Charing Cross
area of London, England
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Summary
Charing Cross is a monument[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of monument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,271 views/month, #6 of 809).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Westminster[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: area of London[5]
- Shares border with: Covent Garden[6]
- Postal code: WC2[7]
- Commons category: Charing Cross[8]
- OS grid reference: TQ302804[9]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Charing Cross[11]
- Historic county: Middlesex[12]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Charing Cross include it railway station[13], a station building[14], in United Kingdom[15] and it tube station[16], a London Underground station[17], in United Kingdom[18].
Why It Matters
Charing Cross has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]
Entities named for it include it railway station[13], a station building[14], in United Kingdom[15] and it tube station[16], a London Underground station[17], in United Kingdom[18].