Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross
The Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross is a memorial to Eleanor of Castile erected in the forecourt of Charing Cross railway station, London, in 1864–1865. It is a fanciful reconstruction of the medieval Eleanor cross at Charing, one of twelve memorial crosses erected by Edward I of England in memory of his first wife.Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: replica of the medieval Charing Cross outside Charing Cross railway station, London
- Also known as: “Charing Cross”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.
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.
National Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. National Gallery is situated 800 feet west of Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross.
London Charing Cross
Railway station
Photo: Joshua Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the Southeastern Main Lines to Dover via Ashford and Hastings via Tunbridge Wells. London Charing Cross is situated 500 feet southeast of Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Covent Garden and West End of London.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
West End of London
Locality
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The West End of London is a district of London, England. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in the London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross
- Category: historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50844° or 51° 30′ 30″ northLongitude
-0.12529° or 0° 7′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV5F+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 10969212579OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q17550120
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In Other Languages
“Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross” goes by many names.
- French: “Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross”
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