Banqueting House

The Banqueting House, on in the , central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Thursday and Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Monday: 10:00 AM—1:00 PM
    Friday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former palace consisting of banquet halls, later Whitehall Chapel in London
  • Also known as: “Banqueting House, Whitehall”
  • Address: London, SW1A 2ER

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Palace of Whitehall.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Archaeological site
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The – also spelled White Hall – at was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire. is situated 430 feet east of Banqueting House.

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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 in London, England. is situated 1,400 feet south of Banqueting House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.

Locality
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is a road and area in the , Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from to .

Quarter
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is the main settlement of the in , England. It extends from the to and has many famous landmarks, including the , , , , and much of the cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.

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is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

Banqueting House

Latitude
51.50458° or 51° 30′ 17″ north
Longitude
-0.12592° or 0° 7′ 33″ west
Inception
1622
Levels
3
Operator
Historic Royal Palaces
Open location code
9C3XGV3F+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 140470549
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q642039
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Banqueting House” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բանքեթինգ հաուս”
  • Basque: “Banqueting House”
  • Bulgarian: “Банкетна къща”
  • Catalan: “Casa del Banquet”
  • Chinese: “国宴厅”
  • Chinese: “宴會樓”
  • Dutch: “Banqueting House”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت الولائم”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح بيت الولائم”
  • Esperanto: “Banqueting House”
  • Finnish: “Banqueting House”
  • French: “maison des Banquets”
  • French: “Maison des Banquets”
  • Georgian: “საბანკეტო სახლი”
  • German: “Banqueting House”
  • Hebrew: “בית הסעודות”
  • Indonesian: “Banqueting House, Whitehall”
  • Italian: “Banqueting House”
  • Japanese: “バンケティング・ハウス”
  • Macedonian: “Банкетен дом”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banqueting House”
  • Norwegian: “Banqueting House”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sybelhūs on Lundne”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Symbelhūs on Lundne”
  • Persian: “بانکتینگ هاوس، وایت‌هال”
  • Russian: “Банкетинг-хаус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Palača Banqueting”
  • Spanish: “Banqueting House”
  • Spanish: “Baqueting House.”
  • Swedish: “Banqueting House”
  • Turkish: “Banqueting House, Whitehall”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенкетинг-гаус”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенкетінг-хаус”
  • Welsh: “Tŷ Gwledda Whiehall”
  • Welsh: “y Tŷ Gwledda”
  • Welsh: “Y Tŷ Gwledda”
  • Yue Chinese: “宴會樓”

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