Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in , England. Located in the , the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality.
  • Palace
  • …lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 metres)
  • …is also known as “Buck House”
  • Description: official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch
  • Historically known as
    “Buckingham House”
    “The Queen’s House”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Victoria Memorial.
The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of .
The is a monument to Queen Victoria… is situated 620 feet northeast of Buckingham Palace.
The , one of the Royal Parks of London, is in the , Central London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Victoria and Belgravia.
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Suburb
is a district in , covering…
Neighborhood
St James's is a district of , and a central…
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Latitude
51.50094° or 51° 30′ 3″ north
Longitude
-0.14289° or 0° 8′ 34″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV24+9R
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Buckingham Palace” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Buckingham-paleis”
  • 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: “Palez Buckingham”
  • Bulgarian: “Бъкингамски дворец”
  • Burmese: “ဘာကင်ဟမ်နန်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Palau de Buckingham”
  • Chavacano: “El Palacio de Buckingham”
  • Chinese: “白金汉宫”
  • Chinese: “白金漢宮”
  • Croatian: “Buckinghamska palača”
  • Czech: “Buckinghamský palác”
  • Danish: “Buckingham Palace”
  • Dutch: “Buckingham Palace”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر بكنجهام”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco Buckingham”
  • Estonian: “Buckinghami palee”
  • Finnish: “Buckinghamin palatsi”
  • French: “Palais de Buckingham”
  • Galician: “Palacio de Buckingham”
  • Georgian: “ბაკინგემის სასახლე”
  • Georgian: “ბუკინგემის სასახლე”
  • German: “Buckingham Palace”
  • German: “Buckingham Palast”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Buck House”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Buckingham Palace”
  • 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”
  • Hungarian: “Buckingham-palota”
  • Icelandic: “Buckingham-höll”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Buckingham”
  • Irish: “Pálás Buckingham”
  • Italian: “Buckingham Palace”
  • Italian: “Bukingam palace”
  • 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”
  • Kashmiri: “بَکِنٛگھَم پیلِس”
  • Kashmiri: “بَکِنٛگھَم میٚحل”
  • 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: “Palácio de Buckingham”
  • Pushto: “د بکینګم ماڼۍ”
  • Romanian: “Buck 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: “Бакингамска палата”
  • Serbian: “Бакингемска палата”
  • Serbian: “Бакингемској палати”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bakingemska palata”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buckinghamska palača”
  • Sindhi: “بڪنگهم پيلس”
  • Slovak: “Buckinghamský palác”
  • Slovenian: “Buckinghamska palača”
  • 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”
  • Tamil: “பக்கிங்காம் அரண்மனை”
  • Tamil: “பக்கிங்ஹாம் அரண்மனை”
  • Tamil: “பக்கிங்ஹாம் மாளிகை”
  • Tatar: “Букингем сарае”
  • Telugu: “బకి౦గ్ హామ్ పాలెస్”
  • Telugu: “బకింగ్ హామ్ పాలెస్”
  • Telugu: “బకింగ్‌హామ్ ప్యాలెస్”
  • Thai: “คฤหาสน์บัคคิงแฮม”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังบักกิงแฮม”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังบัคกิงแฮม”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังบัคคิงแฮม”
  • Turkish: “Buckingham Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Букінгемський палац”
  • Urdu: “بکنگھم محل”
  • Uzbek: “Buckingham saroyi”
  • Venetian: “Pałaso de Buckingham”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Buckingham”
  • Vietnamese: “Điện Buckingham”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo Buckingham”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palasyo han Buckingham”
  • 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”
  • “Buckingham House”

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