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Old Brompton Road is a major street in the South Kensington district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It starts from South Kensington Underground station and runs south-west, through a mainly residential area, until it reaches West Brompton and the area around Earl's Court tube station. It runs through the SW5 and SW7 ...
The old village of Brompton carried on straddling the secondary Brompton Lane, later Old Brompton Road, for the whole of its length. In modern terms Old Brompton centred on today's South Kensington tube station , Gloucester Road tube station and their contiguous streets, and continued all the way to West Brompton station , between Earl's Court ...
Coleherne Court in 2007 One of the entrances to Coleherne Court The English Heritage blue plaque commemorating Diana's residence at Coleherne Court. Coleherne Court is a large apartment block on the Old Brompton Road in the Earl's Court district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
The Coleherne Arms 1866 public house was a gay pub in west London.Located at 261 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court, it was a well-known music venue from the 1950s, and a popular landmark leather bar during the 1970s and 1980s.
There are 5-star hotels and many top restaurants and shops along the road. One of the most famous department stores in the world, Harrods, is located near the eastern end. Another major landmark along the road is the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly known as the Brompton Oratory. The Embassy of Uruguay is located at no. 150. [2]
Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road Holland Park W14 8LZ 1958 () 389 : Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) "Painter and Writer lived here" 61 Palace Gardens Terrace Kensington W8 4RU 1983 () 637 : Jenny Lind (a.k.a. Madame Goldschmidt) (1820–1887) "Singer Lived Here" 189 Old Brompton Road South Kensington SW5 OBA 1909 () 674 : Sir Norman Lockyer
Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road in South Kensington, London. [1] It is the oldest and largest organisation dedicated to sculpture in the UK. [2] Until 2017, it was known as the Royal British Society of Sculptors. [3]
Brompton Road is a disused station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground, located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations. It was closed in 1934, nearly 28 years after being opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway company.