Lancaster Place / Somerset House

Lancaster Place / Somerset House is a bus stop in Westminster, Greater London, England. Lancaster Place / Somerset House is situated near Civil Service Rifles War Memorial, as well as near the church Savoy Chapel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Leicester Square and Somerset House.

Leicester Square

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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

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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.

Royal Opera House

Arts center

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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 1,200 feet northwest of Lancaster Place / Somerset House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Clement Danes and Covent Garden.

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.

Covent Garden

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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.