Victoria Memorial
The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of The Mall in London by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: memorial to Queen Victoria in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Queen Victoria Memorial” and “Victoria Memorial, London”
- Address: London, SW1A 1AA
- Inscription: “Victoria Regina Imperatrix”
- Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Clarence House.
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.
Clarence House
Castle
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Clarence House is a royal residence on The Mall in the City of Westminster, London. It was built in 1825–1827, adjacent to St James's Palace, for the royal Duke of Clarence, the future King William IV. Clarence House is situated 920 feet northeast of Victoria Memorial.
Green Park
Park
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The Green Park, one of the Royal Parks of London, is in the City of Westminster, Central London. Green Park is to the north of the gardens and semi-circular forecourt of Buckingham Palace, across Constitution Hill road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and St James’s.
Victoria
Suburb
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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.
St James’s
Neighborhood
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St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.
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.
Victoria Memorial
- Categories: memorial, monument, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50184° or 51° 30′ 7″ northLongitude
-0.14059° or 0° 8′ 26″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Inception
1911Open location code
9C3XGV25+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 374945234OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Victoria Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب فيكتوريا التذكاري”
- Armenian: “Վիկտորիա հուշահամալիր (Լոնդոն)”
- Armenian: “Վիկտորիա հուշահամալիր”
- Azerbaijani: “Viktoriya abidəsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Viktoriya memorialı”
- Belarusian: “Мемарыял Вікторыі”
- Chinese: “維多利亞女王紀念碑”
- Chinese: “维多利亚女王纪念碑”
- Chinese: “维多利亚纪念碑”
- Czech: “Queen Victoria Memorial”
- Czech: “Victoria Memorial”
- Dutch: “Queen Victoria Memorial”
- Dutch: “Victoria Memorial”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نصب فيكتوريا التذكارى”
- Finnish: “Victoria Memorial”
- French: “Victoria Memorial”
- German: “Victoria Memorial”
- Greek: “Μνημείο της Βικτώριας (Λονδίνο)”
- Greek: “Μνημείο της Βικτώριας”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ויקטוריה”
- Hungarian: “Viktória-emlékmű”
- Indonesian: “Victoria Memorial, London”
- Italian: “Victoria Memorial”
- Japanese: “ヴィクトリア・メモリアル (ロンドン)”
- Japanese: “ヴィクトリア・メモリアル”
- Macedonian: “Викториин споменик”
- Polish: “Victoria Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Victoria Memorial”
- Russian: “Мемориал Виктории”
- Spanish: “Victoria Memorial”
- Swedish: “Victoria Memorial”
- Turkish: “Viktorya Anıtı”
- Ukrainian: “Меморіал Вікторії”
- Uzbek: “Londondagi Viktoriya yodgorligi”
- Welsh: “Cofeb Victoria”
- Western Panjabi: “وکٹوریہ میموریل”
- “Queen Victoria Memorial”
- “Victoria Memorial”
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