Gardens · London
Exeter Exchange
Exeter Exchange — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Steve Daniels — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Exeter Exchange is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Exeter Exchange (signed and popularly known as Exeter Change) was a building on the north side of the Strand in London, with an arcade extending partway across the carriageway. It is most famous for the menagerie that occupied its upper floors for over fifty years, from 1773 until the building was demolished in 1829.
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Background
Description
From 1773, the upper rooms were let to a series of impresarios who operated a menagerie in competition with the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London. The menagerie at the Exeter Exchange at various times included lions, tigers, monkeys, and other exotic species, all confined in iron cages in small rooms. The roaring of the big cats could be heard in the street below, occasionally scaring horses that passed by. The menagerie was established by Thomas Clark and was purchased in 1793 by Gilbert Pidcock. It subsequently passed into the ownership of Stephani Polito. Both Pidcock and Polito were operators of travelling circuses, who used the Exeter Exchange as winter quarters for their animals.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5110, -0.1210
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- WC2E 7DN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Official site
- www.thelyceumtheatre.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q5420112 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Exeter Exchange (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Exeter Exchange?
- Exeter Exchange is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5110°, -0.1210°.
- Is Exeter Exchange wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — Exeter Exchange is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.