Waterloo Barracks
Waterloo Barracks is a museum in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. Waterloo Barracks is situated nearby to Crown Jewels, as well as near the castle Bowyer Tower.Photo: Tristan Surtel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and White Tower.
The Tower of London
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England.
White Tower
Castle
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The White Tower is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the Tower of London in England. It was built by William the Conqueror during the early 1080s, and subsequently extended.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 1,100 feet south of Waterloo Barracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Aldgate.
Butler’s Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butler's Wharf is an English historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London's Tower Bridge, now housing luxury flats and restaurants.
Aldgate
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
Waterloo Barracks
- Type: Museum
- Description: barracks within the Tower of London, where the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom are housed
- Categories: barracks, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50861° or 51° 30′ 31″ northLongitude
-0.07602° or 0° 4′ 34″ westLevels
3Open location code
9C3XGW5F+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 369136185OpenStreetMap feature
building=barracksOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2552591
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Waterloo Barracks” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مبنى واترلو”
- German: “Waterloo Barracks”
- German: “Waterloo Block”
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Highlights include Crown Jewels and Bowyer Tower.
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