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You'll encounter two different churches left Strand-ed in the middle of traffic when
the road was widened around them.
St. Mary-le-Strand,
with its clean, white interior lit
by blue-and-green stained glass, is an oasis of quiet (see photo). Charles Dickens' parents
were married here. To the right of the church (in the ugly concrete building) is
King's Col-
lege,
one of the world's top universities, with 20,000 current students and a distinguished
list of former students that includes John Keats, Florence Nightingale, and Desmond Tutu.
