Elephant & Castle tube station

Elephant & Castle is a London Underground station in the in . It is on the of the Northern line, between and stations.
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  • 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”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Metropolitan Tabernacle and London College of Communication.

Church
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The Baptist Church, shortly the , is an Independent Reformed Baptist church in the area in . is situated 340 feet southwest of Elephant & Castle tube station.

University
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The 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.

Museum
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The , currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. Its headquarters are in London, with five branches in England. is situated 1,900 feet west of Elephant & Castle tube station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elephant and Castle and Heygate Estate.

Suburb
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is an area of , England, in the . The name also informally refers to much of and , due to the proximity of the London Underground station of the same name.

Locality
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The was a large housing estate in , , , comprising 1,214 homes, designed by architects Tim Tinker and Roger Westman.

Locality
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St George's Circus is a road junction in , 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 .

Elephant & Castle tube station

Latitude
51.49489° or 51° 29′ 42″ north
Longitude
-0.10057° or 0° 6′ 2″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
London Underground
Network
London Underground
Open location code
9C3XFVVX+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3660623413
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6954684
Wiki­data ID
Q1481451
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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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