Manchester Square

Manchester Square is an 18th-century garden square in Marylebone, central London. Centred 950 feet north of Oxford Street it measures 300 feet internally north-to-south, and 280 feet across.

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Type: Garden
Description: square in the City of Westminster, London, England, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Wallace Collection.

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.

Wallace Collection

Art gallery

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The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford.

Madame Tussauds

Museum

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Madame Tussauds is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843. Madame Tussauds is situated 2,300 feet north of Manchester Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marylebone and Mayfair-Marylebone.

Marylebone

Suburb

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Marylebone is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.

Mayfair-Marylebone

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.