Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks
The Royal Military Chapel, commonly known as the Guards' Chapel, is a British Army place of worship that serves as the religious home of the Household Division at the Wellington Barracks in Westminster, Greater London.Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Church
- Description: chapel
- Also known as: “Guards Chapel” and “Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks”
- Address: London, SW1E 6HQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Westminster Abbey.
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.
Westminster Abbey
Church
Photo: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Westminster Abbey is situated 1,800 feet east of Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks.
St James’s Park
Park
Photo: Gerry Lynch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St James's Park is a 23-hectare urban park in the City of Westminster, central London. A Royal Park, it is at the southernmost end of the St James's area, which was named after a once isolated medieval hospital dedicated to St James the Less, now the site of St James's Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westminster and Victoria.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.
Victoria
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Victoria is an area of Westminster, Central London in the City of Westminster. It is named after Victoria Station, which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Victoria Street, opened 1851.
Whitehall
Locality
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Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks
- Categories: chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50038° or 51° 30′ 1″ northLongitude
-0.13538° or 0° 8′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV27+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 26637290OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5614129
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Guards‘ Chapel”
- Chinese: “衛兵教堂”
- Japanese: “ガーズ・チャペル (ウェリントン兵舎)”
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