Hodge the Cat

Hodge the Cat is a memorial in City of London, Greater London, England which is located on Gough Square. Hodge the Cat is situated nearby to Gough Square, as well as near the museum Dr Johnson’s House.

Type: Memorial
Address: Gough Square, London
Inscription: “Hodge ‘a very fine cat indeed’ belonging to Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) of Gough Square. ‘Sir, when a man is tired of London he is tired of life: for there us in London all that life can afford.’ ‘The chief glory of every people arises from its authors’”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and St Paul’s Cathedral.

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.

St Paul’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Mark Fosh, CC BY 2.0.

St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 2,100 feet east of Hodge the Cat.

Dr Johnson’s House

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Dr Johnson's House is a writer's house museum in the City of London in the former home of the 18th-century English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. The house is a Grade I listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Temple and Blackfriars.

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.

Blackfriars

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.

West Smithfield

Neighborhood

Photo: Goodwillgames, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.

Hodge the Cat

Category: historic site
Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51505° or 51° 30′ 54″ north

Longitude

-0.10767° or 0° 6′ 28″ west

Inception

1997

Open location code

9C3XGV8R+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 956139060

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Highlights include Gough Square and Dr Johnson’s House.

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