Downing Street

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street thoroughfare

Downing Street is a famous street in central London best known for housing the official residences and offices of the British Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	street → thoroughfare →
accessControl	public access restricted →
adjacentTo	Whitehall →
builtBy	Sir George Downing →
category	Politics of the United Kingdom → Streets in the City of Westminster →
constructionStart	1680s →
country	United Kingdom →
governingBody	Westminster City Council →
governmentBodyOccupant	Cabinet Office →
hasCoordinateLocation	51.5034°N 0.1276°W →
hasHeritageStatus	conservation area (wider Whitehall area) →
hasMediaCoverageAs	symbol of UK political power →
hasNearbyUndergroundStation	Charing Cross Underground station → Westminster Underground station →
hasNumberingScheme	odd and even house numbers →
hasOffice	Chancellor of the Exchequer → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
hasOfficialResidence	Chancellor of the Exchequer → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
hasPart	10 Downing Street → 11 Downing Street → 12 Downing Street → 9 Downing Street → Downing Street gate →
inception	17th century →
knownFor	British executive power → official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer → official residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → seat of the Government of the United Kingdom →
languageOfToponym	English →
locatedIn	City of Westminster → London → central London →
namedAfter	Sir George Downing →
near	Houses of Parliament → Westminster Abbey →
partOf	Westminster → Whitehall government district →
politicalMetonymFor	British government → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
postalCode	SW1A →
roadSurface	paved →
securityFeature	iron security gates at Whitehall entrance →
streetAddressRange	Whitehall to St James's Park vicinity →
timezone	Europe/London →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Horse Guards Parade → King Charles Street, London → St James’s Park → The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London →	near
Admiralty, Whitehall → Air Ministry building, London →	locatedNear
Number 10 Communications →	associatedWith
City of Westminster →	contains
Whitehall →	hasJunctionWith
Whitehall ("Downing Street (off Whitehall)") →	hasLandmark
Downing Street ("Downing Street gate") →	hasPart
10 Downing Street →	locatedOn
11 Downing Street →	location
Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall →	nearby
11 Downing Street ("Downing Street complex") →	partOf
Denis Thatcher →	residence
Poll Tax Riots →	significantPlace
Number 10 →	streetName