Temple
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: area of central London, England
- Also known as: “Temple, London”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leicester Square and Temple Church.
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.
Temple Church
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in London, England.
St Paul’s Cathedral
Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackfriars and Gabriel’s Wharf.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Gabriel’s Wharf
Locality
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial area on the south bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth, central London, England.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Temple
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.513° or 51° 30′ 47″ northLongitude
-0.11005° or 0° 6′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV7Q+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3937591763OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q3624241
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Temple” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Темпъл”
- Catalan: “Temple”
- Catalan: “The Temple (Londres)”
- Chinese: “圣殿区”
- Chinese: “圣殿区域”
- Chinese: “聖殿區域”
- Esperanto: “Templo”
- Finnish: “Temple”
- French: “Temple”
- Hebrew: “טמפל”
- Indonesian: “Temple, London”
- Indonesian: “Temple”
- Irish: “Temple”
- Italian: “Temple”
- Japanese: “テンプル (ロンドン)”
- Japanese: “テンプル”
- Korean: “템플”
- Latin: “Templum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Temple”
- Norwegian: “The Temple”
- Portuguese: “Temple”
- Russian: “Темпл”
- Russian: “Тэмпл”
- Russian: “Церковь Темпла”
- Spanish: “Temple”
- Turkish: “Temple”
- Ukrainian: “Темпл”
- Urdu: “ٹیمپل، لندن”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as King’s Reach and Ludgate Circus.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church Court and Pump Court.
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