Queen Square (London)
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Queen Square is a comparatively small garden square in Bloomsbury, London, located approximately 200 metres (220 yards) east of Russell Square. The square was originally named Queen Anne's Square because a statue contained within it was misidentified as depicting Queen Anne. This statue is now believed to a portrayal of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III.
Many of the buildings surrounding the square are devoted to providing, researching and administering health care.
George III was treated in a house on Queen Square when it was thought that he had gone mad. There is a public house on its southwest corner called the Queen’s Larder as, according to legend, the building was used by Queen Charlotte to store food for the King during his treatment. At the southern end of the square is the church of St George the Martyr, the Mary Ward Centre and the former Italian Hospital, now part of Great Ormond Street Hospital (whose main buildings are in the immediate vicinity).
Many of the buildings surrounding the square are devoted to providing, researching and administering health care.
George III was treated in a house on Queen Square when it was thought that he had gone mad. There is a public house on its southwest corner called the Queen’s Larder as, according to legend, the building was used by Queen Charlotte to store food for the King during his treatment. At the southern end of the square is the church of St George the Martyr, the Mary Ward Centre and the former Italian Hospital, now part of Great Ormond Street Hospital (whose main buildings are in the immediate vicinity).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Square,_London
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Coordinates: 51°31'17"N -0°7'20"E
- Russell Square Gardens 0.4 km
- Leicester Square 1.3 km
- Grosvenor Square 2.4 km
- Eaton Square 3.5 km
- Roman Road Market 6.4 km
- World Square 7.5 km
- Box Hill School 31 km
- St Annes-on-the-Sea Town Square 317 km
- Merrion Square 462 km
- Kenilworth Square 463 km
- Bloomsbury 0.3 km
- Holborn 0.5 km
- St. Giles 0.7 km
- Covent Garden 1 km
- Strand 1.2 km
- Soho 1.3 km
- Central London 1.4 km
- City of Westminster 3 km
- London Borough of Islington 3 km
- Camden Council 3.5 km