{"id":2424,"date":"2023-03-13T17:27:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=2424"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:32:58","slug":"whitehall-westminster-and-trafalgar-square","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=2424","title":{"rendered":"Whitehall, Westminster and Trafalgar Square"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"796\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1596\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Westminster_Abbey_St_Peter.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Westminster_Abbey_St_Peter.jpg 640w, https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Westminster_Abbey_St_Peter-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-5-color\">Whitehall, Westminster and Trafalgar Square<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hear the life stories of the world famous buildings and important monuments that can be found in the heart of Westminster. The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey (not really an abbey at all!) and the (almost) long gone Whitehall Palace. The door with no keyhole in Downing Street and three, yes three, memorials to one executed king are just some of the secrets explained during this walk centred around Whitehall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=944\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"944\">Steve Parkinson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=1007\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1007\">Paul Waddams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duration: 2 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/xlwalks.co.uk\/Home\/?page_id=917\">request private walk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear the life stories of the world famous buildings and important monuments that can be found in the heart of Westminster. 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