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”
- Wheelchair access: limited
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.
Banqueting House
Photo: ChrisO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Palace of Whitehall
Archaeological site
Photo: Hendrick Danckerts, Public domain.
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire. Palace of Whitehall is situated 510 feet east 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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50428° or 51° 30′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.12625° or 0° 7′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV3F+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 25507035OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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