Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial
The Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London commemorates British citizens, including both military personnel and civilians, who participated in the Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: war memorial in London
- Also known as: “Iraq & Afghanistan Memorial” and “Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Big Ben.
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.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1,000 feet south of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,000 feet east of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial.
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
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 precinct of West End theatre.
South Bank
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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.
Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50344° or 51° 30′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.12424° or 0° 7′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV3G+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 4726398892OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q28920294
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب العراق وأفغانستان التذكاري”
- Armenian: “Իրաք և Աֆղանստան (հուշակոթող)”
- Armenian: “Իրաք և Աֆղանստան”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نصب العراق وافغانستان التذكارى”
- Russian: “Ирак и Афганистан (мемориал)”
- Russian: “Ирак и Афганистан”
- Ukrainian: “Ірак і Афганістан (меморіал)”
- Ukrainian: “Меморіал «Ірак та Афганістан»”
- Uzbek: “Iroq va Afgʻoniston”
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