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Piccadilly Circus → Golden Square

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The area, boroughs, postcodes, neighbourhoods, main roads and bridges
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  1. 1The Knowledge areaThe six-mile circle, Charing Cross and the river.
  2. 2BoroughsThe boroughs the Knowledge area covers, and where they sit.
  3. 3PostcodesThe postcode areas and districts every Blue Book place comes with.
  4. 4Central postcode districtsW1, SW1, SE1 and the districts round them, and the places in each.
  5. 5Central neighbourhoodsSoho, Mayfair, Fitzrovia and the rest, and how they fit together.
  6. 6The main roadsThe skeleton of London: the ring road and the roads that fan out from the centre.
  7. 7BridgesEvery Thames bridge in the area, in order from west to east.
  8. 8Points and the quarter mileWhat counts as a point, and the quarter mile round both ends of every run.
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West End warm-up

Piccadilly Circus to National Portrait Gallery
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  1. 1Piccadilly Circus → Golden Square
  2. 2The Ritz → Leicester Square
  3. 3Royal Academy of Arts → St James's Square
  4. 4Trafalgar Square → Carnaby Street
  5. 5Hamleys → National Portrait Gallery

The Blue Books

Book 1

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List 1

Manor House Station to Dalston Kingsland Station
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  1. 1Manor House Station → Gibson Square
  2. 2Thornhill Square → Queen Square
  3. 3Chancery Lane Station → Rolls Road
  4. 4Pages Walk → St. Martin's Theatre
  5. 5Australian High Commission → Paddington Station
  6. 6Lancaster Gate → Royal Free Hospital
  7. 7Fitzjohn's Avenue → Fitzhardinge Street
  8. 8Ritz Hotel → Battersea Park Station
  9. 9Ponton Road → Camberwell Grove
  10. 10Knatchbull Road → Surrey Quays Station
  11. 11Timber Pond Road → Grocers Hall Court
  12. 12Barbican → Mile End Station
  13. 13Beaumont Square → Cannon Wharf Business Centre
  14. 14New Cross Station → National Maritime Museum
  15. 15Maze Hill Station → West Ham Lane
  16. 16West Ham Station → Dalston Kingsland Station

List 2

Graham Road to Tower Bridge
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List 3

Sumner Street to Lime Street
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List 4

Shadwell Station to St. Edmunds Terrace
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List 5

St. John's Wood Station to Harringay Greens Lanes Station
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Book 2

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List 6

Aldwych to Brookmill Road
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List 7

Deptford Station to Queen's Gate
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List 8

Royal College of Music to Landor Road
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List 9

Clapham Common Station to Raymouth Road
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List 10

Redriff Road to Balls Pond Road
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Book 3

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List 11

Highbury Corner to Bryanston Square
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List 12

Savile Row to Latimer Road Station
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List 13

Kensal Road to South Lambeth Road
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List 14

Silverthorne Road to Evelyn Street
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List 15

New Cross Gate Station to Stoke Newington Church Street
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Book 4

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List 16

Clissold Park to Golden Lane
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List 17

Finsbury Circus to Old Compton Street
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List 18

Tottenham Court Road Station to High Street
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List 19

Cholmeley Park to Bouverie Street
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List 20

Cannon Street Station to Charing Cross Station
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