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Royal Festival Hall

multi-purpose venue in London, England, UK
Organization concert_hall Q647390
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Royal Festival Hall

Summary

Royal Festival Hall is a concert hall[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of concert_hall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (617 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Festival Hall is located in London Borough of Lambeth[3].
  • Royal Festival Hall is located in Southwark[4].
  • Royal Festival Hall is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Royal Festival Hall's instance of is recorded as concert hall[6].
  • Royal Festival Hall's instance of is recorded as local business[7].
  • Royal Festival Hall's architect is recorded as Robert Matthew[8].
  • Royal Festival Hall's architect is recorded as Leslie Martin[9].
  • Royal Festival Hall's commissioned by is recorded as London County Council[10].
  • Royal Festival Hall's architectural style is recorded as modern architecture[11].
  • Royal Festival Hall's main building contractor is recorded as Holland, Hannen & Cubitts[12].
  • Royal Festival Hall is part of Southbank Centre[13].
  • Royal Festival Hall's Commons category is recorded as Royal Festival Hall[14].
  • Royal Festival Hall's review score is recorded as 4.0/5[15].
  • Royal Festival Hall's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ3079780223[16].
  • Royal Festival Hall's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.505836111111, 'lon': -0.11678888888889}[17].
  • Royal Festival Hall's located on street is recorded as Belvedere Road[18].
  • Royal Festival Hall's official website is recorded as https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall[19].
  • Royal Festival Hall's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Royal Festival Hall[20].
  • Royal Festival Hall's maximum capacity is recorded as {'amount': '+2900'}[21].
  • Royal Festival Hall's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[22].
  • Royal Festival Hall's date of official opening is recorded as May 3, 1951[23].
  • Royal Festival Hall's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'Royal Festival Hall'}[24].
  • Royal Festival Hall's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Architourist Guide[25].
  • Royal Festival Hall's related category is recorded as Category:Albums recorded at the Royal Festival Hall[26].
  • Royal Festival Hall's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of the Royal Festival Hall[27].

Body

Identity

Royal Festival Hall is part of Southbank Centre[13].

Why It Matters

Royal Festival Hall ranks in the top 9% of concert_hall entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (617 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . tripadvisor.co.uk. Retrieved . tripadvisor.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . tripadvisor.co.uk. Retrieved . tripadvisor.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . uprn.uk. uprn.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . tripadvisor.co.uk. Retrieved . tripadvisor.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · MenkinAlRire · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Royal Festival Hall 2011.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Royal Festival Hall 2011-edit.jpg"
  2. 8w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of the Royal Festival Hall
    Located on street → Belvedere Road
    Architect → Robert Matthew, Leslie Martin
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Building", "RoyalFestivalHall::s82ts"]
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "RoyalFestivalHall::s82ts"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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