Purcell Room
The Purcell Room is a concert and performance venue which forms part of the Southbank Centre, one of Central London's leading cultural complexes. It is named after the 17th century English composer Henry Purcell and has 370 seats.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Theater building
- Description: concert and performance venue which forms part of the Southbank Centre.
- Also known as: “Purcell Room UK” and “The Purcell Room”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and London Eye.
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.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Purcell Room.
Royal Festival Hall
Theater building
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. Royal Festival Hall is situated 330 feet southwest of Purcell Room.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Bank and Gabriel’s Wharf.
South Bank
Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
Gabriel’s Wharf
Locality
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial area on the south bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth, central London, England.
Waterloo
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterloo is a district in Central London, and part of the Waterloo and South Bank ward of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated 1 mile east of Charing Cross.
Purcell Room
- Categories: concert hall, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50655° or 51° 30′ 24″ northLongitude
-0.11589° or 0° 6′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV4M+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 13100866934OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreWikidata ID
Q3925902
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Purcell Room” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普賽爾屋”
- Dutch: “Purcell Room”
- French: “Purcell Room”
- Italian: “Purcell Room”
- Japanese: “パーセル・ルーム”
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Highlights include Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Purcell Room”. Photo: Saval, CC BY-SA 3.0.