Earl Haig Memorial
The Earl Haig Memorial is a bronze equestrian statue of the British Western Front commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig on Whitehall in central London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Monument
- Artwork_type: statue
- Description: equestrian statue on Whitehall in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Douglas Haig” and “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 Earl Haig Memorial.
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
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.
Earl Haig Memorial
- Categories: sculpture and 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=limitedWikidata ID
Q5325895
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Hungarian—“Earl Haig Memorial” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “黑格伯爵紀念碑”
- Chinese: “黑格伯爵纪念碑”
- French: “monument au comte Haig”
- French: “Monument au comte Haig”
- Hungarian: “Douglas Haig-szobor”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Royal United Service Institute for Defence and Security Studies and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.
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