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Walk 3
(about 30 minutes)

Start on the Victoria Embankment (north of the river) by Hungerford Bridge (nearest tube Charing Cross).

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1) Hungerford Bridge, formerly known as Charing Cross Bridge
Walk past Hungerford Bridge, along the Victoria Embankment, and then turn and look back; this gives some idea of the viewpoint from which Monet painted his views of the bridge (he was in fact working from the 6th floor of the Savoy Hotel). You should be able to see the Houses of Parliament in the distance.

Keep walking north along the Victoria Embankment and on your left, just the other side of Embankment Gardens, is the Savoy Hotel, from where both Whistler and Monet painted views of the Thames.

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2) Savoy Hotel
Whistler produced a series of lithographs of the view of the Thames from the sixth floor of this hotel; later Monet too stayed there and worked on a series of views of Charing Cross bridge (looking left) and Waterloo Bridge (looking right).

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3) Waterloo Bridge
Monet painted views of this bridge from the Savoy, mostly showing the effects of morning light.

Cross over Waterloo Bridge, turn right and walk through the South Bank complex, then turn right again over Hungerford Bridge, back to the starting point for this walk.

View Waterloo Bridge works

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