The Mercantile Marine Memorial

The Mercantile Marine Memorial is a building in Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England. The Mercantile Marine Memorial is situated nearby to Tower Hill Memorial, as well as near the park Trinity Square Gardens.

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Type: Sports location
Description: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, EC3N
Also known as: “First World War Memorial”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

The Tower of London

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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. The Tower of London is situated 610 feet southeast of The Mercantile Marine Memorial.

Tower Bridge

Bridge

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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 1,600 feet south of The Mercantile Marine Memorial.

London Bridge

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Since Roman times, several crossings named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. London Bridge is situated 2,300 feet west of The Mercantile Marine Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldgate and Butler’s Wharf.

Aldgate

Quarter

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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.

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.

The Mercantile Marine Memorial

Categories: war memorial, building, historic site, and monument
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50957° or 51° 30′ 34″ north

Longitude

-0.07764° or 0° 4′ 40″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C3XGW5C+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 54949420

OpenStreetMap feature

building=pavilion

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

Wikidata ID

Q26263477

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tower Hill Memorial and Trinity Square Gardens.

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