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The Embassy of the United States of America in London is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the United Kingdom. [1] Its office is located in Nine Elms and is the largest American embassy in Western Europe [2] and the focal point for events relating to the United States held in the United Kingdom.
Winfield House is an English townhouse in Regent's Park, central London and the official residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (formally, ambassador to the Court of St. James's). The grounds are 12 acres (4.9 ha), the largest private garden in London save for that of Buckingham Palace.
In 1960, a new United States Embassy was built on the western side of Grosvenor Square. This was a large and architecturally significant modern design by Eero Saarinen, being at the time a controversial insertion into a mainly Georgian and neo-Georgian district of London.
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13 St James's Square Embassy of Cuba, London. St James's [34] Czech Republic: 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens: Notting Hill Gate [35] Denmark: 55 Sloane Street: Knightsbridge [36] Dominica: 1 Collingham Gardens: South Kensington [37] Dominican Republic: 81 Cromwell Road
Nine Elms is an area of south-west London, England, within the London Borough of Wandsworth, with some parts (including the tube station) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Lambeth. It lies on the River Thames, with Battersea to the west, South Lambeth to the south and Vauxhall to the east. Across the Thames is Pimlico.
The position is regarded as one of the most prestigious posts in the United States Foreign Service due to the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom. [4] The ambassadorship has been held by various notable politicians, including five who would later become president: John Adams , James Monroe , John Quincy Adams ...
In March 2021, Embassy Gardens residents were reported by the Financial Times as feeling "trapped" in their apartments, with one resident reporting that the service charge had increased 58% in five years to an annual charge of just over £6,500. This was an increase of between 10% and 15% per annum, well above the UK's inflation rate of 2.9% ...