Golden Boy of Pye Corner
The Golden Boy of Pye Corner is a small late-17th-century monument located on the corner of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane in Smithfield, central London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: sculpture in the City of London
- Also known as: “Pie Corner Boy” and “The Glutton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Paul’s Cathedral and St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
St Paul’s Cathedral
Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Golden Boy of Pye Corner.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a teaching hospital located in the City of London. It was founded in 1123 by Rahere, and is currently run by Barts Health NHS Trust. St Bartholomew’s Hospital is situated 360 feet east of Golden Boy of Pye Corner.
City Thameslink railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
City Thameslink is a central London railway station within the City of London, with entrances on Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct. The station is on the Thameslink route between Blackfriars to the south and Farringdon to the north. City Thameslink railway station is situated 890 feet southwest of Golden Boy of Pye Corner.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smithfield and Farringdon.
Smithfield
Neighborhood
Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.
Farringdon
Neighborhood
Farringdon is an area in the London Borough of Islington, situated immediately north of its border with the City of London. The term is used to describe the area around Farringdon station.
Hatton Garden
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hatton Garden is a street and commercial zone in the Holborn district of the London Borough of Camden, abutting the narrow precinct of Saffron Hill which then abuts the City of London.
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
- Categories: architectural sculpture and tourism
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51724° or 51° 31′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.10159° or 0° 6′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV8X+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2624665870OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q1505515
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Golden Boy of Pye Corner” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Golden Boy of Pye Corner”
- Esperanto: “Golden Boy of Pye Corner”
- Esperanto: “Ora knabo ĉe Pye Corner”
- German: “Golden Boy of Pie Corner”
- German: “Golden Boy of Pye Corner”
- German: “Golden Boy”
- Hebrew: “הילד המוזהב של פינת פאי”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Golden Boy of Pye Corner”
- Norwegian: “Golden Boy of Pye Corner”
- Spanish: “El niño dorado de Pye Corner”
- Swedish: “Golden Boy of Pye Corner”
- Turkish: “Pye Köşesi’nin Altın Çocuğu”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate.
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