Chapel of King’s College London
The Chapel of King's College London is a Grade I listed 19th-century chapel located in the Strand Campus of King's College, London, England. Originally designed by Sir Robert Smirke in 1831, the Renaissance Revival chapel seen today was redesigned by the prominent Victorian Gothic architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1864.Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: chapel in City of Westminster, London, UK
- Also known as: “King’s College Chapel” and “King’s College London Chapel”
- Address: London
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Somerset House.
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.
Somerset House
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Somerset House is a large neoclassical building complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. Somerset House is situated 420 feet southwest of Chapel of King’s College London.
Royal Opera House
Arts center
Photo: Russ London, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 1,600 feet west of Chapel of King’s College London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Clement Danes and Temple.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
Chapel of King’s College London
- Categories: chapel, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.51149° or 51° 30′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.11584° or 0° 6′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV6M+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8006075528OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q6410893
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In Other Languages
“Chapel of King’s College London” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “倫敦國王學院禮拜堂”
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