Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St John of Rila

Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St John of Rila is a church in Westminster, Greater London, England. Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St John of Rila is situated near Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington, as well as near the government office Bulgarian Consulate.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Royal Albert Hall and Royal College of Art.

Royal Albert Hall

Theater building

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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 550 feet northeast of Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St John of Rila.

Royal College of Art

University

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The Royal College of Art is a public research university in London, England, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom.

Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Natural History Museum in London, England, is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St John of Rila.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kensington and Knightsbridge.

South Kensington

Suburb

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South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.

Knightsbridge

Suburb

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Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.

Brompton

Suburb

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Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, is an area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of market gardens in the county of Middlesex.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St John of Rila

Type: Church
Denomination: Orthodox
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50004° or 51° 30′ 0″ north

Longitude

-0.17924° or 0° 10′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C3XGR2C+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13477604172

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=orthodox

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bulgarian Embassy and Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Gore Hotel and Willcocks Nursery School.

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Worth a closer look: South Kensington-Chelsea and Heathrow Airport.

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