Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is a government office in Westminster, Greater London, England which is located on Whitehall. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is situated nearby to the government building Royal United Services Institute, as well as near Banqueting House.

Type: Government office
Also known as: “Wales Office” and “Welsh Office”
Address: Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Banqueting House.

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.

Banqueting House

Photo: ChrisO, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining.

Big Ben

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Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower that stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1,300 feet south of Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.

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.

Westminster

Quarter

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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.

St James’s

Neighborhood

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

Categories: building, office, and government building
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50415° or 51° 30′ 15″ north

Longitude

-0.12583° or 0° 7′ 33″ west

Levels

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C3XGV3F+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31119923

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

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In Other Languages

“Office of the Secretary of State for Wales” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru”

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