Category: South Kensington

South Kensington to Sloane Square walk

We starting outside South Kensington station at the Exhibition Road entrance. This area has a very French atmosphere mainly due to the proliferation of French organisations around these parts… We start off on the very non-descript Thurloe Place – named after John Thurloe, a secretary to the council of state during the Oliver Cromwell period …

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Onslow Square, SW7

Onslow Square, a garden square, was started by Charles James Freake, to designs by architect George Basevi.