Trafalgar Square
A public square laid out in the early 19th century at Charing Cross and named after the naval victory of 1805. Nelson's Column rises from its centre between bronze lions and fountains, with the National Gallery along its northern side.
- Where
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.5081, -0.1281
Get the Trafalgar Square stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Trafalgar Square. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Trafalgar Square
National Gallery 0.1 km
An art museum on the north side of Trafalgar Square, founded in 1824. It holds more than 2,300 paintings from the mid 13th century to 1900, Western European art from Renaissance altarpieces to Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
Horse Guards Parade 0.4 km
A broad parade ground off Whitehall, backing onto St James's Park. Each year it hosts Trooping the Colour for the monarch's official birthday and the Beating Retreat, and mounted sentries stand guard at the Horse Guards arch on the Whitehall side.
Piccadilly Circus 0.5 km
A road junction in the West End, built in 1819 to link Regent Street with Piccadilly, its name taken from the Latin for a circle. It is known for its curved wall of illuminated advertising screens and the winged statue usually called Eros.
Covent Garden 0.6 km
A district on the eastern edge of the West End built around a former fruit and vegetable market, whose central square is now given over to shops and street performers. The Royal Opera House stands beside it, and Neal's Yard and Seven Dials lie to the north.
Churchill War Rooms 0.7 km
An underground complex beneath Whitehall that housed a British government command centre through the Second World War, kept much as it was left. Part of the Imperial War Museum, it also holds a museum on the life of Winston Churchill.
London Eye 0.8 km
A giant observation wheel on the South Bank, opened for the millennium and still the most visited paid attraction in Britain. Its glass capsules turn slowly enough to step into while moving, and from the top the Thames, Westminster and the City lie spread out below.
St James's Park 0.8 km
A 23 hectare Royal Park in Westminster, first enclosed as a deer park for Henry VIII in the 1530s. Its lake is home to pelicans, and the bridge across it gives views of Buckingham Palace at one end and Whitehall at the other.
India House 0.8 km
The building on Aldwych that houses the High Commission of India, India's diplomatic mission to the United Kingdom. It stands between Bush House and Australia House, facing King's College and the London School of Economics, and has been Grade II listed since 1981.
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Questions
Where is Trafalgar Square?
Trafalgar Square is in London, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are National Gallery (0.1 km), Horse Guards Parade (0.4 km), Piccadilly Circus (0.5 km).
How do I get the Trafalgar Square stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Trafalgar Square and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Trafalgar Square before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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