Elliot Park

Elliot Park is a park in Kolkata, West Bengal. Elliot Park is situated nearby to Maidan metro station, as well as near Tata Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Memorial and Birla Planetarium.

Victoria Memorial

Museum

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The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata, having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. Victoria Memorial is situated 650 metres southwest of Elliot Park.

Birla Planetarium

Planetarium

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The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi. Birla Planetarium is situated 350 metres south of Elliot Park.

Maidan metro station

Metro station

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Maidan is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is located on Chowringhee Road at Middleton Street. It is named after Maidan, the largest urban park in Kolkata. Maidan metro station is situated 170 metres northeast of Elliot Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maidan and Dharmatala.

Maidan

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The Maidan is a 400-hectare park in central Kolkata, stretching from the Hooghly river in the west to Chowringhee and Park Street in the east, and from the Victoria Memorial in the south to Raj Bhawan and Eden Gardens in the north.

Dharmatala

Suburb

Dharmatala is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dharmatala Street has been renamed after Lenin as Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood up to Wellington Square continues to be referred as Dharmatala.