Aldwych tube station
Aldwych is a closed station on the London Underground, located in the City of Westminster in Central London. It was opened in 1907 with the name Strand, after the street on which it is located.Photo: Pencefn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: closed London Underground station
- Also known as: “Aldwych Tube Station”, “Aldwych Underground station”, “Strand tube station”, and “Strand Underground station”
- Inscription: “Strand Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Somerset House.
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.
Somerset House
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Somerset House is a large neoclassical building complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. Somerset House is situated 580 feet southwest of Aldwych tube station.
Royal Opera House
Arts center
Photo: Russ London, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 1,500 feet west of Aldwych tube station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Clement Danes and Temple.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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.
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.
Aldwych tube station
Latitude
51.51224° or 51° 30′ 44″ northLongitude
-0.11598° or 0° 6′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV6M+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2405990288OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q990658
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Aldwych tube station” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Օլդվիչի կայարան”
- Catalan: “Estació d’Aldwaych”
- Chinese: “奧德維奇站”
- Dutch: “Aldwych”
- Finnish: “Aldwychin metroasema”
- French: “Aldwych”
- French: “Strand”
- German: “Aldwych”
- Hebrew: “אלדוויץ‘”
- Hungarian: “Aldwych metróállomás”
- Hungarian: “Aldwych”
- Hungarian: “Strand metróállomás”
- Hungarian: “Strand”
- Italian: “Aldwych”
- Italian: “stazione di Aldwych”
- Japanese: “アルドウィッチ駅”
- Japanese: “アルドウイッチ駅”
- Japanese: “オールドウィッチ地下鉄廃駅”
- Japanese: “オールドウィッチ駅”
- Polish: “Aldwych”
- Portuguese: “Aldwych”
- Russian: “Олдвич”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Aldwych”
- Spanish: “Estación de Aldwych”
- Swedish: “Aldwych tunnelbanestation”
- Ukrainian: “Олдвіч”
- “Aldwych”
- “Strand”
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Highlights include St Clement’s Watch House and Roman Baths.
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