Wellington Barracks

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British Army barracks military installation

Wellington Barracks is a major British Army installation in central London that serves as the primary base and ceremonial staging point for the Foot Guards regiments.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wellington Barracks, London	5

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army barracks ⓘ military installation ⓘ
coordinateLocation	London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison	Coldstream Guards ⓘ Foot Guards ⓘ Grenadier Guards ⓘ Irish Guards ⓘ Scots Guards ⓘ Welsh Guards ⓘ
guardedBy	Foot Guards ⓘ
hasChapel	Guards Chapel ⓘ
hasFacility	accommodation blocks ⓘ administration buildings ⓘ chapel ⓘ guardroom ⓘ officers' mess ⓘ parade ground ⓘ sergeants' mess ⓘ
hasUse	accommodation for Foot Guards soldiers ⓘ administrative offices for Foot Guards ⓘ ceremonial base for Foot Guards ⓘ staging point for Changing of the Guard ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of a conservation area ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	City of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater London ⓘ
locatedNear	Buckingham Palace ⓘ St James’s Park ⓘ surface form: St James's Park The Mall, London ⓘ
location	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Central London ⓘ surface form: central London
militaryBranch	Household Division ⓘ
militaryRole	home station for Foot Guards on public duties ⓘ
namedAfter	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
operator	British Army ⓘ
ownedBy	Ministry of Defence ⓘ
partOf	London District (British Army) ⓘ
primaryFunction	base for public duties battalions ⓘ support to ceremonial duties in London ⓘ
publicAccess	restricted ⓘ
significantEvent	Changing of the Guard formations depart from here ⓘ ceremonial guards return here after duties ⓘ
streetAddress	Birdcage Walk ⓘ
usedFor	preparation for royal guards mounting ⓘ state ceremonial events ⓘ training for ceremonial drill ⓘ