The area of Charing Cross is on the site of the former hamlet of Charing which had a statue or cross called the Eleanor Cross - now long demolished.
Charing Cross is one of the main railway stations of London, the capital city of England- it is also the name of the region of London that the station is in.
2.72 kilometres (1.69 miles)
About 100 metres along The Strand from Trafalgar Square in London.
The left luggage office is just outside the glass doors at the main station entrance.