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It may be worth giving Charing Cross Police Station a call. A little-known fact is that it's not permitted to park bikes around Whitehall and other Government offices. I don't think I have (or anyone else has) ever been able to find a map showing the actual extent of this zone, which appears to be part of some fairly ancient anti-terrorist measures and is said to be aimed specifically against the alleged danger of bike bombs being left in the area. John Adams has written on this:
http://www.john-adams.co.uk/2011/05/05/bicycle-bomb-update/
(This contains links to earlier blog posts of his.)
I don't know if Monck Street is included in this, but it may well be, as it is behind the Home Office. If so, your bike may have been removed by police and taken to Charing Cross Police Station. People to whom this has happened in the past have usually had the cost of their destroyed lock(s) reimbursed to them, as the police seem to acknowledge that people who leave their bikes there couldn't have known about the ban, so it may be worth digging out your old receipt or investigating the cost of a lock/locks now before you go to pick it up. Also take proof of ownership if you have it. (As you've now posted it on a public forum, someone dishonest who reads this might try to beat you to retrieving it, so it might be worth taking the picture down.)
I hope it is the case that the police took it and that you get it back that way.
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I had a Dawes Super Galaxy touring bike stolen over the weekend in central Westminster and would be really grateful if people could keep their eyes out for it. It was D-locked to a lamppost loop on Monck Street behind the Home Office on Marsham Street. The bike was around 5-10 years old but in very good condition. Large 25" frame, pedals with toestraps, a San Marco brown leather saddle, and a rear pannier rack. Reward available for any information which leads to its recovery.
Thanks.