Twickenham
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/72704
- Note
- "Twickenham is a suburban town in southwest London, England. It lies on the River Thames and is 9.9 miles (15.9 km) west-southwest of Charing Cross, 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Hounslow, and 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of Kingston upon Thames.
Twickenham is the administrative headquarters and the largest town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965. The population of the town, including its localities St Margarets and Whitton, was 62,148 as of 2011.
Twickenham has an extensive town centre and is famous for being the home of rugby union in England, with hundreds of thousands of spectators visiting Twickenham Stadium, the world´s largest rugby stadium, each year. The historic riverside area is famous for its network of 18th-century buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which have survived intact." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.05.2021) - Latitude
- 51.448600769043
- Longitude
- -0.33689999580383
- Time zone
- Europe/London
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