Charing Cross area
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The Charing Cross area is a central London district around the historic Charing Cross railway station and Trafalgar Square, often considered the traditional heart and geographic center of the city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charing Cross area canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district of London
ⓘ
neighbourhood ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Covent Garden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ Soho NERFINISHED ⓘ St James's NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria Embankment Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ West End of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered |
geographical centre of London
ⓘ
traditional centre of London ⓘ |
| contains |
Canada House vicinity
ⓘ
Charing Cross Underground station NERFINISHED ⓘ Eleanor Cross monument site NERFINISHED ⓘ Embankment Underground station vicinity ⓘ King Charles I statue NERFINISHED ⓘ National Gallery vicinity ⓘ South Africa House vicinity ⓘ St Martin-in-the-Fields church vicinity ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| governedBy | Westminster City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Charing Cross railway station forecourt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nelson's Column vicinity ⓘ Trafalgar Square fountains vicinity ⓘ modern Eleanor Cross replica at station forecourt ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Admiralty Arch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charing Cross railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Jubilee Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Northumberland Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Strand NERFINISHED ⓘ Trafalgar Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Villiers Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitehall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
focal point of road network into London
ⓘ
site of original Eleanor Cross ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
Greater London ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ Central London ⓘ
surface form:
central London
|
| near |
Leicester Square
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piccadilly Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| transportHubFor |
London Underground
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London bus network NERFINISHED ⓘ rail services to Kent ⓘ rail services to southeast London ⓘ |
| usedFor | measurement of distances from London ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.