Oriental Club

The Oriental Club in London is a private members' club that was established in 1824. Charles Graves described it in 1963 as fine in quality as White's but with the space of infinitely larger clubs.

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Type: Building
Description: Private Members’ Club in London
Also known as: “Stratford House”, “东方会”, and “东方俱乐部”
Address: 11 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1ES

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Wigmore Hall.

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.

Wigmore Hall

Theater building

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Wigmore Hall is a concert hall at 36 Wigmore Street in west London, England. It was designed by T. E. Collcutt and opened in 1901 as the Bechstein Hall; it is considered to have particularly good acoustics. Wigmore Hall is situated 550 feet northeast of Oriental Club.

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 3,000 feet northwest of Oriental Club.

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.