Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage is a memorial in Westminster, Greater London, England. Charles Babbage is situated near the park Paddington Street Gardens, as well as near the art gallery Atlas Gallery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Leicester Square and Madame Tussauds.

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.

Madame Tussauds

Museum

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Madame Tussauds is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843. Madame Tussauds is situated 1,100 feet north of Charles Babbage.

Royal Academy of Music

University

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The Royal Academy of Music in Westminster, London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the United Kingdom, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. Royal Academy of Music is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Charles Babbage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marylebone and Mayfair-Marylebone.

Marylebone

Suburb

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Marylebone is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.

Mayfair-Marylebone

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

Lisson Grove

Neighborhood

Photo: Phillip Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lisson Grove is a street and district in the City of Westminster in London, England. The neighbourhood contains a few important cultural landmarks, including Lisson Gallery, Alfies Antique Market, Red Bus Recording Studios, the former Christ Church, now the Greenhouse Centre, Stringers of London and the Seashell of Lisson Grove.

Charles Babbage

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Charles Babbage 1791-1871 Mathematician and pioneer of the modern computer lived in a house on this site 1829-1871.”
Category: historic site
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51982° or 51° 31′ 11″ north

Longitude

-0.1547° or 0° 9′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C3XGR9W+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6325178282

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Paddington Street Gardens and Atlas Gallery.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Cafe Murano and AES.

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