Earls Court
District of Barons Court
England - United Kingdom

Ideal Home Show

The Ideal Home Show (formerly called the Ideal Home Exhibition) is an annual event in London held at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The show was devised by the Daily Mail newspaper in 1908 and continued to be run by the Daily Mail up until 2009. It was then sold to events and publishing company Media 10, who will continue to run a scaled-down and shorter version of the show at Earls Court until the exhibition centre is demolished.

Located at 51.4889, -0.197778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Recurring events established in 1908, Daily Mail and General Trust, Annual events in London, Housing in the United Kingdom, Edwardian era, Exhibitions in the United Kingdom

Metropolitan Borough of Kensington

The Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965. It bordered Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Paddington, and Westminster It included Kensington, South Kensington, Earls Court, Notting Hill, Brompton and part of Kensal Green. In 1901 it was granted the status of a royal borough, and therefore from then was also known as the Royal Borough of Kensington.

Located at 51.5021, -0.1951 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, History of Kensington and Chelsea, 1900 establishments in the United Kingdom, 1965 disestablishments, Places with royal patronage in London, Districts abolished by the London Government Act 1963

Kensington High Street

Kensington High Street is the main shopping street in Kensington, Central London. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Kensington High Street is the continuation of Kensington Road and part of the A315. It starts by the entrance to Kensington Palace and runs westward through central Kensington. Near Kensington (Olympia) station, where the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ends and Hammersmith begins, it ends and becomes Hammersmith Road.

Located at 51.5008, -0.193889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Kensington and Chelsea, Shopping streets in London, Art Deco architecture in London, Major centres of London, Kensington

Empress State Building

The Empress State Building is a skyscraper on the West Brompton/Earl's Court border in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was built in 1961 and was 100 metres tall with 28 floors, designed by Stone, Toms & Partners. It was renovated in 2003 to a design by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. Three floors and 17.3 metres were added to its height. 'Orbit' is the name given to the private revolving bar on the top floor which offers panoramic views of London.

Located at 51.4875, -0.19975 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1961, Skyscrapers in Hammersmith and Fulham, Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters

Kensington Roof Gardens

The Roof Gardens (formerly known as Derry and Toms Roof Gardens and Kensington Roof Gardens) is a roof garden covering 6,000 m² on top of the former Derry and Toms building on Kensington High Street, in central London, in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. They have for a long time been the largest roof garden in Europe, but was surpassed by the roof garden on the shopping mall Emporia in 2012. Facilities include a restaurant and club.

Located at 51.5011, -0.191944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roof garden, Virgin Group, Nightclubs in London, Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea, Gardens in London, Virgin Limited Edition, Kensington

Biba

Biba was an iconic and popular London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. It was started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon.

Located at 51.5013, -0.1921 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Clothing retailers of the United Kingdom, Clothing brands of the United Kingdom, Shops in London, Retail companies established in 1964, 1960s fashion, 1970s fashion

Commonwealth Institute

The Commonwealth Institute was an educational charity connected with the Commonwealth of Nations, and the name of a building in West London formerly owned by the Institute. The successor charity is now based at New Zealand House in central London. The building on Kensington High St will become the new home of the Design Museum in an £80m redevelopment opening in 2014.

Located at 51.4999, -0.20018 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1958 establishments in the United Kingdom, Education in London, Charities based in the United Kingdom, Cultural and educational buildings in London, Commonwealth Family, Grade II* listed buildings in London, Grade II* listed office buildings, Grade II* listed museum buildings

Earls Court Exhibition Centre

Earls Court Exhibition Centre is an exhibition centre, conference and event venue in London, United Kingdom. It is located within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and is the largest such venue in central London. It is served by two London Underground stations, Earl's Court and West Brompton, opposite its entrances on Warwick Road and Old Brompton Road. Earls Court and the nearby Olympia are operated by EC&O Venues.

Located at 51.4889, -0.197778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Art Deco architecture in London, 1937 establishments in England, 1948 Summer Olympic venues, 2012 Summer Olympic venues, Buildings and structures in Kensington and Chelsea, Exhibition and conference centres in London, Music venues completed in 1937, Sports venues completed in 1937, Music venues in London, Olympic boxing venues, Olympic gymnastics venues, Olympic volleyball venues, Olympic weightlifting venues, Olympic wrestling venues, Roller derby venues in the United Kingdom, Sport in Kensington and Chelsea, Visitor attractions in Kensington and Chelsea

London Film Academy

The London Film Academy (LFA) is a UK film school situated in Fulham, London. Founded in 2001 as a non-profit making trust, the LFA provides practical courses on a variety of film-making skills. The school's joint principals are Anna MacDonald and Daisy Gili.

Located at 51.4819, -0.1983 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Film schools in England, Education in Hammersmith and Fulham

Lillie Bridge Grounds

The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London near to present day Stamford Bridge, opened around 1867. The ground started to fall into disuse after the opening of Stamford Bridge, and after a riot on 18 September 1887 which destroyed the track and grandstand, it finally closed in 1888. Lillie Bridge is these days better known as a London Underground (LUL) maintenance depot, and the Earls Court 2 annex of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre complex was built over the railway lines.

Located at 51.4854, -0.1943 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Defunct athletics (track and field) venues in England, Defunct cricket grounds in England, Defunct football venues in England, FA Cup Final venues, Middlesex County Cricket Club, Cricket grounds in London, Sport in Hammersmith and Fulham, Event venues established in 1867

Old Brompton Road

Old Brompton Road is a major street in the South Kensington district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It starts from South Kensington tube station and runs south-west, through a mainly residential area, until it reaches West Brompton and the area around Earl's Court tube station. It runs through the SW5 and SW7 postcodes. There are several 5-star hotels and upmarket shops along the road.

Located at 51.4883, -0.193611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Kensington and Chelsea

Cromwell Hospital

The Bupa Cromwell Hospital is a private sector hospital located in the South Kensington area of London. The hospital was founded on 29 April 1981. The Cromwell Hospital has at various times been owned by the Bank of Credit & Commerce International and the Abu Dhabi royal family. The footballer George Best spent his final days in Cromwell Hospital, where he was repeatedly treated for his medical problems.

Located at 51.4949, -0.1914 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hospitals in London, Hospitals established in 1981, Health in Kensington and Chelsea

Linley Sambourne House

Linley Sambourne House is the former London home of the Victorian Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne. It is now open to the public as a museum known as 18 Stafford Terrace. From 1874, Sambourne and his family lived in a typical newly-built Kensington town house, at 18 Stafford Terrace in Holland Park. After his death in 1910 and that of his wife Marion in 1914 it was inherited by their son Roy who kept it largely unchanged (including furniture and decoration) until his own death in 1946.

Located at 51.5005, -0.196944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Houses in Kensington and Chelsea, Biographical museums in London, Museums in Kensington and Chelsea, Historic house museums in London, Cartooning museums, Media museums in the United Kingdom

Effie Bancroft

Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft (1839–1921) was an English actress and theatre manager. She appeared onstage as Marie Wilton until after her marriage in December 1867 to Squire Bancroft, when she usually appeared under the name Lady Bancroft. Bancroft and her husband were important in the developmant of Victorian era theatre through their presentation of innovative plays at the London theatres that they managed, first the Prince of Wales's Theatre and later the Haymarket Theatre.

Located at 51.4878, -0.19351 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1840 births, 1921 deaths, 19th-century English actresses, English theatre managers and producers, Actor-managers, English women novelists, English memoirists, People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan, Burials at Brompton Cemetery, 20th-century British people, Women of the Victorian era

Coleherne public house

The Coleherne public house was a gay pub in west London. Located at 261 Old Brompton Road, Earls Court, it was a popular landmark Leather bar during the 1970s and 1980s. The Coleherne pub (named after Coleherne Road) began life in 1866, at Old Brompton Road in the heart of the west London Bohemian Quarter. It had a long history of attracting a bohemian clientele before becoming known as a gay pub.

Located at 51.4889, -0.1915 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1866 establishments in England, Gay public houses in London, Public houses in London, Buildings and structures in Kensington and Chelsea

Collingham College

Collingham College is an independent, co-educational GCSE and sixth form college, which was founded as Collingham Tutors in 1975 by John Marsden and Nicholas Browne. Collingham is situated in London's Earls Court area. It is directly between Earl's Court and Gloucester Road stations, both served by the District and the Piccadilly lines. The Principal of Collingham is Sally Powell, BA PGCE MPhil Oxon and the Deputy Principal is James Allder BA.

Located at 51.4921, -0.188333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Sixth form colleges in London, Education in Kensington and Chelsea, Educational institutions established in 1975, 1975 establishments in England

Roberson Wine

Roberson Wine is a fine wine merchant based at 348 Kensington High Street in central London. Established in 1991, Roberson specialises in wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy. Holding regular tastings of fine wine in its Kensington cellars, its trading division, based in Fulham, deals with on-trade sales, en primeur sales of fine wines and wine broking. Roberson Wine was named "London Wine Merchant of the Year" in 2008 and "Retailer of the Year" in 2009 for The Drinks Business Magazine.

Located at 51.4972, -0.205278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Companies based in Kensington and Chelsea, Wine retailers of the United Kingdom, Shops in London

The Troubadour, London

The Troubadour at 263-267 Old Brompton Road in Earls Court, established in 1954, is one of the last remaining coffee houses of its era in London, with a club room in the cellar famous as one of the primary venues of the British folk revival in the late 1950s and 1960s. The club was one of several London coffee house venues at which notable musicians played; other such venues included Les Cousins and Bunjies.

Located at 51.4889, -0.191667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Clubs and societies in London, Music venues in London, 1954 establishments, Folk music venues, Coffee houses of the United Kingdom

Little Holland House

For Frank Dickinson's house of the same name, see Little Holland House, Carshalton. Little Holland House was the dower house of Holland House in Kensington, England. It was at one point occuppied by Charles Richard Fox and his wife, Lady Mary Fox, daughter of King William IV. Henry Thoby Prinsep, a director of East India Company family, gained a 21-year lease on it from Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland thanks to the painter George Frederic Watts, a friend of both the Hollands and the Prinseps.

Located at 51.4993, -0.2042 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Former houses of Kensington and Chelsea, Country houses in London

Gwendwr Garden

Gwendwr Garden is a small park in West Kensington. In 1948 the area was donated to Fulham Council by the Gunter Estate for a memorial to the victims of German air raids in the area, particularly the Operation Steinbock raid on the night of 20 February 1944. The park contains a sunken area with a pond, lawns and a commemorative plaque.

Located at 51.4914, -0.2087 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea

Derry & Toms

Derry & Toms was a London department store. The company dates back to the 1860s, when Joseph Toms, a store proprietor joined forces with his brother-in-law, Charles Derry. In 1920 John Barker & Co acquired Derry & Toms. In 1932 the store moved to large seven story building on Kensington High Street, designed in an Art Deco style popular at the time by Bernard George and featuring metalwork by Walter Gilbert. The building is most famous for its Kensington Roof Gardens which still remains today.

Located at 51.5012, -0.1921 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Art Deco architecture in London, Defunct department stores of the United Kingdom, Shops in London, Buildings and structures in Kensington and Chelsea, House of Fraser

Redcliffe Square

Redcliffe Square is a town square located in the Kensington area of southwest central London, England. Redcliffe Square Gardens are located in the square. Redcliffe Gardens runs northwest–southeast through the square. To the east is The Boltons. To the southwest is Brompton Cemetery.

Located at 51.4883, -0.188611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Squares in Kensington and Chelsea

Pembroke Square, London

Pembroke Square is located in the Kensington area of southwest central London, England. 38 Pembroke Square was the house used as the surgery of Dr Hirsh in the movie Sunday Bloody Sunday.

Located at 51.4883, -0.188611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Squares in Kensington and Chelsea

West Ashfield tube station

West Ashfield underground station is a mock-up London Underground District Line station situated on the third floor of Ashfield House in West Kensington, London. It is used for staff training purposes and was opened in 2010 at a cost of £800,000.

Located at 51.4911, -0.203889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Fictional London Underground stations, Professional education in London, Simulation

Cromwell Curve

The Cromwell Curve was a short section of railway line on the London Underground between Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations. The line was opened by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) on 5 July 1871. The tracks formed a triangle across the end of the ∨ connecting the District's existing routes from Earl's Court station to Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington, and ran in a cutting parallel to the Metropolitan Railway (MR).

Located at 51.4955, -0.1873 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Closed London Underground lines, Metropolitan District Railway