Buckingham Gate

Buckingham Gate

Buildings on Buckingham Gate
Location	Westminster London, England
Coordinates	51°29′55″N0°08′16″W / 51.49861°N 0.13778°W / 51.49861; -0.13778
North-west end	Buckingham Palace Road
South-east end	Victoria Street

Buckingham Gate is a street in Westminster, London, England, near Buckingham Palace. It contains a number of embassies, hotels and businesses, and since September 2025, includes Liberal Democrat Headquarters, housing one of Parliament's three largest political parties, which is based at 66 Buckingham Gate. ^[1]

Location

At the north-west end is a junction with Buckingham Palace Road and Birdcage Walk opposite Buckingham Palace. At the south-east end is a junction with Victoria Street. The Wellington Barracks are to the north-east. The street is designated as part of the B323 road.

Transport

The nearest London Underground stations are London Victoria station and St James's Park tube station; both are close to the south-east end of the street.

History

The Buckingham Gate drill halls stood at No. 58 and No. 59. No. 59 was the regimental headquarters of the London Scottish ^[2] and also served as the location for the British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.

Embassies

There are a number of diplomatic missions on the road:

• No. 20 – High Commission of Eswatini
• No. 60 – South Korean Embassy
• No. 75-88 – Embassy of Macedonia

Businesses

There are several restaurants in Buckingham Gate. Currently, there is Bistro at the St. James Court, A Taj Hotel London St. James, the Quilon Restaurant at No. 41, The Zander cocktail bar is at No. 45, and Bongusto Italian restaurant at No. 75.

• No. 51 is The Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, a five-star hotel.
• No. 57 – Savills Westminster.
• No. 58 is Sassoon Academy.
• No. 59 is Swire House, accommodating the Britain–Australia Society and the Hong Kong Association and Society.
• No. 62 is the Rolls-Royce Group PLC headquarters.

References

1. Pack, Mark (22 September 2025). "Liberal Democrat HQ – address, phone number and other contact details". MarkPack.org. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
2. "Blue plaque". Londonremembers.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

• Hong Kong Association and Society