London
Greater London
Westminster

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the in . It was established in the early 19th century around the area known as .
Tap on a place
to explore it
london.gov.uk
Wikipedia
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Jack Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: vibin, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Ahesters, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.

Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Art gallery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the , in , England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. is situated 470 feet north of Trafalgar Square.

Art gallery
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits. is situated 650 feet north of Trafalgar Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and St James’s.

Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

Neighborhood
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St James's is a district of , and a central district in the , London, forming part of the . The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a road and area in the , Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to .

Trafalgar Square

Latitude
51.50762° or 51° 30′ 27″ north
Longitude
-0.12914° or 0° 7′ 45″ west
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGV5C+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469782070
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
Geo­Names ID
6619832
Wiki­data ID
Q129143
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Trafalgar Square from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Trafalgar Square” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Trafalgarplein”
  • Albanian: “Sheshi Trafalgar”
  • Arabic: “ميدان الطرف الأغر”
  • Arabic: “ميدان ترافالغار”
  • Arabic: “ميدان ترافلجر”
  • Arabic: “ميدان ترفلغار”
  • Arabic: “ميدان ترفلغر”
  • Armenian: “Թրաֆալգարյան հրապարակ”
  • Armenian: “Տրաֆալգարյան հրապարակ”
  • Asturian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Azerbaijani: “Trafalqar meydanı”
  • Basque: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Belarusian: “Трафальгарская плошча”
  • Bengali: “ট্রাফালগার স্কয়ার”
  • Bosnian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Bosnian: “Trafalgarski trg”
  • Breton: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Bulgarian: “Площад Трафалгар”
  • Bulgarian: “Трафалгар”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de Trafalgar”
  • Catalan: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Chinese: “特拉法加广场”
  • Chinese: “特拉法加廣場”
  • Chinese: “特拉法尔加广场”
  • Cornish: “Pedrek Trafalgar”
  • Czech: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Czech: “Trafalgarské náměstí”
  • Danish: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Dutch: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان ترفلجار”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Trafalgar”
  • Estonian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Estonian: “Trafalgari väljak”
  • Finnish: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Finnish: “Trafalgarin aukio”
  • French: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Galician: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Georgian: “ტრაფალგარის მოედანი”
  • Georgian: “ტრაფალგარის სკვერი”
  • German: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Τραφάλγκαρ”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר טרפלגר”
  • Hindi: “ट्राफलगर चौराहा”
  • Hindi: “ट्राफलगर स्क्वायर”
  • Hindi: “ट्राफ़लगर स्क्वायर”
  • Hungarian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Hungarian: “Trafalgar tér”
  • Icelandic: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Icelandic: “Trafalgar-torg”
  • Indonesian: “Alun-Alun Trafalgar”
  • Indonesian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Irish: “Cearnóg Trafalgar”
  • Italian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Japanese: “トラファルガー・スクウェア”
  • Japanese: “トラファルガー・スクエア”
  • Japanese: “トラファルガー広場”
  • Kannada: “ಟ್ರಾಫಲ್ಗರ್‌‌ ಚೌಕ”
  • Kannada: “ಟ್ರಾಫಲ್ಗರ್ ಚೌಕ”
  • Korean: “트라팔가 광장”
  • Korean: “트라팔가”
  • Korean: “트래팔가 광장”
  • Korean: “트래펄가 광장”
  • Latvian: “Trafalgaras laukums”
  • Lithuanian: “Trafalgaro aikštė”
  • Macedonian: “Плоштад Трафалгар”
  • Malay: “Dataran Trafalgar”
  • Malay: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Malayalam: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Malayalam: “ട്രഫാഗൽ സ്ക്വയറിലെ നെൽസൺ സ്തംഭം”
  • Malayalam: “ട്രഫാൽഗർ സ്ക്വയർ”
  • Marathi: “ट्रफाल्गर स्क्वेअर”
  • Marathi: “ट्रफाल्गर स्क्वेर”
  • Mongolian: “Трафальгарын талбай”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Norwegian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Persian: “ميدان ترافالگار”
  • Persian: “میدان ترافالگار”
  • Polish: “Plac Trafalgar Square w Londynie”
  • Polish: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Portuguese: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Romanian: “Piața Trafalgar”
  • Romanian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Russian: “Трафальгарская площадь”
  • Russian: “Трафальгарскую площадь”
  • Serbian: “Трафалгар сквер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Sicilian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Slovak: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Slovak: “Trafalgarské námestie”
  • Slovenian: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Slovenian: “Trafalgarski trg”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Trafalgar”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Trafalgar”
  • Spanish: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Swedish: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Tamil: “டிரபல்கர் ஸ்குயர்”
  • Tatar: “Трафальгар мәйданы”
  • Telugu: “ట్రఫాల్గర్ స్క్వేర్”
  • Thai: “จตุรัสทราฟัลการ์”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสทราฟัลการ์”
  • Turkish: “Trafalgar Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Трафальгар-сквер”
  • Ukrainian: “Трафальгарська площа”
  • Ukrainian: “Трафальгарський майдан”
  • Urdu: “ٹریفالگر اسکوائر”
  • Uzbek: “Trafalgar maydoni”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Trafalgar”
  • Welsh: “Sgwâr Trafalgar”
  • Welsh: “Trafalgar Square”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹریفلگر سکوائر”
  • Wu Chinese: “特拉法加广场”
  • Yue Chinese: “特拉法加廣場”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Trafalgar Square”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pelican Rock and Covent Garden.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Trafalgar Square and Trafalgar Square.

London: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into South Kensington-Chelsea, Heathrow Airport, City of London, and South London.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Trafalgar Square”. Photo: Jack Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.