Tours | Categories (New, Hot) | Map
Alcohol - Ancient - Animal - Architecture - Art - Aviation - Boxing - Celebrity - Charity - Children - Church - Cinema - Comedy - Crime - Dance - Death - Disaster - Drugs - Fashion - Food - Gambling - Ghost - Grave - Health - Historical - Industry - Justice - LGBT - Literary - Look Up - Medical - Military - Motoring - Murder - Museum - Music - Nature - Naval - Paranormal - Pioneer - Poetry - Police - Politics - Pub - Public Amenities - Quirky - Religion - Retail - Ripper - River - Royalty - Science - Sculpture - Sex - Signs - Society - Sport - Subterranean - Technology - Theatre - Train - Transport - Tube - TV - Weather -
Contact Us
IN THE NEWS
TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
25th June 1953 John Christie is sentenced to hang for murdering his wife and hiding her body under the floorboards in their Notting Hill home.
25th June 1946 Born today: Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson)
25th June 1942 British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London
25th June 1750 William Green, a weaver, accidentally lost his balance at The Monument and fell to his death.
The Whispering Gallery
The infamous acoustics of St Paul's Cathedral's dome gallery.
Location: St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster
Description: One of the fascinating features of St Paul's Cathedral is the circular gallery which runs at the point where the vault of the Dome starts to curve inwards, it's called the Whispering Gallery.
The name comes from the fact that a person who whispers facing the wall on one side, can be clearly heard on the other, since the sound is carried perfectly around the vast curve of the Dome.
If you're taking kids it's a great little diversion, and you can teach them some acoustics/physics while you're at it!
Tagged in this Tour: London
Church
Children
Ranking This Month: 853/2696
Pages Hit This Month: 87
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/1552
|
The infamous acoustics of St Paul's Cathedral's dome gallery. |
The Shady Old Lady points out that you can drag this map using mouse. Or visit our full massive map.
Pat Sharp's Mullet», 9.4km
St Barnabas & the Penny Chute», 1.4km
The Whispering Gallery», 0km
Arthur Kavanagh lived here», 3.3km
House of the Mystery Hat», 6.3km
The Elephant and Castle Story», 1.2km
The Last Wherryman's Seat», 0.3km
Magic, Gizmos & FUN», 0.9km
London's Most Refreshing Sign», 9.0km
Cartoonist Phil May lived here», 4.6km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
