piccadilly Circus Hamleys Toy Store
London Transport Museum Master paintings.
Covent Garden, WC2E 8RF You can walk from Somerset House
to Covent Garden in 8 minutes.
Bus stop
U Savoy Street
Covent Garden is a shopping
mecca with exciting live street Trafalgar Square
performances and stalls selling
gifts, clothing and crafts. WC2N 5DN
London Transport Museum is a Bus stop
fascinating place to visit for an
Green Park
insight into London’s transport
Wellington Arch/Hyde Park H CharingHolland
Cross Park Station
history past, present and future.
S Trafalgar Square
Route 139
Route 139 Covent Garden
Trafalgar Square commemorates
You can walk from Covent Garden the Battle of Trafalgar, a British
to Trafalgar Square in 10 minutes. naval victory in the Napoleonic
Wars with France and Spain that
Somerset House
Somerset House Covent Garden Covent
Market Garden Market took place onTrafalgar Square
21 October Trafalgar Square
1805.
Located at the north side of
Trafalgar Square, The National
Gallery and National Portrait
Gallery are free to the public.
Covent garden market Trafalgar Square St James Palace These galleries house fabulous
paintings and sculptures from
around the world.
St James’s Palace and
Route 22 Clarence House Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross,
Embankment
Route 22 Clarence House, Charing Cross
St James’s, SW1A IBA
Fulham Palace New KIngs Road Furniture and Arts Building Worlds End
Bus stop
Fulham Palace New KIngs Road Furniture and Arts Building Worlds End
Z Regent Street/St James’s
St James’s Palace is the London
residence of several members
of the Royal family.
Clarence House is the official
Wellington Arch/Hyde Park
residence of membersHolland
of the
Park
Royal
family. Enjoy guided tours and relax
in the pretty gardens.
Green Park
Piccadilly CircusPiccadilly Circus Hamleys Toy Store
Hamleys Toy Store Bond Street Bond Street
SW1A 1BW
Bus stop
H Green Park Station
E Green
Park/
Constitution Hill
Lots Road Auctions Wellington Arch Green Park
Green Park is a peaceful triangle
of mature trees and grasslands
Lots Road Auctions Wellington Arch featuring a rangeGreen
of memorials,
Park
fountains and statues. It offers
Wellington Arch and a quiet retreat from city life,
Hyde Park Corner right next to Buckingham Palace.
Apsley Way, Hyde Park Green Park
Corner, W1J 7JZ
Bus stop
M Hyde Park Corner Station
Wellington Arch and Marble Arch
were planned in 1825 to
commemorate Britain’s victories
in the Napoleonic Wars. Visit the
exhibition and enjoy views of the
surrounding area from the top.
Hyde Park Corner Route continues
on page 2
Route 9
Natural History Museum Kensington Palace
Natural History Museum,
Victoria and Albert Museum,
Science Museum and the
Royal Geographical Society
Bus stop
Route 9 RB Exhibition Road
Some of London’s most
Natural History Museum famous museums are located
Kensington Palace
along Exhibition Road.
The Natural History Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Albert Memorial
Albert Memorial The Science Museum
Design Museum
Bus stop
The Royal Geographical Society
RC Royal Albert Hall South Kensington
Route 9 The Albert Memorial is situated
Route 9 These museums are all 10 minutes
opposite the Royal Albert Hall walk from the bus stop
Natural History Museum in Kensington Gardens.Kensington
It wasPalace
Natural History Museum Kensington Palace
commissioned by Queen Victoria
in memory of her beloved
husband,Albert
Prince Albert who
Memorial Design Museum
diedRoute 9 in 1861.
of typhoid
Kensington Palace
Somerset House Covent garden market Trafalgar Square St James Palace
Kensington Gardens,
W8 4PX
Bus stop
N Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace has been a
residence of the British Royal Family
Albert Memorial Design Museum
since the 17th century, and is the
Albert Memorial
official London residence of The
Design Museum
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
The Design Museum their children. The State Rooms
are open to the public.
224 - 238 Kensington Notting Hill Gate,
High Street, W8 6AG Queensway
Bus stop
X TheGreen Park
Design Museum Wellington Arch/Hyde Park Holland Park
The Design Museum is dedicated
to the world of product, industrial,
graphic, fashion and architectural
design. The main collection is free
to visit.
High Street Kensington Holland Park
The museum is a short 10 minute W8 6LU
walk from the bus stop Bus stop
X The Design Museum
9 Z Warwick Gardens
Tour ends For a relaxing end to your tour,
Holland Park covers 54 acres
Bus Route
Underground station
9 and includes two peaceful
Japanese gardens.
National Rail station
X Bus stop name
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