Waterloo, London "For a list of street names etymologies in the area see: Street names of Waterloo" Waterloo is connected to the Strand area on the north bank of the River Thames by Waterloo Bridge. The first bridge on the site was opened in 1817 and the current bridge was opened in 1945. The bridge was named to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Waterloo Road also dates from this time, built on land belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury.. St John's, Waterloo was constructed from 1822 by the Commissioners for Building New Churches as the population of the parish of
Kew Railway Bridge and has been rented from British Rail and its heirs ever since. In "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", a 1964 serial from the BBC's "Doctor Who", the TARDIS materialises under Kew Railway Bridge, where it is subsequently trapped when the bridge collapses. A District Line service can also be seen crossing the bridge in the 1965 drama Four in the Morning. Kew Railway Bridge Kew Railway Bridge (or Strand-on-the-Green Bridge) spans the River Thames in London, England, between Kew and Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick. The bridge, which was given Grade II listed structure protection in 1983, was designed by W. R. Galbraith