Leicester Square

Summary

Leicester Square is a square^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of square entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leicester Square is located in City of Westminster^[3].
• Leicester Square is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Leicester Square's image is recorded as Redeveloped Leicester Square.jpg^[5].
• Leicester Square's instance of is recorded as square^[6].
• Leicester Square's instance of is recorded as pedestrian zone^[7].
• Leicester Square's shares border with is recorded as Covent Garden^[8].
• Leicester Square's architect is recorded as Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester^[9].
• Leicester Square's maintained by is recorded as Westminster City Council^[10].
• Leicester House is named after Leicester Square^[11].
• Leicester Square's postal code is recorded as WC2^[12].
• Leicester Square's Commons category is recorded as Leicester Square^[13].
• +1670-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Leicester Square^[14].
• Leicester Square's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.510277777778, 'lon': -0.13027777777778}^[15].
• Leicester Square's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0n7zx^[16].
• Leicester Square's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leicester Square^[17].
• Leicester Square's page banner is recorded as London banner Chinatown.jpg^[18].
• Leicester Square's MusicBrainz place ID is recorded as 76994f59-6282-4c13-a468-737652b26b99^[19].
• Leicester Square's GeoNames ID is recorded as 11777625^[20].
• Leicester Square's place name sign is recorded as Street sign, Leicester Square WC2 - geograph.org.uk - 2172359.jpg^[21].
• Leicester Square's connects with is recorded as Swiss Court^[22].
• Leicester Square's connects with is recorded as Cranbourn Street^[23].
• Leicester Square's connects with is recorded as Leicester Place^[24].
• Leicester Square's connects with is recorded as Leicester Street^[25].
• Leicester Square's connects with is recorded as Panton Street^[26].
• Leicester Square's connects with is recorded as Irving Street^[27].

Body

Geography

Leicester Square is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. It is located in City of Westminster^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include square^[6] and pedestrian zone^[7].

History and Context

+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Leicester Square^[14]. Leicester House is named after it^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Leicester Square include it tube station^[28], a London Underground station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].

Why It Matters

Leicester Square ranks in the top 1% of square entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include it tube station^[28], a London Underground station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].