South Kensington

South Kensington is a district at the West End of in the . Historically it settled on part of the scattered village of .
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly in the City of Westminster, London, England
  • Also known as: “Lõuna-Kensington”, “Альбертополь”, “사우스 켄싱턴”, “사우스 켄싱톤”, “사우스 켄싱튼”, “사우스켄싱톤”, “사우스켄싱튼”, and “サウスケンジントン”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

Museum
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The in London, England…

Museum
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The is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London.

Theater building
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The is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brompton and Earls Court.

Suburb
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, sometimes called Old , is an area…

Suburb
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Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the…

Neighborhood
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, also known as the Sutton Estate, are…

South Kensington

Latitude
51.49558° or 51° 29′ 44″ north
Longitude
-0.18314° or 0° 10′ 59″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
9C3XFRW8+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27396436
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2637395
Wiki­data ID
Q1045096
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“South Kensington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساوث كنزنغتون”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Կենսինգտոն”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Քենսինգտոն”
  • Basque: “South Kensington”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Кенсінгтон”
  • Catalan: “South Kensington”
  • Chechen: “Къилба Кенсингтон”
  • Chinese: “南肯辛頓”
  • Chinese: “南肯辛顿”
  • Czech: “South Kensington”
  • Danish: “South Kensington”
  • Dutch: “South Kensington”
  • Esperanto: “South Kensington”
  • Estonian: “South Kensington”
  • Finnish: “South Kensington”
  • French: “South Kensington”
  • German: “South Kensington”
  • Greek: “Νότιο Κένσινγκτον”
  • Hebrew: “דרום קנזינגטון”
  • Hungarian: “South Kensington”
  • Indonesian: “South Kensington”
  • Irish: “South Kensington”
  • Italian: “South Kensington”
  • Japanese: “サウス・ケンジントン”
  • Korean: “사우스켄싱턴”
  • Latin: “Kinsentona Meridiana”
  • Luxembourgish: “South Kensington”
  • Macedonian: “Јужен Кензингтон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “South Kensington”
  • Norwegian: “South Kensington”
  • Persian: “کنزینگتون جنوبی”
  • Polish: “South Kensington”
  • Portuguese: “South Kensington”
  • Russian: “Южный Кенсингтон”
  • Scots: “South Kensington”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු කෙන්සින්ග්ටොන්”
  • Slovenian: “South Kensington”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کنزینقتون جنوبی”
  • Spanish: “South Kensington”
  • Swedish: “South Kensington”
  • Turkish: “South Kensington”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний Кенсінгтон”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کینزنگٹن”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Kensington”
  • Welsh: “De Kensington”
  • Yiddish: “דרום קענזינגטאן”
  • Yue Chinese: “南肯辛頓”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hyde Park Gate and Queen’s Gate.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Melia London Kensington and Parish Church of St. Stephen.

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