Mecklenburgh Square
Mecklenburgh Square is a Grade II listed square in Bloomsbury, London. The square and its garden were part of the Foundling Estate, a residential development of 1792–1825 on fields surrounding and owned by the Foundling Hospital.Photo: Tom Morris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Garden
- Description: square in London Borough of Camden, England, UK
- Also known as: “Mecklenburgh Square Gardens”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include London St Pancras International and Leicester Square.
London St Pancras International
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
London St Pancras International is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in London. It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland Europe.
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.
British Library
Library
Photo: Patche99z, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. British Library is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Mecklenburgh Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King’s Cross and Gray’s Inn.
King’s Cross
Suburb
Photo: Robot8A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
King's Cross is a district in the London boroughs of Camden and Islington, on either side of Euston Road in north London, England, 1.5 miles north of Charing Cross, bordered by Barnsbury to the north, Clerkenwell to the southeast, Angel to the east, Holborn and Bloomsbury to the south, Somers Town to the west and Camden Town to the northwest.
Gray’s Inn
Neighborhood
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these inns.
Bourne Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bourne Estate is an Edwardian housing estate in Holborn, located in the London Borough of Camden. It is bounded by Clerkenwell Road to the north, Gray's Inn Road to the west, Leather Lane to the east and Baldwins Gardens to the south.
Mecklenburgh Square
- Categories: square and recreation area
- Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5251° or 51° 31′ 30″ northLongitude
-0.11872° or 0° 7′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C3XGVGJ+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 55738705OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q3853488
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Mecklenburgh Square” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅克伦堡广场”
- Dutch: “Mecklenburgh Square”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان ميكلنبورج”
- Italian: “Mecklenburgh Square”
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Highlights include Coram’s Fields and Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing.
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