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We are working with the local community to show exposure to pollution how slight changes in your routine can improve your health; through increased physical activity Walk #1 Film & Theatre and a reduction in exposure to pollution. START/END: Victoria Embankment Gardens In London, at least 42% of adults are failing to meet – the location of the annual BFI London Film the minimum levels of physical activity needed Festival’s Embankment Garden Cinema. each week to stay healthy. The good news is that just 2, 10-minute walks a day can change that and Carting Lane: The Savoy Theatre was built improve your health and wellbeing: you’ll sleep to showcase Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic better, feel more relaxed, and significantly reduce Operettas, also the first public building in the risk of developing a range of health problems, the world to be lit entirely by electricity. including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some Bull Inn Court: sat between the Adelphi & cancers, depression and Alzheimer’s disease. Vaudeville theaters lies the Nell Gwynne Tavern; Using public transport is a great way to build infamous mistress of Charles II, Nell found some walking into your day and people who fame as an actress on the Drury Lane stage. regularly use public transport are more likely Burleigh St: Joe Allen restaurant is famous to get the activity they need to stay healthy. for hosting stars from screen and stage.

If you want to keep track of your daily walking, Wellington St: home to Disney’s The Lion King try the free One You Active 10 walking app. for over 20 years; carry on up the street and The Northbank is a vibrant and exciting part of you’ll find the London Film Museum, a great London, so try one of our area walks to explore place to visit for James Bond enthusiasts. and stay healthy at the same time. The walks will The Waldorf Hilton’s Palm Court: take about 20 mins, so ideal for a lunch break. recognise this from the 1997 film, Titanic?

Tried one of our walks? Or created your own Somerset House: look carefully and you’ll special route? Let us know! Share your photos realise quite how many films have been shot on social media and tag @TheNorthbankBID. at Somerset House; recently, Mary Poppins! We’ll be sharing our favourites! Savoy Steps/Savoy Hill: Bob Dylan’s Walking elsewhere in the city? Try WalkIt for Subterranean Homesick Blues has been debated different routes: www.walkit.com/cities/london as possibly the world’s first music video.

START/END: Victoria Embankment Gardens - Walking to your the Albert Sullivan memorial is Grade II listed and has been dubbed ‘the sexiest statue’ in London. destination is a great way to stay healthy, see Walk #2 Heritage & Architecture the city and is probably START/END: Charing Cross – the Eleanor Cross was one of many built by King quicker than you think. Edward I in memory of his wife. Craven St: Benjamin Franklin’s only remaining residence (tours available).

Craven Passage & Villiers St Arches: The Ship & Shovell is a unique Victorian pub on both sides of the street, linked by an underground cellar.

John Adam St & Adam St: Adam House (1768 - 74) designed by Robert Adam, the pioneering architect, interior designer and furniture designer.

START/END: Gordons Wine Bar – London’s oldest wine bar. Here you’ll also find the York Watergate, a ceremonial landing stage where the river used to lie and gentry could access the mansion houses of York House, from 1626. Fitness on the Northbank Health-based menus Activities to get you back Walk #3 People, poets and painters Your Northbank: looking START/END: Trafalgar Square – known for Best’s Bootcamp, Charing Cross on the Northbank on track after our community the National Galleries and Fourth Plinth, Covent Garden Physio, Somerset House Bill’s, Wellington Street Want to distress this lunchtime? Join the oasis of did you also know about the Canada House For centuries, London’s Northbank has been at calm with free concerts at St Martin in the Fields. Gallery, Crypt at St Martin’s and Korean the forefront of innovation. Now we’re working ESPA Life at Corinthia Boyds Grill, Northumberland Avenue Cultural Centre? The Trafalgar St James also together to ensure it thrives for years to come. displays photography in its windows. Why not check out a free photography exhibition Fitness First, Strand & Aldwych Bryn at Somerset House Today: numerous organisations continue to lead at Proud Central or see what’s on at the National Adelaide St: A Conversation with Oscar Wilde by the way in research and technology, from PwC Running route along Victoria Embankment Crussh, Charing Cross Gallery and Somerset House. Maggi Hambling was the first public monument building the world’s most sustainable building dedicated to Wilde outside of Ireland. The Good Gym, Somerset House Franco Manca, Aldwych & Maiden Lane and the RSA tackling major challenges that The Bishop Ho Ming Wah Association invites you to Craven St: Benjamin Franklin’s society faces, to King’s College London and The Gym Group, Charing Cross Lundenwic, Aldwych become a member, activities include Tai Chi at St only remaining residence. LSE producing vital research for the world, Martin in the Fields, great for local residents. and much more right on your doorstep. Virgin Active, 80 Strand ROKA, Aldwych Villiers St: Charles Dickens worked in the Warren Blacking Factory which was Tune in to talks from world-class minds at LSE and Walk-in backrub, Tavistock St SIAM Eatery, Wellington Street near Hungerford Stairs, aged 12, 1824. King’s College London. Find more fitness events and handy links on Spring, Somerset House Adam St: Sir James Barrie & Robert Adam were our website: www.thenorthbank.london. Find more events & activities on our website among other writers & artists to have lived here. The Diner, Strand Maiden Lane: Turner lived here at no. 21. Discover more health-based menus on our website Southampton St: Vincent Van Gogh was among many creative minds to have worked here. Savoy Hill: Bob Dylan famously filmed a video for Subterranean Homesick Blues Live, work Pick-up your here whilst staying at The Savoy. free Northbank

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Clean Air Routes reduce Explore the back streets Cleaner, greener streets Walk #4 Green & River – Local secrets Trafalgar Sq to Somerset House biodiversity, bees & botany your exposure with us... initiative: working together Charing Cross Collectors’ Market runs every is the key to cleaner air START/END: Northumberland Avenue – Saturday (7-3pm) under Embankment Place, where The Northbank BID worked with King’s Our Clean Air Route Finder makes it easy to find tree-lined avenue, home to the Corinthia Hotel. there has been a market ever since the 1690s! College London and local businesses to the lowest pollution route to your destination. Most parts of central London experience poor Victoria Embankment Gardens research how different walking routes can Originally it was a vegetable market, with the Plot your low emission route now: air quality and the business community in the Whitehall Extension. reduce personal exposure to air pollution. location chosen for its perfect proximity to the Search ‘Air Quality Activities’ on our website. Northbank is eager to do their bit to make positive river Thames and the Strand - an ideal location Victoria Embankment: have a drink with a The study discovered that when walking changes for a healthy and vibrant neighborhood. for deliveries, and in 1845 the Hungerford Download the Northbank’s Little Guide To view on one of the many boats on the river. from Embankment to Covent Garden, suspension bridge, designed by Brunel, was Air Quality to learn how else you can do via John Adam Street, there was a 47% We’re working with business members constructed to further improve the market your bit to help improve local air quality. Embankment Station: spot the green takes 1,100 steps in 10 minutes reduction in exposure to air pollution. to help reduce traffic by consolidating wall added in 2017 before heading into access. Visit now to be transported back in time They also found that when commuting Share your photos on social media deliveries and other services. Businesses are Victoria Embankment Gardens. and sift through coins, stamps and many other into central London, a small change in how and tag @TheNorthbankBID also encouraging click and collect schemes, collectors’ items: charingcrossmarket.com Victoria Embankment: Cleopatra’s Needle they commute - type of transport or route and publicly promoting best practice. was presented to the British Nation in 1819. Nearby: visit Stanley Gibbons on the - made a large impact on their health. Spread the word: you can inspire friends and Strand – the home of stamp collecting. 20 minutes colleagues to walk and cycle along Clean Air Routes. The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy and of walking Search for ‘Cleaner Air’ on our website garden: this hidden patch of green ...Together we can have a big impact. is local secret on a sunny day. improves concentration What has the most negative impact Somerset House: the river terrace has on our local air quality? excellent views, also check with Somerset & productivity House Trust about Edible Utopia, Road traffic (taxis, buses, deliveries improving sustainability on the site. and servicing vans). Buildings (gas from boilers) The pollutants START/END: Bar Salsa by Temple Gardens. of most concern are particulate matter (often referred to as ‘PM’) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2).

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