Oranjehaven
Oranjehaven is a memorial in Westminster, Greater London, England. Oranjehaven is situated nearby to the residential area St George’s Fields, as well as near Smallest House of London.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hyde Park and Marble Arch.
Hyde Park
Park
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyde Park is a 350-acre, historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, past Buckingham Palace to St James's Park.
Marble Arch
Photo: Wei-Te Wong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the well-known balcony. Marble Arch is situated 1,500 feet east of Oranjehaven.
Speakers’ Corner
Photo: KF, Public domain.
A Speakers' Corner is an area where free speech open-air public speaking, debate, and discussion are allowed. The original and best known is in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in Westminster, England, near Marble Arch. Speakers’ Corner is situated 1,300 feet east of Oranjehaven.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paddington-Maida Vale and Marylebone.
Paddington-Maida Vale
Photo: Natesh Ramasamy, CC BY 2.0.
Paddington-Maida Vale is a district of northwest central London, around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame. This inner London district is somewhat bereft of attractions but it does have a large range of budget and mid-priced accommodation.
Marylebone
Suburb
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Oranjehaven
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for Dutchmen having escaped from their occupied country to join the Allied Forces.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51276° or 51° 30′ 46″ northLongitude
-0.16545° or 0° 9′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C3XGR7M+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 6947234408OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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