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[[Image:MI6BuildingVauxhall.jpg|thumb|SIS Headquarters]] |
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'''Vauxhall Cross''' is road junction at [[Vauxhall]] in the [[London Borough of Lambeth]], immediately to the south-east of [[Vauxhall Bridge]]. Six major roads converge at the cross, including the [[Albert Embankment]] which exits the cross to the north, and which is the southernmost point of entry into the [[London Congestion Charge]] area. |
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It is the site of the central [[SIS Building|headquarters]] of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (MI6), which occupies purpose built offices erected between 1989 and 1992 and commonly referred to as Vauxhall Cross. More recently, a large complex of apartments and offices has been built to the south of Vauxhall Bridge. |
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Interestingly the James Bond film Die Another Day featured the fictional undergound station Vauxhall Cross which seems to be on a special branch of the Picadilly Line - presumably it was so that James Bond could commute to MI6 easily. |
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Vauxhall Cross was described as "one of the most unpleasant road junctions in South London", in [[Nikolaus Pevsner]]'s architectural guide to London. Throughout the 2002 to 2004 period, the Cross has been undergoing a gradual redesign to accommodate a bus interchange linked to the [[Vauxhall station|Vauxhall mainline railway and tube stations]], both of which are located to the south-eastern end of the cross. Work has involved design changes to traffic lanes, improved pedestrian and cycle crossings, refurbishment of walkways beneath the mainline railway viaduct, and the construction of a bus station, completed in December 2004 featuring an undulating steel-frame canopy and ribbed steel walls. An interesting feature of the canopy is a series of photoelectric cells generating electricity to offset that used by the bus station. |
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[[Category:Transport architecture in London]] |
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[[Category:Streets of London]] |
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