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Pall Mall is a street in the City of
Westminster, London. It is situated in SW1 and runs parallel to The Mall from St James's St through Waterloo Place to the Haymarket, while Pall Mall East continues into Trafalgar Square. It is a major thoroughfare in the St James's area of
London.
Pall Mall is best known for being the home to various gentleman's clubs built in the
19th century. These include the United Services Club,
Athenaeum, Traveller's Club, Reform Club and RAC club. Pall Mall was also once the home of the War
Office, with which it became synonymous, just like Whitehall refers to the
administrative centre of the UK government.
The street name is derived from a game which used to be played there in the 17th Century. Pall mall is a mallet-and-ball game which is
played in an alley.
In the London version of Monopoly, Pall Mall is a property in
the purple set (along with Whitehall and Northumberland Avenue) and is worth
£140.
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