Kindertransport – The Arrival, London

Name: Kindertransport – The Arrival
Address: London, United Kingdom

#980 among attractions in London

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Kindertransport – The Arrival is an outdoor bronze memorial sculpture by Frank Meisler, located in the forecourt of Liverpool Street station in London, United Kingdom. It commemorates the 10,000 orphaned Jewish children who escaped Nazi persecution and arrived at the station during 1938–1939. The memorial was installed in September 2006, replacing Flor Kent's bronze Für Das Kind, which was installed in 2003. It was commissioned by World Jewish Relief and the Association of Jewish Refugees. ()

Coordinates: 51°31'3"N, 0°4'57"W

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City of London (Bishopsgate)London United Kingdom

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Kindertransport – The Arrival – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: 30 St Mary Axe, Baltic Exchange, Tower 42, Dutch Church.

~1240 ftSE
Soaring tower nicknamed the Gherkin
30 St Mary Axe, London
6 min walk • 30 St Mary Axe, commonly known as "The Gherkin," is an iconic fixture of London's skyline. This architectural marvel is a commercial skyscraper that stands in the city's financial district. Completed in 2003, The Gherkin is lauded for its innovative, energy-efficient...
~1140 ftSE
Shopping, Market
Baltic Exchange, London
6 min walk • The Baltic Exchange, nestled in the heart of London's financial district, is not only a hub for global maritime commerce but also a historical landmark with a rich heritage. The exchange, originally formed in 1744, has been the beating heart of the shipping market...
~930 ftS
Skyscraper, Observation decks and towers
Tower 42, London
5 min walk • Tower 42, commonly known as the NatWest Tower, is a 183-metre-tall skyscraper in the City of London. It is the fifth-tallest tower in the City of London, having been overtaken as the tallest in 2010 by the 230-metre Heron Tower.
~1030 ftSW
Church
Dutch Church, London
5 min walk • The Dutch Church, Austin Friars, is a reformed church in the Broad Street Ward, in the City of London. Located on the site of the 13th-century Augustinian friary, the original building granted to Protestant refugees for their church services in 1550 was destroyed during the London Blitz.
~940 ftW
Park
Finsbury Circus, London
5 min walk • Finsbury Circus is a park in the Coleman Street Ward of the City of London, England. The 2.2 hectares park is the largest public open space within the City's boundaries.
~1080 ftE
Synagogue, Neoclassical architecture
Sandys Row Synagogue, London
6 min walk • Sandy's Row Synagogue is a historic Grade II listed synagogue and former Christian church in the East End of London. Built by refugee French Huguenots in 1766, it was later converted into a Baptist chapel and in 1867 was acquired by a Jewish congregation. It is the oldest surviving Ashkenazi synagogue in London.
~390 ftSE
Church, Baroque architecture
St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, London
2 min walk • St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate is a Church of England church in the Bishopsgate Without area of the City of London, and also, by virtue of lying outside the city's eastern walls, part of London's East End.
~800 ftSE
Church
Jubilee International Church, London
4 min walk • Jubilee International Church was established in 1992 with just 7 members in Clapham, London SW4. They then purchased and modernised a former 1935 Baptist church building and moved in 2006 to the Chinbrook and the former Chinbrook Meadows areas of Grove Park.
~1400 ftSE
Synagogue, Sacred and religious sites
Bevis Marks Synagogue, London
7 min walk • Bevis Marks Synagogue, officially Qahal Kadosh Sha'ar ha-Shamayim, is the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom in continuous use. It is located off Bevis Marks, Aldgate, in the City of London. The synagogue was built in 1701 and is affiliated to London's historic Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community. It is a Grade I listed building.
~1410 ftNW
Square
Finsbury Square, London
7 min walk • Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare square in Finsbury in central London which includes a six-rink grass bowling green. It was developed in 1777 on the site of a previous area of green space to the north of the City of London known as Finsbury Fields, in the parish of St Luke's and near Moorfields.
~780 ftS
Church
St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, London
4 min walk • St Ethelburga-the-Virgin within Bishopsgate is a Church of England church in the City of London, located on Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street station. The church was severely damaged by an IRA bomb in 1993. Following rebuilding and restoration it re-opened as a Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.

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Which popular attractions are close to Kindertransport – The Arrival?

Nearby attractions include Great Eastern Railway War Memorial, London (1 min walk), Fulcrum Sculpture, London (2 min walk), St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, London (2 min walk), Bishopsgate, London (3 min walk).

How to get to Kindertransport – The Arrival by public transport?

The nearest stations to Kindertransport – The Arrival:

Metro

Liverpool Street • Lines: Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan (1 min walk)
Moorgate • Lines: Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern (7 min walk)

Bus

Liverpool Street Station • Lines: 133, 26, 388, N133, N242, N26 (2 min walk)
Eldon Street • Lines: 153, N551 (3 min walk)

Train

Bank (11 min walk)
London Fenchurch Street (13 min walk)

Light rail

Bank Platform 10 • Lines: B-L, B-Wa (12 min walk)
Tower Gateway Platform 1 • Lines: Tg-B (16 min walk)

Ferry

Tower Millennium Pier • Lines: Rb1, Rb1X, Rb2, Red Tour (19 min walk)
London Bridge City Pier • Lines: Rb1, Rb1X, Rb2, Rb6 (19 min walk)