South Kensington tube station

South Kensington is a London Underground station in the district of , London. It is served by three lines: Circle, District and Piccadilly.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: London Underground station
  • Also known as: “South Kensington”, “South Kensington station”, “South Kensington Underground station”, and “South Kensington Underground Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

Museum
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The in London, England, is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in , the others being the Science Museum and the . is situated 1,100 feet northwest of South Kensington tube station.

Museum
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The is a major museum on Exhibition Road in , London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025. is situated 1,400 feet northwest of South Kensington tube station.

Theater building
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The is a concert hall on the northern edge of , , England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. is situated 2,700 feet north of South Kensington tube station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brompton and Sutton Dwellings.

Suburb
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, sometimes called Old , is an area in the in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of in the county of .

Neighborhood
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, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in , United Kingdom.

Suburb
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is a district at the West End of in the . Historically it settled on part of the scattered village of .

South Kensington tube station

Latitude
51.49408° or 51° 29′ 39″ north
Longitude
-0.17291° or 0° 10′ 23″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
London Underground
Network
London Underground
Open location code
9C3XFRVG+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5183897519
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
2637394
Wiki­data ID
Q976035
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Satellite Map

Discover South Kensington tube station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“South Kensington tube station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنوب كينسينغتون”
  • Basque: “South Kensington geltokia”
  • Catalan: “Estació de South Kensington”
  • Chinese: “南肯辛頓站”
  • Chinese: “南肯辛顿站”
  • Czech: “South Kensington”
  • Danish: “South Kensington Station”
  • Dutch: “South Kensington (metrostation)”
  • Dutch: “South Kensington”
  • Esperanto: “South Kensington”
  • Finnish: “South Kensingtonin metroasema”
  • French: “South Kensington”
  • Gan Chinese: “騒斯肯成段站”
  • German: “South Kensington”
  • Hungarian: “South Kensington metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “South Kensington”
  • Italian: “South Kensington”
  • Japanese: “サウス・ケンジントン駅”
  • Korean: “사우스 켄싱턴”
  • Lombard: “South Kensington (metropolitana de Londra)”
  • Lombard: “South Kensington”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “South Kensington undergrunnsstasjon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “South Kensington undergrunnsstasjon”
  • Norwegian: “South Kensington undergrunnsstasjon”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه متروی کنزینگتون جنوبی”
  • Polish: “South Kensington”
  • Portuguese: “South Kensington”
  • Russian: “Южный Кенсингтон”
  • Spanish: “South Kensington”
  • Turkish: “South Kensington metro istasyonu”
  • Turkish: “South Kensington tube station”
  • Ukrainian: “Саус-Кенсінгтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Саут-Кенсінгтон”
  • Urdu: “ساوتھ کینزنگٹن ٹیوب اسٹیشن”
  • Yiddish: “דרום קענזינגטאן אונטערגרונט סטאנציע”
  • Yiddish: “דרום קענזינגטאן”
  • Yue Chinese: “南肯辛頓站”
  • “South Kensington”

Localities in the Area

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