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King William Walk is a street in centralGreenwich in London. It runs northwards from the entrance toGreenwich Park along the edge of theOld Royal Naval College to theCutty Sark and the nearbyGreenwich foot tunnel. The western side of the street comprises a mixture of residential and commercial properties, with several shops, restaurants and, south of Nelson Road, twopubs. The eastern side includes the Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre and several former College buildings and open spaces today used by theUniversity of Greenwich, including residential accommodation in Devonport House, south of Nelson Road.
The street was originally part of theMedieval centre of Greenwich and was known as Friars Road after a pre-ReformationFranciscanfriary built to the west of thePalace of Placentia. The street was known during the eighteenth century as King Street, but was partly redeveloped and extended during the 1820s when central Greenwich was rebuilt.[1] This process also saw the construction of Nelson Road (1829) and College Approach (1836) and the establishment of a newGreenwich Market.[2]
The street contains several surviving eighteenth century buildings.[3] At the northern end is the statue ofStatue of William IV, which was created bySamuel Nixon. Originally it stood inKing William Street in theCity of London but was relocated to Greenwich in 1935. It stands whereSt Mary's Church, designed byGeorge Basevi, was located from 1823 to 1935.[4] At the southern end, by theGreenwich Tavern pub, King William Walk is joined by the short Nevada Street; from Nevada Street's western end,Croom's Hill runs southwards up the west side of Greenwich Park towardsBlackheath, London.
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