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Charing Cross Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square
Charing Cross
Nelson’s Column Nelson’s Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square built to commemorate Horatio Nelson’s decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar during which he lost his life.
Nelson’s Column
Northumberland House Northumberland House was a large Jacobean townhouse in London, which was the London residence of the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland.
Northumberland House
Royal Society The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering and medicine.
Royal Society
St James’s St James’s is an exclusive area in the West End of London.
St James’s

NEARBY STREETS
Adelaide Street, WC2R Adelaide Street was named for Queen Adelaide, Consort to King William IV.
Adelaide Street, WC2R
Admiralty House, SW1A Admiralty House is a block on Whitehall.
Admiralty House, SW1A
Agar Street, WC2N Agar Street is named after George Agar, who built the street in the 1830s with John Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough
Agar Street, WC2N
Air Street, SW1Y Air Street was the most westerly street in London when newly built in 1658.
Air Street, SW1Y
Albany Courtyard, SW1Y The courtyard is named after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, who in 1791 purchased Melbourne House which stood on this site.
Albany Courtyard, SW1Y
Albany, W1B The Albany is an apartment complex in Piccadilly, established in 1802.
Albany, W1B
Ambassador’s Court, SW1A Ambassador’s Court is a block on Ambassador’s Court.
Ambassador’s Court, SW1A
Ambassador’s Court, SW1A Ambassador’s Court is part of the St James’s Palace complex.
Ambassador’s Court, SW1A
Angel Court, SW1Y Angel Court is named after a long demolished inn of this name.
Angel Court, SW1Y
Apple Tree Yard, SW1Y Apple Tree Yard is thought named after the apple trees formerly to be found here.
Apple Tree Yard, SW1Y
Babmaes Street, SW1Y Babmaes Street was originally called Wells Street.
Babmaes Street, SW1Y
Bennett House, SW1A Bennett House is located on Bennet Street.
Bennett House, SW1A
Blue Ball Yard, SW1A Blue Ball Yard is first mentioned in 1672 when its site was sold by King Charles II.
Blue Ball Yard, SW1A
Blue Bridge, SW1A Blue Bridge crosses St James’s Park lake.
Blue Bridge, SW1A
Bridgewater House, SW1A Bridgewater House is a block on Cleveland Row.
Bridgewater House, SW1A
Broughton House, W1S Broughton House is located on Sackville Street.
Broughton House, W1S
Brydges Place, WC2N Brydges Place replaced Taylor’s Buildings in 1904 when the Colloseum was built.
Brydges Place, WC2N
Burlington Arcade, SW1Y Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade, 179 metres in length, that runs from Piccadilly to Burlington Gardens.
Burlington Arcade, SW1Y
Bury Street, SW1A Bury Street runs north-to-south from Jermyn Street to King Street, crossing Ryder Street.
Bury Street, SW1A
Canada House, SW1Y Canada House is located on Trafalgar Square.
Canada House, SW1Y
Carlton Gardens, SW1Y Carlton Gardens was developed before 1832.
Carlton Gardens, SW1Y
Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y Carlton House Terrace consists of a pair of terraces - white stucco-faced houses on the south side of the street overlooking St James’s Park.
Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y
Catherine Wheel Yard, SW1A Catherine Wheel Yard is named after an inn that stood on this site until it burnt down in 1895.
Catherine Wheel Yard, SW1A
Chandos Place, WC2R Chandos Place is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.
Chandos Place, WC2R
Charing Cross, SW1A Charing Cross, long regarded as London’s central point, as an address is an enigma.
Charing Cross, SW1A
Charles II Street, SW1Y Charles II Street is named for the ’Merry Monarch’.
Charles II Street, SW1Y
Chatham House, SW1Y Chatham House is a building on St James’s Square.
Chatham House, SW1Y
Church Place, SW1Y Church Place was named after the adjacent St James’s Church, Piccadilly.
Church Place, SW1Y
Cleveland Row, SW1A Cleveland Row – after Cleveland House (now Bridgwater House), named for Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland who lived there in the late 17th century.
Cleveland Row, SW1A
Cleveland Yard, SW1Y Cleveland Yard is now the site of Cleveland Place.
Cleveland Yard, SW1Y
Clydesdale Bank House, W1J Clydesdale Bank House is a block on Piccadilly.
Clydesdale Bank House, W1J
Cockspur Court, SW1A Cockspur Court is a building on Cockspur Court.
Cockspur Court, SW1A
Cockspur Street, SW1A Cockspur Street is possibly after the cock fighting that formerly occurred here, cocks often having spurs attached to their feet during fights.
Cockspur Street, SW1A
Colette House, W1J Colette House is a block on Piccadilly.
Colette House, W1J
Craig’s Court, SW1A Craig’s Court is an alleyway off Whitehall.
Craig’s Court, SW1A
Craven Passage, WC2N Craven Passage is named after William Craven, 3rd Baron Craven, who owned the land when the street was built in the 1730s.
Craven Passage, WC2N
Craven Street, WC2N Craven Street is named after William Craven, 3rd Baron Craven, who owned the land when the street was built in the 1730s.
Craven Street, WC2N
Crown Passage, SW1A Crown Passage is thought to be after a former tavern of the name.
Crown Passage, SW1A
Dalmeny Court, SW1Y Dalmeny Court is a block on Duke Street.
Dalmeny Court, SW1Y
Denman House, W1J Denman House is a block on Piccadilly.
Denman House, W1J
Dover House, SW1A Dover House is a block on Whitehall.
Dover House, SW1A
Downing Street, SW1A Downing Street has been the home of British Prime Minsters since the eighteenth century.
Downing Street, SW1A
Dudley House, SW1A Dudley House is situated at 169 Piccadilly.
Dudley House, SW1A
Duke Of York Street, SW1Y Duke Of York Street runs between Jermyn Street and St James’s Square.
Duke Of York Street, SW1Y
Duke Street St James’s, SW1Y Duke Street St James’s is named after James II, Duke of York when the street was built and brother to Charles II, king at the time.
Duke Street St James’s, SW1Y
Duncannon Street, WC2N Duncannon Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2N postal area.
Duncannon Street, WC2N
Eagle Place, SW1Y Eagle Place lies off Piccadilly.
Eagle Place, SW1Y
Egyptian House, W1J Egyptian House is a block on Piccadilly.
Egyptian House, W1J
Empire House, W1J Empire House is a block on Piccadilly.
Empire House, W1J
Fludyer Street, SW1A Fludyer Street used to be a street which lay parallel to, and south of, Downing Street.
Fludyer Street, SW1A
French Railway House, SW1Y French Railway House occupies 178-180 Piccadilly.
French Railway House, SW1Y
Great Scotland Yard, SW1A Great Scotland Yard is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area.
Great Scotland Yard, SW1A
Gwydyr House, SW1A Gwydyr House is a building on Whitehall.
Gwydyr House, SW1A
Haymarket House, W1D Haymarket House is a block on Shaver’s Place.
Haymarket House, W1D
Haymarket, SW1Y Haymarket – site of a former market selling hay until the 1830s.
Haymarket, SW1Y
Hobhouse Court, WC2H Hobhouse Court is named after Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Victorian MP and arts patron.
Hobhouse Court, WC2H
Horse Guards Parade, SW1A Horse Guards Parade dates to the time of Henry VIII.
Horse Guards Parade, SW1A
Horse Guards Road, SW1A Horse Guards Road runs along the eastern edge of St James’s Park.
Horse Guards Road, SW1A
Huguenot House, WC2H Huguenot House is a block on Panton Street.
Huguenot House, WC2H
Irving Street, WC2H Irving Street is named after Henry Irving, the popular Victorian actor.
Irving Street, WC2H
Jermyn Street, SW1Y Jermyn Street is the main east-west road of St James’s.
Jermyn Street, SW1Y
King Charles Street, SW1A King Charles Street is a street of government buildings, one block south of Downing Street.
King Charles Street, SW1A
King Street, SW1Y King Street leads from St James’s Street to St James’s Square.
King Street, SW1Y
Kinnaird House, SW1Y Kinnaird House is a block on Pall Mall.
Kinnaird House, SW1Y
Kirkland House, SW1A Kirkland House is a block on Whitehall.
Kirkland House, SW1A
Little St James’s Street, SW1A Little St James’s Street is a turning off of St James’s Street proper.
Little St James’s Street, SW1A
Lower Regent Street, SW1Y Lower Regent Street is the name for the part of Regent Street which lies south of Piccadilly Circus.
Lower Regent Street, SW1Y
Main Building, SW1A Main Building is a block on Horse Guards Avenue.
Main Building, SW1A
Malta House, W1J Malta House is a building on Piccadilly.
Malta House, W1J
Marlborough Road, SW1Y Marlborough Road was named after the adjacent Marlborough House, built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in 1711.
Marlborough Road, SW1Y
Masons Yard, SW1Y Mason’s Yard was named for the local 18th century victualler Henry Mason.
Masons Yard, SW1Y
New Street, SW1A New Street was made part of Spring Gardens in 1881.
New Street, SW1A
New Zealand House, SW1Y New Zealand House is a block on Haymarket.
New Zealand House, SW1Y
Norris Street, SW1Y Norris Street – after Godfrye Norris, local leaseholder in the 17th century.
Norris Street, SW1Y
Northumberland Avenue, WC2N Northumberland Avenue runs from Trafalgar Square in the west to the Thames Embankment.
Northumberland Avenue, WC2N
Northumberland House, WC2 Northumberland House is a block on Northumberland Avenue.
Northumberland House, WC2
Northumberland Street, WC2N Northumberland Street commemorates the former Northumberland House, built originally in the early 17th century for the earls of Northampton and later acquired by the earls of Northumberland.
Northumberland Street, WC2N
Nuffield House, W1J Nuffield House is located on Piccadilly.
Nuffield House, W1J
Oceanic House, SW1Y Oceanic House is a block on Pall Mall East.
Oceanic House, SW1Y
Old Admiralty Building, SW1A Old Admiralty Building is a block on Spring Gardens.
Old Admiralty Building, SW1A
Orange Street, WC2H Orange Street gets its name from William III, Prince of Orange - the reigning king when the street was built.
Orange Street, WC2H
Ormond Yard, SW1Y Ormond Yard was named after James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, who owned a house next to this yard in the 17th century.
Ormond Yard, SW1Y
Oxendon Street, W1D Oxendon Street, after Sir Henry Oxendon, husband of Mary Baker, daughter of Robert Baker who built the former Piccadilly House nearby.
Oxendon Street, W1D
Pall Mall East, SW1A Pall Mall East is an eastern extension of Pall Mall towards Trafalgar Square.
Pall Mall East, SW1A
Pall Mall, SW1Y Pall Mall was laid out as grounds for playing pall mall in the 17th century.
Pall Mall, SW1Y
Panton Street, SW1Y Panton Street was named after Colonel Thomas Panton, local property dealer of the 17th century.
Panton Street, SW1Y
Park Place, SW1A Park Place is named after nearby Green Park.
Park Place, SW1A
Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y Piccadilly Arcade was named after Piccadilly Hall, home of local tailor Robert Baker in the 17th century.
Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y
Piccadilly Place, SW1Y Piccadilly Place is an alleyway leading to Vine Street.
Piccadilly Place, SW1Y
Piccadilly, SW1Y Piccadilly is one of the main London streets.
Piccadilly, SW1Y
Pickering Place, SW1A Thought to be the smallest public open space in London, Pickering Place is perhaps most famous for being the location of the last public duel in England.
Pickering Place, SW1A
Pickering Place, SW1Y Pickering Place is London’s smallest square.
Pickering Place, SW1Y
Princes Arcade, SW1Y Princes Arcade, built 1929–33, was named after the former Prince’s Hotel, which stood here.
Princes Arcade, SW1Y
Rex House, SW1Y Rex House is a building on Regent Street.
Rex House, SW1Y
Richmond House Whitehall, SW1A Richmond House Whitehall is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area.
Richmond House Whitehall, SW1A
Richmond House, SW1A Richmond House is a block on Whitehall.
Richmond House, SW1A
Richmond Terrace Mews, SW1A Richmond Terrace Mews originally led to New Scotland Yard.
Richmond Terrace Mews, SW1A
Richmond Terrace, SW1A Richmond Terrace is on the site of Richmond House, destroyed by a fire on 21 December 1791.
Richmond Terrace, SW1A
Rose and Crown Yard, SW1Y Rose and Crown Yard was probably named after a former inn of this name.
Rose and Crown Yard, SW1Y
Royal Opera Arcade, SW1Y Royal Opera Arcade was originally part of an opera house theatre, built by John Nash.
Royal Opera Arcade, SW1Y
Royalty House, W1S Royalty House is a block on Sackville Street.
Royalty House, W1S
Russell Court, SW1A Russell Court is named after the Russell family, who lived here in the 1600s.
Russell Court, SW1A
Ryder Street, SW1A Ryder Street was named after Richard Rider, Master Carpenter to Charles II.
Ryder Street, SW1A
Ryger House, SW1A Ryger House is located on Arlington Street.
Ryger House, SW1A
Sabadell House, SW1Y Sabadell House is a block on Pall Mall.
Sabadell House, SW1Y
Sackville Street, W1B Sackville Street runs north from Piccadilly.
Sackville Street, W1B
Samuel House, SW1Y Samuel House is located on St Alban’s Street.
Samuel House, SW1Y
Spencer House, SW1A Spencer House is a block on St James’s Place.
Spencer House, SW1A
Spring Gardens, WC2N Spring Gardens derives its name from the Spring Garden, formed in the 16th century.
Spring Gardens, WC2N
St Alban’s House, SW1 St Alban’s House is a block on Haymarket.
St Alban’s House, SW1
St Alban’s House, SW1Y St Alban’s House can be found on Haymarket.
St Alban’s House, SW1Y
St Albans Street, SW1Y St Albans Street was named after Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans, 17th century politician and local landowner.
St Albans Street, SW1Y
St James’s Market, SW1Y St James’s Market was part of the site of St James’s leper hospital in the Middle Ages, named after James, son of Zebedee.
St James’s Market, SW1Y
St James’s Chambers, SW1Y St James’s Chambers is a block located at 9 Ryder Street.
St James’s Chambers, SW1Y
St James’s Place, SW1A St James’s Place runs west from St James’s Street.
St James’s Place, SW1A
St James’s Square, SW1Y St James’s Square is the only square in the district of St James’s.
St James’s Square, SW1Y
St James’s Street, SW1A St James’s Street is a main road of the West End running from Pall Mall to Piccadilly.
St James’s Street, SW1A
St Martins Place, WC2N St Martin’s Place is a short stretch connecting Trafalgar Square to the bottom of Charing Cross Road.
St Martins Place, WC2N
St Martins Street, WC2H St Martins Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2H postal area.
St Martins Street, WC2H
Stable Yard Road, SW1A Stable Yard Road leads from The Mall to Clarence House.
Stable Yard Road, SW1A
Standbrook House, W1S Standbrook House is a block on Old Bond Street.
Standbrook House, W1S
Strand, WC2N Strand begins its journey east at Trafalgar Square.
Strand, WC2N
Suffolk Place, SW1Y The Earl of Suffolk (Thomas Howard) was the reason for the naming of Suffolk Place.
Suffolk Place, SW1Y
Suffolk Street, SW1Y Suffolk Street was named after Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who owned a stable yard attached to Northumberland House which lay on this site.
Suffolk Street, SW1Y
Swallow Street, SW1Y Swallow Street honours Thomas Swallow, lessee in 1540 of the pastures on which the road was built.
Swallow Street, SW1Y
The Bank Building, SW1A The Bank Building is located on St James’s Street.
The Bank Building, SW1A
The Economist Building, SW1A The Economist Building can be found on St James’s Street.
The Economist Building, SW1A
The Grand Building, WC2N The Grand Building is located on Strand.
The Grand Building, WC2N
The Mall, SW1Y The Mall is the processional route between Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace.
The Mall, SW1Y
Trafalgar Square, WC2N Trafalgar Square commemorates Horatio Nelson’s 1805 victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Trafalgar Square, WC2N
Victory House, W1B Victory House is a block on Regent Street.
Victory House, W1B
Vine Street, SW1Y Vine Street is a short dead-end street running east from Swallow Street and is parallel to Piccadilly.
Vine Street, SW1Y
Warwick House Street, SW1A Warwick House Street formerly approached Warwick House, built in the 17th century for Sir Philip Warwick.
Warwick House Street, SW1A
Waterloo Place, SW1Y Waterloo Place, an extension of Regent Street, is awash with statues and monuments that honour heroes of the British Empire.
Waterloo Place, SW1Y
Whitcomb Street, WC2H Whitcomb Street - named after William Whitcomb, 17th century brewer and property developer.
Whitcomb Street, WC2H
Whitehall Court, SW1A Whitehall Court runs north from Horse Guards Avenue.
Whitehall Court, SW1A
Whitehall Gardens, SW1A Whitehall Gardens is a road in the SW1A postcode area
Whitehall Gardens, SW1A
Whitehall House, SW1 Whitehall House is sited on Whitehall.
Whitehall House, SW1
Whitehall House, SW1A Whitehall House is a block on Whitehall.
Whitehall House, SW1A
Whitehall Place, SW1A Whitehall Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area.
Whitehall Place, SW1A
Whitehall, SW1A Whitehall is recognised as the centre of the government of the United Kingdom.
Whitehall, SW1A
William IV Street, WC2R William IV Street runs from Charing Cross Road to the Strand.
William IV Street, WC2R


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