Charing Cross
Charing Cross is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Since the early 19th century, Charing Cross has been the notional "centre of London" and became the point from which distances from London are measured.
- Type: Locality
- Description: area of London, England
- Also known as: “Чаринг Кросс”, “채링 크로스”, and “チャリングクロス”
- Neighbors: Covent Garden
Places of Interest
Highlights: Leicester Square and London Charing Cross.
Leicester Square
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Covent Garden and West End of London.
Charing Cross
- Categories: monument and area of London
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50848° or 51° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
-0.12493° or 0° 7′ 30″ west
Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGV5G+92
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Charing Cross” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Charing Cross”
- Arabic: “تشارينغ كروس”
- Basque: “Charing Cross”
- Belarusian: “Чарынг-Крос”
- Breton: “Charing Cross”
- Catalan: “Charing Cross”
- Chinese: “查令十字”
- Chinese: “查灵十字”
- Czech: “Charing Cross”
- Danish: “Charing Cross”
- Dutch: “Charing Cross”
- Esperanto: “Charing Cross”
- Estonian: “Charing Cross”
- Finnish: “Charing Cross”
- French: “Charing Cross”
- Galician: “Charing Cross”
- German: “Charing Cross”
- Hebrew: “צ’רינג קרוס”
- Hebrew: “צרינג קרוס”
- Hungarian: “Charing Cross”
- Icelandic: “Charing Cross”
- Indonesian: “Charing Cross”
- Irish: “Charing Cross”
- Italian: “Charing Cross”
- Japanese: “チャリング・クロス”
- Korean: “채링크로스”
- Latin: “Crux Chariniana”
- Lithuanian: “Čaring Krosas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Charing Cross”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Charing Cross”
- Norwegian: “Charing Cross”
- Persian: “چارینگ کراس”
- Persian: “چرینگ کراس”
- Polish: “Charing Cross”
- Portuguese: “Charing Cross”
- Russian: “Чаринг-Кросс”
- Scots: “Charing Cross”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Charing Cross”
- Slovak: “Charing Cross”
- Slovenian: “Charing Cross”
- South Azerbaijani: “چرینق کراس”
- Spanish: “Charing Cross”
- Swedish: “Charing Cross”
- Thai: “ชาริงครอสส์”
- Turkish: “Charing Cross”
- Ukrainian: “Чарінг-кросс”
- Ukrainian: “Чарінг-Кросс”
- Urdu: “چیرنگ کراس”
- Vietnamese: “Charing Cross”
- Welsh: “Charing Cross”
- Western Frisian: “Charing Cross”
- “Charing Cross”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Whitehall and St James’s.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Benjamin Franklin House and Charing Cross tube station.
London: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: South Kensington-Chelsea and Heathrow Airport.
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