America Square
America Square is a street and small square in London, off Crosswall and located near Minories. The square was built in about 1760 and dedicated to the American colonies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: street and square in the City of London
- Also known as: “1 America Square”
- Address: 1 America Square, London, EC3N 2LS
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and Fenchurch Street railway station.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1,200 feet south of America Square.
Fenchurch Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 2,100 feet south of America Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldgate and Butler’s Wharf.
Aldgate
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
Butler’s Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.
America Square
- Category: square
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5113° or 51° 30′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.07644° or 0° 4′ 35″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
9C3XGW6F+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 369604778OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
“America Square” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “امريكا سكوير”
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