John Wilkes
John Wilkes is a work of art in City of London, Greater London, England. John Wilkes is situated nearby to the garden St Dunstan-in-the-West Burial Ground, as well as near Round Reading Room in Maughan Library.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Maughan Library.
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.
Maughan Library
Library
Photo: FormerBBC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Maughan Library is the main university research library of King's College London, forming part of the Strand Campus. A 19th-century neo-Gothic building located on Chancery Lane in the City of London, it was formerly the home to the headquarters of the Public Record Office, known as the "strong-box of the Empire", and was acquired by the university in 2001. Maughan Library is situated 370 feet southwest of John Wilkes.
St Paul’s Cathedral
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple and Hatton Garden.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Hatton Garden
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hatton Garden is a shopping street and commercial area in the London Borough of Camden. The area, which is London’s principal diamond and jewellery quarter, is located in Holborn, on the fringe of London’s West End.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
John Wilkes
- Type: Work of art
- Inscription: “A champion of English Freedom. John Wilkes 1727-1797. Member of Parliament. Lord Mayor.”
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51587° or 51° 30′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.10924° or 0° 6′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV8R+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 1816038202OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
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