No real excuse for this post. In taking a walk along the southern Thames shore between Wandworth and Battersea, you pass the Battersea Heliport. Here, at low tide, is a one of their craft over the high rises of Chelsea.
Category: Chelsea
The Fascination of Chelsea
By G. E. MITTON (1902). Edited by Sir Walter Besant. (The Underground Map editor notes: Optical character recognition tries to resolve spelling – spelling of proper names and derivations can be unreliable as a result) PREFATORY NOTE A survey of London, a record of the greatest of all cities, that should preserve her history, her …
Walton Street, SW3
Running parallel to Brompton Road between South Kensington and Knightsbridge, Walton Street in Chelsea is now filled with boutiques and galleries. Though flanked by Harrods and The Conran Shop, it’s an enclave of independent shops. Back in the day, Walton Street also had a panache for hosting a series of independent shops. The photo features …
The River Westbourne
The hills of Hampstead Heath provide the source of three lost rivers of London – the Westbourne, Tyburn and Fleet. These rivers were long buried underground and the modern streetscape contains few hints at these former watercourses. Old maps show the routes that these rivers took. The Westbourne rises in two main places in Hampstead …
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