Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Palace
- Description: official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch
- Also known as: “Buck House”
- Historically known as: “Buckingham House” and “The Queen’s House”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Victoria Memorial.
Leicester Square
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The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Victoria Memorial
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The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of The Mall in London by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924. Victoria Memorial is situated 620 feet northeast of Buckingham Palace.
Green Park
Park
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The Green Park, one of the Royal Parks of London, is in the City of Westminster, Central London. Green Park is to the north of the gardens and semi-circular forecourt of Buckingham Palace, across Constitution Hill road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Belgravia.
Victoria
Suburb
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Victoria is an area of Westminster, Central London in the City of Westminster. It is named after Victoria Station, which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Victoria Street, opened 1851.
Belgravia
Suburb
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Belgravia is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a dangerous place due to highwaymen and robberies.
St James’s
Neighborhood
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St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.
Buckingham Palace
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Buckingham Palace” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Buckingham-paleis”
- Afrikaans: “Buckinghampaleis”
- Arabic: “قصر باكنغهام”
- Arabic: “قصر بكنجام”
- Arabic: “قصر بكنجهام”
- Arabic: “قصر بكنغهام”
- Armenian: “Բուքինգեմյան պալատ”
- Armenian: “Բուքինգհեմյան պալատ”
- Asturian: “Palaciu de Buckingham”
- Azerbaijani: “Bukingem sarayı”
- Balinese: “Buckingham Palace”
- Basque: “Buckingham jauregia”
- Basque: “Buckinghameko Jauregia”
- Belarusian: “Бакінгемскі палац”
- Belarusian: “Букінгемскі палац”
- Belarusian: “Букінгэмскі палац”
- Belarusian: “Бэкінггэмскі палац”
- Belarusian: “Бэкінгэмскі палац”
- Bengali: “বাকিংহাম প্রাসাদ”
- Bosnian: “Bakingemska palača”
- Bosnian: “Buckinghamska palača”
- Breton: “Buckingham Palace”
- Breton: “Palez Buckingham”
- Bulgarian: “Бъкингамски дворец”
- Burmese: “ဘာကင်ဟမ်နန်းတော်”
- Catalan: “Buckingham Palace”
- Catalan: “Palau de Buckingham”
- Chavacano: “El Palacio de Buckingham”
- Chinese: “白金汉宫”
- Chinese: “白金漢宮”
- Croatian: “Buckinghamska palača”
- Czech: “Buckingham Palace”
- Czech: “Buckinghamský palác”
- Danish: “Buckingham House”
- Danish: “Buckingham Palace”
- Dutch: “Buckingham Palace”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر بكنجهام”
- Esperanto: “Palaco Buckingham”
- Estonian: “Buckinghami palee”
- Finnish: “Buckingham House”
- Finnish: “Buckingham Palace”
- Finnish: “Buckinghamin palatsi”
- French: “Buckingham Palace”
- French: “palais de Buckingham”
- French: “Palais de Buckingham”
- Galician: “Palacio de Buckingham”
- Georgian: “ბაკინგემის სასახლე”
- Georgian: “ბუკინგემის სასახლე”
- German: “Buckingham Palace”
- German: “Buckingham Palast”
- German: “Buckingham-Palast”
- German: “Buckinghampalast”
- Greek: “Ανάκτορα του Μπάκιγχαμ”
- Greek: “Παλάτι του Μπάκιγχαμ”
- Gujarati: “બકિંગહામ પેલેસ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Buckingham Kiûng”
- Hausa: “Fadar Buckingham”
- Hausa: “Gidan Buck”
- Hausa: “Gidan Buckingham”
- Hebrew: “ארמון בקינגהאם”
- Hebrew: “ארמון בקינגהם”
- Hebrew: “בקינגהאם פאלאס”
- Hindi: “बकिंघम पैलेस”
- Hindi: “बकिंघॅम पैलस”
- Hungarian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Hungarian: “Buckingham Palota”
- Hungarian: “Buckingham-palota”
- Icelandic: “Buckingham-höll”
- Icelandic: “Buckinghamhöll”
- Indonesian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Indonesian: “Istana Buckingham”
- Irish: “Pálás Buckingham”
- Italian: “Buckingham House”
- Italian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Italian: “Bukingam palace”
- Italian: “Palazzo di Buckingham”
- Italian: “Palazzo Di Buckingham”
- Japanese: “バッキンガム宮殿”
- Javanese: “Istana Buckingham”
- Javanese: “Kadhaton Buckingham”
- Javanese: “Kedhaton Buckingham”
- Kannada: “ಬಕಿಂಗ್ಹ್ಯಾಮ್ ಅರಮನೆ”
- Kazakh: “Букингем сарайы”
- Korean: “버킹검 궁전”
- Korean: “버킹엄 궁전”
- Korean: “버킹엄궁”
- Latin: “Domus regia Buckinghamensis”
- Latvian: “Bakingemas pils”
- Latvian: “Bekingemas ēka”
- Latvian: “Bekingemas pils”
- Lithuanian: “Bakingamo rūmai”
- Macedonian: “Бакингемска палата”
- Madurese: “Istana Buckingham”
- Maithili: “बकिङ्घम प्यालेस”
- Malay: “Istana Buckingham”
- Malay: “ايستان باکيڠم”
- Malayalam: “ബക്കിങ്ങാം കൊട്ടാരം”
- Maltese: “Palazz ta‘ Buckingham”
- Manx: “Plaase Buckingham”
- Marathi: “बकिंगहॅम राजवाडा”
- Mongolian: “Бакинхэмын ордон”
- Moroccan Arabic: “قصر باكينڭهام”
- Nepali: “बकिंघम प्यालेस”
- Nepali: “बकिङ्घम राजदरबार”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buckingham Palace”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buckingham Palace”
- Norwegian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Buckingham Palace”
- Persian: “کاخ باکینگهام”
- Piemontese: “Buckingham Palace”
- Polish: “Buckingham Palace”
- Polish: “Pałac Buckingham”
- Portuguese: “Buckingham House”
- Portuguese: “Buckingham Palace”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Buckingham”
- Pushto: “د بکینګم ماڼۍ”
- Romanian: “Buck House”
- Romanian: “Buckingham House”
- Romanian: “Casa de Buckingham”
- Romanian: “Palatul Buckingham”
- Russian: “Бекингемский дворец”
- Russian: “Букингемский дворец”
- Russian: “Букингэмский дворец”
- Scots: “Buckingham Pailace”
- Scots: “Buckingham Palace”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lùchairt Buckingham”
- Serbian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Serbian: “Бакингамска палата”
- Serbian: “Бакингемска палата”
- Serbian: “Бакингемској палати”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bakingemska palata”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buckinghamska palača”
- Slovak: “Buckinghamský palác”
- Slovenian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Slovenian: “Buckinghamska palača”
- Spanish: “Buckingham Palace”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Buckingham”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ ⵏ ⴱⴰⴽⵉⵏⵀⴰⵎ”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔⵜ ⵏ ⴱⴰⴽⵉⵏⵀⴰⵎ”
- Swedish: “Buckingham Palace”
- Tachelhit: “iɣrem n Bakinham”
- Tachelhit: “tagadirt n Bakinham”
- Tagalog: “Palasyo ng Buckingham”
- Tagalog: “Palasyong Buckingham”
- Tamil: “பக்கிங்காம் அரண்மனை”
- Tamil: “பக்கிங்ஹாம் அரண்மனை”
- Tamil: “பக்கிங்ஹாம் மாளிகை”
- Tatar: “Букингем сарае”
- Telugu: “బకి౦గ్ హామ్ పాలెస్”
- Telugu: “బకింగ్ హామ్ పాలెస్”
- Telugu: “బకింగ్హామ్ ప్యాలెస్”
- Thai: “Buckingham Palace”
- Thai: “คฤหาสน์บัคคิงแฮม”
- Thai: “พระราชวังบักกิงแฮม”
- Thai: “พระราชวังบัคกิงแฮม”
- Thai: “พระราชวังบัคคิงแฮม”
- Turkish: “Buckingham Sarayı”
- Ukrainian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Ukrainian: “Букінгемський палац”
- Urdu: “بکنگھم محل”
- Uzbek: “Buckingham saroyi”
- Venetian: “Pałaso de Buckingham”
- Vietnamese: “Cung điện Buckingham”
- Vietnamese: “Điện Buckingham”
- Vietnamese: “Ðiện Buckingham”
- Waray (Philippines): “Buckingham Palace”
- Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo Buckingham”
- Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo han Buckingham”
- Welsh: “Buckingham Palace”
- Welsh: “Palas Buckingham”
- Welsh: “Palas Bycingam”
- Western Armenian: “Պաքինկհամ Պալատը”
- Western Frisian: “Buckingham Palace”
- Western Panjabi: “بکنگھم محل”
- Wu Chinese: “白金汉宫”
- Yiddish: “באקינגהאם פאלאץ”
- Yue Chinese: “白金漢宮”
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