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South Kensington is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton . [ 1 ] Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening (and shutting) and naming of local tube stations. [ 2 ]
Map of Zone 1 Underground stations, pre 2021. London is split into six approximately concentric zones. Zone 1 covers the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London, as well as Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East, Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo.
The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, which reorganised 86 boroughs and urban districts into 32 London boroughs and also created the Greater London Council. It was a merger of the old metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington, and it inherited Kensington's royal borough status. [ 5 ]
South Kensington is a London Underground station in the district of South Kensington, south west London.It is served by three lines: Circle, District and Piccadilly. [6] On the Circle and District lines the station is between Gloucester Road and Sloane Sqaure stations, and on the Piccadilly line it is between Gloucester Road and Knightsbridge stations.
From north to south, places of interest visible on the east side of Queen's Gate include the Royal Albert Hall, [4] the Huxley Building of Imperial College London, [5] the Dana Library and Research Centre [6] and the Natural History Museum. [7] Kensington Park School is just south of the Queen's Gate Gardens, opposite the museum. [8]
Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 0.235W; East: 0.145W; North: 51.535N; South: 51.475N
Greater London is divided into five sub-regions for the purposes of the London Plan.The boundaries of these areas were amended in 2008 and 2011 and their role in the implementation of the London Plan has varied with each iteration.
On the District and Piccadilly lines, the station is between Earl's Court and South Kensington, and on the Circle line, it is between High Street Kensington and South Kensington. Gloucester Road is the westernmost interchange between these three lines, although the tube map promotes the easier interchange at South Kensington. [30]