Douglas Haig

Douglas Haig is a monument in Westminster, Greater London, England. Douglas Haig is situated nearby to the government building Royal United Services Institute, as well as near the government office Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Type: Monument
Artwork type: statue
Also known as: “Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig”
Inscription: “Field Marshal Earl Haig Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France 1915-1918”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Banqueting 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.

The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining.

Big Ben

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower that stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1,400 feet south of Douglas Haig.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.

Whitehall

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.

Westminster

Quarter

Photo: Pablo BM, CC BY 2.0.

Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.

St James’s

Neighborhood

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

Douglas Haig

Category: historic site
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50428° or 51° 30′ 15″ north

Longitude

-0.12625° or 0° 7′ 35″ west

Wheelchair access

limited

Open location code

9C3XGV3F+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 25507035

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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Highlights include Royal United Services Institute and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

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