Statue of William III

A bronze statue of William III of England stands on the south side of Kensington Palace in London, facing towards the Golden Gates. The statue was designed by Heinrich Baucke and erected in 1907.

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Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Description: statue in Kensington Gardens, London, England, UK
Also known as: “King William III”, “Statue of King William III”, and “Statue of William III, Kensington Palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Albert Hall and Kensington Gardens.

Royal Albert Hall

Theater building

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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Statue of William III.

Kensington Gardens

Park

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Kensington Gardens, once part of the private gardens of Kensington Palace, are now among the Royal Parks of London and largely open to the public. The gardens are shared by the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and sit immediately to the west of Hyde Park, in west London.

Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Natural History Museum in London, England, is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Statue of William III.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Black Lion Gate and Bayswater.

Black Lion Gate

Locality

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Black Lion Gate is a locality.

Bayswater

Suburb

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Bayswater is an area in the City of Westminster. It is a built-up district with a population density of 17,500 per square kilometre, and is located between Kensington Gardens to the south, Paddington to the north-east, and Notting Hill to the west.

Kensington

Suburb

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Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, centred around 2.9 miles west of Charing Cross. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, which runs east–west.

Statue of William III

Categories: memorial, statue, and tourism
Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50463° or 51° 30′ 17″ north

Longitude

-0.18738° or 0° 11′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C3XGR37+V2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6447189846

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

Wikidata ID

Q19930056

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