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Wellington Barracks has many amenities open to those working and living within the barracks. There is a bar for the junior ranks, which has many games available including horse racing and snooker tables. The Cost Cutter shop and a self-serve restaurant, a masseur and mess are located here. There is a
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single serving personnel room with Internet access available, as well as an interactive learning facility open to all serving soldiers and their dependants. Elsewhere there is an officers' mess, sergeants' mess, and a gymnasium with squash courts.
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houses a collection of uniforms, colours and artefacts spanning over three hundred years of history of the Foot Guards. The
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in that area. The building is located about 300 yards (270 m) from
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was rebuilt in the 1960s after the original chapel was destroyed by a
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is situated in the barracks, adjacent to the Guards' Chapel.
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Wellington Barracks were designed by Sir Francis Smith and
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This article about a London building or structure is a
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Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
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Barracks of the British Army in Westminster, London
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Wellington Barracks, Hong Kong
Griffith Barracks
Wellington Barracks, Bury
London

Wellington Barracks is located in Greater London
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Ministry of Defence
British Army
War Office
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards
Westminster
Foot Guards
battalions
public duties
Buckingham Palace
Birdcage Walk
Petty France
Philip Hardwick
Guards' Chapel
V-1 flying bomb
World War II
Diana, Princess of Wales
Prince William
Prince Harry
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards

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