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Encyclopedia > Brompton Road
Brompton Road, looking east.
Brompton Road, looking east.

Brompton Road is a street in Knightsbridge, London. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 601 KB) Looking east from the western end of Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 601 KB) Looking east from the western end of Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


It starts from Knightsbridge tube station and runs south-west through an extremely wealthy residential area until it reaches Egerton Gardens and the area to the east of South Kensington tube station. It ends at what is popularly known as Brompton Cross, becoming Fulham Road, home of Chelsea Football Club. Knightsbridge tube station, Sloane Street entrance Knightsbridge is a London Underground station in Knightsbridge. ... Located on Cromwell Road in South Kensington, London, South Kensington tube station is the closest London Underground station to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums, as well as to Imperial College. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ...


There are 5-star hotels, many top restaurants and shops along the road. The most famous department store 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 Harrods storefront Harrods in 1909 The opulent Egyptian-style clothing department at Harrods, London Harrods in Buenos Aires Harrods is a department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, UK. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods... The Brompton Oratory, with Holy Trinity Brompton visible in the background Statue of Cardinal Newman outside the church The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly but incorrectly known as the Brompton Oratory, is a church in Knightsbridge, London. ...


Brompton Road tube station was halfway between Knightsbridge tube station and South Kensington tube station on the Piccadilly line, just east of the Brompton Oratory. It closed 30 July 1934 due to lack of traffic. Brompton Road tube station is a disused station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. ... Knightsbridge tube station, Sloane Street entrance Knightsbridge is a London Underground station in Knightsbridge. ... Located on Cromwell Road in South Kensington, London, South Kensington tube station is the closest London Underground station to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums, as well as to Imperial College. ... London Transport Portal The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured blue on the Tube map. ... is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Brompton Road is sometimes confused with Old Brompton Road which lies further to the west in South Kensington. The junction connecting Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... The junction with Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ...


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Brompton Road tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (316 words)
Brompton Road tube station is a disused station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground.
Although it was convenient for both the Brompton Oratory and the Victoria and Albert Museum it saw little traffic, and by October 1909 some services passed it without stopping.
When a new entrance was built onto Knightsbridge nearby, it sounded the death-knell for Brompton Road which finally closed on 30 July 1934.
KENSINGTON - LoveToKnow Article on KENSINGTON (1294 words)
The Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of Victories lies close to Kensington Road, and in Brompton Road is the Oratory of St Philip Neri, a fine building with richly decorated interior, noted for the beauty of its musical services, as is the Carmelite Church in Church Street.
In Kensington Gardens, near the upper end of Exhibition Road, which separates the two museums, was held the Great Exhibition of 1851, the hail of which is preserved as the Crystal Palace at Sydenham.
The greater part of the gardens, however, with the Albert Memorial, erected by Queen Victoria in memory of Albert, prince consort, the Albert Hall, opposite to it, one of the principal concert-halls in London, and the Imperial Institute to the south, are actually within the city of Westminster, though commonly connected with Kensington.
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