5 - St James Park Follow Horse Guards Road past the parade ground, where every June, The Queen’s birthday parade (or Trooping the Colour) is held to mark her official birthday. Pass the back of Downing Street, where the Prime Minister lives, to the junction of Birdcage Walk. There is a link route here to the right to Buckingham Palace, leading past the Guards Chapel (re-built since it was bombed in the Second World War), and Wellington Barracks. A panoramic panel was unveiled opposite the Palace to mark the Golden Wedding of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, celebrated in November 1997. 6 - Buckingham Palace Turn left into Great George Street and enter Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament, with statues of many famous statesmen and politicians (including Sir Winston Churchill). Keep to the west side of the Square and cross Broad Sanctuary, outside the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre to Westminster Abbey. 7 - Westminster Abbey Turn left and follow Parliament Square around the south side, turning right along St Margaret’s Street, past St Margaret’s, Westminster, to the front of the Houses of Parliament. It is in Westminster Hall that British monarchs lie in state, as did Sir Winston Churchill in 1965 and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002. 8 - Houses of Parliament / Big Ben Cross St. Margaret’s Street at the Old Palace Yard and turn left into Victoria Tower Gardens. Follow the River Thames upstream through the Park to the children’s play area at the foot of Lambeth Bridge. Cross Lambeth Bridge and turn left passing the Museum of Garden History (housed in a disused church) and Lambeth Palace.