Park Lane (road)

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Park Lane is a major road (designated A4202) in Central London, England. Originally a country lane, it became a fashionable residential address from the eighteenth century onwards, with several large mansions such as the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor House and the Holford family's Dorchester House. After World War II the Lane was widened to three lanes each way either side of a central reservation, making it effectively an urban motorway. This required the demolition of a number of houses at Hyde Park Corner. It is one of the busiest and noisiest roads in central London, retaining little or none of the pastoral atmosphere that once made it popular. Access to Hyde Park is by underpass. In 2004 a memorial to Animals in War opened in Park Lane [1]

Park Lane is between three quarters of a mile and a mile in length, and runs north from Hyde Park Corner to Marble Arch, along the length of the eastern flank of Hyde Park. To the east of the road is Mayfair. The road owes much of its fame to the fact that it is the second most valuable property in the London edition of Monopoly. Despite the traffic noise the road is still upmarket, featuring five-star hotels (such as The Dorchester and Grosvenor House Hotel) and showrooms for several makes of sports car.

The road forms part of the London Inner Ring Road and as such is part of the current boundary for the London congestion charge zone, but when the zone is extended in February 2007, it will be part of one of the "free through routes" which will allow vehicles to cross the zone during its hours of operation without paying the charge.

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Some of the residents' names are from the blue plaque website.

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A roads in Zone 4 of
the Great Britain road numbering system
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A4 A40 - A41 - A42 - A43 - A44 - A45 - A46 - A47 - A48 - A49
A403 - A404 - A406 - A412 - A413 - A414 - A417 - A418 - A419
A420 - A421 - A422 - A423 - A425 - A426 - A427 - A428 - A429
A431 - A432 - A435 - A441 - A442 - A445 - A449
A452 - A453 - A454 - A456 - A458 - A461 - A465 - A470 - A472 - A478 - A482 - A483 - A487 - A488
A494 - A497 - A498 - A499
A4006 - A4012 - A4018 - A4025 - A4032 - A4040 - A4042 - A4094
A4103 - A4113 - A4117 - A4150 - A4133 - A4135 - A4142 - A4146 - A4155 - A4174
A4202 - A4212 - A4260 - A4400 - A4536 - A4540
List of A roads in Zone 4

Coordinates: 51°30′40″N, 0°9′12″W

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