Belgrave Square
Belgrave Square is a large 19th-century garden square in London. It is the centrepiece of Belgravia, and its architecture resembles the original scheme of property contractor Thomas Cubitt who engaged George Basevi for all of the terraces for the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, later the 1st Marquess of Westminster, in the 1820s.Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bike rental
- Description: square in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Belgrave Square, Belgravia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Embassy of Ireland.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Embassy of Ireland
Government office
Photo: Aquintero82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy of Ireland in London is the diplomatic mission of Ireland in the United Kingdom. Ireland also maintains a Passport and Visa Office at 114A Cromwell Road, South Kensington. Embassy of Ireland is situated 620 feet northeast of Belgrave Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belgravia and Chelsea.
Belgravia
Suburb
Photo: Paul Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belgravia is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a dangerous place due to highwaymen and robberies.
Chelsea
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.
Victoria
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Victoria is an area of Westminster, Central London in the City of Westminster. It is named after Victoria Station, which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Victoria Street, opened 1851.
Belgrave Square
- Category: square
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49946° or 51° 29′ 58″ northLongitude
-0.15233° or 0° 9′ 8″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Brand
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Belgrave Square” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Belgrave Square”
- Albanian: “Belgrave Square”
- Aragonese: “Belgrave Square”
- Asturian: “Belgrave Square”
- Basque: “Belgrave Square”
- Bavarian: “Belgrave Square”
- Bosnian: “Belgrave Square”
- Breton: “Belgrave Square”
- Catalan: “Belgrave Square”
- Chinese: “貝爾格雷夫廣場”
- Chinese: “贝尔格雷夫广场”
- Cornish: “Belgrave Square”
- Corsican: “Belgrave Square”
- Croatian: “Belgrave Square”
- Czech: “Belgrave Square”
- Danish: “Belgrave Square”
- Dutch: “Belgrave Square”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان بلجريف”
- Esperanto: “Belgrave Square”
- Estonian: “Belgrave Square”
- Faroese: “Belgrave Square”
- Finnish: “Belgrave Square”
- French: “Belgrave Square”
- Galician: “Belgrave Square”
- German: “Belgrave Square”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Μπέλγκρεϊβ”
- Hebrew: “כיכר בלגרייב”
- Hungarian: “Belgrave Square”
- Icelandic: “Belgrave Square”
- Indonesian: “Belgrave Square”
- Irish: “Belgrave Square”
- Italian: “Belgrave Square”
- Japanese: “ベルグレーヴ広場”
- Japanese: “ベルグレイヴ・スクエア”
- Japanese: “ベルグレイブ・スクエア”
- Japanese: “ベルグレイブ広場”
- Latvian: “Belgrave Square”
- Lithuanian: “Belgrave Square”
- Luxembourgish: “Belgrave Square”
- Malay: “Belgrave Square”
- Malay: “Medan Belgrave”
- Maltese: “Belgrave Square”
- Manx: “Belgrave Square”
- Narom: “Belgrave Square”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belgrave Square”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belgrave Square”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Belgrave Square”
- Persian: “بلگریو اسکوئر”
- Piemontese: “Belgrave Square”
- Polish: “Belgrave Square”
- Portuguese: “Belgrave Square”
- Romanian: “Belgrave Square”
- Romansh: “Belgrave Square”
- Russian: “Белгрейвская площадь”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Belgrave Square”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belgrave Square”
- Slovak: “Belgrave Square”
- Slovenian: “Belgrave Square”
- Spanish: “Belgrave Square”
- Swedish: “Belgrave Square”
- Tahitian: “Belgrave Square”
- Turkish: “Belgrave Square”
- Ukrainian: “Белгрейвська площа”
- Urdu: “بلگریو اسکوائر”
- Urdu: “بلگریو چوک”
- Walloon: “Belgrave Square”
- Welsh: “Sgwar Belgrave”
- Zulu: “Belgrave Square”
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