The Kingsbury

The Kingsbury, trading as The Kingsbury PLC, formerly the Ceylon Continental Hotel Colombo and the Ceylon Inter-Continental Hotel, is a nine-story hotel located at 48, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Galle Road in the city centre of 01, .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Hotel
  • Description: hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Ceylon Inter-Continental Hotel”, “Ceylon Intercontinental”, and “The Kingsbury PLC”
  • Address: 48 Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo 01

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Colombo Lighthouse and Old Parliament Building, Colombo.

Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a and was a lighthouse in . The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the tower remains and functions as a . is situated 220 metres northeast of The Kingsbury.

Government office
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The Old Parliament Building, is the building that houses the Presidential Secretariat of . Situated in the area facing the sea, it is in close proximity to the and adjacent to the General Treasury Building. is situated 250 metres southeast of The Kingsbury.

Government office
Photo: weranga rajapaksha, CC BY-SA 2.0.
President's House is the official residence and workplace of the president of Sri Lanka, located at Janadhipathi Mawatha, , Sri Lanka. Since 1804 it had been the residence of British governors and governors-general and was known as the "King's House" or the "Queen's House" until Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. is situated 360 metres north of The Kingsbury.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slave Island and Colombo.

Village
Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.
, officially known as Kompanna Vidiya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in , , located directly south of the .

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is the largest city and commercial capital of , and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.

Suburb
is a suburb of , Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13. is situated 2½ km northeast of The Kingsbury.

The Kingsbury

Latitude
6.93297° or 6° 55′ 59″ north
Longitude
79.84182° or 79° 50′ 31″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Hotel Services (Ceylon) PLC
Open location code
6JRXWRMR+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1021604760
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­hotel
Geo­Names ID
9882467
Wiki­data ID
Q4036011
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“The Kingsbury” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فندق ذا كينغسبيري”
  • Basque: “Kingsbury hotela”
  • Burmese: “ကင်းဘာရီ”
  • Chinese: “金斯伯里酒店”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فندق ذا كينجسبيرى”
  • French: “Ceylon Inter-Continental”
  • French: “Le Kingsbury”
  • German: “The Kingsbury”
  • Indonesian: “The Kingsbury Hotel”
  • Japanese: “ザ・キングスバリー・ホテル”
  • Japanese: “セイロンコンチネンタルホテル”
  • Persian: “کینگزبری (هتل)”
  • Persian: “کینگزبوری”
  • Russian: “Ceylon InterContinental”
  • Russian: “Цейлон Continental Hotel”
  • Russian: “Цейлон Интерконтиненталь”

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