St James's Square
Square in the City of Westminster, London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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St James's Square is the only square in the St James's district of the City of Westminster and is a garden square. It has predominantly Georgian and Neo-Georgian architecture. For its first two hundred or so years it was one of the three or four most fashionable residential streets in London. It now has headquarters of a number of well-known businesses, including BP and Rio Tinto Group; four private members' clubs, the East India Club, the Naval and Military Club, the Canning Club, and the Army and Navy Club; the High Commission of Cyprus; the London Library; and global think tank and peace-promoter Chatham House.
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Location | St James's, London |
Coordinates | 51°30′26″N 00°08′07″W |
Open | 10am – 4:30pm daily[1] |
A main feature is a high, stone-plinthed equestrian statue of William III erected in 1808.