Guards Memorial
The Guards Memorial, also known as the Guards Division War Memorial, is an outdoor war memorial located on the west side of Horse Guards Road, opposite Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: war memorial in Horse Guards Parade, London
- Address: Horse Guards Road, London
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Horse Guards Parade.
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.
Horse Guards Parade
Photo: Lcw27, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London. It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Guards Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.
Whitehall
Locality
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Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment precinct of West End theatre.
St James’s
Neighborhood
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Guards Memorial
- Categories: war memorial, sculpture, and historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50449° or 51° 30′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.12952° or 0° 7′ 46″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C3XGV3C+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 151297138OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
12420845Wikidata ID
Q18160093
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In Other Languages
From Hungarian to Russian—“Guards Memorial” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Gárdahadosztály emlékmű (London)”
- Hungarian: “Gárdahadosztály emlékmű”
- Russian: “Гвардейский мемориал”
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