Wellington Monument

Wellington Monument is a work of art in Westminster, Greater London, England. Wellington Monument is situated near Park Lane Pumping Station, as well as near the museum Apsley House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Leicester Square and Apsley House.

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.

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. Apsley House is situated 430 feet southeast of Wellington Monument.

Constitution Arch

Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Constitution Arch is situated 840 feet southeast of Wellington Monument.

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.

Knightsbridge

Suburb

Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.

Wellington Monument

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Category: tourism
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5045° or 51° 30′ 16″ north

Longitude

-0.15271° or 0° 9′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C3XGR3W+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 643034011

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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Highlights: Park Lane Pumping Station and Boy and Dolphin.

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