The official centre of London and stage for many gatherings, including tourist markets, New Year's Day celebrations, display of prisoners of war and government rallies. Nelson's Column was recently broken by Bartimaeus. It has low spirit activity, except for occasional imps posing as pigeons. It has been known for traders to sell overpriced novelty magician items such as plastic wands, amulets and wizard hats in this area.[1] It's primarily mentioned in "the Amulet of Samarkand" when Nathaniel gets robbed by Stanley Hake and Frederick Weaver.