neighbouring areas
Culture, science and education mix happily with South Kensington’s fine restaurants, pricey shops and delightful houses and gardens.
Living in South Kensington
Lying within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, between Cromwell Road and Fulham Road and divided in two by Brompton Road, South Kensington is one of London’s wealthy elite.
Property is a mix of stucco terraced houses (often converted into luxury flats), purpose-built grand apartments in Victorian mansions and a variety of quality mews houses, maisonettes and basement flats.
The roads in South Kensington are lined with mature trees and there are many delightful gardens in the centre of squares such as Thurloe Square, Onslow Square, Onslow Gardens and Hereford Square.
For a real country feel, the vast green swathe of Hyde Park is at the northern end of Exhibition Road, a few hundred metres from South Kensington tube station.
The best way to get around South Kensington is on foot as the streets are so delightful, but buses, tubes and taxis are plentiful, ferrying people to and from the rich supply of restaurants, cafés, bars, banks and shops.
The halls of residence for Imperial College London and the large number of language schools in South Kensington attract many foreign students to the area which is also home to the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, a French secondary school opposite the Natural History Museum.
South Kensington is one of London's choicest areas, more overtly residential than Chelsea with its shopping street of King's Road, but less overtly opulent than Knightsbridge with its grand mansions and embassies.
Transport
South Kensington tube station is on the District and Circle lines and also the Piccadilly Line, which provides a direct link to Heathrow Airport.
Victoria mainline railway station is just two stops away by tube and serves much of South East England including Gatwick Airport.
Gloucester Road and Sloane Square tube stations are each just one stop away and buses serving South Kensington are comprehensive and frequent.
For full details of local public transport please visit www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/
History and culture
Within easy walking distance of South Kensington tube station are some of the world's most celebrated institutions including the Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Imperial College London, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal College of Music and the Royal College of Art.
Due north, on Kensington Gore, is the Royal Albert Hall, the UK's most important cultural venue, famous for hosting the Promenade Concerts. For information regarding current and forthcoming concerts and shows please visit http://tickets.royalalberthall.com/season/performances.aspx
And for further information regarding South Kensington please visit www.rbkc.gov.uk
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