Elephant & Castle tube station
Elephant & Castle is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark in Central London. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line, between Borough and Kennington stations.Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: London Underground station
- Also known as: “Elephant & Castle station”, “Elephant & Castle Underground station”, “Elephant & Castle Underground Station”, “Elephant and Castle”, “Elephant and Castle Underground station”, and “ZEL”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Metropolitan Tabernacle and London College of Communication.
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Church
Photo: Romainbehar, CC0.
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Baptist Church, shortly the Metropolitan Tabernacle, is an Independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle area in London. Metropolitan Tabernacle is situated 340 feet southwest of Elephant & Castle tube station.
London College of Communication
University
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. Its origins are in education for the printing and retail industries; it now specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts.
Elephant & Castle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephant & Castle railway station is a National Rail station in Newington, south London. Along with the London Underground station of the same name, it is located in the London Borough of Southwark and is in both London fare zone 1 and 2. Elephant & Castle railway station is situated 520 feet southeast of Elephant & Castle tube station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elephant and Castle and Heygate Estate.
Elephant and Castle
Suburb
Photo: Sue Wallace, CC BY 2.0.
Elephant and Castle is an area of south London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark. The name also informally refers to much of Walworth and Newington, due to the proximity of the London Underground station of the same name.
Heygate Estate
Locality
Photo: London SE1 Community Website, CC BY 2.0.
The Heygate Estate was a large housing estate in Walworth, Southwark, South London, comprising 1,214 homes. The estate was demolished between 2011 and 2014 as part of the urban regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area.
St George’s Circus
Locality
Photo: Martin Addison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St George's Circus is a road junction in Southwark, London, England. At its centre, which is now a traffic roundabout, is an historic obelisk, designed by Robert Mylne, in his role as surveyor and architect of Blackfriars Bridge.
Elephant & Castle tube station
Latitude
51.49489° or 51° 29′ 42″ northLongitude
-0.10057° or 0° 6′ 2″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Operator
London UndergroundNetwork
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Elephant & Castle tube station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إليفانت وكاسل (محطه مترو أنفاق لندن)”
- Arabic: “إليفانت وكاسل”
- Bengali: “এলিফ্যান্ট এন্ড ক্যাসল আন্ডারগ্রাউন্ড স্টেশন”
- Bengali: “এলিফ্যান্ট এন্ড ক্যাসল টিউব স্টেশন”
- Chinese: “象堡站”
- Czech: “Elephant & Castle”
- Danish: “Elephant & Castle Station (London Underground)”
- Danish: “Elephant & Castle Station”
- Dutch: “Elephant & Castle (metrostation)”
- Dutch: “Elephant & Castle”
- Dutch: “Station Elephant & Castle”
- Esperanto: “Elephant & Castle”
- Esperanto: “Stacio Elefanto & Kastelo”
- Finnish: “Elephant & Castlen metroasema”
- French: “Elephant & Castle”
- Gan Chinese: “艾勒芳卡斯托站”
- German: “Bahnhof Elephant & Castle”
- Hungarian: “Elephant & Castle metróállomás”
- Hungarian: “Elephant & Castle”
- Indonesian: “Elephant & Castle”
- Italian: “Elephant & Castle”
- Italian: “stazione di Elephant & Castle”
- Italian: “stazione di Elephant and Castle”
- Japanese: “エレファント&キャッスル駅”
- Korean: “엘리펀트 & 캐슬”
- Lombard: “Elephant & Castle (metropolitana de Londra)”
- Lombard: “Elephant & Castle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elephant & Castle stasjon”
- Norwegian: “Elephant & Castle stasjon”
- Persian: “ایستگاه قلعه و فیل”
- Polish: “Elephant & Castle”
- Portuguese: “Elephant & Castle”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Elephant & Castle”
- Russian: “Элефант-энд-Касл (станция метро)”
- Russian: “Элефант-энд-Касл”
- Slovak: “Elephant & Castle”
- Spanish: “Elephant & Castle”
- Turkish: “Elephant & Castle metro istasyonu”
- Turkish: “Elephant & Castle tube station”
- Ukrainian: “Елефант-енд-Касл”
- Urdu: “ایلیفینٹ و کیسل ٹیوب اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf danddaearol Elephant & Castle”
- Yiddish: “עלעפאנט און קאסל אונטערגרונט סטאנציע”
- Yue Chinese: “象堡站”
- “Elephant & Castle”
- “ZEL”
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