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Marble Arch

The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in , . The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of ; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the well-known balcony.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: triumphal arch in London
  • Address: London
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Speakers’ Corner and Marble Arch tube station.

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A Speakers' Corner is an area where free speech open-air public speaking, debate, and discussion are allowed. The original and best known is in the north-east corner of in , England. is situated 550 feet southwest of Marble Arch.

Metro station
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Marble Arch is a London Underground station. It is located near the Marble Arch in the . The station is on the Central line, between and stations. It is in London fare zone 1.

Park
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is a 350-acre, historic Grade I-listed in , Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from through and , via Corner and , past to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mayfair-Marylebone and Marylebone.

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central . Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

Suburb
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is an area in , England, and is located in the . It is in and part of the . forms its southern boundary.

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is a district of northwest central , around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame. This inner London district is somewhat bereft of attractions but it does have a large range of budget and mid-priced accommodation.

Marble Arch

Latitude
51.51319° or 51° 30′ 48″ north
Longitude
-0.15891° or 0° 9′ 32″ west
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGR7R+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41772567
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6691765
Wiki­data ID
Q845529
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Marble Arch” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قوس الرخام”
  • Armenian: “Մարմարե կամար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərmər tağ”
  • Basque: “Marble Arch”
  • Belarusian: “Мармуровая арка”
  • Catalan: “Marble Arch”
  • Central Kurdish: “ماربڵ ئارچ”
  • Chinese: “大理石拱門”
  • Chinese: “大理石拱门”
  • Czech: “Mramorový oblouk”
  • Danish: “Marble Arch”
  • Dutch: “Marble Arch”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قوس الرخام فى لندن”
  • Finnish: “Marble Arch”
  • French: “Arc de Marbre”
  • French: “Marble Arch”
  • Georgian: “მარბლ არჩი”
  • German: “Marble Arch”
  • Hebrew: “מארבל ארץ‘”
  • Hebrew: “מארבל ארץ’”
  • Hebrew: “מרבל ארץ‘”
  • Hungarian: “Marble Arch”
  • Irish: “Marble Arch”
  • Italian: “Marble Arch”
  • Japanese: “マーブル・アーチ”
  • Malay: “Marble Arch”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marble Arch”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marble Arch”
  • Norwegian: “Marble Arch”
  • Persian: “ماربل آرچ”
  • Polish: “Marble Arch”
  • Portuguese: “Marble Arch”
  • Russian: “Мраморная арка”
  • Spanish: “Arco Marble”
  • Spanish: “Marble Arch”
  • Swedish: “Marble Arch”
  • Turkish: “Mermer Kemer”
  • Ukrainian: “Мармурова Арка”
  • Vietnamese: “Marble Arch”
  • Welsh: “Marble Arch”
  • Yue Chinese: “大理石拱門”

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