Horse Guards
Horse Guards is a historic building in the City of Westminster, London, between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade. It was built in the mid-18th century, replacing an earlier building, as a barracks and stables for the Household Cavalry.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: barracks
- Address: Horse Guards Parade, London, SW1A 2AX
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Banqueting 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.
Banqueting House
Photo: ChrisO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1,600 feet south of Horse Guards.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.
St James’s
Neighborhood
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.
Horse Guards
- Categories: barracks, building, and tourism
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50478° or 51° 30′ 17″ northLongitude
-0.12704° or 0° 7′ 37″ westInception
1759Open location code
9C3XGV3F+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 133153176OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q492350
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Horse Guards” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حرس الخيالة”
- Chinese: “皇家騎兵衛所”
- Chinese: “騎兵衛隊總部”
- Dutch: “Horse Guards”
- French: “Horse Guards”
- German: “Horse Guards”
- Hebrew: “אורוות המשמר”
- Hebrew: “בניין משמר הסוסים”
- Irish: “Horse Guards”
- Italian: “Horse Guards”
- Japanese: “ホース・ガーズ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horse Guards”
- Norwegian: “Horse Guards”
- Persian: “هورس گاردز”
- Russian: “Конная гвардия”
- Slovenian: “Horse Guards”
- Spanish: “Horse Guards”
- Swedish: “Horse Guards”
- Vietnamese: “Horse Guards”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include London Garrison Headquarters (Horse Guards) and Household Cavalry Museum.
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