Studying The Knowledge?
Put street names and positions back on the map, then see what comes to mind without your notes.
A street-recall challenge for London
You know London.
But can you name the street?
A free 3D map game for Knowledge students, licensed taxi drivers and anyone who wants sharper local recall.
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Independent practice game. Not affiliated with or endorsed by TfL.
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Already driving London?
Turn familiar ground into a quick personal challenge and test what still feels automatic.
Driving somewhere else?
Use the same game to sharpen the local street knowledge that matters in your own territory.
Street-level photo mode
A photo from one London street. Which street is it?
This is a special multiple-choice question: the game shows a real street-level photo—sometimes an interactive 360° view—and asks you to choose its street name from four roads in the selected area. Explore the scene, read the buildings, road markings and urban context, then commit to an answer.
Think of it as a hyperlocal geolocation challenge built for learning: instead of guessing a country or city, you practise recognising individual streets inside territory you deliberately chose.
Street-level imagery is an optional enhancement. When no suitable photo is ready, the quiz continues immediately with a map question.
Try the London photo challenge →Photo questionExplore the street-level viewDrag to look around when the image is 360°
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Four choicesChoose the street nameOne answer, three real nearby alternatives
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Map revealConnect the scene to its placeSee the exact capture point after answering
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01 See a photo. Choose its street.
This is a multiple-choice question: explore the street-level photo, then choose its name from four real London streets.
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02 Look around before answering
When the capture is 360°, turn the view without jumping elsewhere. The useful clues are yours to find.
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03 Narrow down the four choices
Architecture, street width, road markings and nearby landmarks help you eliminate the wrong names.
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04 Answer, then place it in context
The complete feedback shows your choice, identifies the correct street and places the photo at its exact position on the surrounding London map.
One useful slice of The Knowledge
Street recall matters.
It is not the whole job.
The Knowledge asks much more than naming roads. Candidates build detailed knowledge of routes, points, legal manoeuvres and the shortest route between places. This game focuses on one narrower foundation: recognising a street and placing it in its surroundings.
What this game does not do
Read the official TfL Knowledge information ↗
It does not teach complete runs, points, legal turns, route calling or appearance technique. It is a supplementary recall game, not a Knowledge school or professional assessment.
The official programme is deliberately broader.
Figures summarised from TfL’s Knowledge prospectus, points list and introductory booklet.
Learning mode
Build a learning area, then revisit the right streets.
Choose a compact part of London and the game creates a local learning corpus from the named roads inside it. Map and photo questions both update the same per-street history.
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Define your area
Pan and zoom over the streets you want to learn, then save that area.
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Play and inspect
Tap any road on the progress map to see its times shown, correct answers, errors and next review.
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Review when due
Short review sessions bring back streets that need attention instead of treating every road equally.
- NewNot yet tested
- LearningBuilding recall
- DueReady for review
- MasteredRecalled consistently
How adaptive recall works
After each answer, the game updates that street’s history and schedules a future review. Correct recalls gradually space reviews farther apart; mistakes bring the street back sooner. Review sessions prioritise streets that are due or still being learned, helping you spend time where another retrieval is most useful.
Your learning progress stays in this browser. No account is required.
Build my London learning area →
One game, two kinds of context
Recognise the street from the map or from street level.
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Read the context
Follow a highlighted map street or explore a street-level image for visual clues.
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Choose a real name
Answer from four streets drawn from the selected London area.
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Connect sight and place
See the answer on the map and let learning mode schedule the next useful recall.
Local knowledge, worldwide
Built for local challenges anywhere.
London included.
London gives the page its focus, but the game has no city boundary. Taxi drivers, couriers, local experts and curious residents can turn their own territory into a street quiz wherever the map contains enough named roads.
Straight answers
Before you take the challenge
Is this an official Knowledge of London or TfL product?
No. Name This Street is an independent map game and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by Transport for London.
Does this replace the Blue Book, runs or appearances?
No. It only practises street recognition and spatial recall. It does not teach complete runs, points, legal turns, route calling or appearance technique.
Does the London street quiz use street-level photos?
Yes. Some questions use an interactive street-level image. You can look around for visual clues, choose the street name and then see the exact photo position on the map. If no suitable photo is ready, the game continues with a map question.
How does the learning mode choose what to review?
After each answer, the game updates that street’s local history and schedules a future review. Correct recalls gradually space reviews farther apart, while mistakes bring a street back sooner. Review sessions prioritise streets that are due or still being learned.
What does the game actually practise?
Recognising street names, locating them within an area and using nearby streets, landmarks and urban form as context.
Can licensed London taxi drivers play?
Yes. Existing drivers can use it as a personal street-recall challenge, without it claiming to assess professional competence.
Does the game work outside London?
Yes. The same game can turn a named-street area almost anywhere in the world into a local geography challenge.
Where is my learning progress stored?
Only in the local storage of your current browser. It is not synced to an account or sent to a learning database.
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Central London.
Ten streets. How many can you name?
Start at Charing Cross, then move the game to the territory you want to know better.
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