The novels of Anita Brookner provide abundant opportunity to explore London. I think all of her 24 novels take place at least in part in London. And her characters spend a lot of time walking around. I have always had it in my mind that I wanted to document Brookner's London. Now that I am starting to re-read all of her novels in chronological order, I realize I have the perfect opportunity to construct a sort of Gazetteer of London place names in Brookner's fiction. I am also tempted to chart the places out of London, or out of the country (mainly France and Switzerland) that Brookner's characters visit. But her books are so London-centric, that I think the spirit of her characters live in London regardless of their temporary forays outside the metropolitan area.
It will be interesting to see how broad (or narrow) the London of Brookner's characters is. I won't necessarily be listing evey place mentioned. To be included someone in the book needs to actually go to the place or have some other association with it.
Abbreviations
ACE = A Closed Eye
AFR = A Family Romance / Dolly
APV = A Private View
AS = Altered States
BL = Brief Lives
F = Fraud
FAF = Family and Friends
FFE = A Friend from England
FS = Falling Slowly
HDL = Hotel du Lac
IRL = Incidents in the Rue Laugier
LAM = Look at Me
LAT = Latecomers
LP = Lewis Percy
MIS = The Misalliance
PRV = Providence
SIL = A Start in Life/The Debut
UI = Undue Influence
HDL = Hotel du Lac
IRL = Incidents in the Rue Laugier
LAM = Look at Me
LAT = Latecomers
LP = Lewis Percy
MIS = The Misalliance
PRV = Providence
SIL = A Start in Life/The Debut
UI = Undue Influence
V = Visitors
Locations
Acton
BL: During her childhood in Camberwell, Fay says that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding". Earlier in the book Fay says that her mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green".
Albert Hall Mansions
F: Where Anna lived with her mother Amy. According to Mrs. Marsh it was a "terrible flat". The flat had been a gift from Amy's parents.
Alexandra Gate (Kensington Palace)
F: After Anna leaves Miss Carter's flat on Christmas day, she turns into Hyde (inferred) Park, walks towards Alexandra Gate and into Exhibition Road.
Ashley Gardens
LAT: The building near Victoria Station where both Hartmann and Fibich and their wives lived.
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Baker Street
AS: After hasty evening meals, Alan was in the habit of walking up Baker Street to Paddington Street to see if there were lights on in Sarah's flat.
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
AS: Alan mentions the lights of a new supermarket in Baker Street.
Locations
Acton
BL: During her childhood in Camberwell, Fay says that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding". Earlier in the book Fay says that her mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green".
Albert Hall Mansions
F: Where Anna lived with her mother Amy. According to Mrs. Marsh it was a "terrible flat". The flat had been a gift from Amy's parents.
Alexandra Gate (Kensington Palace)
F: After Anna leaves Miss Carter's flat on Christmas day, she turns into Hyde (inferred) Park, walks towards Alexandra Gate and into Exhibition Road.
Ashley Gardens
LAT: The building near Victoria Station where both Hartmann and Fibich and their wives lived.
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Baker Street
AS: After hasty evening meals, Alan was in the habit of walking up Baker Street to Paddington Street to see if there were lights on in Sarah's flat.
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
AS: Alan mentions the lights of a new supermarket in Baker Street.
FS: Part of Miriam's Christmas walk. She stops at a pizza parlour here, and does again later with Tom Rivers.
UI: Location of all-night supermarket Claire frequents.
V: As the bus approached here Mrs May reasoned that men have feelings too.Baker Street Station
APV: Bland buys his first "tiny flat in a large red-brick building" over the station. Later moves to a larger gloomier apartment on the fourth floor before eventually moving to his flat near Edgware Road.
Barkston Gardens
F: Where Lawrence buys a small flat on the top floor of a house with the proceeds from the sale of his mother's shop. Located off the Earl's Court Road.
Barnsbury
FS: Miriam "illicitly entertained a desire to be in a different part of London...higher, greener, remote from the 11 bus, somewhere with silent spaces and small inconsequential shops: Barnsbury, Fulham, Dulwich."
Baron's Court
BL: Where Julia's brother Gerald had once lived.
Basil Street
V: Henry made over his flat here to his first wife after their divorce.
Battersea Park
ACE: Where Miss Wetherby takes Rex the dog and Immy on walks.
AFR: The Manning's house on Prince of Wales Drive overlooks the park. Jane's father Paul and later Jane take walks here.
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
BL: When Alan Carter runs each day.
Bayswater
FS: Max Gruber's brother Michael moved here after they sold their parent's house Kentish Town. (see also Bayswater Road, Edgware Road and Hampstead)
FS: Miriam "illicitly entertained a desire to be in a different part of London...higher, greener, remote from the 11 bus, somewhere with silent spaces and small inconsequential shops: Barnsbury, Fulham, Dulwich."
Baron's Court
BL: Where Julia's brother Gerald had once lived.
Basil Street
V: Henry made over his flat here to his first wife after their divorce.
Battersea Park
ACE: Where Miss Wetherby takes Rex the dog and Immy on walks.
AFR: The Manning's house on Prince of Wales Drive overlooks the park. Jane's father Paul and later Jane take walks here.
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
BL: When Alan Carter runs each day.
Bayswater
FS: Max Gruber's brother Michael moved here after they sold their parent's house Kentish Town. (see also Bayswater Road, Edgware Road and Hampstead)
SIL: Sally Jacobs' flat.
LP: Lewis and Emmy end take leave of each other at the Bayswater entrance to Hyde Park.
Bayswater Road
APV: Bland sat in the pavilion facing the sunken garden [The Italian Garden] on the Bayswater side of the park and eventually made his way into the Bayswater Road.
FFE: On her way from Notting Hill Road to Marble Arch, Rachel observes the Japanese tourists gazing at the "junk displayed against the railings of the [Hyde] park. Later in the book, Rachel "trudged along" Bayswater Road on her way from her shop to Heather's flat.
LP: Lewis and Emmy end take leave of each other at the Bayswater entrance to Hyde Park.
Bayswater Road
APV: Bland sat in the pavilion facing the sunken garden [The Italian Garden] on the Bayswater side of the park and eventually made his way into the Bayswater Road.
FFE: On her way from Notting Hill Road to Marble Arch, Rachel observes the Japanese tourists gazing at the "junk displayed against the railings of the [Hyde] park. Later in the book, Rachel "trudged along" Bayswater Road on her way from her shop to Heather's flat.
FS: Michael Gruber's flat was off the Bayswater Road.
Beaufort Street
F: At the end of the unsuccessful dinner at Lawrence and Vickie's, Lawrence needs to make a house call here. He offers Anna a life home on his way and Vickie insists on coming along.
ACE: Where the Dodds by the newly married Tessa and Jack Peckham a flat.
Bedford College
AFR: Where Henrietta was an undergraduate.
Bedford Way
AS: Where Angela shares a flat with two other girls.
Belgravia
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
The Berkeley
AS: Where Alan takes his mother for dinner.
Birkbeck College
AFR: After her mother dies Jane plans to enroll after here.
Bloomsbury
AS: Where Angela works for an architectural magazine.
UI: Where the Misses Collier live on Marchmont Street. Claire imagines their late father St. John Collier considered himself an authentic Bloomsburian.
Bond Street
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
Bond Street
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
UI: Where Claire's mother goes during the day to pass the time. (see also the, National Gallery, Royal Academy [of Art], and the Tate)
Bramerton Street
AFR: Where Jane's friend Marigold Chance lived. (see also King's Road)
AFR: Where Jane's friend Marigold Chance lived. (see also King's Road)
Bramham Gardens
FS: Where Miriam lives with Jon during their five-year marriage. (see also Earls Court Road)
Bredwardine Road (Fictional)
AS: In trying to track down a number for Sarah who is living in the Miller house in Parsons Green, Alan asks Directory Enquiries for 58 Bredwardine Road. [No such road exists. As far as I have seen in the first 16 of Brookner's novels, this is the first use of a fictional place name in London. Perhaps because she used a specific house number?]
British Museum
AFR: While her mother was still alive, Jane would often spend her days here. (see also National Gallery)
FS: Where Miriam lives with Jon during their five-year marriage. (see also Earls Court Road)
Bredwardine Road (Fictional)
AS: In trying to track down a number for Sarah who is living in the Miller house in Parsons Green, Alan asks Directory Enquiries for 58 Bredwardine Road. [No such road exists. As far as I have seen in the first 16 of Brookner's novels, this is the first use of a fictional place name in London. Perhaps because she used a specific house number?]
British Museum
AFR: While her mother was still alive, Jane would often spend her days here. (see also National Gallery)
FS: Miriam chooses the British Museum for an afternoon instead of the Wallace Collection because she doesn't want to risk running into Simon.
LAM: Frequent destination for Fanny
LP: Lewis does his research here.
Brittania Road
LP: Thea and Tissy Harper live here.
(Brompton) Oratory
F: Where Mrs. Marsh services.
Brompton Road
BL: Location of library where Julia suggests it might be more convenient for Fay to change Julia's books. (see also Kensington)
F: In her discussion of Sunday being a good day to walk, Mrs. Marsh "The traffic is not so bad on a Sunday, even in the Brompton Road."
Brompton Square
F: On Christmas Anna goes to visit her late mother's dressmaker Miss Carter who has a basement flat here.
Bryanston Square
FAF: Where Alfred decides to by a flat for him and his mother, having a "dim memory of living there as a child"
LAM: Frequent destination for Fanny
LP: Lewis does his research here.
Brittania Road
LP: Thea and Tissy Harper live here.
(Brompton) Oratory
F: Where Mrs. Marsh services.
Brompton Road
BL: Location of library where Julia suggests it might be more convenient for Fay to change Julia's books. (see also Kensington)
F: In her discussion of Sunday being a good day to walk, Mrs. Marsh "The traffic is not so bad on a Sunday, even in the Brompton Road."
Brompton Square
F: On Christmas Anna goes to visit her late mother's dressmaker Miss Carter who has a basement flat here.
Bryanston Square
FAF: Where Alfred decides to by a flat for him and his mother, having a "dim memory of living there as a child"
FS: Where Miriam's lover Simon lives when he is in London.
LAM: Olivia Benedict and her family live here
Buckingham Palace Road
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Cadogan Gate
AS: Where Alan's mother lives.
F: Flat where Lawrence is "looked over" by Vickie Gibson's father when they began seeing each other.
LAM: Olivia Benedict and her family live here
Buckingham Palace Road
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Cadogan Gate
AS: Where Alan's mother lives.
F: Flat where Lawrence is "looked over" by Vickie Gibson's father when they began seeing each other.
Cadogan Hotel
FS: Part of Miriam's Christmas walk.
Cadogan Square
ACE: Where Harriet's childhood friend Tessa Dodd and her family lived.
Caledonian Road
APV: Putnam would take Bland to pubs in Caledonian Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Pimlico.
Camberwell
APV: One of the suburbs where Bland would take walks on the weekend to see how "ordinary people" lived.
BL: Where Fay grew up in a "narrow Georgian houses now sought after by the sons and daughters of merchant bankers." Later, the location is specified as Camberwell Grove. (see also Ealing, Golders Green, Finchley, or Acton entries)
Camberwell Grove
BL: Where Fay grew up (see also Camberwell)
BL: Where Fay grew up (see also Camberwell)
FS: Where Beatrice's friend Suzanne lives.
The Caprice
BL: One of the places Julia suggests they go when Fay says she is taking Julia and Maureen out to dinner. (see also The Savoy Grill)
The Caprice
BL: One of the places Julia suggests they go when Fay says she is taking Julia and Maureen out to dinner. (see also The Savoy Grill)
UI: Cynthia mentions this a place she used to frequent.
Cavendish Square
UI: After they visit the Gibsons on Cynthia's birthday, Claire and Wiggy take a walk up Harley Street to the edge of [Regent's] Park before heading back to Cavendish Square and then Wigmore Street.
Caxton Hall
BL: Where Fay and Owen were married.
Charing Cross Road
FAF: Alfred frequents a bookshop here where Mr. Levy has set aside a six-volume edition of Shakespeare's plays for him.
Charlotte Street
UI: Where Claire tells Cynthia Gibson she and Wiggy are going for dinner even though they plan to go to Tottenham Court Road.
UI: Where Claire tells Cynthia Gibson she and Wiggy are going for dinner even though they plan to go to Tottenham Court Road.
Chatham House
FS: One of the places on St. James's Square that Tom Rivers frequents.
Chelsea
AFR: Where John Pickering lived before his wife deserted him.
AFR: Location of the restaurant where Marigold had her engagement party.
F: Where Lawrence was taken on as a junior partner by "two elderly Chelsea doctors"
FS: One of the places on St. James's Square that Tom Rivers frequents.
Chelsea
AFR: Where John Pickering lived before his wife deserted him.
AFR: Location of the restaurant where Marigold had her engagement party.
F: Where Lawrence was taken on as a junior partner by "two elderly Chelsea doctors"
FS: Where Max takes an "unsympathetic service flat" after his return to London.
IRL: Where David Tyler's parents have a lavish flat.
LAM: Fanny walks through to get to and from Nick and Alix's flat on the King's Road
Chelsea Manor Street
BL: Fay's mother-in-law, Lavinia "Vinnie" Langdon had a flat in Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street.
Chelsea Old Church (corner of Old Church St and Chelsea Embankment)
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk
Cheltenham Terrace
F: Location of Lawrence Halliday's surgery.
Chesham Place
HDL: London of Dinner party where Edith meets David's wife
Chester Square
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Cheyne Walk
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
AFR: Jane walks along Cheyne walk on her way home from Miss Lawlor's flat in Parkgate Road back to her own flat in Dolphin Square.
Chiltern Street
HDL: Location of David's "rooms" in a five-story warehouse.
IRL: Where David Tyler's parents have a lavish flat.
LAM: Fanny walks through to get to and from Nick and Alix's flat on the King's Road
Chelsea Manor Street
BL: Fay's mother-in-law, Lavinia "Vinnie" Langdon had a flat in Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street.
Chelsea Old Church (corner of Old Church St and Chelsea Embankment)
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk
Cheltenham Terrace
F: Location of Lawrence Halliday's surgery.
Chesham Place
HDL: London of Dinner party where Edith meets David's wife
Chester Square
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Cheyne Walk
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
AFR: Jane walks along Cheyne walk on her way home from Miss Lawlor's flat in Parkgate Road back to her own flat in Dolphin Square.
Chiltern Street
HDL: Location of David's "rooms" in a five-story warehouse.
Christie's
FS: Miriam nods to an acquaintance making his/her way to Christie's.
The City
F: Mrs Marsh's son Nick works in the City like his father did.
City Literary Institute
IRL: Where Maud considers taking courses at Jean Bell's suggestion. (see also National Gallery)
Clapham
AS: Alan dreams of going walks through neighborhoods that he knows aren't contiguous: Clapham, Putney, and Highgate.
Clapham Junction
AFR: Wendy and Margaret can't imagine going shopping here when it is announced ABC Enterprises is moving to Warwick Way.
Colindale
F: Neighborhood where Anna escapes "to read old newspapers". Unclear where specifically.
The Coliseum
FFE: Where Rachel takes Oscar and Dorrie to see La Boheme.
Compayne Gardens
LAT: The apartment building that looked like a "huge red-brick cottage" where Hartmann lived as a child with his aunt Marie Jessop. Fibich also lived with them there as a child and stayed on for five years after her death before moving into Ashley Gardens.
(The) Connaught
ACE: Where Harriet and Freddie had his 50th birthday lunch.
Connaught Street
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
Cork Street
ACE: Where Harriet worked at a bookstore typing invoices before she was married.
Cornwall Gardens
ACE: Where the newly married Harriet and Freddie lived.
Covent Garden
ACE: Freddie and Harriet take Immy and Lizzie here to see the ballet Swan Lake.
F: Mrs Marsh's daughter Philippa has one or two unexplained evenings here.
FS: Miriam nods to an acquaintance making his/her way to Christie's.
The City
F: Mrs Marsh's son Nick works in the City like his father did.
City Literary Institute
IRL: Where Maud considers taking courses at Jean Bell's suggestion. (see also National Gallery)
Clapham
AS: Alan dreams of going walks through neighborhoods that he knows aren't contiguous: Clapham, Putney, and Highgate.
Clapham Junction
AFR: Wendy and Margaret can't imagine going shopping here when it is announced ABC Enterprises is moving to Warwick Way.
Colindale
F: Neighborhood where Anna escapes "to read old newspapers". Unclear where specifically.
The Coliseum
FFE: Where Rachel takes Oscar and Dorrie to see La Boheme.
Compayne Gardens
LAT: The apartment building that looked like a "huge red-brick cottage" where Hartmann lived as a child with his aunt Marie Jessop. Fibich also lived with them there as a child and stayed on for five years after her death before moving into Ashley Gardens.
(The) Connaught
ACE: Where Harriet and Freddie had his 50th birthday lunch.
Connaught Street
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
Cork Street
ACE: Where Harriet worked at a bookstore typing invoices before she was married.
Cornwall Gardens
ACE: Where the newly married Harriet and Freddie lived.
Covent Garden
ACE: Freddie and Harriet take Immy and Lizzie here to see the ballet Swan Lake.
F: Mrs Marsh's daughter Philippa has one or two unexplained evenings here.
FS: Miriam and Tom have dinner at a restaurant here where she see's Simon with another woman.
Cranley Gardens
F: Anna Durrant's flat. Purchased it a month after her mother's death and the sale of her mother's flat in Albert Hall Mansions.
Cranmer Court
F: Mrs Marsh's flat and as well as her friend Lady Phyllis Martin's overfurnished flat two floors above. Phyllis moved in at Mrs Marsh's advice after her house in Markham Square became too much for her.
Cranley Gardens
F: Anna Durrant's flat. Purchased it a month after her mother's death and the sale of her mother's flat in Albert Hall Mansions.
Cranmer Court
F: Mrs Marsh's flat and as well as her friend Lady Phyllis Martin's overfurnished flat two floors above. Phyllis moved in at Mrs Marsh's advice after her house in Markham Square became too much for her.
Cromwell Road
FS: Miriam mentions speeding along Cromwell Road as she accompanies Tom to the airport.
Denbigh Street
IRL: Location of Edward Harrison's secondhand bookshop.
Devonshire Place
FAF: Where Evie's father bought her a flat prior to her marriage to Frederick.
Dolphin Square
AFR: Location of flat that John Pickering finds for Jane after her mother dies.
Dorchester
LAT: Where Marianne's work friend Belinda intended to get a table for the ball.
MIS: The hotel where Sally's husband Paul is staying with the Demuths.
Dorset Square
AS: Alan's partner Brian Smith has a flat here which he keeps even though he lives with his wife in St. John's Wood in a small house given to them by her parents.
Dover Street
AS: Location where Marjorie owned and ran a dress shop.
Down Street
V: Prior to her marriage, Mrs May had a lover who lived in a filthy, crumbling mansion flat here.
Drayton Gardens
BL: Where Fay buys a flat after Owen's death. She notes that it was near the cinema which would put it near the intersection of Fulham Road.
Drury Lane (Theatre)
F: Where Amy's husband/Anna's father played violin in the pit.
Duke Street
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
FS: Miriam mentions speeding along Cromwell Road as she accompanies Tom to the airport.
Denbigh Street
IRL: Location of Edward Harrison's secondhand bookshop.
Devonshire Place
FAF: Where Evie's father bought her a flat prior to her marriage to Frederick.
Dolphin Square
AFR: Location of flat that John Pickering finds for Jane after her mother dies.
Dorchester
LAT: Where Marianne's work friend Belinda intended to get a table for the ball.
MIS: The hotel where Sally's husband Paul is staying with the Demuths.
Dorset Square
AS: Alan's partner Brian Smith has a flat here which he keeps even though he lives with his wife in St. John's Wood in a small house given to them by her parents.
Dover Street
AS: Location where Marjorie owned and ran a dress shop.
Down Street
V: Prior to her marriage, Mrs May had a lover who lived in a filthy, crumbling mansion flat here.
Drayton Gardens
BL: Where Fay buys a flat after Owen's death. She notes that it was near the cinema which would put it near the intersection of Fulham Road.
Drury Lane (Theatre)
F: Where Amy's husband/Anna's father played violin in the pit.
Duke Street
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
FS: Miriam contemplates a painting in the window of a Duke Street gallery on her way to the London Library.
Duke of York Street
APV: Bland gets a haircut at Trumper's [presumably the Geo. F Trumper at 1 Duke of York Street since he then strolls in the sun down Jermyn Street spending a half hour choosing shirts.
Dulwich
FS: Miriam "illicitly entertained a desire to be in a different part of London...higher, greener, remote from the 11 bus, somewhere with silent spaces and small inconsequential shops: Barnsbury, Fulham, Dulwich."
Duke of York Street
APV: Bland gets a haircut at Trumper's [presumably the Geo. F Trumper at 1 Duke of York Street since he then strolls in the sun down Jermyn Street spending a half hour choosing shirts.
Dulwich
FS: Miriam "illicitly entertained a desire to be in a different part of London...higher, greener, remote from the 11 bus, somewhere with silent spaces and small inconsequential shops: Barnsbury, Fulham, Dulwich."
PRV: Where Kitty's mother and later grandparent's live
Ealing
BL: Not liking Camberwell, Fay's mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green". But later in the book Fay notes that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding".
Earl's Court
APV: Bland lived in a small hotel here when he first arrived in London.
BL: Fay equates Pearl's Sunday evening calls about Julia with "clouds of ennui rolling up from South Kensington or down from Earls Court".
Earls Court Road
F: Just off the Ear's Court Road Lawrence buys a small flat on the top floor of a house in Barkston Gardens.
Ealing
BL: Not liking Camberwell, Fay's mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green". But later in the book Fay notes that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding".
Earl's Court
APV: Bland lived in a small hotel here when he first arrived in London.
BL: Fay equates Pearl's Sunday evening calls about Julia with "clouds of ennui rolling up from South Kensington or down from Earls Court".
Earls Court Road
F: Just off the Ear's Court Road Lawrence buys a small flat on the top floor of a house in Barkston Gardens.
FS: Her flat in Bramham Gardens abutted Earls Court Road "which was a constant reminder of urban difficulty."
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house.
Edith Grove
SIL: Where Ruth lives while at uni.
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house.
Edgware Road
AFR: Dolly's flat is just off of the Edgware Road in one of those streets that leads into St. John's Wood.
AFR: Location of the car-hire firm Dolly uses, the one that her boyfriend Harry owns.
APV: Location of Bland's flat is equidistant between Edgware Road and the park. This is the flat he purchased after his second flat above the Baker Street Station.
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
AS: Alan heads for the Edgware Road on his way to visit Humphrey and Jenny in their flat near Marble Arch.
F: Where Mrs Marsh gets her hair done when her hairdresser son Keith doesn't do it.
FFE: Oscar goes out the shops on Edgware Road from Heather's flat near Norfolk Square.
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house.
Edith Grove
SIL: Where Ruth lives while at uni.
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house.
Edgware Road
AFR: Dolly's flat is just off of the Edgware Road in one of those streets that leads into St. John's Wood.
AFR: Location of the car-hire firm Dolly uses, the one that her boyfriend Harry owns.
APV: Location of Bland's flat is equidistant between Edgware Road and the park. This is the flat he purchased after his second flat above the Baker Street Station.
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
AS: Alan heads for the Edgware Road on his way to visit Humphrey and Jenny in their flat near Marble Arch.
F: Where Mrs Marsh gets her hair done when her hairdresser son Keith doesn't do it.
FFE: Oscar goes out the shops on Edgware Road from Heather's flat near Norfolk Square.
FS: Max Gruber's sister Addie moved here after they sold their parent's house Kentish Town. (See also Bayswater and Hampstead)
LAM: Fanny walks down Edgware Road often to get to her flat in Maida Vale.
Egerton Crescent
BL: Where Frances lives. (I believe Frances is Owen's uncle, Bernard Langdon's wife).
Elizabeth Street
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
LAM: Fanny walks down Edgware Road often to get to her flat in Maida Vale.
Egerton Crescent
BL: Where Frances lives. (I believe Frances is Owen's uncle, Bernard Langdon's wife).
Elizabeth Street
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Embankment
FS: Miriam walks along the Embankment.
Ennismore Gardens
AFR: Where Paul Manning's mother Eileen lives. Once a month, the goal of his Sunday walks.
Exhibition Road
AFR: Where Paul stopped a taxi for Henrietta after their "unusually effusive walk in Kensington Gardens"
APV: Part of Bland's Sunday walks.
F: After Anna leaves Miss Carter's flat on Christmas day, she turns into Hyde (inferred) Park, walks towards Alexandra Gate and into Exhibition Road.
Farringdon Road
LAT: Location of Hartmann and Fibich's first office. (see also Spanish Place)
Finchley
BL: During her childhood in Camberwell, Fay says that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding". Earlier in the book Fay says that her mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green".
Fortnum and Mason
ACE: Department store where Freddie bought Harriet a silk scarf on his 50th birthday.
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
Foubert's Place
BL: After moving out of her parent's house, Fay shares a little flat here with Millie.
Fulham
APV: Bland walks across the [Hyde] Park into Queen's Gate on his way to one of his walks through "foreign" streets unknown to him, this time to Hurlingham, presumably the neighborhood around The Hurlingham Sports Club in Fulham.
BL: See St. Maur Road
F: Mrs Duncan's two children live in Fulham and Wandsworth.
FS: Miriam walks along the Embankment.
Ennismore Gardens
AFR: Where Paul Manning's mother Eileen lives. Once a month, the goal of his Sunday walks.
Exhibition Road
AFR: Where Paul stopped a taxi for Henrietta after their "unusually effusive walk in Kensington Gardens"
APV: Part of Bland's Sunday walks.
F: After Anna leaves Miss Carter's flat on Christmas day, she turns into Hyde (inferred) Park, walks towards Alexandra Gate and into Exhibition Road.
Farringdon Road
LAT: Location of Hartmann and Fibich's first office. (see also Spanish Place)
Finchley
BL: During her childhood in Camberwell, Fay says that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding". Earlier in the book Fay says that her mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green".
Fortnum and Mason
ACE: Department store where Freddie bought Harriet a silk scarf on his 50th birthday.
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
Foubert's Place
BL: After moving out of her parent's house, Fay shares a little flat here with Millie.
Fulham
APV: Bland walks across the [Hyde] Park into Queen's Gate on his way to one of his walks through "foreign" streets unknown to him, this time to Hurlingham, presumably the neighborhood around The Hurlingham Sports Club in Fulham.
BL: See St. Maur Road
F: Mrs Duncan's two children live in Fulham and Wandsworth.
FS: Miriam "illicitly entertained a desire to be in a different part of London...higher, greener, remote from the 11 bus, somewhere with silent spaces and small inconsequential shops: Barnsbury, Fulham, Dulwich."
MMIS: Neighborhood where Blanche's ex-husband Bertie lives with his new wife Mousie.
V: Where Henry and Dorothea lived.
Fulham Road
APV: On his walk to Hurlingham, Bland only realizes it is nearing Christmas when he sees a decorations outside the hospital in Fulham Road.
BL: Julia would "get into character" she thought appropriate to the environs of Fulham Road by taking a wicker basket. (Described in conjunction with her visits to the jewellers near the South Kensington station.) (See also entry for Drayton Gardens)
MMIS: Neighborhood where Blanche's ex-husband Bertie lives with his new wife Mousie.
V: Where Henry and Dorothea lived.
Fulham Road
APV: On his walk to Hurlingham, Bland only realizes it is nearing Christmas when he sees a decorations outside the hospital in Fulham Road.
BL: Julia would "get into character" she thought appropriate to the environs of Fulham Road by taking a wicker basket. (Described in conjunction with her visits to the jewellers near the South Kensington station.) (See also entry for Drayton Gardens)
FS: Miriam and Beatrice got a chair that they bought in a second-hand shop in Fulham Road.
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk
V: Where Mrs May rents a car for Steve to use.
The General Trading Company
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
George Street
APV: Where Putnam's flat is in a 1930s gloomy but respectable building.
AS: Appears in one of Alan's nightly walks.
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk
V: Where Mrs May rents a car for Steve to use.
The General Trading Company
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
George Street
APV: Where Putnam's flat is in a 1930s gloomy but respectable building.
AS: Appears in one of Alan's nightly walks.
FS: Where Max's uncle August had an apartment where he lived in a "lordly manner, servants and such"
UI: Part of Claire's meandering walk home from the all-night supermarket in Baker Street. (see also Walks section)
Gertrude Street
BL: Originally the marital home of Henry and Lavinia "Vinnie" Langdon, after their divorce/separation became Owen's house, then it became Owen and Fay's marital home, and after Owen's death Fay sold it to Owen's cousin Paul Langdon and his wife Caroline. "...a handsome street, filled with handsome houses" is treeless, has little traffic because it is closed at one end, and feed into other streets "exactly like itself".
Golders Green
ACE: Where Tessa (Dodd) Peckham's funeral is held.
AS: Location of Humphrey's funeral.
BL: Not liking Camberwell, Fay's mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green". But later in the book Fay notes that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding".
Gertrude Street
BL: Originally the marital home of Henry and Lavinia "Vinnie" Langdon, after their divorce/separation became Owen's house, then it became Owen and Fay's marital home, and after Owen's death Fay sold it to Owen's cousin Paul Langdon and his wife Caroline. "...a handsome street, filled with handsome houses" is treeless, has little traffic because it is closed at one end, and feed into other streets "exactly like itself".
Golders Green
ACE: Where Tessa (Dodd) Peckham's funeral is held.
AS: Location of Humphrey's funeral.
BL: Not liking Camberwell, Fay's mother always dreamed of "a modern flat, in a suburb like Ealing or Golders Green". But later in the book Fay notes that "there would be tears as [her mother] saw the prospect of the modern flat in Finchley or Acton receding".
FS: Beatrice is cremated here.
V: Location of Henry's funeral at which his sister Rose fainted.
Gower Street
AS: A street Alan uses as a comparison to the "curiously bleak Georgian facades" of Gloucester Place.
V: Location of Henry's funeral at which his sister Rose fainted.
Gower Street
AS: A street Alan uses as a comparison to the "curiously bleak Georgian facades" of Gloucester Place.
UI: Claire walks from her flat in Montagu Mansions to her job here.
V: After a visit to her solicitor's office in Southampton Street, Mrs May walks toward a bus stop here.
Gloucester Place
AS: Where Alan Sherwood and his partner Brian Smith have there solicitor's office. Alan's office looks out on the "curiously bleak Georgian facades". Nothing better than "town planning of the cheapest kind, guaranteed to confer a deadly conformity on the urban landscape". (see also Gower Street)
V: After a visit to her solicitor's office in Southampton Street, Mrs May walks toward a bus stop here.
Gloucester Place
AS: Where Alan Sherwood and his partner Brian Smith have there solicitor's office. Alan's office looks out on the "curiously bleak Georgian facades". Nothing better than "town planning of the cheapest kind, guaranteed to confer a deadly conformity on the urban landscape". (see also Gower Street)
Gloucester Road
FS: Miriam's ex-husband Jon rents a flat here after he moves back from Canada.
FS: Miriam's ex-husband Jon rents a flat here after he moves back from Canada.
UI: Where Claire hopes Agnes, St. John Collier's presumed secret mistress, was living in genteel retirement. (see also Kensington)
Great Portland Street
BL: Fay's former flatmate Millie and her husband Donald still maintain his flat here although they move to the country years previously.
Grosvenor Hotel (Victoria)
AFR: Where Dolly and her mother Fanny end up when they leave France after the war.
Grosvenor Square
PRV: Location of Louise's dressmaking salon
Gunter's
ACE: Where the adult Harriet, Tessa, Pamela, and Mary met for on of their occasional Saturday lunches.
Hall Road
LP: Roberta from Lewis's days in Paris lives on this road in St. John's Wood.
Hammersmith
APV: One of the suburbs where Bland would take walks on the weekend to see how "ordinary people" lived.
Hampstead
FS: Where Beatrice's Royal College of Music classmate's parents live.
Great Portland Street
BL: Fay's former flatmate Millie and her husband Donald still maintain his flat here although they move to the country years previously.
Grosvenor Hotel (Victoria)
AFR: Where Dolly and her mother Fanny end up when they leave France after the war.
Grosvenor Square
PRV: Location of Louise's dressmaking salon
Gunter's
ACE: Where the adult Harriet, Tessa, Pamela, and Mary met for on of their occasional Saturday lunches.
Hall Road
LP: Roberta from Lewis's days in Paris lives on this road in St. John's Wood.
Hammersmith
APV: One of the suburbs where Bland would take walks on the weekend to see how "ordinary people" lived.
Hampstead
FS: Where Beatrice's Royal College of Music classmate's parents live.
FS: Where Max Gruber moved after he and his siblings sold their parent's house in Kentish Town. (see also Bayswater and Edgware Road)
LAT: Hartmann's aunt's husband Mr. Jessop was an artist "of the kind that had congregated in Hampsted in the years before the war". Some of his Fauve-style paintings of Hampstead looked as if it might be on the outskirts of Avignon.
LAT: Young Fibich would walk up the steep streets of West Hampstead with shopping bags.
LAT: Young Fibich would walk up the steep streets of West Hampstead with shopping bags.
UI: Where Martin used to teach European literature "at that place in Hampstead"
V: Where Henry's sister Rose lived and where Kitty and Austin live.
Hampstead Heath
LAT: As children Hartmann and Fibich traverse the Heath.
V: Austin suggests that he may take a turn on the Heath.
V: Where Henry's sister Rose lived and where Kitty and Austin live.
Hampstead Heath
LAT: As children Hartmann and Fibich traverse the Heath.
V: Austin suggests that he may take a turn on the Heath.
Hampstead Pond
UI: St. John Collier noted in his walking journal "Skein of geese. Winter coming."
Hanover Square
BL: Where Charlie Morton (Julia's husband) and Owen Langdon (Fay's husband) have their offices.
Harcourt Terrace
V: As the taxi took her from Hampstead home, Mrs May realizes as the taxi passes through Harcourt Terrace that she may have to make the trip again.
Harley Street
APV: Where Mrs Lydiard worked before she retired.
FS: Miriam imagines one of the women she sees on the bus working as a Harley Street Receptionist.
MIS: Blanche's neighbors Mrs. Duff sometimes fills in for the receptionist in her husband's dental practice here.
MIS: Blanche's neighbors Mrs. Duff sometimes fills in for the receptionist in her husband's dental practice here.
UI: Part of Claire's meandering walk home from the all-night supermarket in Baker Street. (see also Walks section)
UI: After they visit the Gibsons on Cynthia's birthday, Claire and Wiggy take a walk up Harley Street to the edge of [Regent's] Park before heading back to Cavendish Square and then Wigmore Street.
V: The thought of going to see a doctor here would produce anxiety in Dorothea.V: Where Monty Goldmark had his office.
Harley Street Clinic
BL: Where Charlie was taken after his stroke.
Harrods
ACE: Pamela makes special trips to London to go to Harrods.
ACE: After a shopping trip Harriet and Immy sit in the restaurant.
BL: Charlie would telephone Harrods or Selfridges "with a quite substantial order"
F: Where Anna meets Mr. Ainsworth after she feels faint outside the store.
FAF: Where Evie may have gotten her wedding dress (see also Whiteley's)
FFE: Where Dorrie makes almost daily shopping trips leading up to Heather's wedding.
FS: Target of Beatrice's friend Suzanne's excursions from Camberwell Grove.
FS: Where Beatrice witnesses a customer having an attack of some sort.
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
MIS: While on a bus through Knightsbridge Blanche observes the crowds of tourists swirling around in front of Harrods.
V: Where Mrs May would go on stately pilgrimages with Molly.
Harvey Nichols
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
MIS: While on a bus through Knightsbridge Blanche observes the crowds of tourists swirling around in front of Harrods.
V: Where Mrs May would go on stately pilgrimages with Molly.
Harvey Nichols
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
Heathrow
AS: Alan dreams of going walks through neighborhoods that he knows aren't contiguous: Clapham, Putney, and Highgate.
V: Where Molly and Harold live.
Highgate Cemetery
BL: One of the places Fay and Alan would visit on their Sunday outings. (see also Soane Museum)
High Holborn
AS: Where Sybil's husband Bertram Miller and his brother Humphrey ran an "old-established jeweller's shop". Bertram died there "slipping down silently behind the counter".
Hill House
AS: Where Alan would walk to as a boy (presumably for school).
Holbein Place
AFR: Location just off of Sloane Square of ABC Enterprises, the press-cutting company where Jane get's her first job.
Hurlingham
APV: Bland walks across the [Hyde] Park into Queen's Gate on his way to one of his walks through "foreign" streets unknown to him, this time to Hurlingham, presumably the neighborhood around The Hurlingham Sports Club in Fulham.
Hyde Park
AFR: Where Paul Manning's mother takes her two small wire-haired terriers for their morning and afternoon runs. (see also South Kensington)
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
F: After Anna leaves Miss Carter's flat on Christmas day, she turns into Hyde (inferred) Park, walks towards Alexandra Gate and into Exhibition Road.
LP: Implied destination for Emmy and Lewis's picnic. (See also: Bayswater entrance, the Italian Garden, the Serpentine, and the Long Water.)
FS: Heathrow is mentioned twice, as Max Gruber returns from Europe, and where Tom and Miriam have tea as she sees him off on his fatal trip to Indonesia.
Highgate
AFR: Where Dolly and Hugo are headed for drinks cutting short their visit to Paul and Etty's house which, according to Dolly is so far South and out of the way. "Why don't you move, Etty? North London would be far more suitable."AS: Alan dreams of going walks through neighborhoods that he knows aren't contiguous: Clapham, Putney, and Highgate.
V: Where Molly and Harold live.
Highgate Cemetery
BL: One of the places Fay and Alan would visit on their Sunday outings. (see also Soane Museum)
High Holborn
AS: Where Sybil's husband Bertram Miller and his brother Humphrey ran an "old-established jeweller's shop". Bertram died there "slipping down silently behind the counter".
Hill House
AS: Where Alan would walk to as a boy (presumably for school).
AFR: Location just off of Sloane Square of ABC Enterprises, the press-cutting company where Jane get's her first job.
Hurlingham
APV: Bland walks across the [Hyde] Park into Queen's Gate on his way to one of his walks through "foreign" streets unknown to him, this time to Hurlingham, presumably the neighborhood around The Hurlingham Sports Club in Fulham.
Hyde Park
AFR: Where Paul Manning's mother takes her two small wire-haired terriers for their morning and afternoon runs. (see also South Kensington)
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
F: After Anna leaves Miss Carter's flat on Christmas day, she turns into Hyde (inferred) Park, walks towards Alexandra Gate and into Exhibition Road.
LP: Implied destination for Emmy and Lewis's picnic. (See also: Bayswater entrance, the Italian Garden, the Serpentine, and the Long Water.)
UI: Claire spends a Sunday on a long walk in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
UI: A focus of St. John Collier's later walks.
UI: Claire imagines one could spend an entire holiday in Hyde Park emerging only for lunch.
V: Where the young Dorothea May would take a bus to on Sunday afternoons to escape her parent's house. (see also Kensington Gardens)
V: Steve would meet David here before they ran around Kensington Gardens.
V: Mrs May has a dream set in Hyde Park but with factory chimney's in the distance.
Hyde Park Corner
MIS: Blanche has a flashback to a bag of oozing plums bought at a market in the South of France as the bus she is on rounded Hyde Park Corner.
MIS: In the heat and traffic after her final meeting with Paul, Blanche feels she cannot move until the streets empty of traffic or a taxi rescues her.
V: In the heat and implacable crowds Mrs May feels the start of an "attack" and hails a taxi with a ten pound note to take her home.
Hyde Park Gate
ACE: Where Monsieur Papineau lived with his life-long governess Missy.
Hyde Park Hotel
ACE: Where Monsieur Papineau and his life-long governess Missy had tea.
Hyde Park Street
FAF: Where Hal and Dolly live.
V: Where the young Dorothea May would take a bus to on Sunday afternoons to escape her parent's house. (see also Kensington Gardens)
V: Steve would meet David here before they ran around Kensington Gardens.
V: Mrs May has a dream set in Hyde Park but with factory chimney's in the distance.
Hyde Park Corner
MIS: Blanche has a flashback to a bag of oozing plums bought at a market in the South of France as the bus she is on rounded Hyde Park Corner.
MIS: In the heat and traffic after her final meeting with Paul, Blanche feels she cannot move until the streets empty of traffic or a taxi rescues her.
V: In the heat and implacable crowds Mrs May feels the start of an "attack" and hails a taxi with a ten pound note to take her home.
Hyde Park Gate
ACE: Where Monsieur Papineau lived with his life-long governess Missy.
Hyde Park Hotel
ACE: Where Monsieur Papineau and his life-long governess Missy had tea.
Hyde Park Street
FAF: Where Hal and Dolly live.
Imperial College
FS: Where Jon is "doing some work" after he moves back from Canada. (And possibly where he worked prior to going to Canada?)
The Italian Garden
LP: Where Emmy and Lewis stop to kiss on their picnic outing in Hyde Park.
Jermyn Street
APV: After getting a haircut at Trumper's, Bland strolls in the sun down Jermyn Street spending a half hour choosing shirts.
John Lewis
V: Where Mrs May considers going to buy a new bedspread before Steve's arrival.
Judd Street
ACE: Where Jack Peckham lived when he married Tessa Dodd. He maintained the flat througout his marriage and often stayed there. Where the adult Lizzie lives. (59 Judd Street Mansions)
Kendal Street
APV: The street Bland lives on. "his street"
FS: Where Jon is "doing some work" after he moves back from Canada. (And possibly where he worked prior to going to Canada?)
The Italian Garden
LP: Where Emmy and Lewis stop to kiss on their picnic outing in Hyde Park.
Jermyn Street
APV: After getting a haircut at Trumper's, Bland strolls in the sun down Jermyn Street spending a half hour choosing shirts.
John Lewis
V: Where Mrs May considers going to buy a new bedspread before Steve's arrival.
Judd Street
ACE: Where Jack Peckham lived when he married Tessa Dodd. He maintained the flat througout his marriage and often stayed there. Where the adult Lizzie lives. (59 Judd Street Mansions)
Kendal Street
APV: The street Bland lives on. "his street"
Kennington
UI: Neighborhoods St. John Collier explored on Sundays Putney, Kennington, Southwark.
Kensington
BL: Location of library where Julia says they have a better selection. (see also Brompton Road)
F: Where Dr Haworth had his original practice.
LAM: Where Miss Morpeth lives.
UI: Toward the end of his life St. John Collier spent a fair amount of time in this neighborhood (see also the Walks section) and where his presumed mistress Agnes must have lived. (see also Gloucester Road)
Kensington Gardens
AFR: Where Paul and Henrietta first made a "moderate confession of attachment" during an "unusually effusive walk. (see also Exhibition Road)
APV: Bland would walk toward the Peter Pan statue on Sundays.
APV: Bland sat in the pavilion facing the sunken garden [The Italian Garden] on the Bayswater side of the park and eventually made his way into the Bayswater Road.
Kensington Gardens
AFR: Where Paul and Henrietta first made a "moderate confession of attachment" during an "unusually effusive walk. (see also Exhibition Road)
APV: Bland would walk toward the Peter Pan statue on Sundays.
APV: Bland sat in the pavilion facing the sunken garden [The Italian Garden] on the Bayswater side of the park and eventually made his way into the Bayswater Road.
UI: Claire spends a Sunday on a long walk in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
V: Where the young Dorothea May would take a bus to on Sunday afternoons to escape her parent's house. (see also Hyde Park)
V: Steve would meet David in the [Hyde] park and the two would run around Kensington Gardens.
Kensington High Street
SIL: Where Ruth's neighbors at Edith Grove, Miss Howe and Miss Mackendrick, go to do some shopping
LP: Lewis's walk after leaving Pen's house
Kentish Town
FAF: Where Lautner has a flat.
V: Where the young Dorothea May would take a bus to on Sunday afternoons to escape her parent's house. (see also Hyde Park)
V: Steve would meet David in the [Hyde] park and the two would run around Kensington Gardens.
Kensington High Street
SIL: Where Ruth's neighbors at Edith Grove, Miss Howe and Miss Mackendrick, go to do some shopping
LP: Lewis's walk after leaving Pen's house
Kentish Town
FAF: Where Lautner has a flat.
FS: Where Max Gruber's family settled after immigrating from Cologne.
Kew [Gardens]
V: Where Mrs May imagines going to tea after Steve takes her on a drive to Richmond Park.
King's Collge (in the Strand)
AFR: Where Hugo went to school after the war.
Kew [Gardens]
V: Where Mrs May imagines going to tea after Steve takes her on a drive to Richmond Park.
King's Collge (in the Strand)
AFR: Where Hugo went to school after the war.
King's Cross
UI: Where Doris, the woman who sells the Big Issue near the bookshop has a council flat.
King's Road
ACE: Harriet rushes down the road to go see Tessa in the hospital after she gave birth to Lizzie.
AFR: After their school leaving ceremony Jane and Marigold wandered down the King's Road to Marigold's house (see also Bramerton Street)
AFR: Jane say in a cafe here looking at employment classifieds.
APV: In the early days of their relationship Bland and Louise had marveled at the pageant of the King's Road.
F: Two officers investigating Anna's disappearance walk toward the King's Road after they leave Lawrence's surgery in Cheltenham Terrace.
F: Anna ponders that her daily Mrs Duncan could take the bus down the King's Road to get to Mrs. Marsh's flat.
F: Here on a misty Monday afternoon Anna realizes she could have made Lawrence happy and that he knew it as well.
IRL: Justed behind The King's Road Edward hastily rented a flat (and never lived?) after Mr Sheed left him the shop in Denbigh Street. (see also Warwick Way)
LAM: Home of Nick and Alix's flat
LP: Lewis finds himself here on a walk after having given up waiting for a bus.
LP: After they are married and Lewis has updated Tissy's wardrobe so that she is looking young and modern, they would walk here on Saturday afternoons and Lewis would feel proud and married.
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk.
Knightsbridge
UI: Where Doris, the woman who sells the Big Issue near the bookshop has a council flat.
King's Road
ACE: Harriet rushes down the road to go see Tessa in the hospital after she gave birth to Lizzie.
AFR: After their school leaving ceremony Jane and Marigold wandered down the King's Road to Marigold's house (see also Bramerton Street)
AFR: Jane say in a cafe here looking at employment classifieds.
APV: In the early days of their relationship Bland and Louise had marveled at the pageant of the King's Road.
F: Two officers investigating Anna's disappearance walk toward the King's Road after they leave Lawrence's surgery in Cheltenham Terrace.
F: Anna ponders that her daily Mrs Duncan could take the bus down the King's Road to get to Mrs. Marsh's flat.
F: Here on a misty Monday afternoon Anna realizes she could have made Lawrence happy and that he knew it as well.
IRL: Justed behind The King's Road Edward hastily rented a flat (and never lived?) after Mr Sheed left him the shop in Denbigh Street. (see also Warwick Way)
LAM: Home of Nick and Alix's flat
LP: Lewis finds himself here on a walk after having given up waiting for a bus.
LP: After they are married and Lewis has updated Tissy's wardrobe so that she is looking young and modern, they would walk here on Saturday afternoons and Lewis would feel proud and married.
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk.
Knightsbridge
FS: Part of Miriam's Christmas walk.
LAM: James takes Fanny, Nick, and Alix to a large hotel here for a nightcap.
MIS: While on a bus through Knightsbridge Blanche observes the crowds of tourists swirling around in front of Harrods.
Lambeth
AFR: Where Marigold lived with her boyfriend Alan before they married.
MIS: While on a bus through Knightsbridge Blanche observes the crowds of tourists swirling around in front of Harrods.
Lambeth
AFR: Where Marigold lived with her boyfriend Alan before they married.
Liberty's
FS: Beatrice meets her dressmaker, Rachel Wise, at Liberty's to pick out fabric.
Lincoln's Inn Fields
LP: Lewis wanders around here thinking about Emmy.
The London Clinic
F: Anna visits after leaving Mrs Marsh
FS: Beatrice meets her dressmaker, Rachel Wise, at Liberty's to pick out fabric.
Lincoln's Inn Fields
LP: Lewis wanders around here thinking about Emmy.
The London Clinic
F: Anna visits after leaving Mrs Marsh
FFE: Where Dorrie has her surgery.
The London Library
APV: One of the places Bland would go to pass the time.
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
The London Library
APV: One of the places Bland would go to pass the time.
APV: Thinking about Katy Bland strides down Bond Street "in the light of a cruel and all too brief winter sun" before walking purposefully down Duke Street stopping at the London Library before going to his club and then to Fortnum's to get a cake for tea with Katy later that day.
FS: Where Miriam does her translation work. Also where Tom Rivers first saw her.
UI: Claire suggests Martin can find a copy of Jenny Treibel here when he can't find one in the shop.
London University
F: Where Anna went to university (inferred).
LAT: Where Marianne enrolls briefly to read English.
London University
F: Where Anna went to university (inferred).
LAT: Where Marianne enrolls briefly to read English.
Long Acre
UI: Where Geoffrey, the old friend on Muriel Collier who buys their bookshop for his son, presumably has his own shop.
UI: Where Geoffrey, the old friend on Muriel Collier who buys their bookshop for his son, presumably has his own shop.
The Long Water
LP: Emmy and Lewis pass here on their picnic outing.
Lower Sloane Street
LP: Emmy and Lewis pass here on their picnic outing.
Lower Sloane Street
FS: Where Miriam lives after her divorce from Jon.
Lowndes Square
BL: Where Alan Carter lives.
Maddox Street
ACE: Where Merle mysteriously trades clothing coupons for fabric once a month (presumably black market deals).
Maida Vale
LAM: Where Fanny lives in her deceased parent's flat
BL: Where Alan Carter lives.
Maddox Street
ACE: Where Merle mysteriously trades clothing coupons for fabric once a month (presumably black market deals).
Maida Vale
LAM: Where Fanny lives in her deceased parent's flat
UI: Where Claire and her mother's upstairs neighbor, the widow Mrs Hildreth, goes to live with her son after his marriage doesn't work out.
The Mall
LAM: Fanny walks along the Mall on one of her Sunday walks home from the Benedicts.
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
Manchester Square
LAM: Location of the medical institute where Fanny works
LAT: Where Yvette lived with her mother and stepfather Edward Cazenove. The flat had been his bachelor apartment.
Marble Arch
AS: After Bertram marries, Humphrey buys a flat behind Marble Arch "in a fusty, somnolent solid building".
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkely Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
FFE: The large block behind Marble Arch is where Oscar and Dorrie bought a flat for Heather and Michael. See also Norfolk Square for reference to this same flat. Later in the book Rachel is stuck in traffic here. Years after Dorrie died, Rachel sees Oscar for the last time as he stumps off in the direction of Marble Arch.
The Mall
LAM: Fanny walks along the Mall on one of her Sunday walks home from the Benedicts.
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
Manchester Square
LAM: Location of the medical institute where Fanny works
LAT: Where Yvette lived with her mother and stepfather Edward Cazenove. The flat had been his bachelor apartment.
Marble Arch
AS: After Bertram marries, Humphrey buys a flat behind Marble Arch "in a fusty, somnolent solid building".
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkely Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
FFE: The large block behind Marble Arch is where Oscar and Dorrie bought a flat for Heather and Michael. See also Norfolk Square for reference to this same flat. Later in the book Rachel is stuck in traffic here. Years after Dorrie died, Rachel sees Oscar for the last time as he stumps off in the direction of Marble Arch.
FS: Part of Miriam's Christmas walk.
LAM: Fanny walks by as part of her walks through the park and on her way home. It is in the subway here that she is frightened by a drunk man.Marchmont Street
UI: Where the Misses Collier live.
Maresfield Gardens
AFR: Home of Mrs Toni Ferber and presumably childhood home of Henrietta and Hugo Ferber. (Any coincidence that Freud's house is on this street?)
Markham Square
F: Mrs Marsh's friend Lady Phyllis Martin's lived in a house here until it became too much for her and she moved into a flat in Mrs Marsh's building in Cranmer Court.
Marks and Spencer
APV: Bland's neighbor Mrs Lydiard would make her daily pilgrimage here.
UI: Where the Misses Collier live.
Maresfield Gardens
AFR: Home of Mrs Toni Ferber and presumably childhood home of Henrietta and Hugo Ferber. (Any coincidence that Freud's house is on this street?)
Markham Square
F: Mrs Marsh's friend Lady Phyllis Martin's lived in a house here until it became too much for her and she moved into a flat in Mrs Marsh's building in Cranmer Court.
Marks and Spencer
APV: Bland's neighbor Mrs Lydiard would make her daily pilgrimage here.
FS: Miriam gazes into the windows when she realizes she needs something for dinner.
UI: Claire suggests the Misses Collier get there food here after Hester becomes ill. Muriel says it is too expensive. But later Muriel says that they are going there and that Hester will find it amusing.
Marshall and Snelgrove
ACE: Department store where Merle Harrap worked as a mannequin before she married Hughie. [It was located on the corner north side of Oxford Street at the corner of Vere Street.]
Marylebone High Street
APV: For breaksfast one morning, Bland automatically turned in the direction of Marylebone High Street to a cafe he knew there. Also where he went to buy batteries.
FFE: Heather spends a pleasant half hour here in a cafe with Dorrie's sisters after visiting her in the nearby London Clinic and again later in the book with Heather.
LAT: Hartmann sat in a patisserie here "for a long time" watching patrons including rich widows who looked like they came from St. John's Wood.
Marshall and Snelgrove
ACE: Department store where Merle Harrap worked as a mannequin before she married Hughie. [It was located on the corner north side of Oxford Street at the corner of Vere Street.]
Marylebone High Street
APV: For breaksfast one morning, Bland automatically turned in the direction of Marylebone High Street to a cafe he knew there. Also where he went to buy batteries.
FFE: Heather spends a pleasant half hour here in a cafe with Dorrie's sisters after visiting her in the nearby London Clinic and again later in the book with Heather.
LAT: Hartmann sat in a patisserie here "for a long time" watching patrons including rich widows who looked like they came from St. John's Wood.
UI: Part of Claire's meandering walk home from the all-night supermarket in Baker Street. (see also Walks section)
V: Mrs May went to a delicatessen here.
Marylebone Lane
FAF: Location of Mr. Cariani's where Mimi and Betty take piano and dancing lessons respectively.
V: Mrs May went to a delicatessen here.
Marylebone Lane
FAF: Location of Mr. Cariani's where Mimi and Betty take piano and dancing lessons respectively.
UI: Claire sometimes has a coffee in a cafe here. Where she imagines a man there is the son of her upstairs neighbor, Mrs Hildreth.
Marylebone Road
APV: After her breakdown at work, Bland escorts Mrs Bertram back to her large gloomy flat off Marylebone Road.
Markham Street
LAM: Where James lives with his mother
Marylebone Road
APV: After her breakdown at work, Bland escorts Mrs Bertram back to her large gloomy flat off Marylebone Road.
Markham Street
LAM: Where James lives with his mother
Montagu Mansions
UI: Where Claire and her mother live (and Claire continues to live).
Montagu Square
HDL: Where Geoffrey lived with his mother. Also the location of the "marital bed" for Geoffrey and Edith.
Montrose Court
HDL: London home of Iris and Jennifer Pusey (see also St. John's Wood)
Mortimer Street
PRV: Louise sends Vadim there to get more fabric
Mount Street
SIL: Location of George's (and later Mrs. Jacobs and Roddy's) bookshop
UI: Where Claire and her mother live (and Claire continues to live).
Montagu Square
HDL: Where Geoffrey lived with his mother. Also the location of the "marital bed" for Geoffrey and Edith.
Montrose Court
HDL: London home of Iris and Jennifer Pusey (see also St. John's Wood)
Mortimer Street
PRV: Louise sends Vadim there to get more fabric
Mount Street
SIL: Location of George's (and later Mrs. Jacobs and Roddy's) bookshop
Middlesex Hospital (Fitzrovia)
UI: Where Sue ends up presumably working--"the Middlesex"
Mill Hill
F: Anna's neighbor Mr Harvey is heading off to his sister's place here when Anna asks him in for some Christmas libations.
Muswell Hill
APV: Where Katy and Sharon used to share a flat (supposedly).
UI: Where Sue ends up presumably working--"the Middlesex"
Mill Hill
F: Anna's neighbor Mr Harvey is heading off to his sister's place here when Anna asks him in for some Christmas libations.
Muswell Hill
APV: Where Katy and Sharon used to share a flat (supposedly).
Museum Street
UI: Claire's friend Wiggy lives above a café here.
National Gallery
ACE: The young adult Lizzie goes on solo trips to London and often rests here after walking all day.
AFR: One of the places where Jane spent time when she wanted to look at pictures. (see also Wallace Collection)
AFR: While her mother was still alive, Jane would often spend her days here. (see also British Museum)
APV: Bland's intention was to walk to the National Gallery or the National Portrait Gallery to buy Christmas cards.
F: Back in the day Mrs Marsh would frequent the galleries and enjoy "Turner's sun"
UI: Claire's friend Wiggy lives above a café here.
National Gallery
ACE: The young adult Lizzie goes on solo trips to London and often rests here after walking all day.
AFR: One of the places where Jane spent time when she wanted to look at pictures. (see also Wallace Collection)
AFR: While her mother was still alive, Jane would often spend her days here. (see also British Museum)
APV: Bland's intention was to walk to the National Gallery or the National Portrait Gallery to buy Christmas cards.
F: Back in the day Mrs Marsh would frequent the galleries and enjoy "Turner's sun"
FS: Where Miriam suggests Beatrice spend her time instead of Harrods. (see also Tate Gallery)
IRL: Where Jean Bell encourages Maud to attend lectures. (see also City Literary Institute)
LAM: Frequent destination for Fanny
LAT: Aunt Jessop took Hartmann, Fibich, and Christine to hear Myra Hess play Bach there
MIS: Almost daily destination for Blanche
IRL: Where Jean Bell encourages Maud to attend lectures. (see also City Literary Institute)
LAM: Frequent destination for Fanny
LAT: Aunt Jessop took Hartmann, Fibich, and Christine to hear Myra Hess play Bach there
MIS: Almost daily destination for Blanche
UI: Where Claire's mother goes during the day to pass the time. (see also Bond Street, the Royal Academy [of Art] and the Tate)
UI: Claire has something to eat in the restaurant here and planned to "only look at one picture"
National Portrait Gallery
APV: Bland's intention was to walk to the National Gallery or the National Portrait Gallery to buy Christmas cards.
New Burlington Street
ACE: Where Harriet stopped for coffee after work at the bookshop on Cork Street.
National Portrait Gallery
APV: Bland's intention was to walk to the National Gallery or the National Portrait Gallery to buy Christmas cards.
New Burlington Street
ACE: Where Harriet stopped for coffee after work at the bookshop on Cork Street.
New Cavendish Street
UI: Part of Claire's meandering walk home from the all-night supermarket in Baker Street. (see also Walks section)
New King's Road
V: Dorothea lived in "the farthest reaches" of this road with her parents before leaving home.
Norfolk Square
FFE: Heather's flat was in a complex of buildings here with a "Thirties-ish appearance". Elsewhere Brookner has this same flat behind Marble Arch. Not necessarily an error, but one could argue based on looking at a map that Norfolk Square is more accurately near Paddington than in the environs of Marble Arch. Perhaps Brookner was thinking like an estate agent.
Notting Hill Gate
F: Where Nick March lives.
FFE: Dust blew into Rachel's eyes as she walked along here into Bayswater Road on her way to Marble Arch.
LP: Lewis watches Emmy head in the direction of Notting Hill Gate after saying goodbye at the Bayswater entrance to Hyde Park.
Oakwood Court
SIL: Where Ruth and her parent's live
Old Brompton Road
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
Old Church Street
PRV: Kitty's flat
Old Quebec Street
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
Onslow Square
BL: Where Julia (and Charlie) live in "that spacious but chilly flat"
New King's Road
V: Dorothea lived in "the farthest reaches" of this road with her parents before leaving home.
Norfolk Square
FFE: Heather's flat was in a complex of buildings here with a "Thirties-ish appearance". Elsewhere Brookner has this same flat behind Marble Arch. Not necessarily an error, but one could argue based on looking at a map that Norfolk Square is more accurately near Paddington than in the environs of Marble Arch. Perhaps Brookner was thinking like an estate agent.
Notting Hill Gate
F: Where Nick March lives.
FFE: Dust blew into Rachel's eyes as she walked along here into Bayswater Road on her way to Marble Arch.
LP: Lewis watches Emmy head in the direction of Notting Hill Gate after saying goodbye at the Bayswater entrance to Hyde Park.
Oakwood Court
SIL: Where Ruth and her parent's live
Old Brompton Road
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
Old Church Street
PRV: Kitty's flat
Old Quebec Street
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
Onslow Square
BL: Where Julia (and Charlie) live in "that spacious but chilly flat"
Orchard Street
UI: Where Claire imagines Cynthia lived with her father before she was married.
Oxford Street
ACE: Where Harriet went to secretarial school.
AFR: Where Jane's co-workers Margaret and Wendy go on Saturdays to treat themselves to something new to wear.
FS: Part of Miriam's Christmas walk.
LAM: Fanny walks here on a rainy night, in desolation after the disasterous pre-Christmas dinner with James, Nick, Alix, and Maria.V: On a shopping trip Mrs May is overwhelmed by the heat and crowds. (see also Hyde Park Corner)
Paddington
APV: Bland goes to a workman's cafe near here the morning after the one night he spent in Radnor Place.
APV: Bland buys Hans Andersen edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham in a second-hand shop in Paddington.
AS: Where Sarah buys a flat after selling the house in Parsons Green.
F: Anna's daily Mrs Duncan lives in this neighborhood on Star Street.
Parkgate Road
AFR: Where Violet Lawlor lived.
Park Lane
FS: Miriam muses about wanting to see Simon, if for no other reason, to join the evening crowd as she walks along Park Lane, presumably between the London Library and his flat in Bryanston Square.
LAM: Fanny walks along Park Lane on a rainy night in desolation after the disasterous pre-Christmas dinner with James, Nick, Alix, and Maria
LAT: Marianne worked at the top of Park Lane in a "formerly elegant house" for a charity that raised money for neurological units in children's hospitals
MIS: Blanche feels threatened by the press of traffic here. Later in the book it presents a picture of hopeless confusion.
Parsons Green
AS: Marjorie moves into Sybil's house here after Bertram dies. They "came driving in" every Sunday to Humphrey's flat near Marble Arch.
LP: Where Lewis lives with his mother. (Likely the neighborhood, not the street or green itself. The "Common" could be Parsons Green or Eel Brook Common. See also Stokenchurch Street.)
LP: End of Lewis's walk. (Likely the neighborhood, not the street or green itself. The "Common" could be Parsons Green or Eel Brook Common. See also Stokenchurch Street.)
LP: End of Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house. (Likely the neighborhood, not the street or green itself. The "Common" could be Parsons Green or Eel Brook Common. See also Stokenchurch Street.)
LAT: Marianne worked at the top of Park Lane in a "formerly elegant house" for a charity that raised money for neurological units in children's hospitals
MIS: Blanche feels threatened by the press of traffic here. Later in the book it presents a picture of hopeless confusion.
Parsons Green
AS: Marjorie moves into Sybil's house here after Bertram dies. They "came driving in" every Sunday to Humphrey's flat near Marble Arch.
LP: Where Lewis lives with his mother. (Likely the neighborhood, not the street or green itself. The "Common" could be Parsons Green or Eel Brook Common. See also Stokenchurch Street.)
LP: End of Lewis's walk. (Likely the neighborhood, not the street or green itself. The "Common" could be Parsons Green or Eel Brook Common. See also Stokenchurch Street.)
LP: End of Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house. (Likely the neighborhood, not the street or green itself. The "Common" could be Parsons Green or Eel Brook Common. See also Stokenchurch Street.)
UI: St. John Collier notes in his walking journal that he saw a dead squirrel by the side of the road here.
V: Where Mario, the father of the owner of an Italian restaurant Mrs May frequented lived.
Pelham Street
F: Where Mrs. Marsh lived with her husband.
Pembridge Crescent
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
Percy Street
PRV: Kitty's grandparent's (Vadim and Louise) flat
Peter Jones
APV: Katy says Bland's sitting room looks like a window at Peter Jones which Bland is pained to admit to himself is because that is where he bought most of the furniture.
BL: Fay, Julia, Julia's mother, Julia's former dresser Pearl Chesney, and Maureen would go to Peter Jones. After moving into Drayton Gardens, Fay goes to Peter Jones to buy "dustbins and kettles and tea towels". Fay meets with Maureen and Clive Smallwood when they tell her they are to be married. Clive refers to Maureen being fond of the place and often treating herself to "morning coffee in the restaurant." Julia suggests Fay pick up a table cloth that Julia can give to Maureen as a wedding present.
V: Where Mario, the father of the owner of an Italian restaurant Mrs May frequented lived.
Pelham Street
F: Where Mrs. Marsh lived with her husband.
Pembridge Crescent
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
Percy Street
PRV: Kitty's grandparent's (Vadim and Louise) flat
Peter Jones
APV: Katy says Bland's sitting room looks like a window at Peter Jones which Bland is pained to admit to himself is because that is where he bought most of the furniture.
BL: Fay, Julia, Julia's mother, Julia's former dresser Pearl Chesney, and Maureen would go to Peter Jones. After moving into Drayton Gardens, Fay goes to Peter Jones to buy "dustbins and kettles and tea towels". Fay meets with Maureen and Clive Smallwood when they tell her they are to be married. Clive refers to Maureen being fond of the place and often treating herself to "morning coffee in the restaurant." Julia suggests Fay pick up a table cloth that Julia can give to Maureen as a wedding present.
FS: Miriam see's Mrs. Anstruther's male friends leave Peter Jones with a younger woman.
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
Piccadilly Circus
APV: Putnam would take Bland on long walks going through Piccadilly Circus and Victoria.
Pimlico
APV: Putnam would take Bland to pubs in Caledonian Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Pimlico.
LAT: Part of a shopping excursion Yvette takes and invites Christine along. Trip included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harvey Nichols, and Harrods.
Piccadilly Circus
APV: Putnam would take Bland on long walks going through Piccadilly Circus and Victoria.
Pimlico
APV: Putnam would take Bland to pubs in Caledonian Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Pimlico.
FS: Beatrice's housekeeper lives here with her mother.
IRL: Where Mr Sheed lived.
Pimlico Road
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
Pitt Street
LP: "Pen's house, a cottage by London's standards, yet with the desirable chic that his [Lewis's] own house lacked, was in Pitt Street."
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
Pont Street
ACE: Where many of Merle's dress shop customers ("old trout") live.
Portman Square
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkely Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
FFE: Location of Heather's "comfortable service flat" that Oscar and Dorrie bought for her. Later she moves to Marble Arch.
IRL: Where Mr Sheed lived.
Pimlico Road
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
Pitt Street
LP: "Pen's house, a cottage by London's standards, yet with the desirable chic that his [Lewis's] own house lacked, was in Pitt Street."
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
Pont Street
ACE: Where many of Merle's dress shop customers ("old trout") live.
Portman Square
AS: Leaving his mother's flat in Cadogan Square Alan crosses the park to Marble Arch through Old Quebec Street to Portman Square, up Baker Street and to Sarah's flat in Paddington Street.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkely Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
FFE: Location of Heather's "comfortable service flat" that Oscar and Dorrie bought for her. Later she moves to Marble Arch.
Primrose Hill
UI: St. John Collier noted in his walking journal that he saw a rainbow here.
Prince of Wales Drive
AFR: Where Jane lives with her parents.
Putney
AS: Alan dreams of going walks through neighborhoods that he knows aren't contiguous: Clapham, Putney, and Highgate.
UI: Neighborhoods St. John Collier explored on Sundays Putney, Kennington, Southwark.
Putney Bridge Road
V: In a dream Mrs May is in a shoe shop here that she hadn't been to for fifty years.
Queen Mary College
BL: Pearl Chesney's son went here for engineering. (Possibly refers to Queen Mary University of London)
Queensberry Place
AFR: Eileen Manning would frequent an institution devoted to psychic research and spiritual growth here, not far from her flat in Ennismore Gardens.
The Queen's Gallery
LAT: Part of Fibich's Sunday walk.
Queen's Gate
APV: Bland walks across the [Hyde] Park into Queen's Gate on his way to one of his walks through "foreign" streets unknown to him, this time to Hurlingham, presumably the neighborhood around The Hurlingham Sports Club in Fulham.
LP: Arthur Tooth lives in a hotel here.
Queensway
F: Where Mrs Duncan sees Mr Ainsworth working at an off-licence.
Radnor Place
APV: When Bland first arrives in London, Kenneth Rogerson arranges for him to have a room in his niece's and nephew's flat here.
Redcliffe Gardens
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
Redcliffe Square
ACE: Where Tessa lived with two flatmates before she married Jack and moved into Wellington Square.
Reform Club
APV: Putnam's and presumably Bland's club at 104 Pall Mall.
Regent's Park
FAF: Mr. Cariani houses a widowed sister-in-law in a property he owns north of the park.
FAF: Where Lautner and Mimi take "gentle walks".
FS: Where Miriam meets Tom Rivers on Christmas night.
UI: After they visit the Gibsons on Cynthia's birthday, Claire and Wiggy take a walk up Harley Street to the edge of [Regent's] Park before heading back to Cavendish Square and then Wigmore Street.
Regent Street
BL: Fay would show her mother the shops here after her mother's visits to her flat in Foubert's Place.
Richmond Park
V: Where Steve was going to take Mrs May for a drive (but didn't) (see also Kew)
The Ritz
ACE: Where Harriet's parents plan to go to tea as part of one of their visits to London from their home in Brighton.
AFR: Where Paul and Etty take Hugo and Dolly when they visit London.
APV: Along the path of one of Bland's marathon Sunday walks.
AS: Where Humphrey takes Jenny when when she visits before their marriage.
FFE: The location of Heather's wedding reception.
Royal Academy (of Art)
ACE: After lunch at the Connaught and before shopping at Fortnum and Mason, Harriet and Freddie go to an exhibition here on his 50th birthday. See also St. James's
AFR: One of the places Paul and Henrietta courted (see also Wigmore Hall and the Tate Gallery)
APV: Where Bland would go to console himself with art.
AS: Where Alan's mother Alice and Jenny go on excursions.
UI: Where Claire's mother goes during the day to pass the time. (see also Bond Street, the National Gallery and the Tate)
Royal Academy (of Music)
LAT: Hartmann observes woman on her way from St. John's Wood to the Royal Academy. I believe this is while he is still sitting in the patisserie in Marylebone High Street so I am guessing it is the Royal Academy of Music which is in the neighborhood.
Royal Academy (of Music)
LAT: Hartmann observes woman on her way from St. John's Wood to the Royal Academy. I believe this is while he is still sitting in the patisserie in Marylebone High Street so I am guessing it is the Royal Academy of Music which is in the neighborhood.
Royal College of Music
FS: Where Beatrice attended on a piano scholarship.
Royal Court Hotel
ACE: Harriet stands out on the pavement here after one of the lunches with Tessa, Pamela, and Mary. Presumably they gathered in the hotel.
Sackville Street
APV: Where Bland saw a copy of the Andersen/Rackham book (see Paddington) at a vast price.
St. James's
ACE: In retirement Freddie goes to the galleries around here (and to the Royal Academy as well).
APV: Bland's boss Kenneth Rogerson has a flat here.
St James Street
V: Dorothea falls on a broken paving stone here and is helped up by Henry May who would later become her husband.
St. John's Wood
AFR: Dolly's flat is just off the Edgware Road in one of those streets that lad into St. John's Wood.
AS: Brian lives here with his wife in a small house given to them by her parents. He still keeps a bachelor flat in Dorset Square.
HDL: London home of Iris and Jennifer Pusey (see also Montrose Court)
LAT: Hartmann sat in a patisserie in Marylebone High Street watching patrons including rich widows who looked like they came from St. John's Wood.
LP: Roberta from Lewis's Paris days has a lovely little flat here (in Hall Road).
St. Lukes
BL: Maureen "seemed to clock in to St Luke's twice a day, once for worship, and later for a rather excited discussion of parish business..." (Possibly refers to St. Lukes on Sydney Street in Chelsea.)
St. Martin's Lane
ACE: The young adult Lizzie goes on solo trips to London and has a sandwich in a coffee shop here.
St. Mary's, Paddington
F: Lawrence Halliday's first medical posting after leaving Oxford.
St. Maur Road
BL: Pearl Chesney lived in St. Maur Road in Fulham.
St. Petersburgh Place
LP: Where Pen's boyfriend George lives.
St. Stephen's Hospital
LP: Where Mrs. Harper's doctor boyfriend ends up after his heart attack.
St. Thomas' (Hospital)
AFR: This presumably the St. Thomas' a large teaching hospital where Marigold began her nurse's training.
The Savoy
LAT: Where Toto took Marianne to celebrate her upcoming wedding.
The Savory Grill
BL: One of the places Julia suggests they go when Fay says she is taking Julia and Maureen out to dinner. (see also The Caprice)
Scotch House
LP: Woolen and cashmere retailer with various locations in London where Mrs. Millinship liked to shop. Perhaps a location close to the Stanhope Court Hotel.
Selfridges
AFR: Where Marigold's maiden aunts sometimes spent a dayBL: Charlie would telephone Harrods or Selfridges "with a quite substantial order"
APV: Where Bland would pick-up something "interesting" for lunch.
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
AS: Jenny particularly likes going to Selfridges on her shopping excursions with Alice.
LAT: After lunch at his regular, unnamed spot, Hartmann strolled in the direction of Selfridges
LP: Emmy and Lewis take a cab here to get a picnic lunch in the park [Hyde Park]
MIS: Blanche pauses to observe passersby at a bus stop in front of the store.
FS: Where Beatrice attended on a piano scholarship.
Royal Court Hotel
ACE: Harriet stands out on the pavement here after one of the lunches with Tessa, Pamela, and Mary. Presumably they gathered in the hotel.
Sackville Street
APV: Where Bland saw a copy of the Andersen/Rackham book (see Paddington) at a vast price.
St. James's
ACE: In retirement Freddie goes to the galleries around here (and to the Royal Academy as well).
APV: Bland's boss Kenneth Rogerson has a flat here.
St James Street
V: Dorothea falls on a broken paving stone here and is helped up by Henry May who would later become her husband.
St. John's Wood
AFR: Dolly's flat is just off the Edgware Road in one of those streets that lad into St. John's Wood.
AS: Brian lives here with his wife in a small house given to them by her parents. He still keeps a bachelor flat in Dorset Square.
HDL: London home of Iris and Jennifer Pusey (see also Montrose Court)
LAT: Hartmann sat in a patisserie in Marylebone High Street watching patrons including rich widows who looked like they came from St. John's Wood.
LP: Roberta from Lewis's Paris days has a lovely little flat here (in Hall Road).
St. Lukes
BL: Maureen "seemed to clock in to St Luke's twice a day, once for worship, and later for a rather excited discussion of parish business..." (Possibly refers to St. Lukes on Sydney Street in Chelsea.)
St. Martin's Lane
ACE: The young adult Lizzie goes on solo trips to London and has a sandwich in a coffee shop here.
St. Mary's, Paddington
F: Lawrence Halliday's first medical posting after leaving Oxford.
St. Maur Road
BL: Pearl Chesney lived in St. Maur Road in Fulham.
St. Petersburgh Place
LP: Where Pen's boyfriend George lives.
St. Stephen's Hospital
LP: Where Mrs. Harper's doctor boyfriend ends up after his heart attack.
St. Thomas' (Hospital)
AFR: This presumably the St. Thomas' a large teaching hospital where Marigold began her nurse's training.
The Savoy
LAT: Where Toto took Marianne to celebrate her upcoming wedding.
The Savory Grill
BL: One of the places Julia suggests they go when Fay says she is taking Julia and Maureen out to dinner. (see also The Caprice)
Scotch House
LP: Woolen and cashmere retailer with various locations in London where Mrs. Millinship liked to shop. Perhaps a location close to the Stanhope Court Hotel.
Selfridges
AFR: Where Marigold's maiden aunts sometimes spent a dayBL: Charlie would telephone Harrods or Selfridges "with a quite substantial order"
APV: Where Bland would pick-up something "interesting" for lunch.
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
AS: Jenny particularly likes going to Selfridges on her shopping excursions with Alice.
LAT: After lunch at his regular, unnamed spot, Hartmann strolled in the direction of Selfridges
LP: Emmy and Lewis take a cab here to get a picnic lunch in the park [Hyde Park]
MIS: Blanche pauses to observe passersby at a bus stop in front of the store.
UI: Where Claire sees Mrs Hildreth after Mrs Hildreth has moved away.
UI: Claire buys pink roses for Cynthia here.
UI: Martin's mother sends Sue, the nurse, here with a list of things to get.
UI: Where Claire bought the "fine pineapple" she served Martin
UI: Claire bumps into Sue the nurse here
UI: Wiggy sees Martin with Sue, the evidence that shakes Claire out of her daydreams
V: Mrs May observes Kitty and Molly approaching Selfridge's arm in arm.
The Serpentine
LAM: Fanny walks by as part of her walks through the park
LP: Emmy and Lewis pass here on their picnic outing.
Shaftesbury Avenue
APV: Putnam would take Bland to pubs in Caledonian Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Pimlico.
V: Mrs May observes Kitty and Molly approaching Selfridge's arm in arm.
The Serpentine
LAM: Fanny walks by as part of her walks through the park
LP: Emmy and Lewis pass here on their picnic outing.
Shaftesbury Avenue
APV: Putnam would take Bland to pubs in Caledonian Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, and Pimlico.
The Slade [School of Fine Art]
UI: Where Claire's mother was an art student when girls there "wore long belted smocks and had waved hair"
Sloane Avenue
BL: Julia's mother lives in a service flat somewhere off of Sloane Avenue
Sloane Square
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
AFR: Just off of Sloane Square on Holbein Place was location of ABC Enterprises, the press-cutting company where Jane get's her first job.
UI: Where Claire's mother was an art student when girls there "wore long belted smocks and had waved hair"
Sloane Avenue
BL: Julia's mother lives in a service flat somewhere off of Sloane Avenue
Sloane Square
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
AFR: Just off of Sloane Square on Holbein Place was location of ABC Enterprises, the press-cutting company where Jane get's her first job.
FS: Not sure why Miriam specifically references "the polluted setting of Sloane Square in mid-July" when discussing a look Beatrice would give when looking up from a novel. None of Beatrice's locations relate to Sloane Square.
FS: Part of Miriam's Christmas walk.
HDL: The sun comes out blazing here as Edith is driven around avoiding her wedding at the Registry Office on Tregunter Road.LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk.
Sloane Street
AFR: Part of Paul Manning's Sunday walks.
AS: Alan walks through deserted Sloane Street while walking from his mother's flat in Cadogan Gate to his flat in Wigmore Street.
F: On one of his regular 2-hour runs, Lawrence sprints down Sloane Street on his way to the park.
FS: Miriam stubbed her foot on the kerb in Sloane Street.
LAM: At the top of Sloane Street Fanny asks James if they can walk through the park on the way to her flat in Maida Vale.
LAT: Part of a shopping trip Yvette took with Christine that included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harrods, and Harvey Nichols.
Soane Museum
BL: One of the places Fay and Alan would visit on their Sunday outings. (see also Highgate Cemetery)
Soho
ACE: Merle and Hughie had a flat here as a young couple.
LAT: Part of a shopping trip Yvette took with Christine that included Peter Jones, the General Trading Company, Harrods, and Harvey Nichols.
Soane Museum
BL: One of the places Fay and Alan would visit on their Sunday outings. (see also Highgate Cemetery)
Soho
ACE: Merle and Hughie had a flat here as a young couple.
Soho Square
FS: Where Miriam's lover Simon has an office. (And presumably Max's old office.)
South Kensington
AFR: Where Paul Manning's mother Eileen lives in Ennismore Gardens. (see also Hyde Park)
AFR: Paul's father Richard Manning was run over by a car outside the South Kensington tube station.
APV: Bland would go to one of the cafes here after his walks in the park.
APV: The destination of his usual walks.
BL: Julia would sometimes go out to a jeweller's near South Kensington station to have her clocks and watches mended. (see also Fulham Road)
BL: Fay equates Pearl's Sunday evening calls about Julia with "clouds of ennui rolling up from South Kensington or down from Earls Court".
F: Locaton of Anna Durrant's flat on Cranley Gardens.
F: On the walk to see Miss Carter in Brompton Square on Christmas day, Anna notes that the streets became livelier once she got past South Kensington.
Southampton Street
V: Location of Mrs May's solicitor
Southampton Row
FFE: Location of Oscar's tiny accounting office before he retires.
FS: Where Miriam's lover Simon has an office. (And presumably Max's old office.)
South Kensington
AFR: Where Paul Manning's mother Eileen lives in Ennismore Gardens. (see also Hyde Park)
AFR: Paul's father Richard Manning was run over by a car outside the South Kensington tube station.
APV: Bland would go to one of the cafes here after his walks in the park.
APV: The destination of his usual walks.
BL: Julia would sometimes go out to a jeweller's near South Kensington station to have her clocks and watches mended. (see also Fulham Road)
BL: Fay equates Pearl's Sunday evening calls about Julia with "clouds of ennui rolling up from South Kensington or down from Earls Court".
F: Locaton of Anna Durrant's flat on Cranley Gardens.
F: On the walk to see Miss Carter in Brompton Square on Christmas day, Anna notes that the streets became livelier once she got past South Kensington.
Southampton Street
V: Location of Mrs May's solicitor
Southampton Row
FFE: Location of Oscar's tiny accounting office before he retires.
UI: Wiggy sees her neighbor, Eileen Bateman, cycling here.
Southwark
UI: Neighborhoods St. John Collier explored on Sundays Putney, Kennington, Southwark.
Spanish Place
LAT: Location of Hartmann and Fibich's office. (see also Farringdon Road, location of their first office)
Stanhope Court Hotel [46-52 Stanhope Gardens SW7]
LP: Where the Millinships stayed while in London.
Star Street
F: Anna's daily Mrs Duncan lives here before moving to the Isle of Wight..
Stokenchurch Street
LP: Where Lewis and his mother live, also where Tissy lived briefly with Lewis after they were married. More often in the text the home is referred to as being in Parsons Green, which must refer to the neighborhood, not the street of Parsons Green or Parsons Green itself.
Strand
AFR: Hugo attended King's Collge in the Strand.
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
Swan Court
BL: Fay's mother-in-law, Lavinia "Vinnie" Langdon had a flat in Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street.
Swiss Cottage
AFR: Not far from her home in Maresfield Gardens, where Mrs. (Toni) Ferber buys a cake from on one of the few times she visited Prince of Wales Drive. At least two other mentions occur in the book of baked goods being purchased in Swiss Cottage.
The Tate Gallery
AFR: One of the places Paul and Henrietta courted (see also Wigmore Hall and the Royal Academy)
Spanish Place
LAT: Location of Hartmann and Fibich's office. (see also Farringdon Road, location of their first office)
Stanhope Court Hotel [46-52 Stanhope Gardens SW7]
LP: Where the Millinships stayed while in London.
Star Street
F: Anna's daily Mrs Duncan lives here before moving to the Isle of Wight..
Stokenchurch Street
LP: Where Lewis and his mother live, also where Tissy lived briefly with Lewis after they were married. More often in the text the home is referred to as being in Parsons Green, which must refer to the neighborhood, not the street of Parsons Green or Parsons Green itself.
Strand
AFR: Hugo attended King's Collge in the Strand.
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
Swan Court
BL: Fay's mother-in-law, Lavinia "Vinnie" Langdon had a flat in Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street.
Swiss Cottage
AFR: Not far from her home in Maresfield Gardens, where Mrs. (Toni) Ferber buys a cake from on one of the few times she visited Prince of Wales Drive. At least two other mentions occur in the book of baked goods being purchased in Swiss Cottage.
The Tate Gallery
AFR: One of the places Paul and Henrietta courted (see also Wigmore Hall and the Royal Academy)
FS: Where Beatrice goes to instead of the National Gallery. Sits in front a Turner.
LAM: Frequent destination for Fanny.
LAM: Frequent destination for Fanny.
UI: Where Claire's mother goes during the day to pass the time. (see also Bond Street, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy [of Art])
UI: Claire and Wiggy looked at a Burne-Jones here
Tedworth Square
IRL: Where Edward and Maud have a flat, first on one side of the square and then later in a larger place on the other side of the square.
Tedworth Square
IRL: Where Edward and Maud have a flat, first on one side of the square and then later in a larger place on the other side of the square.
Tottenham Court Road
UI: Where Claire and Wiggy are going for dinner even though Claire tells Cynthia Gibson they are going to a restaurant in Charlotte Street.
Trafalgar Square
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
Tregunter Road
HDL: Location of Registry Office where Edith and Geoffrey intended to get married.
Trumper's
APV: Presumably the Geo. F Trumper at 1 Duke of York Street since after getting a haircut at Trumper's, Bland strolls in the sun down Jermyn Street spending a half hour choosing shirts.
Tryon Street
F: The small, fashionable, uncomfortable house Vickie's father buys her and Lawrence that is conveniently near Lawrence's practice.
Upper Berkeley Street
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkeley Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
UI: Where Claire and Wiggy are going for dinner even though Claire tells Cynthia Gibson they are going to a restaurant in Charlotte Street.
Trafalgar Square
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
Tregunter Road
HDL: Location of Registry Office where Edith and Geoffrey intended to get married.
Trumper's
APV: Presumably the Geo. F Trumper at 1 Duke of York Street since after getting a haircut at Trumper's, Bland strolls in the sun down Jermyn Street spending a half hour choosing shirts.
Tryon Street
F: The small, fashionable, uncomfortable house Vickie's father buys her and Lawrence that is conveniently near Lawrence's practice.
Upper Berkeley Street
APV: Bland walks from his flat in Kendal Street into Connaught Street, across the Edgware Road, into Upper Berkeley Street to Selfridges.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkeley Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
FS: Part of Miriam's Christmas walk.
Vauxhall Bridge Road
IRL: Location of employment agency where Edward goes to find caretaker to look after shop. Notes that the location is where Italian cafes share space with shops selling kitchen equipment and bicycle parts.
Victoria and Albert [Museum]
F: Anna does research in the library here, but mainly sits staring at the formal gardens.
LP: Tissy makes Lewis think of the pale virgins in stone here, but not as virginal looking as she is.
Victoria [and Victoria Station]
ACE: The train is pulling out of the station when Harriet has her seduction fantasy of Jack Peckham after Tessa's death.
AFR: Dolly and her mother Fanny end up here in the Grosvenor Hotel when they leave France after the war.
APV: Putnam would take Bland on long walks going through Piccadilly Circus and Victoria.
AS: Alan's cleaner Mrs Simpson lives on the far side of Victoria Station.
IRL: Edward remembers seeing a blind man and his guide dog outside the station.
IRL: Edward takes the airport bus to Victoria after returning from Paris.
LAM: Fanny imagines getting a flat near here after she sends housekeeper Nancy back to Cork and sells her parent's flat in Maida Vale.
LAT: Part of a walk Fibich takes one Sunday.
LP: Where Lewis goes to catch the ferry train for Paris.
LP: Part of Lewis's walk.
PRV: Station to get to Kitty's grandparent's house in Dulwich.
SIL: Part of Ruth's walk.
Victoria Street
IRL: Where Edward goes to pick up spare keys.
The Wallace Collection
AFR: One of the places Jane likes to spend time when she wants to look at pictures. Often deserted except for "knots of American ladies looking at snuff boxes"
FS: Miriam spends an afternoon at the British Museum because she doesn't want to risk seeing Simon near the Wallace.
MIS: One of the places Blanche frequented during the day.
MIS: One of the places Blanche frequented during the day.
UI: Claire spends the afternoon "listening to her footsteps on the shining floors"
Wandsworth
F: Mrs Duncan's two children live in Fulham and Wandsworth.
Wandsworth Bridge Road
LP: Early in the novel, while his mother is still alive, Lewis imagines a future where shopping here is part of his routine.
Warwick Way
AFR: Where ABC Enterprises plans on relocating. (see also Holbein Place)
IRL: Where Edward hastily rents a flat after he receiving Mr Sheed's inheritane. (see also The King's Road)
Waterloo Station
ACE: Where Lizzie arrives/departs on trips to London after she is moved to Windsor after her mother's death.
APV: Where Louise arrives on ther visits to London.
Wandsworth
F: Mrs Duncan's two children live in Fulham and Wandsworth.
Wandsworth Bridge Road
LP: Early in the novel, while his mother is still alive, Lewis imagines a future where shopping here is part of his routine.
Warwick Way
AFR: Where ABC Enterprises plans on relocating. (see also Holbein Place)
IRL: Where Edward hastily rents a flat after he receiving Mr Sheed's inheritane. (see also The King's Road)
Waterloo Station
ACE: Where Lizzie arrives/departs on trips to London after she is moved to Windsor after her mother's death.
APV: Where Louise arrives on ther visits to London.
FS: After her trip to Paris (presumably on Eurostar) Miriam faces her new world, with acceptance, of silence and absence
Wellington Square
ACE: Where Tessa (Dodd) Peckham lives after she gets married (see also Judd Street).
Westbourne Grove
F: Where Vickie's father has a mistress.
West Brompton
MIS: Neighborhood with "flowerless streets" where Blanche lives.
West End
BL: Fay's mother was eventually proud of the fact that she had a daughter who lived in the West End. (see also Foubert's Place)
West End Lane
LAT: Christine grew up here in a "tragic flat" with her father and stepmother.
West Hampstead
LAT: see Hampstead
Westminster Abbey
LAT: Christine would go for afternoon walks during her pregnancy and drop in occasionally to the nearby Westminster Abbey.
Westminster Bridge Road
FAF: Alfred either takes it to get to work, or the family's factory is located on it.
Westminster Cathedral
LAT: Christine stopped here once. The first time it is unnamed but described as having a "hybrid red and white striped mass" with a broad pavement in front of it. Fibich also walked around its wide pavement later in the book as part of a longer walk. (see Walks below)
Wellington Square
ACE: Where Tessa (Dodd) Peckham lives after she gets married (see also Judd Street).
Westbourne Grove
F: Where Vickie's father has a mistress.
West Brompton
MIS: Neighborhood with "flowerless streets" where Blanche lives.
West End
BL: Fay's mother was eventually proud of the fact that she had a daughter who lived in the West End. (see also Foubert's Place)
West End Lane
LAT: Christine grew up here in a "tragic flat" with her father and stepmother.
West Hampstead
LAT: see Hampstead
Westminster Abbey
LAT: Christine would go for afternoon walks during her pregnancy and drop in occasionally to the nearby Westminster Abbey.
Westminster Bridge Road
FAF: Alfred either takes it to get to work, or the family's factory is located on it.
Westminster Cathedral
LAT: Christine stopped here once. The first time it is unnamed but described as having a "hybrid red and white striped mass" with a broad pavement in front of it. Fibich also walked around its wide pavement later in the book as part of a longer walk. (see Walks below)
Weymouth Street
UI: Where Martin lives.
Whitehall
ACE: Where Colonel Dodd works (Harriet's friend Tessa Dodd's father.)
White House
V: Where Kitty wants to go to buy Ann her trousseau.
Whiteley's
FAF: Where Evie may have gotten her wedding dress (see also Harrods)
Wigmore Hall
AFR: Where Paul and Henrietta met and courted. (See also the Royal Academy and Tate Gallery)
APV: Where Bland was introduced to Louise's husband.
AS: Alan notes that there is a time after office hours but before music lovers show up to Wigmore Hall when his end of Wigmore Street has few pedestrians.
FAF: Where Lautner takes Mimi for piano recitals.
UI: Where Martin lives.
Whitehall
ACE: Where Colonel Dodd works (Harriet's friend Tessa Dodd's father.)
White House
V: Where Kitty wants to go to buy Ann her trousseau.
Whiteley's
FAF: Where Evie may have gotten her wedding dress (see also Harrods)
Wigmore Hall
AFR: Where Paul and Henrietta met and courted. (See also the Royal Academy and Tate Gallery)
APV: Where Bland was introduced to Louise's husband.
AS: Alan notes that there is a time after office hours but before music lovers show up to Wigmore Hall when his end of Wigmore Street has few pedestrians.
FAF: Where Lautner takes Mimi for piano recitals.
FS: Where Beartrice is sometimes performs.
Wigmore Street
AS: Alan's flat.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkeley Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
Wigmore Street
AS: Alan's flat.
AS: After leaving Jenny's flat near Marble Arch, Alan walks through Upper Berkeley Street and Portman Square to get to his flat in Wigmore Street.
UI: After Claire's first visit to Martin's flat in Weymouth Street she has a toasted sandwich in a café here.
UI: After they visit the Gibsons on Cynthia's birthday, Claire and Wiggy take a walk up Harley Street to the edge of [Regent's] Park before heading back to Cavendish Square and then Wigmore Street.
Wilbraham Place
FS: Where Miriam and Beatrice live after they leave their parent's house. Miriam moves to Bramham Gardens during her five-year marriage and then to a flat in Lower Sloane Street before moving back in with Beatrice when Beatrice starts to decline.
FS: Where Miriam and Beatrice live after they leave their parent's house. Miriam moves to Bramham Gardens during her five-year marriage and then to a flat in Lower Sloane Street before moving back in with Beatrice when Beatrice starts to decline.
William Street
ACE: Where Merle opens her dress shop after the war. The family, Hughie, Merle, and Harriet, lived above the shop.
AFR: Paul persuaded Henrietta to have a coffee with him in a cafe here.
Wimpole Street
FFE: Rachel taxi goes "up the dark defile of Wimpole Street" on her way to see Dorrie at the London Clinic.
ACE: Where Merle opens her dress shop after the war. The family, Hughie, Merle, and Harriet, lived above the shop.
AFR: Paul persuaded Henrietta to have a coffee with him in a cafe here.
Wimpole Street
FFE: Rachel taxi goes "up the dark defile of Wimpole Street" on her way to see Dorrie at the London Clinic.
UI: Part of Claire's meandering walk home from the all-night supermarket in Baker Street. (see also Walks section)
World's End
LAM: Dr. Simek lives in a large, dull house near World's End
Walks
APV: One of Blands long walks to and through what he sees as the suburbs.
Starts after he emerges from Hyde Park into Queen's Gate, includes Fulham Road, Eel Brook Common, the end of New King's Road, admiring the "straight abrupt little streets, with the strange Greek-sounding names" like Elthiron and Guion and their stucco-fronted cottages, went on to Putney Bridge where he would get a cab home passing Munster Road on the way wondering why a street in Fulham is named after a German town.
APV: For old time's sake Bland walked down George Street, Baker Street, Oxford Street, then to Hyde Park Corner, Trafalgar Square, and the National Gallery
AFR: Paul Manning's Sunday Walks
Most Sundays Paul took a walk. Once a month this resulted in a visit his mother in Ennismore Gardens. "He would go round Battersea Park, along Cheyne Walk to Pimlico Road, across to Sloane Square, along Sloane Street and into Hyde Park.
FS: Miriam's Christmas Walk
World's End
LAM: Dr. Simek lives in a large, dull house near World's End
Walks
APV: One of Blands long walks to and through what he sees as the suburbs.
Starts after he emerges from Hyde Park into Queen's Gate, includes Fulham Road, Eel Brook Common, the end of New King's Road, admiring the "straight abrupt little streets, with the strange Greek-sounding names" like Elthiron and Guion and their stucco-fronted cottages, went on to Putney Bridge where he would get a cab home passing Munster Road on the way wondering why a street in Fulham is named after a German town.
APV: For old time's sake Bland walked down George Street, Baker Street, Oxford Street, then to Hyde Park Corner, Trafalgar Square, and the National Gallery
AFR: Paul Manning's Sunday Walks
Most Sundays Paul took a walk. Once a month this resulted in a visit his mother in Ennismore Gardens. "He would go round Battersea Park, along Cheyne Walk to Pimlico Road, across to Sloane Square, along Sloane Street and into Hyde Park.
FS: Miriam's Christmas Walk
Along Sloane Square, noting the lights of the Cadogan Hotel, crossed Knightsbridge, made for Marble Arch, Oxford Street, Upper Berkeley Street, for Bryanston Square (location of Simon's empty flat while he is away for Christmas), ended up in a pizza parlour in Baker Street, and then meets Tom Rivers while walking through Regent's Park.
HDL: Edith's Walks
With most of the book taking place in Switzerland, Edith doesn't take any walks in London in Hotel du Lac, she does them all on the shores of Lac Leman.
LAM: Fanny's Walks
Fanny does lots and lots of walking around London, but the locations fade more to the background than they do in other Brookner novels and in general, London seems like less of a character.
LAT: Fibich's Sunday Walk
Around a deserted Victoria, the wide pave of Westminster Cathedral, into Buckingham Palace Road, past the Queen's Gallery, turned towards Belgravia, walked up Elizabeth Street, turned into Chester Square. "Darkness seemed to envelop him in the short distance between Elizabeth Street and Ashley Gardens."
LP: Lewis's Walk
Like gentlemen in Trollope, covering a long distance appealed to Lewis. "He walked through the clamorous Strand to Trafalgar Square, down the Mall to Victoria, and then into Pimlico Road and Sloane Square. Then it was merely a matter of following the King's Road until he got tot he Common (likely Parsons Green).
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
After leaving Pen's house on Pitt Street, Lewis "walked down Pembridge Crescent, the large houses ghostly in the moonlight. In Kensington High Street he thought he might pick up a taxi, but there was nothing to be seen. He walked down Earl's Court Road into Old Brompton Road, then down Redcliffe Gardens and Edith Grove into the King's Road. From there it was his usual walk home [to Parsons Green]."
SIL: Ruth's Walk
From Edith Grove to Chelsea Old Church (presumably along Cheyne Walk/Chelsea Embankment, then onto Victoria [Station], turning back to Sloane Square, then following the King's Road to Fulham Road where she catches a bus back to her flat on Edith Grove. It isn't clear where she connects with Fulham Road from the King's Road but using Google maps, this walk is about five miles.
LAM: Fanny's Walks
Fanny does lots and lots of walking around London, but the locations fade more to the background than they do in other Brookner novels and in general, London seems like less of a character.
LAT: Fibich's Sunday Walk
Around a deserted Victoria, the wide pave of Westminster Cathedral, into Buckingham Palace Road, past the Queen's Gallery, turned towards Belgravia, walked up Elizabeth Street, turned into Chester Square. "Darkness seemed to envelop him in the short distance between Elizabeth Street and Ashley Gardens."
LP: Lewis's Walk
Like gentlemen in Trollope, covering a long distance appealed to Lewis. "He walked through the clamorous Strand to Trafalgar Square, down the Mall to Victoria, and then into Pimlico Road and Sloane Square. Then it was merely a matter of following the King's Road until he got tot he Common (likely Parsons Green).
LP: Lewis's Walk after leaving Pen's house
After leaving Pen's house on Pitt Street, Lewis "walked down Pembridge Crescent, the large houses ghostly in the moonlight. In Kensington High Street he thought he might pick up a taxi, but there was nothing to be seen. He walked down Earl's Court Road into Old Brompton Road, then down Redcliffe Gardens and Edith Grove into the King's Road. From there it was his usual walk home [to Parsons Green]."
SIL: Ruth's Walk
From Edith Grove to Chelsea Old Church (presumably along Cheyne Walk/Chelsea Embankment, then onto Victoria [Station], turning back to Sloane Square, then following the King's Road to Fulham Road where she catches a bus back to her flat on Edith Grove. It isn't clear where she connects with Fulham Road from the King's Road but using Google maps, this walk is about five miles.
UI: Claire's Meandering Walk Home from the all-night supermarket in Baker Street
Not in a hurry to get home from the all-night supermarket in Baker Street one night, Claire takes meandering walk home. George Street, Marylebone High Street, New Cavendish Street, and into the unpopulated regions of Wimpole and Harley Streets.
UI: Claire and Wiggy
After they visit the Gibsons on Cynthia's birthday, Claire and Wiggy take a walk up Harley Street to the edge of [Regent's] Park before heading back to Cavendish Square and then Wigmore Street.
UI: St. John Collier
St. John Collier took notes for a book of walks that he took [Walks With Myself] that he never finished. He explores Putney, Southwark, Kennington. Also mentions Primrose Hill, Parson's Green, and towards the end of his life stayed closer to home only going as far as Hyde Park, Kensignton Gardens, and lingering in Kensington. "Who could find spiritual sustenance in Kensington? [Cynthia] had tried it [her]self, on empty Sunday afternoons, and had found the experience lowering."
