Charing Cross
Charing Cross is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Clockwise from north these are: the east side of Trafalgar Square leading to St Martin's Place and then Charing Cross Road; the Strand leading to the City; Northumberland…Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: area of London, England
- Neighbors: Covent Garden
Notable Places in the Area
Leicester Square
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The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London.
National Gallery
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The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.
London Charing Cross
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Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster.
Localities in the Area
Covent Garden
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Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane.
Chinatown
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Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east.
Seven Dials
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Seven Dials is a road junction and neighbourhood in the St Giles district of the London Borough of Camden, within the greater Covent Garden area in the West End of London.
Charing Cross
- Categories: monument and area of London
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50848° or 51° 30' 31" northLongitude
-0.12493° or 0° 7' 30" westElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open Location Code
9C3XGV5G+92GeoNames ID
2653341Wikidata ID
Q216185Charing Cross Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Charing Cross
- Arabic: تشارينغ كروس
- Basque: Charing Cross
- Belarusian: Чарынг-Крос
- Catalan: Charing Cross
- Chinese: 查令十字
- Chinese: 查灵十字
- Czech: Charing Cross
- Danish: Charing Cross
- Dutch: Charing Cross
- Esperanto: Charing Cross
- Estonian: Charing Cross
- Finnish: Charing Cross
- French: Charing Cross
- German: Charing Cross
- Hebrew: צ'רינג קרוס
- Hebrew: צרינג קרוס
- Hungarian: Charing Cross
- Icelandic: Charing Cross
- Indonesian: Charing Cross
- Irish: Charing Cross
- Italian: Charing Cross
- Japanese: チャリングクロス
- Japanese: チャリング・クロス
- Korean: 채링크로스
- Korean: 채링 크로스
- Latin: Crux Chariniana
- Norwegian: Charing Cross
- Norwegian Bokmål: Charing Cross
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Charing Cross
- Persian: چارینگ کراس
- Persian: چرینگ کراس
- Polish: Charing Cross
- Portuguese: Charing Cross
- Russian: Charing Cross
- Russian: Чаринг-Кросс
- Russian: Чаринг Кросс
- Scots: Charing Cross
- Serbo-Croatian: Charing Cross
- Slovak: Charing Cross
- South Azerbaijani: چرینق کراس
- Spanish: Charing Cross
- Swedish: Charing Cross
- Thai: ชาริงครอสส์
- Turkish: Charing Cross
- Ukrainian: Чарінг-Кросс
- Urdu: چیرنگ کراس
- Vietnamese: Charing Cross
- Welsh: Charing Cross
- Western Frisian: Charing Cross
- Чарінг-кросс
Other Places Named Charing Cross
In the Area
Localities
- WestminsterQuarter
- Soho
- Tottenham Court RoadLocality
- Inner LondonRegion
- Westminster AbbeyLocality
- Bishop'sLocality
Landmarks
- HeavenNightclub
- Benjamin Franklin HouseMuseum
- Charing Cross tube stationMetro station
- St Martin-in-the-FieldsChurch
- The HarpBrewery
- Edith Cavell MemorialWork of art
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Charing Cross. Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.