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Constitution Arch

The Wellington Arch, also known as the Constitution Arch or as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde Park Corner in central , at the corner where nearly meets .
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  • Opening hours:
    April—October: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    November—March: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: triumphal arch in London
  • Also known as: “Green Park Arch” and “Wellington Arch”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Apsley House.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Museum
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is the London townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington. It stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, on the south-east corner of , facing towards the large traffic roundabout in the centre of which stands the Wellington Arch. is situated 400 feet northwest of Constitution Arch.

Government office
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The in London is the diplomatic mission of in the United Kingdom. Ireland also maintains a Passport and Visa Office at 114A Cromwell Road, . is situated 830 feet south of Constitution Arch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belgravia and Victoria.

Suburb
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is a district in , covering parts of the areas of the and the . was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a dangerous place due to highwaymen and robberies.

Suburb
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is an area of , in the . It is named after , which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Street, opened 1851.

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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.

Constitution Arch

Latitude
51.50254° or 51° 30′ 9″ north
Longitude
-0.15082° or 0° 9′ 3″ west
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Inception
1846
Height
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
9C3XGR3X+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24923117
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11428715
Wiki­data ID
Q526804
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Constitution Arch” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قوس ولنغتون”
  • Arabic: “قوس ويلينغتون”
  • Armenian: “Վելինգտոնի կամար”
  • Catalan: “Wellington Arch”
  • Chinese: “威灵顿凯旋门”
  • Chinese: “威靈頓拱門”
  • Czech: “Wellingtonův oblouk”
  • Dutch: “Wellington Arch”
  • Esperanto: “Velingtona Arko”
  • Finnish: “Wellington Arch”
  • French: “arc de Wellington”
  • French: “Arc de Wellington”
  • German: “Wellington Arch”
  • Hebrew: “קשת ולינגטון”
  • Hungarian: “Wellington Arch”
  • Irish: “Áirse Wellington”
  • Italian: “Wellington Arch”
  • Japanese: “ウェリントン・アーチ”
  • Japanese: “ウェリントンアーチ”
  • Macedonian: “Велингтонов славолак”
  • Macedonian: “Велингтонова арка”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wellington Arch”
  • Norwegian: “Wellington Arch”
  • Polish: “Wellington Arch”
  • Portuguese: “Arco de Wellington”
  • Russian: “Арка Веллингтона”
  • Spanish: “Arco de Wellington”
  • Thai: “ประตูชัยเวลลิงตัน”
  • Turkish: “Wellington Kemeri”
  • Ukrainian: “Арка Веллінгтона”
  • Welsh: “Bwa Wellington”
  • Wu Chinese: “威灵顿拱门”
  • Yue Chinese: “威靈頓拱門”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Constitution Arch”. Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.