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Lupus Street to Elizabeth Bridge - Pimlico Underground Station to Victoria Coach Station

Lupus Street, London, SW1V 1AU

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Overview

  • About View
    • This guide covers the approximately three-quarter mile stretch between Pimlico Underground Station and Victoria Coach Station via St George’s Drive.
    • Public transport facilities in this area include: bus stops, a bus station and an underground station.
    • The underground station is Pimlico Underground Station.
    • The bus station is Victoria Coach Station.
    • In this area there is a public car park park with Blue Badge parking, on street Blue Badge parking, on street standard parking and a taxi rank.
    • The public car park is located at Q-Park Pimlico Warwick Way, off St George's Drive.
    • Points of interest in this area include: St George's Square, Warwick Square and Eccleston Square.
    • Facilities available in this area include: standard toilets.
    • There is a public male urinal outside Pimlico Underground Station on Tachbrook Street.
    • Some transport hubs, social spaces, cafes, restaurants and bars in the area may have toilets with adaptations available at staff discretion.

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Circulation

  • This section covers the access from Pimlico Underground Station to Victoria Coach Station via Bessborough Road, Lupus Road, St George's Square, St George's Drive, Warwick Square, Eccleston Square and Elizabeth Bridge.
  • Circulation routes in this area include: pavements and road crossings.
  • Pedestrian circulation routes have tarmac, block paving, paving slabs and cobbled surfaces.
  • There are potential obstacles in some areas which include: uneven surfaces, narrow gaps, bollards, bins, signs, street furniture and parked bicycles.
  • This area is step-free with very easy slopes.
  • The majority of the pathways are wide enough for wheelchair users.
  • Signage here includes: wayfinding, information boards, maps, street signs and traffic signs.
  • There are some seats in this area for people to rest.
  • There is a long slope with a slight gradient after Hugh Street, over Elizabeth Bridge towards Victoria Coach Station.

Crossing (Bessborough Street - Bessborough Place)

  • This is a Pelican crossing point.
  • The crossing point has a refuge island.
  • The crossing point has flush kerbs.
  • Flush kerbs have tactile paving.
  • The crossing point has a rotating cone.

Crossing (Side Street - Rampayne Street)

  • This is an unmarked crossing point (without controls or markings).
  • The crossing point has flush kerbs.
  • Flush kerbs do not have tactile paving.
  • There are bollards on the Pimlico Station side of this crossing with gaps of 118cm.

Crossing (Bessborough Street)

  • This is an unmarked crossing point (without controls or markings).
  • The crossing point has a refuge island.
  • The crossing point has flush kerbs.
  • Flush kerbs do not have tactile paving.
  • There are similar crossings along St George's Drive at Charlwood Street, Gloucester Street, and 2 crossings either side of Hugh Street.
  • The St George's Drive crossing at Charlwood Street has tactile paving.
  • The St George's Drive crossings either side of Hugh Street do not have refuge islands.

Crossing (Side Street - Aylesford Street)

  • This is an unmarked crossing point (without controls or markings).
  • The crossing point has flush kerbs.
  • Flush kerbs have tactile paving.
  • There are similar side street crossings on both sides of St George's Drive at:
    • Charlwood Street and Warwick Square with tactile paving only on the left-hand side facing Elizabeth Bridge;
    • Gloucester Street without tactile paving;
    • Clarendon Street with tactile paving only on the right-hand side facing Elizabeth Bridge.
  • There are further side street crossings on the right-hand side of St George's Drive facing Elizabeth Bridge at:
    • Denbigh Place;
    • Warwick Square, without tactile paving;
    • Eccleston Square; there are 2 consecutive side street crossings here, both without tactile paving;
    • Hugh Street, without tactile paving.
  • There is a further side street crossing on the left-hand side of St George's Drive facing Elizabeth Bridge at Cambridge Street. This crossing only has tactile paving at the near-side facing Elizabeth Bridge.
  • The side street crossings at Charlwood Street, Gloucester Street, Cambridge Street and Warwick Square on the left-hand side facing Elizabeth Bridge are one-way with road traffic approaching from the left only.
  • The side street crossing at Clarendon Street on the left-hand side facing Elizabeth Bridge is one-way with road traffic approaching from the right only.
  • The side street crossings on the left-hand side facing Elizabeth Bridge at Gloucester Street, Cambridge Street and Warwick Square allow bicycle traffic to approach from both directions.
  • The left-hand side at Hugh Street facing Elizabeth Bridge is pedestrianised, although bicycle traffic is allowed to proceed in both directions at this crossing.

Crossing (St George's Square)

  • This is a Pelican crossing point.
  • The crossing point has a refuge island.
  • The crossing point has flush kerbs.
  • Flush kerbs have tactile paving.
  • The crossing point has a rotating cone.
  • The side street crossings do not have a refuge island.
  • There is another 4-way crossing at St George's Square further along towards St George's Drive. This crossing is not traffic controlled, is unmarked, and does not have flush kerbs or tactile paving. There are only refuge islands here for crossings across Lupus Street.
  • There is a traffic controlled 4-way crossing with flush kerbs and tactile paving at the junction between Lupus Street and St George's Drive.
  • There are further 4-way crossings along St George's Drive:
    • Gloucester Street; this crossing is not traffic controlled, does not have tactile paving, and has refuge islands for crossings across St George's Drive only;
    • Warwick Way; these crossings do not have refuge islands.

Crossing (Side Street - Denbigh Street)

  • This is an unmarked crossing point (without controls or markings).
  • The crossing point has flush kerbs.
  • Flush kerbs do not have tactile paving.
  • The dropped kerbs here are on a slope with a steep gradient.

Crossing (Business Access - Elizabeth Bridge)

  • This is an unmarked crossing point (without controls or markings).
  • The crossing point has flush kerbs.
  • Flush kerbs have tactile paving.
  • There are 2 consecutive crossings on the left-hand side facing Victoria Coach Station.

Crossing (Buckingham Palace Road)

  • This is a Pelican crossing point.
  • The crossing point has a refuge island.
  • Not all kerbs are flush at the crossing point.
  • Flush kerbs have tactile paving.
  • The crossing point has a rotating cone.