Wellington Monument

Wellington Monument is a monument in Westminster, Greater London, England which is located on Piccadilly. Wellington Monument is situated nearby to Royal Artillery Memorial, as well as near the monument Machine Gun Corps Memorial.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Constitution Arch.

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.

The Wellington Arch, also known as the Constitution Arch or as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde Park Corner in central London, the road junction near the south-eastern corner of Hyde Park.

Apsley House

Museum

Photo: Anthony O’Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Apsley House is the London townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington. It stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, on the south-east corner of Hyde Park, facing towards the large traffic roundabout in the centre of which stands the Wellington Arch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belgravia and Mayfair-Marylebone.

Belgravia

Suburb

Photo: Paul Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belgravia is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a dangerous place due to highwaymen and robberies.

Mayfair-Marylebone

Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

Victoria

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Victoria is an area of Westminster, Central London, in the City of Westminster. It is named after Victoria Station, which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Victoria Street, opened 1851.

Wellington Monument

Type: Monument
Address: Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NT
Categories: building and historic site
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50293° or 51° 30′ 11″ north

Longitude

-0.15144° or 0° 9′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C3XGR3X+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 559265033

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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