Leicester Square

The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
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  • Park
  • …lies at an elevation of around 100 feet (30 metres)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is named after Leicester House
  • Opening hours: sunrise–sunset
  • Description: square in London, United Kingdom
  • Neighbors:
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Arts center
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Places in the Area

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central .
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This article is about three neighbourhoods of central : , St Pancras and Fitzrovia.

Leicester Square

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Latitude
51.51044° or 51° 30′ 38″ north
Longitude
-0.13013° or 0° 7′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV69+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4082589
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure = park
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
Geo­Names ID
11777625
Wiki­data ID
Q848912

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Leicester Square” goes by many names.
ليستر سكويرArabic
Leicester SquareBasque
Leicester SquareCatalan
莱斯特广场Chinese
萊斯特廣場Chinese
Leicester SquareCzech
Leicester SquareDanish
Leicester SquareDutch
ليستر سكويرEgyptian Arabic
Placo LeicesterEsperanto
Leicester SquareFinnish
Leicester SquareFrench
Leicester SquareGalician
Leicester SquareGerman
Πλατεία ΛέστερGreek
אזור כיכר לסטרHebrew
כיכר לסטרHebrew
לסטר סקוורHebrew
Leicester SquareIcelandic
Lapangan LeicesterIndonesian
Cearnóg LeicesterIrish
Leicester SquareItalian
レスター・スクウェアJapanese
レスター・スクエアJapanese
레스터 광장Korean
Lesterio aikštėLithuanian
Dataran LeicesterMalay
Leicester SquareNorwegian
Leicester SquareNorwegian Bokmål
Leicester SquareNorwegian Nynorsk
میدان لسترPersian
Leicester SquarePolish
Leicester SquarePortuguese
Лестер-скверRussian
Leicester SquareSerbo-Croatian
Leicester SquareSicilian
Leicester SquareSlovak
Leicester SquareSpanish
Leicester SquareSwedish
Leicester MeydanıTurkish
لیسٹر اسکوائرUrdu
Sgwâr LeicesterWelsh
Leicester SquareYue Chinese
李斯特廣場Yue Chinese

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