# Street View for the whole UK! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122 "2010-03-11T16:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/41 "2010-03-12T18:27:55Z")
What a timely thread - I saw [this picture in lolcelebs yesterday](http://roflrazzi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/celebrity-pictures-mel-gibson-scotland-google.jpg) (I though of Craig Ferguson when I saw it). šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/42 "2010-03-12T18:54:08Z")
Why why why why why why why does the UK have to look so appealing and beautiful when I know that Iā€™ll never get to live there? Why? _sobs_ Do they have street views of Lincoln? Thereā€™s a house still standing believed to have been rented by Katherine Swynford. Anyone have any idea? Iā€™d like to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/43 "2010-03-12T18:54:45Z")
They really waited for great weather to send out their cars - how often do you see [St. Andrews](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=saint+andrews&sll=60.723451,-1.03663&sspn=0.254189,0.87616&g=Shetland,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Saint+Andrews,+Fife,+United+Kingdom&ll=56.366177,-2.813616&spn=0,359.94524&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=56.362137,-2.813625&panoid=h-QCHqz6-vzIUeKMwGwziQ&cbp=12,76.22,,1,5) like this? That is the ninth green, but spin 180Ā° to look out over the ocean. [Stonehenge](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=stonehenge&sll=56.362136,-2.813616&sspn=0.017996,0.05476&ie=UTF8&hq=Stonehenge&hnear=Stonehenge,+Amesbury,+Salisbury,+UK&ll=51.178805,-1.825941&spn=0,359.98631&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.178803,-1.825941&panoid=FV1entws1PXZvn6s3muVMQ&cbp=12,49.86,,0,5) ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/44 "2010-03-12T19:01:07Z")
Pretty cool! I could spend some time sightseeing here. Does anyone have a link to Little Whinging? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/45 "2010-03-12T19:01:58Z")
> [@torie](#): > > Why why why why why why why does the UK have to look so appealing and beautiful when I know that Iā€™ll never get to live there? Why? _sobs_ > > Do they have street views of Lincoln? Thereā€™s a house still standing believed to have been rented by Katherine Swynford. Anyone have any idea? Iā€™d like to see it. Yes, there are street views of Lincoln. It appears that the house in question is located near the [Minster](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lincoln&sll=51.874901,0.504599&sspn=0.028403,0.055189&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Lincoln,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.234195,-0.536259&spn=0.001708,0.003449&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.233903,-0.536135&panoid=amrpFm-ybCZBfOeCp57Ovw&cbp=12,80.41,,0,5) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/46 "2010-03-12T19:13:29Z")
I used it to look at the address of ā€œ84, Charing Cross Laneā€ in London, the title of that book by Helene Hanff back in the 1960s about her correspondence with the employees an antique bookstore at that address. I knew that it had ceased being a bookstore a long time ago, but was curious as to what was there now. The best I can make out is that itā€™s a kind of funky music store. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/47 "2010-03-12T19:25:00Z")
For the Holmesians: [221b Baker Street](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=221b+baker+street,london&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.113693,43.022461&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=221B+Baker+St,+London+NW1+6XE,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.523693,-0.158236&spn=0.012443,0.042014&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.523809,-0.158287&panoid=XgLIs2ebsRAKR-aStjh8KA&cbp=12,276.92,,0,5) , complete with one of Lestradeā€™s men. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/48 "2010-03-12T19:34:29Z")
Oh, this is great! I searched for my brotherā€™s street, and it took me to right outside his house, looking through the living room window at him standing in the middle of the room watching the TV! I canā€™t wait to show him that. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/49 "2010-03-12T19:41:53Z")
[MI5 headquarters](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Thames+house,london&hl=en&cd=3&ei=dpeaS5zSGaTdOOfo4cID&sig2=_py67BK-1qHdRT7MIGpzoQ&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=6878451901670841968&ved=0CBYQpQY&hq=Thames+house,london&hnear=&ll=51.494909,-0.125142&spn=0,359.999344&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=51.494909,-0.125142&panoid=0ZncvOyti3M3Jf0NmNmAVg&cbp=12,320.29,,0,3.16) [MI6 headquarters front door, cunningly concealed by passing London bus](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=mi6,+london&sll=51.494909,-0.125142&sspn=0.000196,0.000656&ie=UTF8&hq=mi6,&hnear=London,+UK&ll=51.487049,-0.12351&spn=0,359.957986&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.486935,-0.123543&panoid=0gdliTudbV2HxEimnJjo7g&cbp=12,280.91,,0,-14.49) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/50 "2010-03-12T20:08:01Z")
[View across to Wallace Monument from the esplanade at Stirling Castle.](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=stirling+castle&sll=51.486935,-0.123543&sspn=0.000196,0.000656&ie=UTF8&hq=Stirling+Castle&hnear=Stirling+Castle,+Esplanade,+StirlingFK8+1EJ,+UK&ll=56.122843,-3.945444&spn=0,359.978993&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=56.122788,-3.945345&panoid=Q7YH7urR8mZRCVzpPb77jg&cbp=12,40.2,,0,4.17) [York Minster](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=york+minster,&sll=53.960738,-1.08152&sspn=0.002967,0.010504&ie=UTF8&radius=0.21&split=1&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=york+minster,&hnear=&ll=53.961969,-1.081778&spn=0,359.989496&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.961686,-1.081535&panoid=QSp1XnlfsY0S45E6XwbWGQ&cbp=12,333.98,,0,-13.39) [Worldā€™s biggest hedge, at Meikleour in Perthshire](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=meikleour+hedge&sll=56.53734,-3.361816&sspn=0.088974,0.336113&g=meikleour&ie=UTF8&hq=hedge&hnear=Meikleour,+Perth,+UK&ll=56.533661,-3.363962&spn=0,359.327774&z=11&layer=c&cbll=56.533661,-3.363962&panoid=nfxwhzua-mBdo6z2prbeWQ&cbp=12,350.43,,0,-9.44) Probably the most dangerous/most fun road in Scotland - [Bealach na Ba](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=applecross&sll=56.539801,-3.371258&sspn=0.022242,0.084028&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Applecross,+Strathcarron,+Ross-Shire,+United+Kingdom&ll=57.409513,-5.699112&spn=0.000305,0.002626&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=57.40957,-5.699188&panoid=KhGAoJpg5pS2kY9MO75WqQ&cbp=12,83.49,,0,15.77) _Pass of the Cattle_ ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/51 "2010-03-12T21:00:39Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > [Worldā€™s biggest hedge, at Meikleour in Perthshire](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=meikleour+hedge&sll=56.53734,-3.361816&sspn=0.088974,0.336113&g=meikleour&ie=UTF8&hq=hedge&hnear=Meikleour,+Perth,+UK&ll=56.533661,-3.363962&spn=0,359.327774&z=11&layer=c&cbll=56.533661,-3.363962&panoid=nfxwhzua-mBdo6z2prbeWQ&cbp=12,350.43,,0,-9.44) Groundskeeper Willie has been slacking off. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/52 "2010-03-12T22:13:32Z")
Near the top of [Glencoe](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=glencoe,+scotland&sll=56.618135,-4.771242&sspn=0.022196,0.084028&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Glencoe,+Ballachulish,+Argyll,+United+Kingdom&ll=56.663774,-4.970198&spn=0.009953,0.084028&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=56.66368,-4.969982&panoid=kAUAAzlShmKOOjLFiO-G3g&cbp=12,270.9,,0,-7.6). A couple of miles further back up the road thereā€™s no snow on the same hills, so at least two goes at this by Google. A somewhat bandaged-looking [Forth Rail Bridge](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Forth+Rd+Bridge&sll=52.9204,-4.111164&sspn=0.024322,0.084028&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FZ2BVgMdnQ7M_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Forth+Rd+Bridge&ll=56.001477,-3.404002&spn=0.011183,0.042014&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=56.001332,-3.404008&panoid=xOWWQyhYeXtPG7wX4NMk3A&cbp=12,98.74,,0,-3) viewed from the Forth Road Bridge. The [Forth Rail Bridge](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=North+Queensferry&sll=56.001333,-3.404002&sspn=0.011279,0.042014&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=North+Queensferry,+Inverkeithing,+Fife,+United+Kingdom&ll=56.007835,-3.392887&spn=0.022362,0.084028&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=56.007926,-3.393004&panoid=poqY6ZkoKATgv8U6LhJeDQ&cbp=12,164.48,,0,-10.08) seen from just about under it at North Queensferry. They caught [Durham Cathedral](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&q=durham+cathedral&sll=54.770892,-1.577508&sspn=0.02327,0.084028&ie=UTF8&hq=Durham+Cathedral&hnear=Durham+Cathedral,+Durham,+DH1+3,+UK&ll=54.774653,-1.576281&spn=0,359.915972&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=54.774579,-1.576276&panoid=85B4ZZwdwH66JedothbjAQ&cbp=12,190.28,,0,-9.71) in beautiful light, and also a tent of some sort. One of the [Churchill Barriers](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=italian+chapel&sll=58.839244,-2.907085&sspn=0.041748,0.168056&ie=UTF8&hq=italian+chapel&hnear=&ll=58.890679,-2.876873&spn=0,359.915972&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=58.895409,-2.897274&panoid=aYWQfxOrRp8lmeQXOSuE6Q&cbp=12,180.14,,0,13.92) on Orkney, built by Italian POWs to help prevent German submarines sinking capital ships in Scapa Flow. The causeways had the handy side effect of linking some of the islands where there had only been a ferry before- in this case Lambholm. On Lambholm the Italian prisoners, by all accounts decent fellows who really werenā€™t interested in fighting a war, built [this](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=italian+chapel,lambholm&sll=58.888994,-2.896271&sspn=0.020844,0.084028&ie=UTF8&hq=italian+chapel&hnear=Lambholm,+Orkney+Islands,+UK&ll=58.888329,-2.89391&spn=0.004679,0.042014&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=58.889782,-2.890734&panoid=Xo-bHj312PdOYenvwk2Wjw&cbp=11,91.94,,0,3.16), the [Italian Chapel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chapel) out of a couple of Nissen huts and some scrap metal. Itā€™s a wonderful testament to the human spirit. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/53 "2010-03-13T01:39:30Z")
I looked at my street and thereā€™s my Mam and my uncle heading out to the shops, at whatever ridiculously early time the photo was taken. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/54 "2010-03-13T01:58:39Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Probably the most dangerous/most fun road in Scotland - [Bealach na Ba](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=applecross&sll=56.539801,-3.371258&sspn=0.022242,0.084028&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Applecross,+Strathcarron,+Ross-Shire,+United+Kingdom&ll=57.409513,-5.699112&spn=0.000305,0.002626&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=57.40957,-5.699188&panoid=KhGAoJpg5pS2kY9MO75WqQ&cbp=12,83.49,,0,15.77) _Pass of the Cattle_ Donā€™t you folks have any dynamite? _Yes_, Iā€™m an American, and _yes_, that _is_ our answer for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/55 "2010-03-13T05:01:04Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Donā€™t you folks have any dynamite? Of course, but itā€™s an old road that follows the cattle track that once was the only way to get to [Applecross](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&q=applecross&sll=57.433664,-5.813015&sspn=0.005429,0.021007&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Applecross,+Strathcarron,+Ross-Shire,+United+Kingdom&ll=57.432061,-5.816402&spn=0.02153,0.084028&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=57.431979,-5.816469&panoid=Y8VIz9z5bQ8T1p0xPjcysg&cbp=12,230.7,,0,1.02) without sailing there. Thereā€™s a very scenic proper road that wends around that coast nowadays (victorian times), so the cattle road is a bit of a relic, but still. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/56 "2010-03-13T05:38:21Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Of course, but itā€™s an old road that follows the cattle track that once was the only way to get to [Applecross](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en-GB&geocode=&q=applecross&sll=57.433664,-5.813015&sspn=0.005429,0.021007&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Applecross,+Strathcarron,+Ross-Shire,+United+Kingdom&ll=57.432061,-5.816402&spn=0.02153,0.084028&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=57.431979,-5.816469&panoid=Y8VIz9z5bQ8T1p0xPjcysg&cbp=12,230.7,,0,1.02) without sailing there. Thereā€™s a very scenic proper road that wends around that coast nowadays (victorian times), so the cattle road is a bit of a relic, but still. One would think the [Worldā€™s Most Villainous Frog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse_%28TV_series%29#Villains) would be game for blowing some shit up. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/57 "2010-03-13T06:02:30Z")
[For Torchwood fans](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=wales&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Wales,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.464776,-3.164696&spn=0.002613,0.005863&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.46483,-3.164599&panoid=WPKrbnlE4svmkD2mP33vLg&cbp=12,113.65,,0,3.68) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/58 "2010-03-13T12:23:21Z")
> [@PatriotGrrrl](#): > > [For Torchwood fans](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=wales&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Wales,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.464776,-3.164696&spn=0.002613,0.005863&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.46483,-3.164599&panoid=WPKrbnlE4svmkD2mP33vLg&cbp=12,113.65,,0,3.68) And for _Gavin and Stacey_ fansā€¦ [Staceyā€™s house in Barry](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47+trinity+street+barry&sll=51.403222,-3.282595&sspn=0.010629,0.021415&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=47+Trinity+St,+Barry,+The+Vale+of+Glamorgan+CF62+7,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.408522,-3.28238&spn=0,359.978585&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.403176,-3.282334&panoid=kDxrhRfLEwB6v7IZIzZ5Ig&cbp=12,174.45,,0,6.36) [Gavinā€™s house](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=17+laburnum+way+dinas+powys&sll=51.403168,-3.282337&sspn=0.010629,0.021415&g=47+trinity+street+barry&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=17+Laburnum+Way,+Dinas+Powys,+South+Glamorgan+CF64+4TH,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.429558,-3.212771&spn=0.001328,0.002677&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.429558,-3.21278&panoid=dVHT9-FiG0qD2MYxkmVz2Q&cbp=12,186.06,,0,2.84) (not in Essex at all, but in Dinas Powys, also in South Wales). ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/59 "2010-03-13T13:23:46Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > [MI5 headquarters](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Thames+house,london&hl=en&cd=3&ei=dpeaS5zSGaTdOOfo4cID&sig2=_py67BK-1qHdRT7MIGpzoQ&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=6878451901670841968&ved=0CBYQpQY&hq=Thames+house,london&hnear=&ll=51.494909,-0.125142&spn=0,359.999344&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=51.494909,-0.125142&panoid=0ZncvOyti3M3Jf0NmNmAVg&cbp=12,320.29,,0,3.16) What yo talkin about Wullis? [This](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Thames+house,london&hl=en&cd=3&ei=dpeaS5zSGaTdOOfo4cID&sig2=_py67BK-1qHdRT7MIGpzoQ&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=6878451901670841968&ved=0CBYQpQY&hq=Thames+house,london&hnear=&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.494011,-0.125184&panoid=gVoE67ws0YAdRapfcOVZ8A&cbp=12,272.7,,0,0.36&ll=51.494011,-0.125184&spn=0,359.999569&z=21&iwloc=A) is the MI5 building. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122/60 "2010-03-13T13:38:05Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > What yo talkin about Wullis? [This](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Thames+house,london&hl=en&cd=3&ei=dpeaS5zSGaTdOOfo4cID&sig2=_py67BK-1qHdRT7MIGpzoQ&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=6878451901670841968&ved=0CBYQpQY&hq=Thames+house,london&hnear=&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.494011,-0.125184&panoid=gVoE67ws0YAdRapfcOVZ8A&cbp=12,272.7,,0,0.36&ll=51.494011,-0.125184&spn=0,359.999569&z=21&iwloc=A) is the MI5 building. Isnā€™t that the same building, just round the corner a bit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-view-for-the-whole-uk/532122.md?page=4)