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Hyde Park Corner is a place in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park
Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine ....
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Hyde Park Corner is a place in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park
Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine ....
. It is a major intersection where Park Lane
Park Lane (road)

Park Lane is a major road in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Originally a country lane, it became a fashionable residential address from the eighteenth century onwards, with several large mansions such as the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor House and the Holford family's Dorchester House....
, Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, London, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea....
, Piccadilly
Piccadilly

Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the city of Westminster....
, Grosvenor Place and Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill, London

Constitution Hill is a road in the City of Westminster in London. It connects the western end of The Mall with Hyde Park Corner, and is bordered by Buckingham Palace Gardens and Green Park....
 converge. The closest tube station is Hyde Park Corner
Hyde Park Corner tube station

Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park, London. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Knightsbridge tube station and Green Park tube station on the Piccadilly Line....
.

In the centre of the roundabout stands Constitution Arch (or Wellington Arch
Wellington Arch

Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or the Green Park Arch, is a triumphal arch located to the south of Hyde Park, London in central London....
), designed by Decimus Burton
Decimus Burton

Decimus Burton was a prolific England architect and garden designer, particularly associated with projects in the classical style in London parks, including buildings at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and London Zoo, and with the layout and architecture of the seaside towns of Fleetwood and St Leonards-on-Sea and of Royal Tunbridge Wells....
 as a memorial to the Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Order of St Patrick, Order of the Bath, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
 and originally providing a grand entrance to London. It was built as a northern gate to the grounds of Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction....
. Originally the arch was topped with an equestrian statue of the Duke
Wellington Statue, Aldershot

The Wellington Statue in Aldershot is a monument to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington victor at the Battle of Waterloo and later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
 by Matthew Cotes Wyatt
Matthew Cotes Wyatt

Matthew Cotes Wyatt was a Painting and sculptor and a member of the Wyatt family, who were well-known in the Victorian era as architects and sculptors....
, but it was replaced with the current work, The Angel of Peace descending on the Quadriga
Quadriga

A quadriga is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast . It was raced in the Ancient Olympic Games and other games. It is represented in profile as the chariot of Greek mythology on Greek vases and in bas-relief....
 of Victory (1912) by Adrian Jones
Adrian Jones

Adrian Jones was an England Robert Roode and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses. He was born in Ludlow, Shropshire and initially studied at the Royal Veterinary College; he subsequently joined the army as a veterinary officer, attaining the rank of Captain....
. Other monuments at Hyde Park Corner include Jones's Monument to the Cavalry of the Empire (off the west side of Park Lane), Alexander Munro
Alexander Munro (sculptor)

Alexander Munro was a British sculptor of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.Son of a stone mason, his talents were supported by financial assistance from his father?s employer, the Duchess of Sutherland....
's Boy and Dolphin statue (in a rose garden parallel to Rotten Row, going west from Hyde Park Corner), the Wellington Monument
Wellington Monument, London

File:Richard Westmacott - Wellington Monument 1822 - Achilles.jpgFile:280px-Apsley House - Napoleons statue enhanced.jpgIt is best known for its colossal 18 foot high statue of Achilles by the sculptor Richard Westmacott, produced from melted-down captured enemy cannon....
 (off the west side of Park Lane) and a statue of Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron

George Gordon Byron, later Noel, 6th Baron Byron Royal Society was a United Kingdom poet and a leading figure in Romanticism. Amongst Byron's best-known works are the brief poems She Walks in Beauty, When We Two Parted, and So, we'll go no more a roving, in addition to the narrative poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and...
 (on a traffic island opposite the Wellington Monument).

In the post-war years Park Lane was widened and the area around the arch became a large traffic island, mostly laid to grass. The traffic island area includes a smaller equestrian statue of Wellington, the Machine Gun Corps Memorial
Machine Gun Corps Memorial

File:DavidLondon.JPGThe Machine Gun Corps Memorial is a memorial to the dead of the Machine Gun Corps in the First World War at Hyde Park Corner in London....
, the Royal Artillery Memorial
Royal Artillery Memorial

The Royal Artillery Memorial is a large stone memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London dedicated to casualties in the British Royal Regiment of Artillery in World War I....
, the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial, London

The Australian War Memorial is a war memorial to 102,000 the Australian dead of the First and Second World Wars at Hyde Park Corner in London, at the southernmost corner of the traffic island around the Wellington Arch, at the junction of Grosvenor Place and Wellington Place....
 and the New Zealand War Memorial
New Zealand War Memorial, London

The New Zealand War Memorial is a war memorial to the war dead of New Zealand in the First and Second World Wars at Hyde Park Corner in London, at the Piccadilly end of the traffic island surrounding Wellington Arch and opposite the Australian War Memorial, London....
. An underpass beneath the junction allows traffic to flow freely between Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, London, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea....
 and Piccadilly
Piccadilly

Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the city of Westminster....
. The Queen Elizabeth Gate and the Hyde Park Corner Screen are on the boundary of Hyde Park at Hyde Park Corner. To the north of the roundabout is Apsley House
Apsley House

Apsley House, also known as Number One, London, was the London residence of the Duke of Wellington and stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, on the south-east corner of Hyde Park, London, facing south towards the busy traffic circulation system....
, the home of the first Duke of Wellington. "Hyde Park Corner" was also used as a code to announce to the Government the death of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom

George VI was British monarchy and the United Kingdom Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India and the last King of Ireland , and the first Head of the Commonwealth....
 in 1952.

Memorials at Hyde Park Corner


See also

  • St George's Hospital
    St George's Hospital

    St George's Hospital, founded in 1733, is a teaching hospital in London, England. It has continuously trained medical students since that date....
  • The Lanesborough
    The Lanesborough

    The Lanesborough is a prestigious 5-star hotel on Hyde Park Corner in Knightsbridge, central London , England.The hotel is part of the chain, owned by the American company Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide....
     hotel
  • Hyde Park Corner tube station
    Hyde Park Corner tube station

    Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park, London. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Knightsbridge tube station and Green Park tube station on the Piccadilly Line....