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What's quirky about it? It's London's very centre: the point to which a 'distance to London', notionally, is measured. It's the origin of the national roadmap; England's kilometre-zero. The point used to be marked (from 1290 to 1647) by Eleanor's Cross, a replica of which now stands in front of Charing Cross Station, a few yards east. You can comfort yourself with the thought that, whichever direction you head from this point, you're getting away from London.
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Its the arse end of London!
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