Park Town
Park Town is a neighbourhood in downtown Chennai, India. It lies adjacent to the historical neighbourhood of George Town. The area got its name from the People's Park which was situated near the Ripon Building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Park Town, Chennai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chennai Central railway station and Victoria Public Hall.
Chennai Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bellus Delphina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chennai Central, is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in the Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Victoria Public Hall
Community center
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
Victoria Public Hall, or the Town Hall, is a historical building in Chennai, named after Victoria, Empress of India. It is one of the finest examples of British architecture in Chennai and was built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Fort St. George
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
Fort St. George is a fortress at the coastal city of Chennai, India. Founded in 1639, it was the first English fortress in India. The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Periamet and Sowcarpet.
Periamet
Neighborhood
Periamet, also known as Periyampet natively spelt as Periyamedu, is one of the most important neighborhoods in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India…
Sowcarpet
Neighborhood
Photo: RAJUKHAN SR RAJESH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sowcarpet is a neighborhood in the northern part of Chennai, India. Sowcarpet is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city with narrow streets and vintage buildings.
Vepery
Suburb
Vepery is a neighbourhood in the north of Chennai, India. Abutting the transportation hub of Park Town, the neighbourhood covers a rectangular area north of the Poonamallee High Road.
Park Town
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.08635° or 13° 5′ 11″ northLongitude
80.27273° or 80° 16′ 22″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
7M5237PF+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 254150702OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Park Town” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পার্ক টাউন, চেন্নাই”
- Dutch: “Park Town”
- Tamil: “பூங்கா நகர்”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Park Town”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.