HAAKON VII
HAAKON VII is a memorial in South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, England. HAAKON VII is situated nearby to the government office Official residence of the Ambassador of Norway, as well as near Official residence of the Ambassador of Finland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Albert Hall and Kensington Gardens.
Royal Albert Hall
Theater building
Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.
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 3,400 feet southeast of HAAKON VII.
Kensington Gardens
Park
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1 mile southeast of HAAKON VII.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Lion Gate and Bayswater.
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
Photo: Yaanch, Public domain.
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around 2.9 miles west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis.
HAAKON VII
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “King HAAKON VII 1872-1957 led the Norwegian government-in-exile here 1940-1945”
- Category: historic site
- Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50548° or 51° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.19072° or 0° 11′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3XGR45+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 7556584645OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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