Knowledge of London Examinations Suburban Applicants - Stage 6

You are about to start the final stage in the Knowledge of London process to become a licensed suburban London taxi driver.

Knowledge of Central London

Now that you have demonstrated a satisfactory knowledge of your sector you are required to show that you have a good working knowledge of central London. Your Final Examination will take the following form:

Part One

You will be asked four questions which will allow you to demonstrate you have a detailed knowledge of routes into central London. Starting from a major rank in your sector, (ranks specific to each sector are listed below) each question will require you to describe the route to one of the major transport hubs listed below.

From

Sector 1: Tottenham Hale Station Sector 6: Wimbledon and Sutton Stations

Sector 2: Stratford International Station Sector 7: Richmond and Kingston Stations and City Airport

Sector 3: O2 Arena and Lewisham Sector 8: Haven Green taxi rank Station

Sector 4: Bromley South Station Sector 9: Wembley Park taxi rank

Sector 5: East Croydon Station

To

Cannon Street Station London Bridge Station

Charing Cross Station Heathrow Airport (all terminals)

City Airport (if outside your sector) Marylebone Station

Euston Station Paddington Station

Fenchurch Street Station St. Pancras Station (Eurostar)

King’s Cross Station Victoria Station

Liverpool Street. Station Waterloo Station

To PASS this section you will need to answer ALL questions in a satisfactory fashion.

Part Two

You will be required to know ALL the points listed below. You will be asked 10 points from this list. When giving answers to questions you will need to know the exact locations of the points (i.e. the dropping off point as well as how to set down).

To PASS this section you will need to give satisfactory answers to SIX out of the 10 points you have been asked.

Transport hubs

London Heliport Victoria Coach Station

Hospitals

Chelsea and Westminster St. Bartholomew’s

Guy’s St Mary’s

Moorfields St Thomas’

Royal London University College

Courts

Blackfriars Crown Court Southwark Crown Court

Central Criminal Court Supreme Court

Royal Courts of Justice Westminster Magistrates’ Court

Tourist areas/attractions

Bank of England London Dungeon

Buckingham Palace London Eye

Chinatown London Zoo

City Hall Madam Tussauds

Covent Garden Monument

Earls Court Exhibition Centre Piccadilly Circus

Hamleys St Paul’s Cathedral

Hard Rock Cafe Soho

Harrods Selfridges

HMS Belfast Tower of London

Kensington Palace Westminster Abbey

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Prominent squares

Berkeley Square Leicester Square

Cavendish Square St James’ Square

Grosvenor Square Trafalgar Square

Museums and galleries

British Museum Science Museum

Imperial War Museum Tate Britain

London Transport Museum Tate Modern

Museum of London Victoria and Albert Museum

National Gallery Wallace Collection

Natural History Museum

Theatres

Adelphi Noel Coward

Apollo Shaftesbury Avenue Palace

Apollo Victoria Piccadilly

Barbican Prince Edward

Dominion Royal Albert Hall

Garrick Royal Opera House

London Coliseum Shaftesbury

London Palladium Shakespeare’s Globe

Lyceum Theatre Royal Drury Lane

National Theatre Royal Haymarket

Restaurants

Rules L’Escargot

Ivy Le Gavroche

Wolseley Delauney

Sports venues

Arsenal FC Lord’s

Chelsea FC The Oval

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Major hotels

Athenaeum Lancaster London

Berkeley Landmark

Bloomsbury Lanesborough

Claridge’s Langham

Connaught Mandarin Oriental

Corinthia Marriott County Hall

De Vere Cavendish Mayfair

Dorchester Le Méridien

Goring Metropolitan

Grange City Ritz

Grosvenor House Riverbank Park Plaza

Guoman Cumberland Royal National

Guoman Tower St. Pancras Renaissance

Hilton London Metropole Savoy

Hilton on Park Lane Sheraton Park Tower

Holiday Inn Kensington Forum Sofitel St.James

Hyatt Regency Churchill Waldorf Hilton

Intercontinental London Park Lane Washington Mayfair

Jumeriah Carlton Tower Westbury

In order to be licensed you will need to pass both parts of the examination.

DSA Taxi Driving Test

You should by now have applied for, if not taken, your DSA Taxi Driving Test. Please note that you will not be given date for you final examination until you have completed and passed this test and your pass certificate has been sent to us. It is in your own interest to complete this test as soon as possible. If you that have already passed this test you should, if you have not already done so, provide us with the pass certificate as soon as possible.

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