Gardens · London
140 Gower Street
140 Gower Street — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Bryn Holmes — 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)
About
140 Gower Street 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
140 Gower Street was the headquarters of the Security Service (MI5) from 1976 to 1994. The site was acquired by the Wellcome Trust in 1998.
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Background
History
In the late 19th century the site at 140 Gower Street was occupied by a modest three-story building which was used by George J. W. Pitman, book publishers. Then in the first half of the 20th century the same building was used for the secondhand book section of H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., book sellers. In 1950 the site was acquired by a property developer. After the bookshop was demolished, the site was redeveloped and a new ten-story building constructed in the early 1950s. The new building was occupied by various government offices including the Commission on Industrial Relations. The Security Service (MI5), who had relocated from Leconfield House, occupied the new building, known simply as…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5254, -0.1357
- Address
- Gower Street, London
- Established
- 1950
- Opening
- Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr 12:00-01:30; Sa 19:00-01:30
- Official site
- studentsunionucl.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q28803297 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 140 Gower Street (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 140 Gower Street?
- 140 Gower Street is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5254°, -0.1357°.
- When was 140 Gower Street built?
- 140 Gower Street dates to 1950.
- What are the opening hours for 140 Gower Street?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr 12:00-01:30; Sa 19:00-01:30. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.