Running between the Hay Street Mall and St Georges Terrace, London Court is a retail walkway aimed directly at tourists.  It was built in 1937 by Mr Claude de Bernales, who was a wealthy mining engineer, and man about town.  He employed the services of Sir Bernard Evans to design this replica of Elizabethan times.  London Court is a very narrow arcade, and the multi storied Tudor style shops, create the impression you are in another era.  The detail in the carved woodwork, and facades is quite extraordinary.  The walkway is adorned with ornate window boxes, crests, gargoyles and moulded ceilings.  Keep an eye out for the statues of Sir Walter Raleigh and Dick Whittington. 

London Court.

Above each entrance to London Court are clocks modelled on "Big Ben" in London, and the "Great Clock" of Rouen in France.  Tourists gather every quarter hour at the Hay Street Mall entrance to watch four mechanical knights joust in a window above the chiming clock.  Down at the St Georges Terrace entrance, there is a static miniature of the brave knight St George, engaged in battle with a fierce dragon.  Once all the jousting is over, you can then enter London Court and do battle with the Australian Dollar.

The Tournament of Armoured Knights. 
Ok, so it might be a little overrated.

Being an open air arcade it can lose a little of that Elizabethan charm, if you happen to gaze skywards at Perth's modern skyline.  It is much smarter to keep your eyes straight ahead, and think of Tudor England.

Inside London Court.

LOCATION:  Between the Hay Street Mall and St Georges Terrace, Perth.