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St John’s Wood

St John's Wood is a district in the , London, England, about 2.5 miles northwest of . Historically the northern part of the ancient parish and Metropolitan Borough of , it extends from and in the east to Edgware Road in the west, with the area of to the north and to the south.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: area of Marylebone, west London
  • Also known as: “Saint John’s Wood” and “St. John’s Wood”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and Madame Tussauds.

Hospital
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The in St John's Wood, London, England, is a Catholic charitable general hospital in north London.

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is a founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843.

Recording studio
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is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, , London. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, which owned it until Universal Music Group took control of part of it in 2013.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lisson Grove and Alexandra Road Estate.

Neighborhood
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is a street and district in the in London, England. The neighbourhood contains a few important cultural landmarks, including , , Red Bus Recording Studios, the former Christ Church, now the Greenhouse Centre, Stringers of London and the .

Neighborhood
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The is a housing estate in the , , . It was designed in a brutalist style in 1968 by Neave Brown of Camden Council's Architects Department.

Suburb
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Maida Vale is an affluent residential district in , England, north of , southwest of St John's Wood and south of , on Edgware Road.

St John’s Wood

Latitude
51.53173° or 51° 31′ 54″ north
Longitude
-0.17419° or 0° 10′ 27″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGRJG+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3936968792
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2638768
Wiki­data ID
Q2153758
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“St John’s Wood” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “St John’s Wood”
  • Arabic: “سانت جونز وود”
  • Armenian: “Սենթ Ջոնս Վուդ”
  • Catalan: “St. John’s Wood”
  • Chinese: “圣约翰伍德”
  • Chinese: “聖約翰伍德”
  • Danish: “St John’s Wood”
  • Danish: “St Johns Wood”
  • Danish: “St. John’s Wood”
  • Danish: “St. Johns Wood”
  • Dutch: “St John’s Wood”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانت جونز وود”
  • Estonian: “St John’s Wood”
  • French: “St John’s Wood”
  • French: “St. John’s Wood”
  • Galician: “St. John’s Wood”
  • German: “St John’s Wood”
  • German: “St. John’s Wood”
  • Greek: “Σεντ Τζονς Γουντ”
  • Hebrew: “סט. ג’ון ווד”
  • Hindi: “सेंट जॉन्स वुड”
  • Irish: “St John’s Wood”
  • Italian: “St John’s Wood”
  • Japanese: “セイント・ジョンズ・ウッド”
  • Japanese: “セント・ジョン・ウッド”
  • Japanese: “セント・ジョンズ・ウッド”
  • Luxembourgish: “St John’s Wood”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St John’s Wood”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St Johns Wood”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. John’s Wood”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Johns Wood”
  • Norwegian: “St John’s Wood”
  • Portuguese: “St John’s Wood”
  • Portuguese: “St. John’s Wood”
  • Russian: “Сент Джонс Вуд”
  • Russian: “Сент-Джонс-Вуд”
  • Scots: “St John’s Wood”
  • Slovak: “St John’s Wood”
  • Slovenian: “St. John’s Wood”
  • Spanish: “St John’s Wood”
  • Swedish: “St John’s Wood”
  • Turkish: “St John’s Wood”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ جونز وڈ”
  • Welsh: “St John’s Wood”
  • Yiddish: “סט דזשאנס וואוד”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wellington Hospital and Saint John and Saint Elizabeth.

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