Chelsea
Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 60,000 residents
- Description: area of London and former civil parish
- Also known as: “Chelsea, London”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leicester Square and Westminster Abbey.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Westminster Abbey
Church
Photo: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.
Big Ben
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westminster and Mayfair-Marylebone.
Westminster
Mayfair-Marylebone
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
Chelsea
- Categories: area of London, civil parish, and locality
- Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4926° or 51° 29′ 33″ northLongitude
-0.1574° or 0° 9′ 27″ westPopulation
60,000Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C3XFRVV+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 27467067OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2653265Wikidata ID
Q743535
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zulu—“Chelsea” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Chelsea, London”
- Achinese: “Chelsea”
- Afrikaans: “Chelsea, Londen”
- Afrikaans: “Chelsea, London”
- Afrikaans: “Chelsea”
- Arabic: “تشيلسي، لندن”
- Arabic: “تشيلسي”
- Aragonese: “Chelsea, London”
- Aragonese: “Chelsea”
- Armenian: “Չելսի”
- Arpitan: “Chelsea, London”
- Arpitan: “Chelsea”
- Asturian: “Chelsea, London”
- Asturian: “Chelsea”
- Azerbaijani: “Çelsi”
- Balinese: “Chelsea, London”
- Balinese: “Chelsea”
- Banjar: “Chelsea, London”
- Banjar: “Chelsea”
- Bashkir: “Челси”
- Basque: “Chelsea, London”
- Basque: “Chelsea”
- Bavarian: “Chelsea, London”
- Bavarian: “Chelsea”
- Belarusian: “Чэлсі”
- Breton: “Chelsea, London”
- Breton: “Chelsea”
- Buginese: “Chelsea, London”
- Buginese: “Chelsea”
- Bulgarian: “Челси”
- Catalan: “Chelsea, London”
- Catalan: “Chelsea”
- Cebuano: “Chelsea”
- Chinese: “切尔西”
- Chinese: “切爾西”
- Chinese: “切爾西區”
- Chinese: “車路士”
- Corsican: “Chelsea, London”
- Corsican: “Chelsea”
- Croatian: “Chelsea, London”
- Croatian: “Chelsea”
- Czech: “Chelsea”
- Danish: “Chelsea, London”
- Danish: “Chelsea”
- Dutch: “Chelsea, London”
- Dutch: “Chelsea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تشيلسى, لندن”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تشيلسى”
- Esperanto: “Chelsea, London”
- Esperanto: “Chelsea”
- Estonian: “Chelsea, London”
- Estonian: “Chelsea”
- Finnish: “Chelsea, London”
- Finnish: “Chelsea”
- French: “Chelsea, London”
- French: “Chelsea”
- Friulian: “Chelsea, London”
- Friulian: “Chelsea”
- Galician: “Chelsea, London”
- Galician: “Chelsea”
- Georgian: “ჩელსი”
- German: “Chelsea, London”
- German: “Chelsea”
- Greek: “Τσέλσι”
- Hebrew: “צ’לסי”
- Hindi: “चेल्सी, लंदन”
- Hindi: “चेल्सी”
- Hungarian: “Chelsea, London”
- Hungarian: “Chelsea”
- Icelandic: “Chelsea, London”
- Icelandic: “Chelsea”
- Ido: “Chelsea, London”
- Ido: “Chelsea”
- Iloko: “Chelsea”
- Indonesian: “Chelsea, London”
- Indonesian: “Chelsea”
- Interlingua: “Chelsea, London”
- Interlingua: “Chelsea”
- Interlingue: “Chelsea, London”
- Interlingue: “Chelsea”
- Irish: “Chelsea, London”
- Irish: “Chelsea”
- Italian: “Chelsea, London”
- Italian: “Chelsea”
- Japanese: “チェルシー”
- Javanese: “Chelsea, London”
- Javanese: “Chelsea”
- Kongo: “Chelsea, London”
- Kongo: “Chelsea”
- Korean: “첼시”
- Latin: “Chelsea”
- Latin: “Schelsega”
- Ligurian: “Chelsea, London”
- Ligurian: “Chelsea”
- Limburgan: “Chelsea, London”
- Limburgan: “Chelsea”
- Lithuanian: “Čelsis (Londonas)”
- Lithuanian: “Čelsis”
- Low German: “Chelsea, London”
- Low German: “Chelsea”
- Luxembourgish: “Chelsea, London”
- Luxembourgish: “Chelsea”
- Macedonian: “Челзи”
- Macedonian: “Челси”
- Malagasy: “Chelsea, London”
- Malagasy: “Chelsea”
- Malay: “Chelsea, London”
- Malay: “Chelsea”
- Marathi: “चेल्सी (लंडन)”
- Marathi: “चेल्सी”
- Minangkabau: “Chelsea, London”
- Minangkabau: “Chelsea”
- Narom: “Chelsea, London”
- Narom: “Chelsea”
- Neapolitan: “Chelsea, London”
- Neapolitan: “Chelsea”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chelsea, London”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chelsea”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fakta om chelsea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chelsea i London”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chelsea, London”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chelsea”
- Norwegian: “Chelsea”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chelsea, London”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chelsea”
- Persian: “چلسی”
- Picard: “Chelsea, London”
- Picard: “Chelsea”
- Piemontese: “Chelsea, London”
- Piemontese: “Chelsea”
- Polish: “Chelsea, London”
- Polish: “Chelsea”
- Portuguese: “Chelsea, Londres”
- Portuguese: “Chelsea”
- Romanian: “Chelsea, London”
- Romanian: “Chelsea”
- Romansh: “Chelsea, London”
- Romansh: “Chelsea”
- Russian: “Челси”
- Sardinian: “Chelsea, London”
- Sardinian: “Chelsea”
- Scots: “Chelsea, London”
- Scots: “Chelsea, Lunnon”
- Scots: “Chelsea”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Chelsea, London”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Chelsea”
- Serbian: “Chelsea, London”
- Serbian: “Chelsea”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chelsea, London”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chelsea”
- Sicilian: “Chelsea, London”
- Sicilian: “Chelsea”
- Slovak: “Chelsea”
- Slovenian: “Chelsea”
- South Azerbaijani: “چلسی”
- Spanish: “Chelsea (Londres)”
- Spanish: “Chelsea”
- Sundanese: “Chelsea, London”
- Sundanese: “Chelsea”
- Swahili: “Chelsea, London”
- Swahili: “Chelsea”
- Swedish: “Chelsea, London”
- Swedish: “Chelsea”
- Swiss German: “Chelsea, London”
- Swiss German: “Chelsea”
- Turkish: “Chelsea, Londra”
- Turkish: “Chelsea”
- Ukrainian: “Челсі”
- Urdu: “چیلسی، لندن”
- Uzbek: “Chelsea”
- Venetian: “Chelsea, London”
- Venetian: “Chelsea”
- Vietnamese: “Chelsea, London”
- Vietnamese: “Chelsea, Luân Đôn”
- Vietnamese: “Chelsea”
- Vlaams: “Chelsea, London”
- Vlaams: “Chelsea”
- Volapük: “Chelsea, London”
- Volapük: “Chelsea”
- Walloon: “Chelsea, London”
- Walloon: “Chelsea”
- Waray (Philippines): “Chelsea, London”
- Waray (Philippines): “Chelsea”
- Welsh: “Chelsea, London”
- Welsh: “Chelsea”
- Wolof: “Chelsea, London”
- Wolof: “Chelsea”
- Yue Chinese: “車路士”
- Yue Chinese: “车路士”
- Zulu: “Chelsea, London”
- Zulu: “Chelsea”
- “Chelsea”
- “Chelsea, London”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wiltshire Close Estate and Hans Town.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Venus Fountain and Sloane Square Hotel.
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