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Sloane Street is a street in London which connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Click Here for Knightsbridge, Castle Hill Australia Knightsbridge is a place in the City of Westminster, London notable for its expensive shops, including Harrods. ... Sloane Square is a small hard landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... Chelsea is a district of London, loosely defined by the area around the Kings Road, beginning at Sloane Square at one end, and the Worlds End public house at the other, the River Thames and the Victorian artists district to the south, and some parts between the King...


Sloane Street has long been a fashionable shopping street, especially the northern section, which is known as Upper Sloane Street. Since the 1990s Sloane Street's status has increased further, and it is now on a par with Bond Street, which has been London's most exclusive shopping street for two centuries. The street has branches of most of the world's most famous boutiques. This page lists important shopping streets or districts by city. ... An arcade in Old Bond Street Bond Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. ...


It also gives rise to the slang term "Sloane Ranger", a nickname for the sort of slightly horsey, upper-class young woman said to frequent this area. The expression is roughly the female equivalent to the term "Hooray Henry", used to describe a brash, upper-class young man. Careful slang users, however, will bear in mind that while the latter term is used to describe posh men all over the UK, the term "Sloane Ranger" carries a definite implication that the woman referred to lives in the West End of London. The term Sloane Ranger (often pluralised to just Sloanes or, to use the informal form, Sloanies) refers to the lifestyle of upper-middle class young women living in west London. ... The term West End is most commonly used to refer to the West End of London, an area mostly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden, in London, England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...


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LondonTown.com | Sloane Street Guide | Sloane Street London, SW1X, England, UK | London Streets by Street (864 words)
Sloane Street is located in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The nearest underground station to Sloane Street is 'Knightsbridge ' which is about 1 minute away.
Knightsbridge Masterpark, Kinnerton Street, (7 mins to the South East)
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