Residential/commercial block · Knightsbridge · SW3 · Contributed by The Underground Map

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Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge was originally a small hamlet, between the villages of Chelsea (Chelsey), Kensington (Kensing town) and Charing. In the time of Edward I, the manor of Knightsbridge appertained to the abbey of Westminster. It was named after a crossing of the River Westbourne, which is now an underground river.

Knightsbridge is notable as an ultra-expensive residential area, and for the density of its upmarket retail outlets. Fourteen of Britain's two hundred most expensive streets are in the district.

Knightsbridge is leafy, especially considering its location at the heart of London. It is home to many of the world's richest people, and has some of the highest property prices in the world. In February 2007, the world's then most expensive apartment at One Hyde Park, sold off plan for £100,000,000, and was bought by a Qatari Prince, and another apartment at the same place in February 2009, of almost the same price was bought by an Afghani Prince.

The principal landowners in the area are the Duke of Westminster and Earl Cadogan. The two areas of aristocratic landholdings can be distinguished: red-brick Queen Anne Revival buildings are mostly to be found on the Cadogan Estates, whereas white stucco-fronted houses are mostly found on the Grosvenor Estate, built by Thomas Cubitt.

Knightsbridge station opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly Line). When opened, the platforms were accessed in the standard manner by four lifts and an emergency staircase connecting to parallel passageways and bridges to midway along the platforms. The original station building designed by Leslie Green was located on Brompton Road a short distance west of its junction with Knightsbridge and Sloane Street.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Blandel Bridge:   The bridge over the Westbourne at Sloane Square was called Blandel Bridge and was later renamed Grosvenor Bridge.
Burton Court:   
Church of the Annunciation:   The Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch, is a Church of England parish church designed by Sir Walter Tapper. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Churchill Hotel:   The Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill is a five star hotel located on Portman Square.
Connaught House School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 4 and 11.
Eaton House Belgravia Pre-Preparatory School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 4 and 8. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
Francis Holland School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18.
Francis Holland School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 4 and 18.
Garden House School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
Halcyon London International School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18.
Harrods:   Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge.
Hill House International Junior School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 4 and 13. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Home House:   Home House is a Georgian town house at 20 Portman Square.
Hyde Park:   
Inchbald School of Design:   Miscellaneous which accepts students between the ages of 18 and 99.
Knightsbridge:   Knightsbridge was originally a small hamlet, between the villages of Chelsea (Chelsey), Kensington (Kensing town) and Charing. In the time of Edward I, the manor of Knightsbridge appertained to the abbey of Westminster. It was named after a crossing of the River Westbourne, which is now an underground river.
Knightsbridge School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 2 and 13.
Marble Arch:   Marble Arch station was opened on 30 July 1900 by the Central London Railway.
Marble Arch:   Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble faced triumphal arch.
Marlborough Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster:   The Metropolitan Borough of Westminster was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965.
More House School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Selective (grammar).
Odeon Marble Arch:   The Odeon Marble Arch (known as the Regal 1928-1945) was a cinema located opposite Marble Arch monument at the top of Park Lane, with its main entrance on Edgware Road.
Orchard Court:   Orchard Court is an apartment block off of Portman Square in London. Known in French as Le Verger, it was used during the Second World War as the London base of F section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Saint Thomas More Language College:   Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 16. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Sloane Square:   Sloane Square station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the Metropolitan District Railway when the company opened the first section of its line.
Somerset House, Park Lane:   Somerset House was an 18th-century town house on the east side of Park Lane, where it meets Oxford Street, in the Mayfair area of London. It was also known as 40 Park Lane, although a renumbering means that the site is now called 140 Park Lane.
Speakers’ Corner:   Speakers’ Corner is in the northeast corner of Hyde Park.
St Georges Fields:   St George’s Fields are a former burial ground of St George’s, Hanover Square, lying between Connaught Street and Bayswater Road.
St Nicholas Preparatory School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
St Paul’s Church:   St Paul’s Church is an Anglican church of the Anglo-Catholic tradition located at 32a Wilton Place.
Sussex House School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 8 and 13.
The Fascination of Chelsea: The Royal Hospital:   Written by G. E. MITTON in 1902. Edited by Sir Walter Besant.
Tyburn:   Tyburn was a village of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch and the southern end of Edgware Road.

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

Twopenny Tube:   In 1900, a pioneering underground railway began running in London.

NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Albert Gate, SW1X · Albion Close, W2 · Albion Mews, W2 · Albion Street, W2 · Anderson Street, SW3 · Ann’s Close, SW1X · Archery Close, W2 · Basil Mansions, SW3 · Basil Street, SW1X · Basil Street, SW3 · Beauchamp Mansions, SW3 · Beauchamp Place, SW3 · Beaufort Gardens, SW3 · Belgrave Mews North, SW1X · Belgrave Mews West, SW1X · Berkeley Mews, W1H · Bilton Towers, W1H · Blacklands Terrace, SW3 · Bourne Street, SW1W · Bowater House West, SW1X · Bradbrook House, SW1X · Bray Place, SW3 · Brompton Place, SW3 · Brompton Road, SW1X · Brompton Road, SW3 · Brompton Square, SW3 · Brunswick Mews, W1H · Bryanston Street, W1C · Bryanston Street, W1H · Bryanston Street, W2 · Bull’s Gardens, SW3 · Burnsall Street, SW3 · Bywater Street, SW3 · Cadogan Gardens, SW3 · Cadogan Gate S.W 1, SW1X · Cadogan Lane, SW1X · Cadogan Place, SW1X · Cadogan Square, SW1X · Cadogan Street, SW3 · Carriage Drive, SE21 · Carriage Drive, SE22 · Cavalry Square, SW1W · Cavalry Square, SW3 · Chapel Street, SW1X · Charles II Place, SW3 · Chelsea Cloisters, SW3 · Cheltenham Terrace, SW3 · Chesham Close, SW1X · Chesham Mews, SW1X · Chesham Place, SW1X · Chesham Street, SW1X · Cheval Place, SW7 · Clabon Mews, SW1X · Clenston Mews, W1H · Cliveden Place, SW1W · Colebrook Court, SW3 · Connaught Close, W2 · Connaught Place, W2 · Connaught Square, W2 · Connaught Street, W2 · Cottage Place, SW3 · Cottage Place, SW7 · Coulson Street, SW3 · Culford Gardens, SW3 · Culross Street, W1K · Danube Street, SW3 · Denyer Street, SW3 · Donne Place, SW3 · Draycott Avenue, SW3 · Draycott Place, SW3 · Draycott Terrace, SW3 · Duke of York Square, SW1W · Duke Of York Square, SW3 · Dunraven Street, W1K · Duplex Ride, SW1X · Eaton Close, SW1W · Eaton Gate, SW1W · Eaton Terrace, SW1W · Egerton Crescent, SW3 · Egerton Gardens Mews, SW3 · Egerton Gardens, SW3 · Egerton Terrace, SW3 · Ellis Street, SW1X · Elystan Place, SW3 · Elystan Street, SW3 · Ennismore Mews, SW7 · Ennismore Street, SW7 · Fairholt Street, SW7 · First Street, SW3 · Franklins Row, SW3 · Frederic Mews, SW1X · Frederick Close, W2 · George Street, W2 · Glynde Mews, SW3 · Godfrey Street, SW3 · Graham Terrace, SW1W · Granville Place, W1H · Great Cumberland Place, W1 · Great Cumberland Place, W1H · Green Street, W1K · Groom Place, SW1X · Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W · Grosvenor Crescent Mews, SW1X · Grosvenor Crescent, SW1X · Grosvenor Cresent, SW1X · Halkin Arcade, SW1X · Halsey Street, SW3 · Hampden Gurney Street, W1H · Hampshire House, W2 · Hans Crescent, SW1X · Hans Crescent, SW3 · Hans Cresent, SW1X · Hans Place, SW1X · Hans Road, SW1X · Hans Road, SW3 · Hans Street, SW1X · Harriet Street, SW1X · Harriet Walk, SW1X · Harrods Green, HA8 · Hasker Street, SW3 · Herbert Crescent, SW1X · Holbein Mews, SW1W · Holbein Place, SW1W · Hyde Park Place, W2 · Hyde Park, W2 · Ives Street, SW3 · Jefferson House, SW3 · Jones Street, W1K · Joubert Mansions, SW3 · Jubilee Place, SW3 · Kendal Street, W2 · Kings Road, SW1W · Kingston House North, SW7 · Kinnerton Place South, SW1X · Kinnerton Street, SW1X · Kinnerton Yard, SW1X · Knight’s Bridge, E20 · Knightsbridge Barracks, SW7 · Knightsbridge Court, SW1X · Knightsbridge Green, SW1X · Knightsbridge, SW1X · Knightsbridge, SW3 · Lancelot Place, SW7 · Lees Place, W1K · Lennox Gardens Mews, SW1X · Lennox Gardens, SW1X · Lincoln Street, SW3 · Little Chester Street, SW1X · Lovers’ Walk, W1K · Lower Sloane Street, SW1W · Lowndes Square, SW1X · Lowndes Street, SW1X · Lyall Mews West, SW1X · Lyall Mews, SW1X · Marble Arch, W1H · Markham Square, SW3 · Markham Street, SW3 · Milner Street, SW3 · Montpelier Mews, SW7 · Montpelier Square, SW7 · Montpelier Street, SW3 · Montpelier Street, SW7 · Montpelier Walk, SW7 · Montrose Court, SW7 · Moore Street, SW3 · Mossop Street, SW3 · Motcomb Street, SW1X · New Quebec Street, W1H · New Ride, SW1X · New Ride, SW7 · North Carriage Drive, W2 · North Row, W1K · North Terrace, SW3 · North Terrace, SW7 · Old Barrack Yard, SW1X · Old Quebec Street, W1 · Old Quebec Street, W1H · Orchard Court, W1H · Orchard Street, W1H · Orchard Street, W1K · Ovington Gardens, SW3 · Ovington Square, SW3 · Ovington Street, SW3 · Oxford Square, W2 · Park Close, SW1X · Park Lane, W1C · Park Lane, W1J · Park Lane, W1K · Park Mansions, SW1X · Park Steps, W2 · Park Street, W1K · Park Towers Hotel, SW1X · Park West Place, W2 · Park West, W2 · Parkside, SW1X · Passmore Street, SW1W · Pavilion Road, SW1X · Peninsular Tower, SW7 · Petyward, SW3 · Pimlico Road, SW1W · Policeman’s Walk, W2 · Pont St Mews, SW1X · Pont Street Mews, SW1X · Pont Street, SW1X · Porchester Place, W2 · Portman Mews South, W1H · Portman Square, W1H · Portman Street, W1C · Portman Street, W1H · Portsea Mews, W2 · Portsea Place, W2 · Princes Gate, SW7 · Quebec Mews, W1H · Raphael Street, SW1X · Raphael Street, SW7 · Rawlings Street, SW3 · Red Place, W1K · Relton Mews, SW7 · Rich Lane, SW5 · Rosemoor Street, SW3 · Rotten Row, SW1X · Rotten Row, SW7 · Royal Avenue, SW3 · Rutland Gardens, SW7 · Rutland Gate Mews, SW7 · Rutland Gate, SW7 · Rutland Street, SW7 · Sedding Street, SW1W · Sedding Street, SW1X · Seymour Street, W1H · Seymour Street, W2 · Shepards Place, W1K · Shepherds Place, W1K · Sloane Avenue, SW3 · Sloane Court East, SW1W · Sloane Court East, SW3 · Sloane Court West, SW3 · Sloane Gardens, SW1W · Sloane Square House, SW1W · Sloane Square, SW1W · Sloane Street, SW1X · Sloane Terrace, SW1X · Smith Street, SW3 · South Carriage Drive, SW1X · South Carriage Drive, SW7 · Sprimont Place, SW3 · St Catherine’s Mews, SW3 · St. Leonard’s Terrace, SW3 · Stackhouse Street, SW1X · Stanhope House, W2 · Stanhope Place, W2 · Stourcliffe Street, W1H · Studio Place, SW1X · Symons Street, SW3 · The Gateways, SW3 · Trevor Place, SW7 · Trevor Square, SW3 · Trevor Square, SW7 · Trevor Street, SW7 · Tryon Street, SW3 · Upper Berkeley Street, W1H · Upper Brook Street, W1K · Upper Grosvenor Street, W1K · Walkway, SW7 · Walpole Street, SW3 · Walton Street, SW3 · Wellington Square, SW3 · West Eaton Place Mews, SW1X · West Eaton Place, SW1X · West Halkin Street, SW1X · Whitehead’s Grove, SW3 · Whitehead’s Grove, SW3 · Whiteheads Grove, SW3 · Whittaker Street, SW1W · Wigmore Street, W1H · Wilbraham Place, SW1X · William Mews, SW1X · William Street, SW1X · Wilton Crescent, SW1X · Wilton Cresent, SW1X · Wilton Mews, SW1X · Wilton Place, SW1X · Wilton Row, SW1X · Wilton Terrace, SW1X · Wiltshire Close, SW3 · Woodfall Street, SW3 · Woods Mews, W1K · Yeomans Row, SW3 ·