Speakers’ Corner

A Speakers' Corner is an area where free speech open-air public speaking, debate, and discussion are allowed. The original and best known is in the north-east corner of in , England, near .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: square in the City of Westminster, London, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Address: Hyde Park, London, W2 2EU

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marble Arch and Hyde Park.

Photo: Wei-Te Wong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in , . The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of ; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the well-known balcony. is situated 550 feet northeast of Speakers’ Corner.

Park
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is a 350-acre, historic Grade I-listed in , Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from through and , via Corner and , past to .

Metro station
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Marble Arch is a London Underground station. It is located near the in the . The station is on the Central line, between and stations. It is in London fare zone 1. is situated 710 feet northeast of Speakers’ Corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mayfair-Marylebone and Marylebone.

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central . 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.

Suburb
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is an area in , England, and is located in the . It is in and part of the . forms its southern boundary.

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is a district of northwest central , around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame. This inner London district is somewhat bereft of attractions but it does have a large range of budget and mid-priced accommodation.

Speakers’ Corner

Latitude
51.51185° or 51° 30′ 43″ north
Longitude
-0.16007° or 0° 9′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C3XGR6Q+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 223926841
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q510323
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Speakers’ Corner” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ركن الخطباء”
  • Arabic: “موقف الخطباء”
  • Basque: “Speaker’s Corner”
  • Catalan: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Catalan: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Chinese: “演說廣場”
  • Chinese: “演说者之角”
  • Danish: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Danish: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Dutch: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Dutch: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ركن الخطباء”
  • Esperanto: “Angulo de la alparolantaj”
  • Esperanto: “Oratora Angulo”
  • Finnish: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • French: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • French: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • German: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Hebrew: “פינת הנואמים”
  • Hebrew: “פינת נואמים”
  • Hungarian: “Szónokok sarka”
  • Indonesian: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Indonesian: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Irish: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Irish: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Italian: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Italian: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Japanese: “スピーカーズ・コーナー”
  • Luxembourgish: “Speakers‘ Corner am Hyde Park”
  • Luxembourgish: “Speakers’ Corner am Hyde Park”
  • Malay: “Sudut Pidato”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Norwegian: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Persian: “گوشه سخنرانان”
  • Portuguese: “Speaker’s Corner”
  • Sicilian: “Speaker’s Corner”
  • Spanish: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Spanish: “Speakers’ Corner”
  • Swedish: “Speakers‘ Corner”
  • Swedish: “Speakers’ Corner”

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