Admiralty buildings
The Admiralty buildings complex lies between Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade and The Mall and includes five inter-connected buildings. Since the Admiralty no longer exists as a department, these buildings are now used by separate government departments, including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department for Business and Trade, and Ministry of Defence.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: complex of buildings in central London, which used to house the United Kingdom Admiralty
- Also known as: “Ripley Buildings”
- Address: 26 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2WH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Admiralty 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.
Admiralty House
Historic building
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Admiralty House in London is a Grade I listed building facing Whitehall, currently used for government functions and as ministerial flats.
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. Banqueting House is situated 590 feet southeast of Admiralty buildings.
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.
Admiralty buildings
- Categories: building complex, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50583° or 51° 30′ 21″ northLongitude
-0.12756° or 0° 7′ 39″ westLevels
4Open location code
9C3XGV4C+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 140469334OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q114459664
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In Other Languages
“Admiralty buildings” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Edificios del Almirantazgo”
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