h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I hadn't heard of cabbies' shelters before, and really enjoyed reading this.

Which one is pictured? It would be nice to add the location to the picture caption.

Icy

I just realised Google Street View might come to the rescue.

Here's the one at Pont Street, Kensington, for example:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pont+street,+london&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.910905,43.549805&ie=UTF8&ll=51.497234,-0.158642&spn=0,359.998671&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=51.49725,-0.158499&panoid=OqeTb63dZTgRwhCc6J9h0g&cbp=12,23.78,,0,14.08

I'll add others when I get a moment (feel free to join in)

MMF described it in the Entry as "Cromwell Gardens", but as far as I can tell it is Thurloe Place. It's directly in front of the Rembrandt Hotel which is in Thurloe Place.

MMF's photo of the shelter:

http://picasaweb.google.com/MazinMadFiddler/CabbiesShelters#5339719494263818498

GoogleEarth's Picture:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pont+street,+london&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.910905,43.549805&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.496242,-0.170502&panoid=7k99ilxTEoMl3JF5r5WDEQ&cbp=12,194.48,,0,5.42&ll=51.496205,-0.170629&spn=0.000457,0.001422&z=20

The Rembrandt's Website:

http://www.hotel-knightsbridge.co.uk/?skey=go0512131

So I'm changing the Entry to call it Thurloe Place and adding a tag for this to the picture.


http://www.hotel-knightsbridge.co.uk/?skey=go0512131

That also solves the mystery of why all the rest of that list was in alphabetical order but the Cromwell Gardens one was apparently out of place.

Thanks Gnomon

This is gloriously geeky. Thank goodness there are only 13 or so.

Here are the ones I've located so far:

Chelsea Embankment, near Albert Bridge:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=albert+bridge,&sll=51.48332,-0.167627&sspn=0.000117,0.000524&ie=UTF8&t=h&radius=0.01&rq=1&ll=51.483301,-0.167892&spn=0,359.999335&z=21&layer=c&cbll=51.483301,-0.167892&panoid=Y9P1TsQnR_0B1OaboJZW0w&cbp=12,108.64,,0,6.23

Embankment Place:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=embankment+place,+london&sll=51.483301,-0.167892&sspn=179.968714,360&ie=UTF8&ll=51.506656,-0.122877&spn=0.001275,0.002658&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.506685,-0.123026&panoid=ZIJyyEbtecRUUbI7ZLta2w&cbp=12,16.09,,0,10.36

Grosvenor Gardens, west side of north garden:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Grosvenor+Gardens,+london&sll=51.506656,-0.122877&sspn=0.001275,0.002658&ie=UTF8&ll=51.497729,-0.147576&spn=0.000638,0.001329&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=51.497668,-0.147427&panoid=Klfu-Bmom-RqV867Vm7OfQ&cbp=12,74.03,,0,7.3

Hanover Square, north of Central Gardens:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hanover+Square,+london&sll=51.497729,-0.147576&sspn=0.000638,0.001329&ie=UTF8&ll=51.51428,-0.14396&spn=0.001275,0.002658&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.514248,-0.144112&panoid=PCn2bD_eqaiDAtztxC5ltw&cbp=12,89.88,,0,21.06

Kensington Park Road, outside 8 - 10:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kensington+Park+Road,+london&sll=51.51428,-0.14396&sspn=0.001275,0.002658&ie=UTF8&ll=51.509944,-0.197926&spn=0.010203,0.021265&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.509873,-0.197813&panoid=TxRkTzvQai4ohpLGJDKgmw&cbp=12,355.79,,0,7.27

Thanks folks. The reason I changed it to Cromwell Gardens is because when I went to take the photo I walked up and down Thurloe Place, and actually found the shelter in Cromwell Gardens, in the middle of the road (what would be a central reservation) just past the V and A, so if anyone else wants to ind i, that's where it is. It may have been moved in the same way as the one in Russell Square was moved from Oxford Street, as it became busier, and because it was listed.

Hope that helps in my reasoning for changing it's location. Map info here...

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=527051&y=179004&z=110&sv=thurloe+place&st=6&tl=Map+of+Thurloe+Place,+London,+SW7&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf

MMF



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As far as I can see, that map is not correct. From the point where Thurloe Place meets Cromwell Gardens to where it meets Brompton Road, the name is Thurloe Place and it is this part that has the shelter.

Oh well, it's in the right vicinity, I guess.

If anyone does go looking for it, just bear in mind it is by the V and A museum.

MMF

Very interesting...a good deed done with a bit of an ulterior motive!!!

what happened to the one opposite Ealing Broadway tube station? Back in 1995-99 i used to stand in front of the station waiting at the bus stop and loved looking at the cabbie booth, although i NEVER saw it open!!!

I worked there for a while, too, but later. I don't remember a green Victorian shelter, but there's a more modern shed there now on Street View:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ealing+broadway&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.753319,39.375&ie=UTF8&ll=51.51513,-0.302307&spn=0,359.998798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=51.51513,-0.302307&panoid=qHcZr6AkQQx6KiLRuRQL2w&cbp=12,298.13,,0,6.61