Vine Street, Westminster
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Vine Street is a thoroughfare in Westminster
City of Westminster
The City of Westminster is a London borough occupying much of the central area of London, England, including most of the West End. It is located to the west of and adjoining the ancient City of London, directly to the east of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and its southern boundary...

, London
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, England
England
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. Its main claim to notability is as one of the streets on the standard London Monopoly
Monopoly (game)
Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker...

 board.

The street is short and narrow, consisting mainly of the rear facades of buildings facing onto other, more salubrious, streets. The only major establishment, the Vine Street Police Station, is now closed.

As one of the stops on the popular London Monopoly Pub Crawl, where participants must consume a drink at a public house on each of the locations of the standard London Monopoly board, it is notable for the lack of any sort of licensed establishment. There are, however, a small number of bars on Swallow Street, of which Vine Street is effectively a branch, and there are several hotels in the immediate area.
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