Gardens · London
4 Hamilton Place
4 Hamilton Place — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Stephen Richards — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
4 Hamilton Place is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
4 Hamilton Place is a Grade-II-listed building in Mayfair, London. It is used as a conference centre and wedding venue, located on the north-east edge of Hyde Park Corner, with the nearest access being Hyde Park Corner Underground station. Since 1939 it has been the headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The venue is also part of the Westminster Collection, a selection of Westminster's finest venues.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The first reference to the short street now known as Hamilton Place appears in the latter half of the 17th century. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II granted James Hamilton, a ranger of Hyde Park and later groom of the bedchamber, a corner of land which had been excluded from Hyde Park when it was walled. A street bearing Hamilton's name (which eventually became Hamilton Place) was constructed from Piccadilly to the park wall but the houses on it were small with none of the elegance which later came to be associated with the area. Documentary evidence shows that Leverton designed 4 Hamilton Place in 1807 for his client, the 2nd Earl of Lucan, who took up the lease in…
Visiting
No. 4 Hamilton Place was used as the Embassy Club in the Christmas special 2013, of ITV's series Downton Abbey. As part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2018, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended a Women's Empowerment reception, hosted by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, at 4 Hamilton Place.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5043, -0.1505
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- W1J 7NT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Official site
- www.wellingtoncollection.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q15978846 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 4 Hamilton Place (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 4 Hamilton Place?
- 4 Hamilton Place is in London, United Kingdom (postcode W1J 7NT), in the parish of Westminster, unparished area.
- Who owns 4 Hamilton Place?
- 4 Hamilton Place is owned by | current_tenants = The Royal Aeronautical Society.
- How do I get to 4 Hamilton Place?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode W1J 7NT. It sits within the Cities of London and Westminster parliamentary constituency.