Vauxhall Cross, London

E430096

building complex government building intelligence agency headquarters office building

Vauxhall Cross, London is a prominent riverside complex best known as the distinctive, fortress-like headquarters of the United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Vauxhall Cross	6
Vauxhall, London	3
Vauxhall Cross, London canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4319726 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vauxhall Cross, London
Context triple: [Secret Intelligence Service, headquartersLocation, Vauxhall Cross, London]

A. New Cross, London, England
New Cross, London, England is an inner-city district in southeast London known for its vibrant arts and music scene and as the birthplace of actor Gary Oldman.
B. Tavistock Square, London
Tavistock Square, London is a historic garden square in Bloomsbury known for its literary and intellectual associations, including its connection to members of the Bloomsbury Group.
C. Waltham Cross
Waltham Cross is a town in southeastern England known for its historic Eleanor Cross and its location near the Greater London boundary.
D. Brent Cross
Brent Cross is a district in northwest London best known for its large shopping centre and major road junction.
E. Turners Cross
Turners Cross is a residential suburb of Cork City, Ireland, known for its football stadium and local community amenities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vauxhall Cross, London
Target entity description: Vauxhall Cross, London is a prominent riverside complex best known as the distinctive, fortress-like headquarters of the United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

A. New Cross, London, England
New Cross, London, England is an inner-city district in southeast London known for its vibrant arts and music scene and as the birthplace of actor Gary Oldman.
B. Tavistock Square, London
Tavistock Square, London is a historic garden square in Bloomsbury known for its literary and intellectual associations, including its connection to members of the Bloomsbury Group.
C. Waltham Cross
Waltham Cross is a town in southeastern England known for its historic Eleanor Cross and its location near the Greater London boundary.
D. Brent Cross
Brent Cross is a district in northwest London best known for its large shopping centre and major road junction.
E. Turners Cross
Turners Cross is a residential suburb of Cork City, Ireland, known for its football stadium and local community amenities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building complex ⓘ government building ⓘ intelligence agency headquarters ⓘ office building ⓘ
adjacentTo	Vauxhall Bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MI6 Building ⓘ SIS Building ⓘ
architect	Terry Farrell ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Postmodern architecture ⓘ
constructionEnd	1992 ⓘ
constructionStart	1989 ⓘ
coordinates	51.489°N 0.124°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuredIn	James Bond film GoldenEye ⓘ linked to: film GoldenEye James Bond film Skyfall ⓘ linked to: Skyfall James Bond film Spectre ⓘ linked to: Spectre James Bond film The World Is Not Enough ⓘ linked to: James Bond: The World Is Not Enough
hasFunction	administrative offices for SIS ⓘ foreign intelligence operations coordination ⓘ intelligence analysis ⓘ
height	approximately 65 metres ⓘ
locatedIn	London ⓘ linked to: London, England London Borough of Lambeth ⓘ linked to: Lambeth Vauxhall ⓘ
locatedOn	River Thames ⓘ linked to: Thames
material	concrete ⓘ glass ⓘ stone cladding ⓘ
notableFeature	fortress-like appearance ⓘ riverside terraces ⓘ stepped, ziggurat-style massing ⓘ
numberOfFloors	about 14 above ground ⓘ
occupant	MI6 ⓘ Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
openingDate	1994 ⓘ
ownedBy	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ⓘ linked to: Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
owner	UK Government ⓘ linked to: UK government
partOf	UK national security estate ⓘ
primaryFunction	headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
region	Greater London ⓘ
securityLevel	high-security facility ⓘ
transportNearby	Vauxhall Underground station ⓘ Vauxhall bus station ⓘ Vauxhall railway station ⓘ
usedBy	Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (for SIS) ⓘ linked to: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secret Intelligence Service → headquartersLocation → Vauxhall Cross, London ⓘ

subject linked to: SIS

SIS Building, Vauxhall Cross → alsoKnownAs → Vauxhall Cross ⓘ