The Old Shades
The Old Shades is a Grade II listed public house at 37–39 Whitehall, London SW1. It was built in 1898 by the architects Treadwell and Martin. As of January 2020, it is operated by the Young's pub chain.Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Pub
- Description: pub in Whitehall, London
- Also known as: “Old Shades” and “Old Shades Public House”
- Address: 37 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2BX
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and National Gallery.
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.
National Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. National Gallery is situated 980 feet northwest of The Old Shades.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 2,200 feet south of The Old Shades.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Chinatown.
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.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
The Old Shades
- Category: building
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50648° or 51° 30′ 23″ northLongitude
-0.12682° or 0° 7′ 37″ westLevels
4Open location code
9C3XGV4F+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 547522399OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q18161687
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