Marble Arch & Speakers Corner, London

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Marble Arch is situated on a traffic island near Hyde Park, near the site of the old Tyburn gallows.

It was originally designed by Nash for Buckingham Palace, but moved here in 1850.

Only senior members of the Royal Family and one of the artillery regiments are allowed to pass beneath it.

Speaker's Corner is one of the most famous, if not the most famous sight in Hyde Park. People can show up unannounced at start a public speech gathering sometimes a few hundred people around them. From other travellers, I heard that Speaker's Corner is also used frequently by religious fanatics to promote their ideas.

Unfortunately, I had the luck of being there on a cold March afternoon so that nobody was speaking. And if you are looking for some kind of podium or console, you will be a little disappointed. The speakers bring their own ladders or boxes.

At the north east end of Hyde Park is Speakers Corner, the cradle of free speech. Visit on a Sunday and watch speakers passionately debating their views! Crowds of people will gather to take part in the discussions or just hang back and watch the fun.

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Grew up in the "Flower Power" the love generation of the 60/70th's - Hyde Park - especially Hyde Park speakers Corner was very important and of great influence for the next generations of the previous century.

Marble Arch is a white Carrara-marble monument at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park . The arch is on a large traffic island, which also includes a very small park, which in reality is big traffic island.
In 1828, John Nash designed the arch based on the triumphal arch of Constantine in Rome. It was originally erected on The Mall but in 1855 the arch was moved to its present location.

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Marble Arch is a white Carrara-marble monument at the junction of Oxford Street.
The arch is on a large traffic island, which also includes a small park.

Historically, only members of the royal family and the King's Troop (Royal Horse Artillery) have been allowed to pass through the arch in ceremonial procession.

Arch was build in 1828. In 1851 the arch was moved to its present location.

There are 3 small rooms inside the arch that were used as a police station until 1950, first for the royal constables of the Park and later the Metropolitan Police.

Well, strange, but when ever I pass this place I think of that song, old time classic by Leonard Cohen, and if you heard John Cale cover version of it, then you know what a perfect song sound like.
Unfortunately this photo was taking from a moving car.

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The Marble Arch was designed in 1828 by John Nash. It's made from white Carrara marble.

Nash also was the archttect of the Buckingham Palace reconstruction/re-design. The Arch was ment to be the entrance to the Mall, but was moved in 1851 to its present location.