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A Knowledge boy, a familiar sight on the streets of central London.

The age and sex of this person is not clear but statistically they are likely to be young and male. The high visibility jacket he is wearing tells us that his morning job is with the Post Office. The red L-plate at the rear of the motor scooter suggests that he has acquired the bike purely for "doing The Knowledge". The clip board above the handlebars contains a list of the streets that he has to "do" today.

He is seen here waiting at traffic lights at grid reference TQ311794 at the north end of Kennington Road. SE1. In the terminology of The Knowledge, from here he can go "left - Westminster Bridge Road, forward - Baylis Road or right - Westminster Bridge Road". But as well as knowing the road names, he will be expected to know that in front of him is Lambeth North tube station, the stone building on his right is Christ Church and Upton Chapel and further back on his right is Kennington Police Station.

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