'The Knowledge' that London taxi drivers need to learn is an intimate knowledge of all streets within a 6 mile radius of which London mainline station?
Taxicabs of the United Kingdom at least twelve "appearances" (periodical one-on-one oral examinations undertaken throughout the qualification process), with the whole process usually averaging 34 months, to pass. 320 standard routes through central London, or "runs", are defined in the "Guide to Learning the Knowledge of London", which is produced by the Public Carriage Office. In all, some 25,000 streets within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross are covered, along with the major arterial routes through the rest of London. A taxicab-driver must learn these routes, as well as the "points of interest" along and within 1/2 mile of each end of those routes including
The Knowledge (film) The Knowledge (film) The Knowledge is a 1979 British comedy-drama television film about a group of men doing "The Knowledge", the training required to become a London taxi driver. It was directed by Bob Brooks with an ensemble cast including Nigel Hawthorne, Mick Ford, Jonathan Lynn and Maureen Lipman. Four out of work Londoners apply to do "The Knowledge" to become London taxi drivers. They have to contend with learning 20,000 streets and 500 set routes as well as Mr Burgess, a notoriously sadistic examiner from the Public Carriage Office. In 1978 Jack Rosenthal received a telephone call from Bob