46-617: Brompton Road is a street located in the southern part from Knightsbridge and in the eastern part from Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly the City of Westminster in London . It starts from Knightsbridge Underground 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 Underground station . It ends at what
92-617: A 16,000 ft two-storey penthouse in One Hyde Park sold for £140 million. Land in Knightsbridge is for the most part identified by City of Westminster (and by the RBKC , where former Brompton parts are included) as strengthened planning law -governed Conservation Areas : 'Albert Gate', 'Belgravia', 'Knightsbridge' and 'Knightsbridge Green'. Properties must be offered here by developers as refurbished flats or houses meeting
138-581: A 94-year lease. Fourteen of Britain's two hundred most expensive streets are in the neighbourhood, as defined by The Times . In February 2007, the world's most expensive apartment at One Hyde Park , sold off plan for £100 million, bought by a Qatari prince, and another apartment at the same place in February 2009, at almost the same price, was bought by a Qatari prince. Apartments of this secure, optimum specification, address equate to in excess of £4,000 per square foot (£43,000 per square metre). In 2014,
184-564: A few houses at this spot in the eighteenth century and, it seems, a man called Bayard used or offered it as a watering place for horses on this road (formerly Uxbridge Road). The river entered Hyde Park at what is now the Serpentine and is within the park joined by a tributary, Tyburn Brook . The Serpentine was formed in 1730 by building a dam across the Westbourne at the instigation of Queen Caroline , wife of George II , to beautify
230-581: A great depth. The river was originally called the Kilburn (Cye Bourne – royal stream, ' Bourne and burn ' being the Germanic word equivalent to rivulet as in the geographical term ' winterbourne ') but has been known, at different times and in different places, as Kelebourne, Kilburn, Bayswater, Bayswater River, Bayswater Rivulet, Serpentine River , The Bourne, Westburn Brook, the Ranelagh River and
276-583: A non-tabloid paper in 2008. The underlying landowners of the few streets making up, without any dispute, Knightsbridge are the Duke of Westminster , Lord Cadogan and the Wellcome Trust with a minority of the freeholds to houses in each street sold to others . Red-brick Queen Anne revival buildings form most of the Cadogan Estates , whereas white stucco-fronted houses are mostly found on
322-595: A robbery worth £60 million. In 2005, 22-year-old beautician Clare Bernal was gunned down by her ex -boyfriend Michal Pech on the shopfloor of Harvey Nichols in front of colleagues and shoppers before Pech fatally turned the gun on himself. The case attracted extensive coverage in the media, and Clare's mother Patricia has since led a campaign to address flaws in the system, which allowed her daughter's murder to happen. Many residential buildings are heavily covered by CCTV and are staffed by security guards, and railings or bars on lower floor windows are commonplace. To
368-632: Is a residential and retail district in central London , south of Hyde Park . It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End . Knightsbridge is also the name of the roadway which runs near the south side of Hyde Park from Hyde Park Corner . Knightsbridge is an affluent district in London with a rich history and high property prices. The name has Old English origins, meaning "bridge of
414-400: Is east of Exhibition Road and west of Sloane Street . Brompton Road , Beauchamp Place and the western section of Pont Street serve roughly as its southern border together with their adjacent gardens and squares such as Ovington Square , Lennox Gardens and Cadogan Square . South of this area, the district fades into Chelsea while Belgravia lies to the east and South Kensington to
460-618: Is located at no. 150. Brompton Road Underground station was halfway between Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations on the Piccadilly line , just east of the Brompton Oratory. It closed on 30 July 1934 due to a lack of traffic and following the opening of new entrances at Knightsbridge station. Brompton Road is sometimes confused with Old Brompton Road which lies further to the west in South Kensington . In
506-682: Is located between Exhibition Road and Sloane Street, with its southern border along Brompton Road , Beauchamp Place, and the western section of Pont Street. The district has been a target for high-profile crimes throughout history, including the Spaghetti House siege, the Walton's Restaurant bombing, and the Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery. It is served by the Knightsbridge station on the Piccadilly line and
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#1732765511688552-465: Is located in Knightsbridge. The district and the road itself, which is the only definitive place within it, is small, which assists its cachet: more than half of the zone closest to its tube station (and nearer to no others) is Knightsbridge Underground station . Knightsbridge had in its park side, east and west gold-coloured blocks of exceptional wealth in philanthropist Charles Booth 's late Victorian Poverty Map , formerly excluding Brompton Road to
598-484: Is now Gloucester Terrace . At this point, the river was known until the early 19th century as the Bayswater rivulet and from that it gave its name to the area now known as Bayswater. Originally Bayswater was the stretch of the stream where it crosses Bayswater Road, "Bayards Watering" in 1652 and "Bayards Watering Place" in 1654. It is said that there is a reference to Bayards Watering Place as early as 1380. There were
644-608: Is popularly known as Brompton Cross , becoming Fulham Road, home of Chelsea Football Club . 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
690-508: Is referenced in the Rolling Stones song " Play with Fire ", released in 1965. Knightsbridge is used as an indicator of a character's affluence, as opposed to the more working class Stepney . According to season 3 episode 'Happy New Year,' Knightsbridge is the setting of the television series " Absolutely Fabulous ." St. Columba's Church in Knightsbridge is the setting of a wedding in the 1996 episode 'The Last Shout.' Knightsbridge
736-449: Is referenced in the story book Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman as a place the protagonists need to cross to go to the next floating market. "The Knightsbridge" is used as metaphor for the night and its dangers they need to pass through. In the 2017 film The Foreigner , Knightsbridge is the location of a detonated bomb that sets the plot in motion. On his 2017 mixtape Working on Dying Swedish rapper Bladee references Knightsbridge in
782-559: The A315 road . West of Rutland Gardens, the road becomes Kensington Road . It is served by Knightsbridge station on the Piccadilly line , and Sloane Square station on the District and Circle lines . Brompton Road station closed in 1934. Eric Coates uses Knightsbridge as the setting of a march for the 3rd movement of his London Suite (1933). It gained popularity through the radio show In Town Tonight (1933–1960). Knightsbridge
828-466: The Grosvenor Estate , designed by architect Thomas Cubitt . The Brompton Oratory , a place of Catholic worship, marks one of the transitions into Kensington , but Belgravia and Brompton have competing mapped neighbourhood status in the east and south of the neighbourhood, and as they have no eponymously named tube stations or historic parish boundaries, their limits are arbitrary and
874-546: The River Thames at Chelsea. The waters of the Westbourne or Bayswater were originally pure and in 1437 and 1439 conduits were laid to carry water from the Westbourne into the City of London, for drinking. In the 19th century, however, the water became foul by its use as a sewer, and the rise of the water closet as the prevailing form of sanitation . When west Belgravia , east Chelsea and Paddington were developed, it
920-671: The Walton's Restaurant bombing . In 1980, the Iranian Embassy siege took place, lasting several days. It ended when the Special Air Service stormed the building, which was on live television. In 1983, three Christmas shoppers and three Metropolitan Police officers were killed by an IRA car bomb outside Harrods . In 1987, the Knightsbridge Security Deposit centre was the target of
966-558: The opening of trade between Britain and the Far East , Humphreys' Hall in Knightsbridge hosted an exhibition of Japanese culture in a setting built to resemble a traditional Japanese village. The exhibition was very popular, with over 250,000 visitors during its early months. Japanese artisans illustrated "the manners, customs and art-industries of their country, attired in their national and picturesque costumes. Magnificently decorated and illuminated Buddhist temple. Five o'clock tea in
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#17327655116881012-407: The 1980s, a bomb unexpectedly went off just outside of Harrod's. A police man and some shoppers were killed. The IRA claimed responsibility, and that the bombing was unintended. [REDACTED] Media related to Brompton Road, London at Wikimedia Commons 51°29′56″N 0°09′54″W / 51.4989°N 0.1650°W / 51.4989; -0.1650 Knightsbridge Knightsbridge
1058-577: The Japanese tea-house. Japanese Musical and other Entertainments. Every-day Life as in Japan". W. S. Gilbert and his wife attended the exhibition, which is said to have inspired him to write The Mikado . When the Mikado requests of Ko-Ko the address of his son (Nanki-Poo) after Ko-Ko tells the Mikado that Nanki-Poo has "gone abroad", Ko-Ko replies that Nanki-Poo has gone to Knightsbridge. Knightsbridge
1104-675: The Ranelagh Sewer, is obvious except at high tide. The combined sewer aims to be caught only by two intercept sewers capable of its flow, the Middle Level Sewer and the Northern Low Level Sewer in the London sewerage system . The finest and most intelligible map of the whole course of the Westbourne, superimposed over the Victorian street plan, is found in an article by J. G. Waller, published in
1150-525: The Ranelagh Sewer. It is of similar size to the Fleet . Rising from several sources in Hampstead , and Brondesbury Park , the river or drain flows south through Kilburn (also the name of the river at that point) running west along Kilburn Park Road and then south along Shirland Road. After crossing Bishops Bridge Road, the river continued more or less due south, between what is now Craven Terrace and what
1196-466: The Serpentine) at Knightsbridge which was originally a bridge over the Westbourne itself. It is recorded that, in the year 1141, the citizens of London met Matilda of England (Queen Maud) at this bridge. The river ran from Knightsbridge south under Bourne Street, SW1 and followed very closely the boundary between the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , joining
1242-661: The Sloane Square station on the District and Circle lines. Knightsbridge is an ancient name, spelt in a variety of ways in Saxon and Old English, such as Cnihtebricge (c. 1050); Knichtebrig (1235); Cnichtebrugge (13th century); and Knyghtesbrugg (1364). The meaning is "bridge of the young men or retainers," from the Old English cniht (genitive case plural –a) and brycg . Cniht , in pre-Norman days, did not have
1288-577: The area was renowned as the haunt of highwaymen , robbers and cutthroats targeting travellers on the western route out of London, but its fortunes were transformed in the 19th century. However, the area has been a target of several high-profile crimes. In September and October 1975, the Spaghetti House siege happened. In November 1975, two civilians were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in
1334-610: The drain was in all but exceptional storms entirely designed to be received by the Joseph Bazalgette -designed Northern Low Level Sewer. As some of its foul content overwhelms the system with further inflows from the west, an improvement, the Thames Tideway Scheme tunnel will enable that sewer to continue to cope. A clearance in sand against the tideway is about 300 yards (270 m) west of Chelsea Bridge . An emergency combined sewer overflow also called
1380-482: The east of Hyde Park's Serpentine lake then through central Chelsea under Sloane Square . It passes centrally under the south side of Royal Hospital Chelsea's Ranelagh Gardens before discharging into Inner London's old-fashioned, but grandiose combined sewer system, with exceptional discharges (to be abated by a 2021-completion scheme ) into the Inner London Tideway . Since the latter 19th century,
1426-507: The enhanced architectural demands in the local Conservation Areas policy of the Local Plan. Within each many buildings are covered by the similar but separate requirements of being listed . Growing demand has since 2000 persuaded the authority to revise its planning policies to permit roof terraces and basement extensions, for residential facilities from leisure suites to private nightclubs, a degree of economic liberalisation documented by
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1472-453: The four London buildings of Hill House School are located here at Cadogan Gardens and Hans Place . Knightsbridge takes its name from the road that runs along the south side of Hyde Park , west from Hyde Park Corner , spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . Up to Brompton Road , it is a part of the A4 arterial road , while the remainder is part of
1518-707: The impressive Brompton Oratory (Catholic church, Brompton Road) and the CoE Holy Trinity Church behind it, a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Exhibition Road, the Russian Orthodox Church in Ennismore Gardens, St Columba's Church of Scotland, Pont Street , and Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche . The former St Saviour's church, designed by George Basevi , is now a private home. Notably, two of
1564-521: The later meaning of a warrior on horseback, but simply meant a youth. The allusion may be to a place where cnihtas congregated: bridges and wells seem always to have been favourite gathering places of young people, and the original bridge was where one of the old roads to the west crossed the River Westbourne . However, there is possibly a more specific reference to the important cnihtengild ('guild of cnihtas ‘) in 11th-century London and to
1610-518: The limits of its jurisdiction (certainly Knightsbridge was one of the limits of the commercial jurisdiction of the City of London in the 12th century). Knightsbridge was a hamlet located primarily in the parish of St Margaret (detached) and partly in St Martin in the Fields (the part that later became St George Hanover Square ). It also extended into the parishes of Kensington and Chelsea . It
1656-662: The north of the area, is the Hyde Park Barracks of the Household Cavalry , with a distinctive 33-storey tower by Sir Basil Spence . The Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department is based in Walton Street . The Embassy of Libya is located at 15 Knightsbridge, the Embassy of France at no 58 and the Embassy of Kuwait at 2 Albert Gate, just off Knightsbridge. On the religious side it contains
1702-602: The platform of Sloane Square tube station . Made, in the 19th century, of riveted sections it is below the ceiling towards the end of the platforms closest to the exits. The station was badly bombed during the Bombing of London in November 1940 but the pipe was not damaged. After flowing beneath the eastern lands of the Royal Military Hospital Gardens and beneath a corner of Chelsea Barracks ,
1748-647: The population of its catchment has risen further but to reduce the toll it places on the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works and related bills its narrow basin has been assisted by private soakaways, and public surface water drains. Its depression has been replaced with and adopted as a reliable route for a gravity combined sewer. The formation of the Serpentine relied on the water, a lake with a long, ornate footbridge and various activities associated, which today uses little-polluted water from
1794-410: The royal park. The Westbourne ceased to provide the water for the Serpentine in 1834, as the culverted Westbourne had become the most convenient main sewer and the Serpentine is now supplied from three boreholes from the upper chalk underneath Hyde Park. The Serpentine was widely imitated in parks and gardens nationwide. The Westbourne left Hyde Park (both before and after it had been dammed to form
1840-651: The title and lyrics of a song. Bars, clubs and restaurants of Knightsbridge frequently feature in the Channel4 's reality tv show Made in Chelsea . River Westbourne The Westbourne or Kilburn , also known as the Ranelagh Sewer , is a culverted small River Thames tributary in London, rising in Hampstead and Brondesbury Park and which as a drain unites and flows southward through Kilburn and Bayswater (west end of Paddington ) to skirt underneath
1886-598: The triangular salient of Brompton, administratively in Kensington, as part of South Kensington , once coloured mid-wealth by Charles Booth, is now blurred with 'Knightsbridge', into which it long projected. Brompton is only used when the postcode and/or Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is being emphasised, rather than the modern Central London 'district' definitions, which suggest Knightsbridge or South Kensington, either tube station , being at most 350 m away and thus can be easily found on all maps. For centuries,
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1932-510: The west but extending well into Piccadilly, St James's to the east. Knightsbridge is home to many of the world's richest people and has some of the highest property prices in the world. In 2014 a terrace of 427m sold for £ 15,950,000, a home in Montpelier Square . The average asking price for all the properties in slightly wider SW7 was £4,348,911 (as at Autumn 2014). On-street parking spaces have sold for as much as £300,000 for
1978-557: The west. Knightsbridge is home to many expensive shops, including the department stores Harrods and Harvey Nichols , and flagship stores of many British and international fashion houses, including those of London-based shoe designers Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik , and two Prada stores. The district also has banks that cater to wealthy individuals. Some of London's most renowned restaurants are here, as well as many exclusive hair and beauty salons, antiques and antiquities dealers, and chic bars and clubs. One of Bonhams auction houses
2024-474: The young men or retainers." The area was initially divided between local authorities and has been home to several parishes. Knightsbridge has been associated with exclusive shops including Harrod’s and Harvey Nichols , banks catering to wealthy individuals, renowned restaurants, and high-end salons. Property prices in the district are among the highest in the world, with the most expensive apartment at One Hyde Park selling for £100 million in 2007. Knightsbridge
2070-435: Was becoming obvious the river would have to remain a combined or foul sewer, with a certain storm element until such time as surface water drains (if ever) were built upstream. Pipes were therefore wrought in the early part of the 19th century with larger successors completed in the 1850s. The Westbourne is one of the lost rivers of London. The storm drain, combined sewer, pipe of the lower course can still be seen running above
2116-454: Was therefore divided between local authorities from a very early time. In the time of Edward I , the manor of Knightsbridge appertained to the abbey of Westminster. It was named after a crossing of the River Westbourne , which is now an underground river . It is recorded that the citizens of London met Matilda of England at the Knight's Bridge in 1141. From 1885 to 1887, as a result of
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