List of London Monopoly locations

The final list mixes well-known landmarks with relatively obscure locations. There appears to be no specific motivation for how they were chosen; when the travel writer Tim Moore searched the Waddingtons' company archives he did not uncover any relevant documentation.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=24}}

The light blue set are all part of the London Inner Ring Road, this section of which opened in 1756 as the New Road. From west to east the road runs as Euston Road to King's Cross, then Pentonville Road to the Angel, Islington.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=210}} The three streets in the pink (or purple) set all converge at Trafalgar Square,{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=45}}{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/city-in-pink-not-with-monopoly-voters-1005251|title=City in Pink? Not with Monopoly voters|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|date=26 September 2007|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812075229/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/city-in-pink-not-with-monopoly-voters-1005251|url-status=live}} and the red set are all adjacent to each other as part of the A4 road, a major road running west from Central London.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=184}} The orange set is related to locations dealing with the police and law.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=131}} The yellow set has an entertainment and nightlife-based theme; Leicester Square is known for cinemas and theatres, Coventry Street for clubs and restaurants, and Piccadilly for hotels.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=86}} The streets in the green set have a background in retail and commercial properties.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=241}}

The stations were the four London termini of the London and North Eastern Railway, principally King's Cross, which served Waddingtons' home town of Leeds. Original Monopoly boards manufactured before the Transport Act 1947 and the nationalisation of the railways use the name "L.N.E.R." on each title deed card; later boards showed "British Railways" instead.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=159}}

Some elements of the US board were unchanged, leading to apparent idiosyncrasies. The police officer on Go To Jail is wearing a New York City Police Department hat, not a Metropolitan Police helmet, while the car on Free Parking has a Whitewall spare tyre, which was uncommon in the UK. The term Community Chest was a welfare support system present in the Great Depression and has not been used in Britain.{{sfn|Moore|2003|pp=8–9}}

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:Note: the table excludes the non-specific "Go", "Jail", "Electric Company", "Free Parking", "Water Works" and "Go To Jail" squares. Chance and Community Chest squares are also omitted.

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scope="col" class="unsortable"| ! scope="col"|Colour ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Image ! scope="col"|Name ! scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"|Value ! scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"|House price (game) ! scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"|House price (2016){{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/property/heres-what-a-british-monopoly-board-would-look-like-with-todays-house-prices-a7421776.html | title = Here's what a British Monopoly board would look like with today's house prices | first = Thomas | last = Colson | work = The Independent | date = 16 November 2016 | access-date = 29 March 2017 | archive-date = 27 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190427021210/https://www.independent.co.uk/property/heres-what-a-british-monopoly-board-would-look-like-with-todays-house-prices-a7421776.html | url-status = live }} ! scope="col"|Location ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes
rowspan="2" style="background:SaddleBrown"| !rowspan="2"|Brown{{efn|Original British Monopoly boards have Old Kent Road and Whitechapel Road in a dark purple group, rather than brown.{{cite web|url=http://monopoly.cdbpdx.com/GB_PAF_1/|title=Great Britain Monopoly Game : Patent Applied For issue c. 1937|access-date=4 April 2017|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125042546/http://monopoly.cdbpdx.com/GB_PAF_1/|url-status=live}}}} |File:Old Kent Road - geograph.org.uk - 770379.jpg !scope="row"| Old Kent Road |£60 |£30 |£813,000 |SE1 SE14 |The only location south of the River Thames; also the only one both outside and more than one tube stop away from the Circle line.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=307}}
File:Whitechapel Road, looking east - geograph.org.uk - 561906.jpg !scope="row"| Whitechapel Road |£60 |£30 |£590,000 |E1 |
style="background:white"| ! style="background:white"| Station |File:KingsCrossOutside.JPG ! scope="row"| King's Cross station | £200 |N/A |£782,000 |NW1 |Principal services: Glasgow Central, {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}, {{rws|Sunderland}}, {{rws|Newcastle}}, {{rws|York}}, {{rws|Leeds}}
rowspan="3" style="background:LightBlue"| !rowspan="3"| Light blue |File:The Angel, Islington (geograph 5052750).jpg !scope="row"| The Angel, Islington |£100 |£50 |£866,000 |N1 |The Angel is a former pub, not a street. It was a Lyons Corner House in 1935 and is reportedly where Watson and Phillips stopped for lunch.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=44}}
File:Euston Road - geograph.org.uk - 723977.jpg !scope="row"| Euston Road |£100 |£50 |£1,080,000 |W1 NW1 |
File:Pentonville Road, N1 - geograph.org.uk - 415639.jpg !scope="row"| Pentonville Road |£120 |£60 |£866,000 |N1 |
rowspan="3" style="background:DeepPink"| !rowspan="3"| Magenta |File:Pall Mall 2009 103.jpg !scope="row"| Pall Mall |£140 |£70 |£1,380,000 |SW1 |
File:Whitehall 2012.JPG !scope="row"| Whitehall |£140 |£70 |£1,390,000 |SW1 |
File:MyNameIsRachelCorriePlayhouseTheatre20060329.jpg !scope="row"| Northumberland Avenue |£160 |£80 |£1,280,000 |SW1 |
style="background:white"| ! style="background:white"| Station |File:Marylebone station frontage - DSCF0473.JPG ! scope="row"| Marylebone station |£200 |N/A |£1,100,000 |NW1 |Principal services: {{rws|Birmingham Snow Hill}}, {{rws|Oxford}}, {{rws|Sheffield Victoria}} (historic)
rowspan="3" style="background:Orange"| !rowspan="3"| Orange |File:Bow Street 2.jpg !scope="row"| Bow Street |£180 |£90 |£1,280,000 |WC2 |
File:Liberty, Great Marlborough Street. - geograph.org.uk - 604105.jpg !scope="row"| Great Marlborough Street (listed as Marlborough Street) |£180 |£90 |£2,480,000 |W1 |There is no actual Marlborough Street in this part of London; the square on the board was misnamed after the Marlborough Street Magistrates Court.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=135}}
File:Vine Street Police Station, London.jpg !scope="row"| Vine Street |£200 |£100 |£1,700,000 |W1 |The shortest street on the board; it is {{convert|70|ft}} long. Since Vine Street has no pubs, a typical Monopoly pub crawl visits the connecting Swallow Street instead.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=148}}
rowspan="3" style="background:Red"| !rowspan="3"| Red |File:Strand, London WC2 - geograph.org.uk - 752450.jpg !scope="row"| Strand |£220 |£110 |£2,160,000 |WC2 |
File:Londres - Fleet Street.JPG !scope="row"| Fleet Street |£220 |£110 |£1,080,000 |EC4 |
File:Trafalgar Square, London 2 - Jun 2009.jpg !scope="row"| Trafalgar Square |£240 |£120 |£1,280,000 |WC2 |
style="background:white"| ! style="background:white"| Station |File:Fenchurch Street station (6553644825).jpg ! scope="row"| Fenchurch Street station |£200 |N/A |£1,430,000 |EC3 |Principal services: {{rws|Southend Central}}
rowspan="3" style="background:Yellow"| !rowspan="3"| Yellow |File:Redeveloped Leicester Square.jpg !scope="row"| Leicester Square |£260 |£130 |£1,280,000 |WC2 |
File:London , Westminster - Coventry Street - geograph.org.uk - 1739179.jpg !scope="row"| Coventry Street |£260 |£130 |£1,900,000 |W1 |
File:A4 Piccadilly - DSC04251.JPG !scope="row"| Piccadilly |£280 |£140 |£2,000,000 |W1 |
rowspan="3" style="background:Green"| !rowspan="3"| Green |File:Regent Street 2011-04-25.jpg !scope="row"| Regent Street |£300 |£150 |£1,700,000 |W1 |
File:Oxford Street December 2006.jpeg !scope="row"| Oxford Street |£300 |£150 |£1,300,000 |W1 |
File:Old Bond Street 2 db.jpg !scope="row"| Bond Street |£320 |£160 |£806,000 |W1 |There is no actual Bond Street; it is split into New Bond Street to the north and Old Bond Street to the south.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=81}}
style="background:white"| ! style="background:white"| Station |File:Liverpool Street Station Concourse, London, UK - Diliff.jpg ! scope="row"| Liverpool Street station |£200 |N/A |£784,000 |EC2 |Principal services: {{rws|Norwich}}, {{rws|Cambridge}}, {{rws|Stansted Airport}}, {{rws|Southend Victoria}}
rowspan="2" style="background:Blue"| !rowspan="2"| Dark blue |File:Park Lane, Mayfair - geograph.org.uk - 420019.jpg !scope="row"| Park Lane |£350 |£175 |£1,700,000 |W1 |
File:Grosvenor Square entrance.jpg !scope="row"| Mayfair |£400 |£200 |£3,150,000 |W1 |Not a street, but a location in London (between Piccadilly, Regent Street, Oxford Street and Park Lane). The most expensive square on the board, and in reality.{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/936ee878-a12c-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2|title=Mayfair: London's most expensive "village"|first=Hugo|last=Cox|newspaper=Financial Times|date=11 November 2016|access-date=28 March 2017|archive-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122072234/https://www.ft.com/content/936ee878-a12c-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2|url-status=live}}

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Citations

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• {{cite book|last=Humphreys|first=Rob|title=The Rough Guide to London|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Ltd|year=2010|isbn=978-1-848-36278-9}}
• {{cite book|last=Moore|first=Tim|title=Do Not Pass Go|publisher=Vintage|year=2003|isbn=978-0-099-43386-6}}
• {{cite book|last=Orbanes|first=Philip|title=Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game – And How It Got That Way|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-306-81592-8}}
• {{cite encyclopedia|last2=Hibbert|first2=Christopher|last1=Weinreb|first1=Ben|first3=John|last3=Keay|first4=Julia|last4=Keay|author1-link=Christopher Hibbert|author2-link=Ben Weinreb|author3-link=John Keay|title=The London Encyclopaedia|edition=2nd |year= 2008|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-1-405-04924-5}}

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• [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1eYz0P6JhQd19NoyOnEnHEY1qgz8&hl=en_US&ll=51.51847039584274%2C-0.1131359999999404&z=13 London Monopoly Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330001714/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1eYz0P6JhQd19NoyOnEnHEY1qgz8&hl=en_US&ll=51.51847039584274%2C-0.1131359999999404&z=13 |date=2017-03-30 }} from Google Maps
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