Gardens · London
54 Broadway
54 Broadway — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
54 Broadway 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
54 Broadway, sometimes known as Broadway Buildings (now renumbered 50 Broadway), is an office building in Broadway, London.
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Background
History
The building, which has a prominent mansard roof, was completed around 1924, when it became the main operating base for the Secret Intelligence Service. In 1925, the Government Code and Cypher School co-located within the building, although it was on a different floor to the Secret Intelligence Service. GC&CS moved out to Bletchley Park in August 1939. During the Second World War it had a brass plaque identifying it as the offices of the "Minimax Fire Extinguisher Company". Kim Philby, who worked in the building during the war, described it as "a dingy building, a warren of wooden partitions and frosted glass windows...served by an ancient lift." The Secret Intelligence Service moved out to…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4999, -0.1335
- Address
- Westminster, London
- Established
- 1924
Sources
- wikidata: Q28803255 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 54 Broadway (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 54 Broadway?
- 54 Broadway is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4999°, -0.1335°.
- When was 54 Broadway built?
- 54 Broadway dates to 1924.