College Green

College Green is a public park in the City of Westminster. It is east of Westminster Abbey including Westminster Abbey Gardens and across a road from the gardens of the Houses of Parliament.

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Type: Park
Description: public park in Westminster, London, England
Also known as: “Abingdon Street Gardens”, “Abington Street Gardens”, and “College Green, London”

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, 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 550 feet northwest of College Green.

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 1,000 feet north of College Green.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westminster and Whitehall.

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.

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.

Millbank

Suburb

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Millbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. Millbank is located by the River Thames, east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. Millbank is known as the location of major government offices, Burberry headquarters, the Millbank Tower and prominent art institutions such as Tate Britain and the Chelsea College of Art and Design.

College Green

Categories: square and recreation area
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4981° or 51° 29′ 53″ north

Longitude

-0.12614° or 0° 7′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C3XFVXF+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4259627

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q59756

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“College Green” goes by many names.

Chinese: “克林格綠地”
Chinese: “克林格绿地”
Chinese: “学院绿地”
Dutch: “College Green”
Italian: “College Green”
Spanish: “College Green”
Thai: “คอลเลจกรีน (ลอนดอน)”
Thai: “คอลเลจกรีน”
Turkish: “College Green”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jewel Tower and Victoria Tower.

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