Samuel Plimsoll

Samuel Plimsoll is a monument in Westminster, Greater London, England. Samuel Plimsoll is situated nearby to the park Whitehall Garden, as well as near Tyburn Quay.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Palace of Whitehall.

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.

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 330 feet southwest of Samuel Plimsoll.

London Eye

Ferris wheel

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with more than three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Samuel Plimsoll.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.

Whitehall

Locality

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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

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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.

South Bank

Photo: Bloodholds, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.

Samuel Plimsoll

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

51.50531° or 51° 30′ 19″ north

Longitude

-0.1232° or 0° 7′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C3XGV4G+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3012192162

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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