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What these routes actually look like from the kerb. Every photograph below was taken by one of the operators listed here, on one of their own tours, and the caption says what it shows and why the cab stops there.

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament beside the arches of Westminster Bridge — Big Ben and Westminster Bridge — the stop almost every route opens or closes on

The Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower seen across Parliament Square — Parliament Square, where the cab can pull in and the coaches cannot

The Elizabeth Tower at sunrise with a red double-decker bus crossing Westminster Bridge — Sunrise over Westminster. In December this light arrives at about eight in the morning

The Houses of Parliament from the river, a passenger boat passing under Westminster Bridge — The Palace of Westminster from the water

Westminster Bridge from river level with red buses crossing it — Two red buses on Westminster Bridge, from the level of the Thames

The London Eye in the foreground with the Houses of Parliament across the river behind it — The Eye and Parliament face each other across the river

The bronze statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square with Westminster Abbey behind — Churchill in Parliament Square, with the Abbey behind him

The City of London skyline at dusk seen along the Thames, St Paul's dome to the left — The City at dusk, with St Paul's still holding its own against the towers

The Tower of London seen from across the Thames, its curtain wall along the waterfront — The Tower from the river. No tour on this sheet includes going inside it

The White Tower, the Norman keep at the centre of the Tower of London — The White Tower, the oldest building on the site

A guardsman in a bearskin standing at the doorway marked Crown Jewels at the Tower of London — The Crown Jewels entrance. The ticket for it is bought separately, at the Tower

Tower Bridge lit at sunset with the Shard rising behind it — Tower Bridge and the Shard at sunset, from the north bank

The dome of St Paul's Cathedral rising above trees against a blue sky — Wren's dome, which held the City skyline on its own for 250 years

St Paul's Cathedral framed by the glass and steel of a modern building beside it — The view of St Paul's that only exists because of what was built next to it

Buckingham Palace across its formal gardens with the Victoria Memorial in front of it — Buckingham Palace and its gardens, from the west side of the Memorial

The front of Buckingham Palace floodlit at dusk behind its railings — The Palace at dusk. Winter tours reach it in this light by four in the afternoon

The Victoria Memorial in gold and marble with Buckingham Palace behind it — The Victoria Memorial, where the Mall ends and the Changing of the Guard begins

A black cab on The Mall, Union flags hanging from the lamp posts along the avenue — A licensed taxi on The Mall — a road most vehicles are not allowed to use

A black cab parked on the gravel of Horse Guards Parade with the buildings behind — Horse Guards Parade. The cab can stop here; a coach has nowhere to put itself

A black cab drawn up at the gates of Buckingham Palace — At the Palace gates, which is as close as any vehicle gets

Strings of white Christmas lights arching above a street with a black cab beneath them — The lights above the street, and the roof you look at them through

A dark blue traditional police box standing on a London pavement — One of the few surviving police boxes, the kind of thing a driver-guide detours for

The white Abbey Road NW8 street sign of the City of Westminster on a brick wall — The sign at the corner. The studio is a working building and not open to visitors

The zebra crossing on Abbey Road with people waiting to cross on an ordinary weekday — The crossing is a live road with a bus route on it. Wait for the driver's signal

The Platform 9 3/4 sign mounted on brickwork with a luggage trolley beneath it — Platform 9¾ at King's Cross. The queue is free and it is long

The painted ironwork and glass roof of Leadenhall Market looking down the empty arcade — Leadenhall Market, empty on a Sunday, which is when the cab can reach it

Stalls under the glass roof of Borough Market with produce laid out along the aisle — Borough Market. Closed on Mondays for the full market, open for the buildings

A covered shopping arcade hung with a lit Christmas wreath and greenery — An arcade dressed for Christmas, one of the indoor stops on a lights run

The tiled and gilded frontage of the Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel — The Blind Beggar, Whitechapel — East End history on a route that goes looking for it

The Long Walk running straight through parkland towards the gateway of Windsor Castle — The Long Walk. Three miles of it, and the cab drives to the far end

The Round Tower of Windsor Castle on its grass motte above the curtain wall — The Round Tower on its motte, the oldest shape at Windsor

The pinnacled west end of St George's Chapel inside the walls of Windsor Castle — St George's Chapel. The published route allows ninety minutes for it

A house built of honey-coloured Cotswold stone behind a low wall in a village street — Cotswold stone. The colour is the whole reason the villages look the way they do

Two things the pictures keep showing

Most of these frames come from the sightseeing routes. They cover the widest spread of the city. The full set is on the sightseeing page, and the FAQ page answers what people ask before booking one.

The first is how close the cab gets. A taxi may use The Mall. It can stand on Horse Guards Parade. A coach cannot do either, and a walking tour arrives out of breath.

The second is the weather. Half of these were taken under cloud and it barely shows, because the tour happens through glass until you choose otherwise. What does change is the light. December's window is set out on the month-by-month page.

The landmarks themselves are taken one at a time on what a tour actually stops at, with the published stop times. Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London appear on almost every route here. Leadenhall Market appears on only one, and the painted ironwork in that photograph is the reason people book it. Why the vehicle looks the way it does, and who is allowed to drive it, is on the black cab page.

To see which tour each photograph belongs to, start from the black cab tours in London set out on Black Cab London Tours, or read what travellers said about them on the reviews page.