12 Downing Street
12 Downing Street is one of the buildings situated on Downing Street in the City of Westminster in London, England. It has been traditionally used as the office of the Chief Whip although the upper floor forms part of the residential apartment for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Government office
- Description: building in Westminster, London, England, UK
- Also known as: “12, Downing Street SW1” and “Government Chief Whip’s Office”
- Address: 12 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Big Ben.
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.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1,300 feet southeast of 12 Downing Street.
11 Downing Street
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
11 Downing Street in London, also known colloquially in the United Kingdom as Number 11, is the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The residence, in Downing Street in London, was built alongside the official residence of the Prime Minister at Number 10 in 1682.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
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 precinct 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.
12 Downing Street
- Categories: building, office, and government building
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50339° or 51° 30′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.12809° or 0° 7′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV3C+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 37743391OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata ID
Q2722248
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Yue Chinese—“12 Downing Street” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “12 Downing Street”
- Bavarian: “12, Downing Street SW1”
- Chinese: “唐宁街12号”
- Chinese: “唐寧街12號”
- Dutch: “12 Downing Street”
- Dutch: “12, Downing Street SW1”
- French: “12 Downing Street”
- French: “12, Downing Street SW1”
- German: “12 Downing Street”
- German: “12, Downing Street SW1”
- Japanese: “ダウニング街12番地”
- Russian: “Даунинг-стрит, 12”
- Spanish: “12 de Downing Street”
- Spanish: “12 Downing Street”
- Swedish: “12 Downing Street”
- Turkish: “12 Downing Street”
- Wu Chinese: “唐宁街12号”
- Yue Chinese: “唐寧街12號”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Rose Garden and Mountbatten Green.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “12 Downing Street”. Photo: CAPTAIN ROGER FENTON 9th.WEST MIDDLESEX VRC. 1860, CC0.